Pharmaceuticals Program Information Session Tues. Jan 14th at 5pm in L112
Are you a new student interested in the Pharmaceuticals Program? Come learn more at our welcome back/information session on Tuesday, January 14th at 5pm in L112.
You can learn more about the BUSPH Pharmaceuticals Program here: http://www.bu.edu/pharm/
Free binders in the first week of classes-come grab them in the IH Department!
Ready for spring semester? Get organized with free binders, located next to the IH kitchenette (3rd Floor, Crosstown Building). The leftovers will be cleared out on Friday, January 17th so come grab yours ASAP!
Franklin Fellows Program with USAID
Learn more here!
Global Cancer Care Symposium Feb. 8th-free for students!
Registration is now available at the globalonc.org/go-symposium website.
You can also register directly via this link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/go-symposium-2014-global-cancer-care-challenges-and-opportunities-tickets-9572620967
Fellowship Opportunities in Food Security and Nutrition (Global Health Corps)
Job Description:
Global Health Corps pairs intelligent and passionate fellows with organizations that require new thinking and innovative solutions. One-year paid fellowship positions are available with high impact NGOs and government organizations in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia. Applicants can apply for up to 3 fellowship positions that match their interests and skills, from project management to monitoring and evaluation, engineering, communications and more. We are looking for people from a broad range of sectors and disciplines.
We provide our fellows with the tools to remain connected after their fellowship year finishes, deepening their ability to enact change through strengthened skills and many new partnerships.
Fellowship positions beginning July 2014 include the following food security and nutrition placements:
B02-USA: Health and Nutrition Fellow, Burundi Ministry of Health, Burundi
http://ghcorps.org/placements/b02-usa-health-and-nutrition-fellow-burundi-ministry-of-health-burundi/
M07-USA: Community Nutrition Support Fellow, Clinton Development Initiative, Malawi
http://ghcorps.org/placements/m07-usa-community-nutrition-support-fellow-clinton-development-initiative-malawi/
R09-USA: Community Nutrition Education Fellow, Partners In Health, Rwanda
http://ghcorps.org/placements/r10-usa-community-nutrition-education-fellow-partners-in-health-malawi/
Please see links below positions for full description and qualifications.
Qualifications:
The only requirements are that applicants must:
- Be 30 years old or younger
- Hold a university degree
- Be proficient in English
No prior health or international experience is necessary!
Benefits:
- Livable monthly stipend
- Free housing and utilities
- Health insurance
- A professional development grant of $600
- A completion award of $1500
- An advising program that pairs fellows with a mentor in their area of work or interest
- A two-week Training Institute at Yale University in the United States to begin the fellowship
- An End-of-Year retreat in East Africa to finish the fellowship
- Three multi-day retreats during the year
- Travel to placement site, all trainings and back home
- Professional development and personal support from a dedicated in-country program manager
- Accompaniment program led by Still Harbor
How to Apply:
Full job description listings can be found at http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/through-placements/. Applicants can apply for up to 3 positions that match their skills and interests.
Applications will close January 26, 2014. Apply at http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/.
Innovator’s Forum presented by Unite For Sight on March 14th, register by January 20th
We warmly invite you to participate in the upcoming Innovator's Forum on Friday, March 14, 2014, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven. Presented by Unite For Sight, the Innovator's Forum will draw health, education, development, and social entrepreneurship professionals and students for a focused, highly interactive, and collaborative conference on best and emerging practices for effective programs. We would also appreciate it if you could please forward this message to your colleagues who may be interested in attending.
Those who register for the Innovator's Forum by January 20th are welcome to thereafter apply for a unique opportunity to present at the event. Complete details can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/forum/present
A reduced early bird registration rate is offered through January 20th. Register online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/forum
The confirmed Innovator's Forum speakers are:
- Keynote Addresses
- Gene Falk, Co-Founder and CEO Emeritus, mothers2mothers
- Victoria Hale, Founder and CEO, Medicines360
- Ana Rowena McCullough, Co-Founder and CEO, QuestBridge
- Perspectives on Innovating
- "Building a Health Delivery Model for 1 Billion Rural People, Starting with One Remote Village in Liberia," Jason Bae, Director, Last Mile Health
- Vanessa Kerry, Chief Executive Officer, Seed Global Health
- Speaker TBA
- Key Lessons From Building Innovative, Successful Programs
- "Social and Mobile Innovations for Global Health Programs," Bobby Jefferson, Director, Center for Development Informatics, Futures Group
- Leila Makarechi, COO, Microclinic International
- "Social Change is a Process, Not a Formula: Practical Lessons from Twenty Years of Success and Failure," Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
- Conversations with Early-Stage Innovators, Growing Organizations, and Established Organizations
- Innovator's Forum registrants may apply to present, and six applicants will be selected. Each will give a 5-minute presentation to the Innovator's Forum audience about their organization, current and expected impact, current challenges, and questions for the expert speakers. The presenters will then engage in a conversation with the keynote speakers on the Shubert Theater stage and in front of the conference audience. The expert speakers will answer questions and offer guidance and advice. The entire audience will then have an opportunity to ask questions of the presenters and the expert speakers. In addition to offering a unique opportunity for the six selected presenters, the Innovator's Forum audience will gain extensive insight from the expert speakers about navigating the challenges and complexities of real issues being experienced by the innovators in the audience.
Complete details and the Innovator's Forum schedule can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/forum
Sundance Film “After Tiller” public screening at Harvard Law School January 15th
Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in 2009, there are only four American doctors left who
openly provide third-trimester abortions. The feature-length documentary After Tiller paints a complex,
compassionate portrait of these physicians who have become targets of the anti-abortion movement, yet
continue to risk their lives to do work which they believe is profoundly important for their patients’ lives.
Learn more here: aftertiller_flyer
LGBT Health course in the Spring 2014 semester-open seats!
NEW Spring Course: LGBT Health
Weds, 10:00 a.m. -12:45 p.m.
In response to student requests, Professor Uli Boehmer is offering a new 4-credit course: SB760: LGBT Health. In this course, students will examine the health of minority populations who are marginalized due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Students will identify and practice techniques for measuring LGBT populations as well as ways to better recognize the assets that are found within these communities. Course readings, class lectures, and exercises will be used throughout the course to analyze and discuss the micro and macro determinants of LGBT populations’ health. Students will build skills by utilizing secondary data, performing a content analysis, conducting a key informant interview, and by producing a final paper, which analyzes the literature on a LGBT health topic of their choice for the purpose of proposing next steps in research or program development for the LGBT community.
18th European Career Fair at MIT, register ASAP!
18th European Career Fair @ MIT
*Registration deadline has been extended to January 10th!!!
February 1 – 3, at the MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA
Discover the many opportunities that companies, academic institutions and non-profit organizations from Europe have to offer you at the 18th European Career Fair. The European Career Fair (ECF) is open to everyone, free of charge. Companies offer a variety of positions: full time employment, internships, graduate courses, postdoc positions or other academic career opportunities. Once candidates create an account they have access to a Job Board that lists current job openings. Candidates can check on the growing number of registered companies and non-profit institutions here.
SUBMIT YOUR RESUME TODAY AT www.euro-career.com
For questions about registration, please email candidate@euroclub.mit.edu.
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer full-time position with St. Boniface Haiti Foundation (alum of IH Department previously filled position)
Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Reports to: Haiti Director
Location: Fond des Blancs, Haiti
Type of contract: Annual Full-Time Position
Organization Background: St. Boniface Haiti Foundation (SBHF) is a 501(c)3 organization that has been working in the areas of health, education, and community development rural Haiti for the last 29 years. We currently run a 60-bed hospital in Fond des Blancs, as well as various community development and education projects designed to serve the impoverished Haitian population in the surrounding regions.
St. Boniface Haiti Foundation (SBHF) is seeking Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. This position will be located in our field office in Fond des Blancs, Haiti and will be responsible for all monitoring and evaluation activities for the both the hospital and the foundation as a whole. For more information on SBHF, please refer to www.haitihealth.org.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Collect, analyze, and disseminate data applicable to all grants, hospital programs, community health and development projects
• Establish baseline data within the service area of SBHF as required by donors
• Develop tools for monitoring and evaluation that can be used for current and future projects within SBHF
• Train staff in the principles of data collection and monitoring and evaluation
• Supervise all data collection related to SBHF programs – ensuring sound methods are in place and appropriately utilized
• Assist management team in utilizing data for program evaluation and strategic planning
• Work with donors to ensure adequate monitoring and evaluation of all SBHF programs according to rules and regulations set by donors and SBHF
• Collaborate with the management team in Haiti and Newton, MA on the development of proposals for future programming – responsible for the design of logical frameworks, M&E plans, work plans, and indicator matrixes
• Supervise the Archives Department at SBHF
• Work closely with medical director to streamline the hospital information systems
• Oversee the continued implementation and upgrades of all electronic medical records systems at SBHF
• Create quality improvement systems to evaluate care provided at SBHF
REQUIREMENTS
• Advanced degree in public health, or a related field
• At least two years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, preferably in a resource-poor setting
• Experience working on a multi-cultural team
• Management experience preferable
• Background in epidemiology is desirable
• Experience in project design and logical frameworks, preferably on USG-funded projects
• Proven skills in defining indicators and developing data collection tools
• Fluency in English with fluency in Haitian Creole and/or French preferred
• Good working knowledge of relevant M& E software
• Strong computer skills including proficiency working with Microsoft Office
• Ability to work and live in a rural, resource poor setting
All interested parties should send a resume and brief cover letter to jobs@sbhfhaiti.org by January 20th. Applicants will be contacted only if chosen for an interview. Please write” M&E Officer” in the subject line of your email. No phone inquiries will be accepted.
