Global Pediatric Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital
Global Pediatric Fellowship in Health Service Delivery
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
We are currently accepting applications for the Global Pediatric Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. This is a two year training program, in which Fellows rotate in 6 month blocks between a field placement in Haiti, Rwanda, or Liberia, and a clinical placement in Boston, Massachusetts. The focus of the fellowship is on skills in global health service delivery, including:
- Clinical care
- Medical education
- Program development
- Management
- Evaluation
- Quality improvement
- Iimplementation focused research.
During their field placement, fellows will work in collaboration with Partners In Health (Haiti/Rwanda) or the Academic Collaborative to Support Medical Education in Liberia to provide pediatric training to local clinicians, strengthen existing child health programs, and expand access to pediatric health care.
Prior to departing to their field site, fellows attend a 1-week orientation to fieldwork in Haiti through PIH. During their clinical placement in Boston, fellows will combine clinical work in general pediatrics with an extensive global health curriculum aimed at strengthening their core clinical, public health, quality improvement, and teaching skills relevant to global health. Fellows attend the Global Health Delivery Summer Intensive Program at the Harvard School of Public Health, in addition to courses in clinical skills, ultrasound, research, and QI.
Candidates must be board certified/eligible in pediatrics or medicine-pediatrics. For entry into the fellowship on July 1st, 2015, the application deadline is October 10th, 2014. To apply click here.
Space Available in the NEW Fall Course offering. Develop the skills necessary to assess and evaluate pharmaceutical policy and programs.
SPH IH 756 - Analytical Methods for Pharmaceutical Systems Assessment
This course offered on Tuesdays from 10:00am-1:00pm.
This course, taught by Professor Laing, aims to help students:
- Develop skills essential to assessing and evaluating pharmaceutical policy and the performance of pharmaceutical programs.
- Develop a pharmaceutical country profile.
- Analyze medicine prices and availability.
- Apply technical guidelines, and use other assessment tools and methods in the pharmaceutical sector.
- Develop skills to undertake a sampling exercise.
- Use qualitative methods.
- Review and write technical reports.
- Use instruments which are already developed with a focus on implementation issues, analysis of data collected and awareness of strength and limitation of each method applied.
The course will introduce students to the many resources which exist to help understand pharmaceutical sectors, and prepare them to work in a national or sub national pharmaceutical system.
Space is still available so register today!
The CDC is looking for a Behavioral Scientist. Deadline to apply is July 21.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking a Behavioral Scientist in their Department of Health and Human Services. The posting will close on Monday, July 21. If you are interested in learning more about the position and/or applying click here.
Interested in starting a career in International Development? Development Innovation Ventures has an opportunity for you!
Position Title: Administrative Assistant
Job Description: Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) has an opening for an Administrative Assistant that would be great for a junior candidate looking to start a career in international development. This Assistant will be instrumental in supporting Jeff Brown, the head of DIV, as well as contribute as a full member of the DIV team. They will:
- Assist Jeff Brown in managing his daily operations such as scheduling and attending meetings on his behalf
- Draft memos
- Consolidate relevant research and documents
- Other duties that are critical to the functioning of a small team may be assigned
This position is a career growth opportunity; there will be many opportunities to contribute core functions of the DIV team. The ideal candidate is an independent worker and team player. The candidate must be someone who can rank tasks in order of importance, track impending deadlines and handle several urgent tasks simultaneously. To learn more about the position or to apply click here.
USAID is looking for a Business Development Manager/Engagement Coordinator
The Engagement Coordinator High-Tech at USAID will provide technical leadership and programmatic support to the Agency and its partners on navigating the High-Tech sectors. This will include:
- Developing and disseminating relevant guidance and tools and building alliances in support of USAID.
- Drawing upon his/her current network, knowledge, and connections to position USAID as a critical, exciting, new player for the High-Tech community to engage.
- The employee will validate USAID within the community by socializing and gaining buy-in from recognized entities, organizations and individuals.
- S/he will participate in relevant events, associations, and other groups that help foster and integrate USAID into the community.
- S/he will review and identify opportunities for expanding the pipeline of USAID's projects.
- S/he will personally evaluate and/or identify and collaborate with appropriate subject matter experts to select projects and solutions with the highest potential to attract the High-Tech community.
- The employee will prepare concept papers, collateral, messaging, content, background analyses, and briefings to build support and engagement with High-Tech entities.
Interested applicants can apply here.
FREE Webinar Connecting You to a Diverse Group of Global Health Professionals. Register Today!
GHFP-II Webinar
An Online Career Conversation with Global Health Professionals
Date and Time
Thursday, July 24th, 2014
2 - 3 pm Eastern | 11 am - 12 pm Pacific
The Global Health Fellows Program II is hosting an interactive conversation webinar featuring global health professionals with a diverse range of experiences and areas of expertise. Interact with former GHFP fellows and interns who are excited to talk about their career paths and answer your questions. What is it like to be a technical advisor at USAID? How can I start my global health career? Do I have what it takes to work in international development? Take a minute to think about the questions you want to ask, given this perfect chance!
There is no charge for our webinar, and it is available wherever you have Internet access. Closed captioning will be available. Register today as space is limited!
Forum: Sex, Religion, and the ACA in the Supreme Court
The HLBHR Department is hosting a forum and discussion regarding the recent Supreme Court decisions on Hobby Lobby and the Buffer Zone next week:
Location: Room L-112, Boston University School of Medicine Instructional
Rewarding Internship Opportunity for the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti
Looking for a rewarding professional experience? Interested in helping to enhance the health and development of women and children in a developing country?
Children's Nutrition Program of Haiti (CNP)/Kore Timoun’s mission is to improve the health and development and nutritional status of Haitian women and children.
Currently CNP/Kore Timoun is looking for a year-long Monitoring and Evaluation intern to help fulfill its mission. Details of this internship opportunity are outlined below. If you are interested in applying submit a CV, letter of interest, and dates desired to Taryn Silver at tsilver@cnphaiti.org.
Monitoring and Evaluation Intern:
Works with a strong team to actively help fulfill the vision, mission and activities of the CNP to improve the health and nutritional status of women and children.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement, in collaboration with the Country Program Director, a plan for local M&E activities to support the program activities
- Track progress on a regular basis toward project results through M&E processes and related tools that support quality assurance for key project result areas
- Compile and disseminate results to relevant audiences including cluster meetings, monitrices and other CNP employees, community forums, etc.
- Build solid relationships with CNP staff to develop a clear understanding of their strategies and program activities, providing training and technical support for the monitoring and evaluation aspects of their work
- Deliver coordination and training to help CNP staff and partners develop the skills and experience needed to design effective programs that will result in useful information for planning ,monitoring and evaluation
- Support efforts to consider overall organizational effectiveness and measurement of progress against strategic plan
- Ensure effective management and use of CNP's database
- Assist in grant writing activities
- Write reports to donors and the Haitian government on field activities
Skills Required
- Passion for helping others, nutrition and maternal and child health
- Great organizational skills and flexibility and ability to adapt to the changing environment working for an NGO in Haiti
- Not afraid of hard work, can live in difficult conditions, and ability to hike in the mountains
- Proficiency in Haitian Kreyol and/or French
- Bachelor's degree in public health, nutrition, international development or relations, communications, grant writing or other related field
- Knowledgeable in the field of monitoring and evaluation, and maternal and child health and nutrition
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Access
Skills Desired
- Previous experience working in a developing country
- Experience in monitoring and evaluation
- Master's degree in public health, nutrition, intenrational development, or related field
- Proficiency in Haitian Kreyol
Kore Timoun will provide: housing and meals, 20 vacation days/ year and all Haitian holidays, a monthly stipend to cover the cost of living.
JSI, a leading Public Health organization, is looking for a Project Coordinator for its International Division!
Proficiency in French and Portuguese required. Deadling to apply is July 18.
For more information about this posting and how to apply, click the link here: http://www.jsi.com/JSIInternet/Work/jobdescription.cfm?id=72825&intern=0
