“Delivering Cancer Care in Settings of Extreme Poverty” Harvard Global Oncology Seminar Series with Dr. Paul Farmer
Harvard Global Oncology Seminar Series (Inaugural Seminar)
Thursday, November 1st 5-6:30
Jimmy Fund Auditorium, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (35 Binney Street, Boston)
Speaker: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Harvard University
(Introduction by edward Benz, MD, President and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
For more info, contact Mary Jue Xu at maryjue_xu@hms.harvard.edu
Are midterm papers catching up with you? Come to the Writing Assistance Program!
Writing assistants will guide you through any type of assignment* and any stage of the writing process – from brainstorming to strategizing ways to strengthen your paper. We are open the following times (other times available by request):
- Mondays from 1pm-7pm
- Tuesdays from 10am-1pm
- Wednesday from 10am-1pm
- Thursdays from 1pm-7pm
Appointments are filling up quickly! Schedule an appointment in advance to ensure that you receive help before your paper is due! For more information or to schedule an appointment, please email Alexandra May at sphtutor@bu.edu.
*Students cannot receive assistance for Culminating Experiences or masters theses
Core Course Tutors still needed for the fall 2012 semester!
Core Course Tutors Needed!
The BUSPH Core Course Tutoring Program is currently recruiting tutors for the fall semester. The Core Course Tutoring Program is designed to provide free tutoring in the MPH core courses for MPH students. Tutors are needed for all core courses and may be from any concentration and any degree program.
Tutors are BUSPH students who:
- excelled in the core course they would like to tutor (earned an A- or A in the course),
- can provide at least two hours per week of tutoring,
- have excellent communication skills, and
- are able to be discreet with confidential information. All information pertaining to students being tutored, the tutoring sessions, and student grades is confidential. Tutors who relate any information to unauthorized individuals will be terminated from the program and may be subject to further disciplinary action.
Tutors will work in conjunction with the Tutor Coordinator and Education Office and are required to complete a training prior to tutoring and attend a training during the semester. Tutors will be compensated $15 per hour.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Priority will be given to applications submitted by Monday, September, 17, 2012.
Completed applications, including an unofficial transcript, should be submitted to:
Alexandra May at sphtutor@bu.edu
or
Alexandra May, Tutor Coordinator
Boston University School of Public Health
715 Albany Street, Talbot 220E
Boston, MA 02118
Paper applications must be in sealed envelopes.
Tutor Application Form_Fall 2012
Tomorrow 10/19 join PH825 to hear two members of the CDC discuss their Global Disease Detection Program
Friday 10/19 8:30 to 9:30AM, students are invited to sit in on PH825: Human and environmental factors influencing the emergence of infectious diseases to hear two interesting speakers!
Two speakers from the CDC, Tony Ao and Sonia Hegde will be presenting via the web. They will be talking about CDC's Global Disease Detection (GDD) Program and their own field experiences working with Nipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh. In addition, they will be describing and taking questions about the postitions they have at the CDC, Tony as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer and Sonia as an ASPH/CDC Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellow.
The meeting with Tony and Sonia will start promptly at 8:30 in Room L213 and last about an hour.
Unpaid internship with MSH: great practicum opportunity!
Please see the scope of work and how to apply here: SOW REC Intern
If you are interested, please contact Wolffy at jwolff@msh.org!
“Aravind Eye Hospitals, India: A Model for Social Entrepreneurship in Healthcare” an IH event open to the BU community
For those interested in attending, please read this article Making Sight Affordable for more information about Aravind Eye Care
IH Concentrator’s Meeting: The Spring Course Preview Fair 10/24 11:30-1 in CT460/A. Lunch provided!
Please RSVP here!
Research Assistant Position Available-Community Based Participatory Research
The Research Assistant for the Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) infrastructure will work with the PIs to develop and foster the growth of CBPR at BUSPH. The RA will work with faculty in the development of reports of the CBPR activities at SPH, and assist in development of a CBPR website; they will act as liaison with various departments and faculty within SPH to collect information and to create and build a database of researchers, community organizations, funders and relevant RFPs; and they will establish a moderated e-mail list serve. The student will work well in a team setting as well as take initiative in implementing the actions, including conducting interviews and making cold calls to faculty and community organizations. The position will pay $15 per hour and requires approximately 16.5 hours a week for the year. Those interested please send a resume and cover letter to Carolyn Weber (carolyn5@bu.edu).
Researchers at Tufts University would like to learn more about your career development experiences: chance to win an iPad!
The Young Entrepreneurs Study (YES) (http://ase.tufts.edu/iaryd/researchYes.htm) is a cutting-edge longitudinal study concerned with career achievements, purpose, and character attributes among young adults in the United States.
Please follow the link provided in order to complete the survey: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bq03EZWbHHheoh7
If you are between the ages of 19 and 25, we hope you will complete this brief survey, even if you are still deciding on your career path. It should take no more than 30 minutes. Your responses are strictly confidential. The answers you provide will be for the YES Project only and will not be used for any other purpose. By participating in this study you will be entered into a raffle, conducted at the end of each wave of data collection, for a chance to win one of 20 iPads.
