Writing Assistance Program’s MARCH MUNCH MADESS-chance to win a free lunch from Blunch!
Writing Assistance Program’s MARCH MUNCH MADNESS
Schedule a Writing Assistance session between March 18 – 28 and enter to win FREE lunch from Blunch!
Make an appointment today by contacting Alexandra at sphtutor@bu.edu.
***10 people will randomly be selected to win a Blunch lunch with the Education Office. Students must attend the session to remain eligible.
***New and experienced writers in the MPH or MS degree programs can receive assistance for any SPH course writing assignment up to two times. Students cannot receive assistance for Culminating Experiences or masters theses.
Questions? Contact Alexandra May, Tutor Coordinator, Talbot 220E sphtutor@bu.edu, 617-414-1416, http://sph.bu.edu/writing
2014 APHA Public Health Fellowships in Government-deadline April 8th!
The deadline for applications for the 2014 APHA Public Health Fellowship in Government is fast approaching.
We are looking for candidates with strong public health credentials who are interested in spending one year in Washington, D.C., working in a congressional office on legislative and policy issues related to health, the environment or other public health concerns.
The fellowship will begin in January 2014 and continue through December 2014. The fellowship provides a unique learning experience for a public health professional to gain practical knowledge in government and see how the legislative and public policy process works.
Electronic applications, including a CV and three letters of recommendation, are due to APHA by April 8, 2013.
All candidates:
1. must be citizens of the United States or permanent residents;
2. must be APHA members;
3. must have five or more years of experience in a public health setting, not including internships, graduate assistantships or residencies; and
4. must have a master’s degree or doctorate in a public health or related discipline.
Postabortion Care (PAC) Consortium Intern/Coordinator
Logistics
Length of Internship: 6 months (mid-April 2013 through end-October 2013)
Hours: 20 hours/week
Salary: $13/hour
Location: Boston (preferably)
Scope of Work
Coordination of Meetings (25%)
Establish meeting themes and coordinate logistics for semi-annual PAC Consortium meetings – one international meeting and one domestic.
- Prepare meeting objectives, agendas, documents and presentations as needed
- Book venues and food, and coordinate logistics of the meetings
- Advertise meetings, communicate with invited speakers
- Compile meeting notes, lead follow up after meetings and implementation of action items
- Schedule and create agendas for monthly meetings with the PAC Steering Committee
Communications (50%)
Implement the PAC Consortium communications plan, serve as the primary contact for the PAC Consortium, and communicate with PAC Consortium partners.
- Maintain the PAC Consortium website, Knowledge Gateway Community page, listserv, and the info@pac-consortium.org email inbox
- Identify PAC-related news items, curricula, resources, tools, and research publications
- Disseminate these documents via the PAC Consortium website and the PAC Consortium Community in Knowledge Gateway
- Compose monthly listserv message to send to PAC Consortium members, and news items for the website
- Explore new communications approaches and opportunities
- Track PAC Consortium membership
Support PAC Consortium Initiatives and Provide Technical Input (20%)
- Task Forces: communicate with all Task Forces, attend teleconference meetings, and assist them in implementing their respective work plans
- Country Teams for PAC scale-up develop guidance documents for the country teams, update the ‘where we work’ page on the PAC Consortium website based on country team mapping exercises, communicate with and provide general support to the country teams
- Organizational Partnerships: identify potential collaborating partners for the PAC Consortium and schedule meetings to plan for partnerships
- Assist the PAC Consortium co-Chairs in developing proposals
Grant Deliverables (5%)
- Track grant deliverables in a timely manner
- Compose and submit reports on these indicators to donors and the PAC Consortium Steering Committee
- Work with PAC Consortium Chair to review the budget
Key skills required:
- Excellent computer skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong work ethic, ability to multi-task, and flexibility
- Interest in and commitment to Women’s Health, Rights and, in particular, quality Postabortion Care access for all women who need it.
Please submit a CV and cover letter to:
Ellen Israel, at eisrael@pathfinder.org
Soon-to-be IH grads-check out The Job Seeker’s Support Group on Mondays!
The Job Seekers' Support Group (JSSG) for recent or soon-to-be BUSPH IH grads will be kicking off on Monday, March 25th from 12:10-1:20 and continuing two Mondays per month on April 8th , April 22nd, May 6th , and May 20th in conference room 106 in the Talbot building.
This is a great opportunity for those who have taken the Prepare, Reach, Emerge, Propel Program (Career P.R.E.P.), are working with Career Services staff (including Patricia), are actively looking for a position, and appreciate the boost that working with a support group can give.
JSSG will help keep your momentum, facilitate sharing among the group members, fine tune search techniques, and build your confidence using interactive discussions and activities, experience and strategy sharing, networking, and receiving and giving feedback.
While being physically present at the meeting is optimal and expected by most of you in Boston, some recent grads have already moved out of state, but would still like to participate. If you would like to be included, please contact me as we are willing to pilot conference call participation.
Please contact Patricia Burns, Practitioner-in-Residence directly @ pjburns@rcn.com for questions and to sign up.
Infectious Disease Epidemiology is being offered in Fall 2013
EP755, Infectious Disease Epidemiology is being offered in Fall 2013 on Wednesdays, 2:00 PM-4:45 PM with Professors Leibler and Jacobson.
Global Health & Engineering Meetup on Friday, March 15th-for anyone interested in learning about global health from an engineering or public health perspective!
Global Health & Engineering Meetup Group (http://blogs.bu.edu/ghecho/) is having its next meetup on Friday March 15th!
Please RSVP here: http://blogs.bu.edu/ghecho/rsvp/
Welcome back to a new year of GHECHo! Join us for an hour of short presentations by students and staff from different fields in global health, followed by a cocktail hour for networking and discussions!
For this event, we are excited to have:
- Monique Guimond (Mass Design Group http://www.massdesigngroup.org/)
- Dr. Yeboah-Antwi on the challenges of conducting community-based public health research (BU School of Public Health)
- Teresa Yamana (MIT Civil & Environmental Engineering)
Where: 44 Cummington St, Room 203, Boston University
When: Friday February 15, 4:30-6:30pm (refreshments served at 4:15pm)
Who: Anyone who is interested in learning about global health projects from engineering and public health standpoints!
Sponsors of GHECHo are: BU Pardee Center, BU Biomedical Engineering Department, MIT Media Lab, BU School of Public Health, Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology (CNN), Center for Future Technologies in Cancer Care (FTCC)
Novartis PAID internship opportunity-deadline to apply is April 12th
Learn more about this great opportunity here: Novartis Intern 2013 - poster
