New Class Available- Global Health 811: Applied Research Methods
GH811 is a recently developed course focused on data science methods for global health. The class is hands-on and will equip students with practical skills that employers are looking for. This course is open to all students who’ve taken both introductory biostatistics and epidemiology (EP713 and BS704).
Course Overview
In this course we focus on building skills in data, tools and methods for carrying out global health research. The class will introduce you to all stages of the research pipeline, from asking interesting questions to conducting a literature review, data collection, analysis, crafting an effective research paper and communicating results.
Additional class details available at http://sites.bu.edu/gh811/.
Contact Andrew Stokes with questions or for more information.
House- and Pet-Sitter Wanted
A DGH professor who lives in Jamaica Plain is looking for someone to stay at her house while she travels and take care of her dogs and cat. It is a single-family house with a yard and garden, 10 minutes’ walk from Forest Hills Station on the Orange Line. There are two dogs (an older husky and a younger border collie/lab mix) and one moderately elderly cat. All are extremely friendly. Responsibilities include daily animal care (food, walks for the dogs, cleanup, providing a lap for the cat) and minimal house upkeep (bringing in the mail, etc.). Experience caring for dogs required. $35/day. Dates currently needed are November 24-December 10 and December 25-January 5. If interested, please contact Sydney Rosen, sbrosen@bu.edu.)
Train the Next Generation of Doctors and Nurses
Join Global Health Service Partnership on October 28th for an informational happy hour to learn more about becoming a Physician or Nurse Educator.
Speak with Seed Global Health's Leaders:
- CEO - Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc
- Chief Medical Officer - Sadath Sayeed, MD, JD
Chief Nursing Officer - Eileen Stuart-Shor, PhD, ANP, FAAN
Where: Bar 10
The Westin Copely Place Hotel
10 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116
October 28th at 6pm
2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship – a great opportunity for African students
The application for the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship is open now through November 11. The program will bring 1,000 young Africans ages 25-35 to the U.S. next summer for six weeks of leadership training at U.S. universities. The U.S.-based portion of the program culminates with a summit here in D.C. attended by President Obama. After the academic program and summit, Fellows are able to access opportunities such as professional internship experiences in the U.S. and Africa, mentoring, travel grants to speak at conferences, and regional networking events. The attached flyers and this video provide more information.
Additionally, applications are currently open for training at our YALI Regional Leadership Center East Africa, located at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya. YALI RLCs provide leadership training and networking opportunities, similar to the Fellowship, but at a regional level, and are open to participants ages 18-35. The RLC East Africa accepts applicants from 14 Central and East African countries. You can find more information about the program and eligibility at yalieastafrica.org.
Two vacancies for Senior Acquisitions and Assistance Specialists to support USAID
Two vacancies for Senior Acquisitions and Assistance Specialists to support the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID):
1. XLA has an immediate need for a financially-oriented Senior Acquisition & Assistance Specialist to support the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Regional Financial Management Office (RFMO) in New Delhi, India. This assignment will be based at the USAID Mission in New Delhi, India. Initially this is a short-term requirement (3-4 months) with the potential to develop into a long-term assignment (1-2 years). Please go to www.globalcorps.com and select the USAID Support Positions tab. Please click on the job title for more information, and apply directly from that webpage if you are interested.
2. XLA has an immediate opening for a Senior Acquisitions & Assistance Specialist to support the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Global Health Bureau. This position is located in Washington, DC and will assist in the negotiation and administration of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and interagency agreements in addition to other responsibilities. Please go to www.globalcorps.com and select the USAID Support Positions tab. Please click on the job title for more information, and apply directly from that webpage if you are interested.
GlobalCorps-Health (www.globalcorps-health.com) is your gateway to PSC positions with the USAID Bureau for Global Health. As with GlobalCorps (www.globalcorps.com), you can find job postings, guidance on applying for positions, and informational resources!
Nov. 4 Lecture Dr. Paul Farmer: The Current State of Global Health
Wednesday, Nov. 4
4-5:30 p.m.
Charles River Campus, College of General Studies (CGS), 871 Comm. Ave, Jacob Sleeper Auditorium
(Q& A and Book Signing in Gilbane Lounge (CGS)
Dr. Paul Farmer, a medical anthropologist and cofounder of the global health organization Partners in Health, will be the featured speaker at the 25th Anniversary Stanley Stone Lecture Series. Farmer will speak about the current state of global health. Free and open to the public.
Reminder – Emory Global Health Case Competition…Apply Now!
Hello BU graduate students!
Looking for innovative ways to engage in Global Health? Interested in working with a diverse team of students from the BU Schools of Public Health, Medicine, Engineering, Law, and Business?
The BU Team application for the 2016 International Emory Global Health Case Competition is now open!
This prestigious competition brings together interdisciplinary teams of students from universities around the world to learn about, develop, and recommend innovative solutions for a real world global health problem. It is an excellent opportunity to learn from and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines and develop skills to solve global health issues effectively.
We are looking for students interested in global health to join BU's team at the 2016 International Emory Global Health Case Competition. We aim to field a strong team this year, as last year's team brought home the Innovation Award for their strategy to reduce gun violence in Honduras.
The competition will take place at Emory University in Atlanta on April 8th-9th, 2016. Registration and travel costs will be covered by BU.
If you are interested, please complete the application by 11:59pm on Monday, October 26, 2015. The application form is available at http://www.jotform.us/form/52564082133147.
Strong candidates will be selected as finalists and invited to present a mini-case for a panel of judges in early December. You will be notified by November 11, 2015 if you have been selected as a finalist.
For more information about the competition, you can visit the website at https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=1731074, or email Laura Mueller (MED) at muellerl@bu.edu and Anna Tanasijevic (SPH) at tanna@bu.edu.
CAHMI is seeking a full-time Technical Research Assistant
CAHMI is seeking a full-time Technical Research Assistant. The Technical Research Assistant will participate in development, management, and maintenance of multiple websites designed to disseminate and present survey data and user-generated reports. They will assist with management of data on the CAHMI’s main websites through multiple databases and routinely prepare data for reports and displays. They will also visualize how to set-up 879 complex SQL querying features and back-end databases to support new data projects. The ideal candidate is passionate about public health data, has a desire to learn and grow in the field of displaying and translating this information, and has an interest in health information technology.
Key tasks include: SQL database management, report generation for CAHMI research projects, website design coordination, statistical analysis, project management, and other research activities as needed.
Although this position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or its equivalent, we highly prefer a candidate with a Master’s degree. A minimum of 3 years related work experience is also required. We also prefer candidates with experience designing and conducting online surveys or presenting data through dynamic web-based media. ASP.NET experience is also desirable, as is experience with designing and managing websites.
Here is the link to the complete Technical Research Assistant job description: https://hrnt.jhu.edu/jhujobs/jobview.cfm?reqId=301424&postId=2213 . Please note: the JHU description lists the title as “Sr. Research Assistant,” but the position title is in fact “Technical Research Assistant”.
Operations Manager, Healing Hands of Joy in NYC
Healing Hands of Joy, a nonprofit that conducts obstetric fistula prevention and patient rehabilitation work in Ethiopia, is hiring for an Operations Manager in their New York City-based team. Please see attached for the job description, and here for a video about their work: https://vimeo.com/141452020
$5000 International Reporting Fellowship with the Pulitzer Center
$5000 International Reporting Fellowship with the Pulitzer Center.
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting—a collaboration between BU’s School of Public Health, Center for Global Health and Development and College of Communication—has hosted Student Fellows from Boston University since 2011. Students have reported from Nepal, Haiti, Mali, Zanzibar, Myanmar, Turkey, Uganda, Malawi and this winter from Cuba. The fellowships are a centerpiece of BU’s Program on Crisis Response and Reporting, which examines the intersection of journalism and public health at times of crisis.
To hear from previous Fellows and learn how you can be the next Pulitzer Fellow please come to an info session on Thursday October 29, at 3pm, COM room 209, 640 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.
For more information: At COM contact Prof. Donohue adonohue@bu.edu or at SPH Prof. Beard jenbeard@bu.edu
