New GHFP-II Position Available: Technical Advisor for Health Economics, App due March 5th
Research, Technology, and Utilization Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development
Location: Washington DC
Assignment: Two year fellowship
GHFP II-P10-027
SALARY AND BENEFITS:
Salary based on commensurate experience and earnings history. The Public Health Institute offers a comprehensive benefits package including professional development programs http://www.ghfp.net/docs/2012_Benefits_Booklet_GHFP.pdf
TO APPLY:
All applicants are required to apply for this position through GHFP-II’s online recruitment system at https://www.ghfp.net/recruitment/ , which allows you to store your CV, profile and bio data form in our database. A separate cover letter describing your qualifications and experience, interest and familiarity with issues relating to this position, and how this position relates to your career goals is required for each application All applications must be submitted by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on March 5, 2012.
Innovative Health Care Provision for the Poor: Comparing China and India
BU Center for Asian Studies Presents: A Lecture by Tarun Khanna, South Asia Initiative, Harvard University
Professor Khanna will be speaking on his current project: Innovative Health Care for the Poor, Comparing China and India
Monday, February 13th, 5:30-7
4th Floor of SMG, 595 Commonwealth Ave.
Working in Humanitarian Relief: Tales from Kandahar to Northern Japan
A Managing Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Emergencies Event…all are welcome!
12:15-1:15pm
Friday, February 10th
CT460/A
BUSPH Alumna, Etsuko Chida, from Japan, has had a long career in humanitarian relief since she graduated in 1991. Since 1996, she has worked for UNHCR in many countries. Prior to being evacuated after 9/11 in 2001, she was the only female worker for UNHCR in Kandahar Afghanistan, then under Taliban rule. She has also worked in Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia. More recently she worked with efforts in Northern Japan in the aftermath of the Tsunami and Fukushima disaster. Etsuko will share about her life as a relief worker.
Food will be served. Please RSVP here!
MGH Internship Opportunity in Uganda
Initiative to End Childhood Malnutrition: Volunteer/Intern
Rukungiri, Uganda
The Initiative to End Childhood Malnutrition (IECM) is seeking two young professionals to fulfill program coordination responsibilities for a six month to one year term at Nyakibale Hospital in southwest rural Uganda, beginning late-May 2012. IECM is a collaboration between the Harvard College Global Hunger Initiative, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Karoli Lwanga Nyakibale Hospital. The program was created in September 2009 to develop locally sustainable, effective, and replicable malnutrition protocols for developing, rural areas. The positions are voluntary, unpaid internships designed to foster professional growth while fulfilling essential responsibilities in support of this nonprofit program.
In order to support this mission IECM interns will maintain a malnutrition program in Rukungiri, Uganda where an estimated 30% of children under 5 suffer from malnutrition. As an intern you will gain valuable international experience by assisting in the development of a locally sustainable Inpatient Therapeutic Care program, implementation of a microenterprise initiative to ensure financial sustainability, development of community gardens to provide nutritional education, and establishment of an Outpatient Therapeutic Care Program to target malnourished children who cannot be treated on an inpatient basis. In addition to working on individual projects, interns will have a unique opportunity to gain practical exposure to the administration of a non-governmental organization.
If you would like to read more about IECM’s efforts, please refer to our abstract from the 2010 Annual American Public Health Association Conference: http://apha.confex.com/apha/138am/webprogram/Paper219359.html and our program website.
To apply for this position please send a Resume to liannatabar@gmail.com, with the Subject line of “IECM volunteer application”.
Great news: Jeff Waller to be teaching IH737!
Spots are still open for Jeff Waller's IH737: International Organization Behavior!
Although the class is closed for registration on Student Link, all you have to do is email Chris Paal at cpaal@bu.edu with your full name, BU ID, and date of birth to request a spot.
Jeff Waller has over 20 years of management leadership experience in international health. He has worked both for major NGO’s and Universities. Early in his career he was a hospital executive. He has lived in Thailand, Colombia and Grenada. His management responsibilities have included health programs in over 45 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Asia.
IH 737 is offered from March 19th to May 7th. The purpose of this course is to begin and/or enhance the process of learning to work and interact successfully with individuals and groups in non-American cultures. Health care delivery and accessibility differ in various parts of the world; so do the quality, cost, management, and vision of health care. This course emphasizes the major influence of country or ethnic culture on organizational behavior and will present a selection of these topics: leadership, team building, organizational change, influence and power and motivation.
Monday at 5: Pathfinder Student Seminar Series
Pathfinder Student Seminar Series
Emerging Pathogens in Southeast Asia
Monday, Feb. 13, 5-6pm R103
Anne Peruski, MPH(c) speaks about the 6 years she spent living and working to prevent infectious diseases in Southeast Asia. The focus of her work was to improve infectious disease surveillance and strengthening the regions ability to rapidly detect and respond to emerging pathogens. In order to determine where and how best to increase laboratory capacity in Southeast Asia three areas need focus – laboratory assessment and then based on the assessment develop technical advice, diagnostic training programs, foster collaborative ties between surveillance activities and laboratories, and pair labs with funding partners.
Pizza will be provided!!
Malaria and DDT Seminar TOMORROW
Seminar: Malaria Control and DDT with Dr. Christopher Gill
Date: Friday, February 10th at 12 noon
Location: BUMC Main Instructional Building, L210
Dr. Christopher Gill will continue the Environmental Health department’s doctoral seminar series, "From Pests to Poisons: Basic Science, Epidemiology, and the Policy of Pesticides" by discussing some of the pros and cons of using DDT for malaria control or as part of a potential eradication campaign in the current age.
For more information on this seminar, including suggested readings, please visit the EH wiki: http://www.bu-eh.org/pmwiki.php/Main/Seminar
Reminder: Katie Evans Memorial Scholarship: Feb 15 deadline
Consider applying for the Katie Evans Memorial Scholarship as you begin to finalize your international field work plans for 2012.
Up to $3,000 can be applied toward a graduate student's fieldwork project, and student leaders can gain up to $500 in support of the completion of their education, attendance at conferences, and individual projects.
Don't wait! Deadline is Wednesday, February 15.
Please visit KMF website for more information:
Exciting Opportunities to Work in Maternal Health: Internships, Full-time Jobs
Very interesting job opportunities both domestic and international!
Full-tuition stipend available through BU African Studies Center
BU African Studies Center FLAS Application Deadline is Feb 15th. This award offers full-tuition stipend for US Citizens & permanent residents who take an African Language and African area studies course each semester. African Studies Center expects to make 2 or 3 awards for next academic year.
Please find information about the FLAS awards here. Graduate-Financial-Aid-Application
The Director of the African Studies Center indicates:
“I expect to have 2 or 3 FLAS fellowships available for new students next year, so while the competition will be spirited, it is certainly worth sending your students for us to consider. Our deadline for applications is February 15, and our financial aid committee expects to meet the first week in March.”
“Recipients are required to take an African language course and an African area studies course (which can be in their home department) each semester that they receive the grant. When we offer a FLAS fellowship, we commit to funding a student for 4-5 years (on FLAS while they are taking courses full-time, on GRS funds subsequently). We will give preference to students interested in studying languages that we regularly teach - Amharic, Arabic, Hausa, Kiswahili, Wolof, isiXhosa, and isiZulu.”
