Author: Emily Rogers
Zika: Pathology, Politics, and Policy (Pardee School Event)
Spring 2016 SSG Emphasis Area Meeting
Please join the sex, sexuality, gender and health emphasis area for our Spring 2016 meeting. We plan to meet on Thursday, April 14 from 1:00 – 2:00 in Crosstown 386. The focus of the meeting is to organize a panel on global LGBT health for the Fall 2016 semester. Send questions to Professor Messersmith at […]
FROM DENNIS BURKITT TO DAR ES SALAAM – WAGING WAR ON CHILDREN’S CANCER IN EAST AFRICA Lunch and Talk with Dr. Trish Scanlan
Technical Advisor, Health Programs for Francophone and Other Countries with International Rescue Committee
Apply Online Description Background: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933, the IRC is a prominent international organization working in relief, rehabilitation, protection, post-conflict […]
Fellow BUSPH student reports on FGM in Mali, publishes in the Guardian
BU MPH candidate Kateri Donahoe was selected as one of three student fellows to receive the Program for Global Health Storytelling’s Pulitzer Center fellowship. Kateri spent part of her 2015 summer in Mali conducting research and interviews on female genital cutting. Her work was published yesterday in the Guardian. Congratulations, Kateri! Female genital cutting affects […]
Article: Evaluating availability and price of essential medicines in Boston area (Massachusetts, USA) using WHO/HAI methodology
Two of the article’s authors, Abhishek Sharma and Lindsey Rorden, are BUSPH alumni. Author Richard Laing is a Professor in the Department of Global Health. Abstract Background: Many patients even those with health insurance pay out-of-pocket for medicines. We investigated the availability and prices of essential medicines in the Boston area. Methods: Using the WHO/HAI methodology, availability and undiscounted price […]
Twitter Chat on Global Mental Health with Jen Beard
STARTS:12:00 pm on Thursday, April 7, 2016 ENDS:1:00 pm on Thursday, April 7, 2016 LOCATION:On Twitter @BUSPH (#globalmentalhealth) URL:http://www.twitter.com/busph CONTACT NAME:Meaghan Agnew CONTACT EMAIL:meaghans@bu.edu Join Professors Jen Beard and Carol Dolan for a Twitter chat on mental health around the globe, including low-resource countries. Submit your questions via Twitter using the hashtag #globalmentalhealth. Add to […]
Harvard SPH: Decision analysis and cost-effectiveness nanocourse: Register now!
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Postdoctoral Association presents our first Nanocourse of 2016: Introduction to decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis for public health and clinical decision making. The course is free and everyone is welcome to attend! This course is designed to provide an overview to the methods and applications of health […]
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 […]
World Vision Global Health Fellows Programme – Multiple Positions Available
World Vision Global Health Fellows Programme Summer, 2016 Global Health Fellowship Opportunities World Vision Bangladesh: Participatory Learning and Action Groups for MNCH Training Program – Field Test Research Assistant World Vision East Africa Region: Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Lives Saved Tool (LiST) Analyses World Vision Ghana: Nutrition Links, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health Project […]