Alumni Career Panel April 2nd sponsored by the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights
In an effort to connect current students to successful alumni who are working in diverse areas of the health care industry, the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights has organized a panel of alumni who can provide experience-based information and advice. Please join us for the alumni career panel and discussion over dinner.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 | 4:30 – 6:00 PM | Wilkins Board Room (1st Floor of BUMC Evans Building)
Alumni Panelists:
Laura Huber, RN, MPH, Senior Director of Case Management at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, MPH, Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, 2013; HLBHR Capstone Award Winner, 2012
Angela Park, MPH, Associate Consultant at Price Waterhouse Cooper Consulting [tentative], MPH, Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, 2012
Lynn Squillace, JD, MPH, Associate General Counsel at the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission, MPH, Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, 2013; Health Law & Bioethics Fellow, 2012-2013
Erin Taylor, MPH, Policy Analyst, Office of Medicaid, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Former Development and Communications Fellow, Health Leads, MPH, Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, 2011
This is a great opportunity to gain a better understanding of the professional skills you will need to develop in order to be successful upon entering the public health profession and learn tips for seeking a career in a field related to health law, bioethics and human rights.
3-week summer Experiential Program in Health and Development program in India, applications due April 1st
The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), is now accepting applications for its 3-week Experiential Program in Health and Development. The course will run from June 22nd until July 13th, 2014 on its campus in Jamkhed, India. CRHP offers this experiential course to familiarize students with CRHP’s integrated approach of equity, integration, and empowerment. Topics are based on relevant themes in global health, rural development, and community participation. In addition to classroom sessions with CRHP staff, students engage in village visits and discussions with community groups such as Farmers’ Clubs, Women’s Self-Help Groups, Adolescent Groups, and Village Health Workers. Students of all disciplines are welcome, and no previous experience in public health or development is required
“Leading Teams to Face Challenges and Achieve Results in Public Health” 2 credit course beginning July 8th!
SPH MC 730 - Leading Teams to Face Challenges and Achieve Results in Public Health
This course equips students with the theoretical knowledge and applied practices to lead teams to achieve results in public health settings. In addition to understanding leadership theory and analyzing public health cases, the course includes an experiential learning process, ideal for public health professionals who aspire to be effective leaders for change. Teams will work together to teach both theory and practical tools to mobilize groups and achieve results. Participants in this course cannot also take MC802 which covers similar materials in a field‐based course.
This is a 2 credit course that counts for IH credit! It has been moved to July 8th, so students doing a practicum in the beginning of the summer can attend. MC730 will be on Tuesday evenings from 6-9pm on the following dates : 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19.
Registration for this course is now open!
Program Manager position at UCSF Global Health Group
Job Opportunity: Program Manager
UCSF Global Health Group
The UCSF Global Health Group is looking to hire a Program Manager (Req Number 40228BR)
GLOBAL HEALTH SCIENCES / GLOBAL HEALTH GROUP
The Global Health Group is an "action tank," dedicated to identifying, elaborating and translating innovative solutions to major global health challenges into large-scale action, to advance health and save lives in low- and middle-income countries. The Global Health Group works across the spectrum, from conducting research and policy analysis, to building consensus, to catalyzing the development and implementation of pioneering programs in collaborating countries. Organizationally, the Global Health Group is a component of UCSF Global Health Sciences. The Global Health Group's Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) provides intellectual and practical leadership and support for the elimination of malaria, working from the global margins of the endemic zone inwards. The MEI recently received a 3-year grant to expand its work with a wide range of partners to gather, analyze and disseminate evidence on malaria elimination, and conduct in-country operational research, to inform national and global decision-making. More information is available here.
JOB OVERVIEW
The MEI Program Manager will work closely with MEI Leadership and the Global Health Group (GHG) Core Team to lead monitoring and evaluation of the MEI's results and impact. Responsibilities will include developing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan for the MEI's new grant from the Gates Foundation ($15 million / 3 years) and other grants or contracts as they are received. The MEI Program Manager will be responsible for working with MEI Project Leads to develop annual work plans, regularly tracking progress against desired results and impact against the M&E plan and project work plans, and ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget. The MEI Program Manager will be responsible for the annual and quarterly reports to the MEI's funders. The individual will also oversee all of the MEI's international subcontracts and vendor contracts for complex projects. As a member of the MEI Leadership Team, the MEI Program Manager will play a leading role in the strategic planning and fundraising efforts of the initiative. The MEI Program Manager must have M&E expertise, data analysis skills, excellent report writing and data presentation skills, proven program management and leadership skills, the ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment with changing priorities, capacity to manage many complex projects and international partners simultaneously, and be a team player. This is a full time, fully grant-funded position, reporting to the MEI Deputy Lead. The candidate will also perform other related duties.
For more information and to apply, please visit http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/careers/ and search using Req Number 40228BR.
Graduate Level Internship, Strategic Assessment and Planning at PATH
Graduate Level Internship, Strategic Assessment and Planning, ID, 5962
PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.
Internship project background and aims:
The primary purpose of this internship is to provide a dynamic and structured learning opportunity to assist in the development of country strategies in the context of changing public health and development realities and priorities (urbanization, increased GDP, aging populations, increased rates of obesity and NCDs, increased mobile phone penetration among others,) and in line with PATH’s “One Path” Global Strategy. The successful candidate will participate in researching and analyzing health and economic data related to the burden of disease, indicators of political will, human capacity and funding opportunities and in conjunction with a cross cutting team, provide synthesis and recommendations through health and business case analysis and presentations. Under the supervision of the team leader, a key aspect of this internship is to coordinate work on multiple discrete projects, including research and analysis of journal articles, grey literature and consultations with experts from within PATH, the public sector, NGOs and the private sector. The intern will also coordinate and, in some cases, participate in technical meetings, consultations and interviews and will provide documentation of meetings and outcomes including action items and timelines for completion.
Benefit to Intern:
Intern will gain specific skills around strategy development, mapping and managing deadlines, and assessing burden and feasibility of programmatic and policy components. Using existing datasets, analysis will include assessment of magnitude of PH problems at the national level, assessment of political will, financial viability and capacity. This information will be used to discuss, identify and map strategic opportunities in the context of core competencies of PATH.
Goals and learning objectives:
Analysis and synthesis of global and national burden of disease and other public health data
In conjunction with a team of experts, analysis and synthesis of “feasibility” components for impact at the national level (funding, capacity, political will)
Production of PowerPoint presentations for at least two countries which summarize the above
Interaction with key leaders and international experts familiar with the subject matter
Skills to be developed and/or expanded during internship:
70% of Time: Analyst
- Conduct literature reviews on specific topics and provide analysis of journal articles and grey literature
- Arrange and participate in interviews with key experts
- Business, capacity and donor analysis and research
- Prepare Power Point presentations and Excel analysis
30% of Time: Project Management
- Project planning, development, and coordination
- Project reporting and monitoring
- Team coordination
Learning outcomes (how the lntern's performance will be evaluated):
- Broad understanding of strategy development
- Detailed analytical analysis of data and preparation of Power Point presentations with summaries and recommendations
- Team interactions
Stipend: $1000 per month
Hours per week: 30-40 hours
Term: Spring/Summer, March 15 - August 31, 2014
Required Skills:
Project management skills.
Research and analytical skills, using existing dataset.
Presentation skills.
Excellent verbal and written communications skill.
Ability to working under tight deadlines.
Teamwork
Knowledge of MS Office (esp. Power Point, Excel, Microsoft Word).
Interest in the fields of global health and global development
Ability to work independently as well as on a team
A keen sense of humor.
Required Experience:
Student at Masters or PhD level in Public Health, Global Health Policy or other relevant field.
Learn more here: PATH Internship Page.
Third INCD Current Events Club-March 20th at noon in CT462, pizza provided!
Get back into the swing of things after Spring break and come to the third meeting of the IH Current Events club, under the Infectious and Non-Communicable Diseases emphasis area.
We’ll talk about recent developments in international health and infectious disease, as well as where these developments fit in the bigger picture. Bring in any stories you think your fellow students should know about! All concentrations are welcome.
Thursday, March 20th
Noon-1pm in CT462
Pizza provided!
