Global Health Professor Richard Laing quoted in The Guardian in an article about a proposal to restrict global access to ketamine
Richard Laing, professor of international health at Boston University’s school of public health in the US, described what is happening as a “David and Goliath struggle between people interested in access to an essential medicine for women and victims of trauma in poor countries and the drug control establishment in rich countries”.
Read the full article here.
“Answering AIDS: The United States and the United Kingdom Confront a Health Policy Crisis.”
Next Friday, March 6th, the BU Sociology Seminar Series will welcome Professor Tasleem Padamsee of Ohio State University. Her talk is titled:
“Answering AIDS: The United States
and the United Kingdom
Confront a Health Policy Crisis."
The event is open and free to all who wish to attend. The event begins at 12PM in room 241 of the Sociology Department (located at 96-100 Cummington Mall).
Tasleem Padamsee is a medical and political sociologist whose work utilizes comparative and historical methods to explore issues of culture, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and health policy. Her recent work has attracted funding from the NSF, Reed Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and the National Cancer Institute.
Current MPH student Abhishek Sharma’s paper “Implications of private sector Hib vaccine coverage for the introduction of public sector Hib-containing pentavalent vaccine in India: evidence from retrospective time series data” published in BMJ Open
Congratulations to our current MPH student Abhishek Sharma and Global Health faculty member Warren Kaplan! Read their published article here: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/2/e007038.full?keytype=ref&ijkey=307rikjoffHVsJK
World Bank Group Analyst Program
The World Bank Group Analyst Program is a new and unique opportunity for exceptionally talented young people with a passion for international development to contribute to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems.
Through this structured three-year program, you will work in an intellectually challenging and culturally diverse environment within a specific practice, region, or corporate unit in the World Bank Group, which includes the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). You will have the opportunity to contribute and grow your skills in areas ranging from analytics, research, data management, project management, communications, finance, management accounting, and information technology. In addition, the program offers various cohort activities aimed to broaden your exposure to the work of the World Bank Group and develop leadership skills.
Upon completion of the program, there may be opportunities for you to continue your career in the World Bank Group. Participants holding a Master’s degree who find the opportunity to continue their career at the WBG may also be eligible for advancement opportunities. Alternatively, you may leverage the experience you have gained to pursue further studies or other opportunities in international development.
In order to be competitive for this highly selective program, you need to demonstrate a commitment to development, analytical thinking, proven academic success, and leadership potential. We value diversity in our workplace, and encourage all qualified individuals, with diverse professional, academic, and cultural backgrounds to apply. Positions may be based in Washington, DC or in a regional office.
The Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance is seeking interns. Deadline to apply is March 10th!
The Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance (LeBoHA) has been working for nearly 8 years with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to implement continuing education and specialty training programs for physicians and nurses as well as sustainable strengthening of district hospitals and their associated health centers through both clinical and management development. LeBoHA’s current activities are focused on developing the new Family Medicine residency program and instituting site-based competency-focused training on midwifery care for health center nurses.
Interns based in Lesotho provide essential support for the implementation, evaluation, and continued development of these programs. We are currently seeking two interns for the late summer and fall of 2015 (mid-July to mid-December). Interns are encouraged to apply to the Santander Fellowship program to cover travel and per diem expenses. Accommodations will be provided. Interested candidates should submit (1) your statement of interest, (2) your current CV, (3) a copy of your current transcript, and (4) the names of three references to Kristin Shaw at keshaw@bu.edu by March 10, 2015.
Summer 2015 Exchange-Student Opportunities in Guatemala with CeSSIAM
Are you looking for a summer opportunity to be involved in research in Guatemala?
The Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism (CeSSIAM) was founded in 1985 in Guatemala for the original purpose of investigating the association between vitamin A deficiency and blindness.
CeSSIAM is currently investigating the effects of diet and specific micronutrients on outcomes such as health and function. It also mentors pre-doctoral and doctoral students as they lead several research projects. CeSSIAM works in partnership with INF to conduct cutting-edge nutritional research in Latin America and is staffed by six core research professionals working in three thematic investigative areas, which are described below. There are several opportunities for this summer detailed below. Interested students should send a professionally written letter of interest and resume to Dr. Noel Solomons via, cessiam@guate.net.gt with a cc to Joe Anzalone via josanz@bu.edu.
Summer 2014 projects:
Lactation Biology: We have on-going projects involving the collection and analysis of human milk (using standardized unilateral full-breast evacuation) in relation to subclinical mastitis prevalence and nutrient quality across different social strata and stages of lactation. The Center has an iCHECK rapid vitamina A analyzer.
Dietary Assessment: For students with a dietetics/nutrition background, we can offer a non-field – but in-country – experience generating some contextual analyses for manuscripts based on complete population diet-intake data-sets to be combined with specialized food-composition data-bases.
Stunting Biology: Guatemala has the highest prevalence of under-five stunting in the Americas, and sequelae in its adult population. One of our student-driven areas is using photographic images of individuals to assess length of different body segments (leg-length in adults) and total-length in newborn. This will allow for rapid, friendly survey approaches to assessing the anatomical aspects of the experience of linear growth failure.
Nutritional Environment Measurement Survey (NEMS): We are pioneering innovative departures surrounding the NEMS, which seeks to assess the availability and accessibility of food (and healthful food) in the different food-supply systems of Guatemala. We shall be refining and expanding experience in Supermarkets, and moving to the Tienda setting. We shall expand street-level mapping of dispensing establishments, and relate them to purchasing patterns of neighborhood residents. We shall look to the cafeteria and restaurant domain of the NEMS, as well.
Expected 2015 research titles:
- Mutual Interactions among Anti-oxidative Nutrients, Antioxidant Enzymes and Urinary Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Guatemalan Preschoolers in the
- Milk Osmolality and Body Hydration Status in Lactating Mothers from the Western Highlands of
- Osmolality values of previously frozen human milk from Guatemalan mothers: Effects of temperature range for thawing and of storage duration.
- Risk factors associated with low 25(OH)D concentrations in Kekchi-Mayan and Garifuna adolescents from
- Milk Mineral and Cytokine Concentrations Differ in Guatemalan Mothers with Subclinical Mastitis (SCM) by Stage of Lactation
- Factors Associated with Subclinical Mastitis (SCM) Among Indigenous Mothers in the Western Highlands of
- An Intervention to Co-package Zinc and Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) Improves Health Provider Prescription and Maternal Adherence to WHO-recommended Diarrhea Treatment in Western Guatemala
- Maternal Perceptions and Experiences with an Intervention to Increase Adherence to WHO Recommended Zinc (Zn) + Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) for Diarrhea Treatment in
- The Validity of Digital-Camera Photography for Estimating Birth-Length in Guatemalan Newborns
- Development of a formal protocol to map the community food environment using direct observation: a case study in urban Guatemala
Spring 2015 Research Opportunity – NGO Organizational Development
Want an opportunity to gain research and data collection experience and further knowledge of organizational development? The MODE research team seeks a team of students interested in organizational development and contributing to research to conduct organizational development assessments of NGOs in Boston during March and April. Please see attached job description for details.
Contact person: Christine Lenihan, clenihan@bu.edu
