Author: Carey Howard
Current MPH student Abhishek Sharma’s paper “Catch Them Young for Health Future” has been published in the Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Congratulations to our current MPH student Abhishek Sharma! Read the published article here: IndianJCommunityMed_2015_40_2_141_153887
African Development Conference at Harvard; Register now for April 3-4
Interested in hearing the President of Niger speak? How about the Assistant Minister of Health of Liberia? Or the head of the China Development Bank? Register to attend the African Development Conference at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School April 3rd-4th to engage with all of them and many more. The panels cover topics […]
Ibis Reproductive Health seeks Research Associate interested in areas of US abortion restrictions and health inequities; deadline to apply is April 10th
Ibis Reproductive Health is an international nonprofit organization with a mission to improve women’s reproductive autonomy, choices, and health worldwide. Our core activity is clinical and social science research on issues receiving inadequate attention in other research settings and where gaps in the evidence exist. Our agenda is driven by women’s priorities and focuses on […]
Environmental Health Seminar: “Does Eating Better Food Improve Nutrition? Complex Answers to Apparently Simple Questions”
Seminar on the multidirectional linkages among food systems, health, diets and nutrition. It will illustrate new findings on how measures of diet diversity or adequacy do not always proxy well for good nutrition, how obesity is growing in even low income rural areas, why it is hard to measure urban diets, and where food systems […]
Live Chat with CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou; Monday, March 30th
Environmental Health Seminar: “Global Burden of Undernutrition and its Determinants”; Friday, March 27th
Seminar on major causes of global malnutrition and disease burden, with emphasis on nutrition as a cause and consequence of disease and mortality. Evidence will be examined of factors associated with stunting ranging from maternal stature and diet to early diet, role of protein quality, environmental influences and agricultural/socioeconomic influences/relationships. Also, discussed is the association […]
Boston Medical Center seeks Study Coordinator for US-Indian study on tuberculosis
Please see the attached job description. Interested people should contact HR or David Hom (David.hom@bmc.org). Study Coordinator Job Description 031014
Health Law Tutors Needed!
The BUSPH Core Course Tutoring Program is currently recruiting Health Law tutors for the current spring semester. The Core Course Tutoring Program is designed to provide free tutoring in the MPH core courses for MPH students. Tutors may be from any concentration or degree program and should have received an A or A- in LW719 […]
Join BUSPH Students, Monday March 23rd, for a Pandemic Trivia Game!
Pandemic Trivia Game Monday, March 23rd 5-6 PM L110 Sponsored by the BUSPH Community Scholars Program Do you love public heath, jeopardy, procrastinating, and pizza? Take a break from midterm studying and show off your epidemiology skills at the Pandemic Trivia study break! Dinner will be provided.
Part-Time positions within BU for Health Education
Through Wellness & Prevention Services: Health Promotion Graduate Assistant Peer Leadership Development Graduate Assistant Health Communication Graduate Assistant These positions require 20 hours per week and are salaried at $1,000 per month. The positions begin in August, 2015 and end in May, 2016. More information and applications can be found at www.bu.edu/shs/internopps