Two positions with a BU/BMC trial need to be filled…looking for MPH students graduating in May
Annie Kiel, MPH is working on a random-control trial between BU/BMC related to HIV+ substance users. She is recruiting for two positions. The vacancies are for FT Patient Navigators (the intervention arm of the study).She is interested in BUSPH students (graduating in May) who are looking for FT work in Boston. If students are interested or would like more information, please contact Annie at akiel@bu.edu.
Working under the direction of the Site Coordinator, the Patient Navigator (PN) will:
- Establish rapport and build an effective working relationship with the study participants.
- Provide field based case management and adherence support services to the participants.
- Encourage the participants to identify and use strengths, abilities, and personal assets.
- Coordinate medical, substance use treatment, and other social service appointments for participants.
- Accompany participants to medical and/or substance use treatment appointments.
- Provide referrals to participants for health care and various social services, as needed.
- Conduct individual Patient Navigation activities with participants following the intervention manual.
- Develop and maintain linkages to various service organizations.
- Establish and maintain working relationships with area clinic personnel (admissions coordinator, clinical services coordinator, emergency services coordinator) that interface with study staff and participants of this study.
- View the community as a resource and identify both formal and informal sources of support.
- Work closely with the Intervention Team to ensure proper training and intervention adherence.
- Assist with recruitment, screening, and consent procedures.
- Assist with medical record abstractions.
- Maintain accurate and current data on forms (including eCRFs) used to chart participants’ involvement in the study.
- Perform urine collection activity.
- Other duties as assigned.
Physicians for Human Rights Asylum Program Associate position available
Physicians for Human Rights Asylum Program Associate
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is an independent organization that uses medicine and science to stop mass atrocities and severe human rights violations against individuals. As one of the original coordinating committee members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, PHR shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
PHR is seeking an Asylum Program Associate (APA) to coordinate case placement for survivors of torture and other human rights abuses who are seeking asylum in the United States. The APA will assign cases for forensic evaluation to PHR’s nationwide network of health professional volunteers, recruit new health professionals, organize training seminars, oversee relationships with attorneys, and will support general asylum program operations.
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/about/jobs/asylum-program-associate.html
Paid Graduate Student Research Assistant Opportunity with Harvard. Apply by April 11th!
Paid Graduate Student Research Assistant Opportunity
The Harvard Global Health Institute is seeking to fill a full-time 10-week summer on-campus research position to support a project on global governance and health. Compensation will be offered at a competitive rate.
Qualifications: Candidates should be graduate students (continuing or recently graduated) with a background in global governance/international relations, global health, development, aid, international law, and/or human rights. Previous experience carrying out social science and/or public policy research is required, with a strong preference for experience conducting and drafting literature reviews and synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data.
- For more information and to apply, please click here and submit your application.
- Application deadline: Wednesday, April 11th at 5pm.
- Questions: please contact Emily Robinson at emily_robinson@harvard.edu.
Selected candidates will be notified by Friday, April 27th, with work to begin in June 2012.
Global Health Series: Challenges of Newborn Hypothermia in South Asia, April 11th at 4pm
GLOBAL HEALTH SERIES
Wednesday, April 11, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Challenges of Newborn Hypothermia in South Asia
Karsten Lunze, Senior Fellow, Primary Care Academic Fellowship Program, Boston University School of Medicine
Luke C. Mullany, Associate Professor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Naganand Murty, Co-Founder and President, Technologies, Embrace
Kristian Olson, Clinician Educator Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Director of Education and Technology Innovation, MGH Center for Global Health, Program Leader, CIMIT Global Health Initiative , Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Chair: David Bloom, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Harvard School of Public Health, FXB G11, Building Four, 651 Huntington Ave., Boston MA
MPH student needed to help with a DIH project establishing an NGO in Ethiopia. Apply by April 11th!
Supporting the establishment of an NGO to address TB in Ethiopia: United for Health Abyssinia
Tuberculosis is a major killer around the world. Each year there are 9 million new cases of TB with 2 million deaths and 85% of cases occur in Africa. (WHO Global Update Report, 2011) Ethiopia is 7th among the 22 high burden TB countries in the world. In 2011, the TB prevalence rates was 560 per 100,00 population with a total of 148,688 cases of all forms of TB. (Ethiopia, health and health related indicators 2011)
In order to address this problem, Dr Sisay Akalu, a native of Ethiopia who is a board certified physician with a speciality in preventive medicine practicing in Boston, MA and Wilmington, DE, is interested in setting up a U.S. based non-government organization (NGO) to address the challenges of TB in Ethiopia and a group of professionals are collaborating with him.The goal of the organization is to support TB control efforts in Debre Tabor hospital, located in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Current efforts underway to start this project are: establish board members and charter, acquire non-profit status in the US (501c3), mobilize resources and funding
We are looking for a student who is interested in supporting Dr Sisay Akalu to establish this NGO with activities including (but not limited to):
- Supporting the formation of a 501c3 status for the organization
- Support in developing the mission and vision of the organization
- Support the establishment of a website for the organization and branding
- Participate in networking with other NGOs in Boston as well as working in Ethiopia to coordinate activities
- Conduct any background research related to the needs of the project
This is an unpaid position. Interested applicants please send a short statement of interest and their CV to Marion McNabb at marionm@bu.edu.
Two Internships with GFH: Nicaragua and Mexico
Invitation to ReACH Panel (Raising Awareness for the Crisis in the Horn) on Somalia on April 11th at 4pm
You’re invited to join students at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) as they host a panel discussion on the health and human rights implications of the famine and war in Somalia in the global context of climate change and food insecurity.
Participate in the discussion - ONLINE!
Join in the discussion that will be live streamed from Feinstone Hall at JHSPH in Baltimore, MD starting at:
- 4:00pm EST on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
- Follow @ReACHFOA2012 for the live stream link through www.jhsph.edu
- You can also follow along on Twitter and submit questions to the panelists via Twitter using the hashtag #REACHFOA2012.
Expert Panelists – we have a great line-up for YOU!
The panel discussion will feature a host of experts that will highlight the food, social, and human rights crisis in Somalia and will be moderated by Dr. Robert S. Lawrence, Director of the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins. Panelists include:
- Alexander Vu, Director of International Emergency and Public Health Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
- Steve Hansch, US Liaison at DARA International, Adjunct Professor at George Washington University
- Sirad Shirdon, Save Somali Women and Children
- Andrea Wirtz, Research Associate, Center for Public Health and Human Rights
- Sadia Aden, Writer and Human Rights Advocate
Get involved! - we hope to see YOU online on 4/11!
The ReACH panel event is part of the annual “Faces of Africa” week from 9th to 13th April, 2012, the signature event of the African Public Health Network at JHSPH. This year’s theme is “Africa: Solidarity of Lives, Sustainability for the Future” chosen to capture the contemporary public health challenges in Africa and to raise awareness of the health, human rights and development concerns of the Continent, as well as displaying her rich cultural heritage through fashion, dance, fabrics and cuisines.
* For more information on ReACH, or Faces of Africa, please contact Rahcyne Hill (rahill@jhsph.edu) or Chinemerem Onwuliri (conwulir@jhsph.edu)
One-year Southern Africa position with The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF) is a registered non-profit organization focused on the pursuit of excellence in research, treatment, training and prevention of HIV and related infections in Southern Africa.
We invite applications from candidates for a one year contract post as a TB/HIV Teaching Program Manager.
Essential duties:
Development of three on-line courses aimed at clinicians:
- TB/HIV course
- Infection control course
- Operational research course
Determine requirements for and facilitate accreditation at the University of Cape Town
Implementation and management of the course, including
- Lecturing
- Recruitment and oversight of students
Monitoring and Evaluation of Training Programme
Essential skills and requirements:
• Strong oral and writing skills
• Computer literacy
• Excellent people skills
Qualification and experience:
• MPH
• Medical or teaching experience
If you meet the criteria as set out above and are interested in the position please send a covering letter and concise CV (no certificates) which includes contact details of 2 referees to Jobs@hiv-research.org.za or fax 021 633 0182 (indicating the name of the position that you apply for) by 6 April 2012. Please contact Dr Keren Middelkoop at 021 650 6966 should you have any further queries.
NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We are committed to equity in our employment practices. It is our intention to appoint individuals with the aim of meeting our equity objectives. We reserve the right not to appoint if no suitable candidates are identified.
If you are a foreign national applying for this position please attach a copy of your work permit to your application.
If you have not heard from us within two weeks after the closing date please consider you application as unsuccessful.
