By Emily Morin
21st Annual BU Graduate Student Conference in African Study-Call for Papers
Continuity, Change, and Adaptation: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Africa
Boston University’s Graduate Student Conference in African Studies will be celebrating its 21st consecutive event. This year’s conference will feature the work of emerging graduate scholars engaging Africa from an array of disciplines.
The 2013 conference will be held at Boston University, March 29-30. The early application deadline will be February 1, 2013 (but applications will be accepted for about a week after this date).
We invite rigorous graduate student papers that examine Africa’s past, present and future, exhibit methodological innovation, or yield fresh interpretative insights.
Participation is commonly drawn from across the academic spectrum: Anthropology, Art History, Cultural Studies, Economics, Ecology and Environment, Geography, Global Health, History, International Relations, Law, Literature, Media Studies,
Musicology, Policy, Political Science, Religion, and Sociology. For twenty-one years, masters and doctoral students from across North America have made this conference a valuable opportunity to expand peer-to-peer academic networks and present ongoing research. A $25 conference fee is payable upon on-site registration on March 29 th.
To Apply: Submit an application form and 500-word abstract describing your paper’s topic, methods, and argument via the online application form (see below) by February 1, 2013. More information and the application can be found at the following URL: http://www.bu.edu/africa/forstudents/graduate/annual-graduate-conference/
E-mail: 2013ascgradconference@gmail.com
Join CGHD and the Dean of Students for a presentation from The Global Poverty Project: “1.4 Billion Reasons”
Register here: http://globalpovertyproject.eventbrite.com/!
New Fellowship openings with ASPH for recent graduates
ASPH fellowships provide recent graduates of ASPH member schools with public health training experiences based at federal agencies, state/local health departments, and on Capitol Hill. The duration of the fellowships ranges from 12-24 months depending on the program.
Minimum Eligibility:
1) US citizen or permanent resident (green card) only.
2) Graduated with an advanced degree from an ASPH member school within last five (5) years.
Learn more here!
Important reminder: all GHFP-II Summer 2013 internship applications are due January 28th!
 This is the last weekend to apply for our GHFP-II Summer 2013 internships! Submit all your application materials by January 28th, 5:00 PM EST. Make summer 2013 your career stepping stone The Global Health Fellows Program II (GHFP-II) is pleased to announce its Summer 2013 internships with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Agency's Washington, DC headquarters. We have a total of 25 available summer internships! Click here for the full list of positions. Work with the largest development agency in the world USAID is home to a wide range of global health professionals working on health projects of international scope and importance. Contribute your skills to specific activities in one of five offices of the USAID Bureau for Global Health: Office of the Assistant Administrator; Office of HIV/AIDS; Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition; and the Office of Programming, Planning, and Policy. These internships will provide you a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in the field of global health. You'll be working with experienced professionals on health projects of international importance. To learn more about what it's like to be a GHFP-II intern, check out this great video made by a GHFP-II 2012 Summer Alumnus. Technical areas include: Infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria); Maternal and child health; Reproductive health; Nutrition; Commodities and logistics; Youth programming; Demography. Positions and Applicants: A variety of competitive positions are available. While most positions are at the graduate level, some positions are also open to undergraduate students who meet certain criteria, as well as some that will be challenging for PhD candidates and mid-career changers. We are interested in people from a broad range of disciplines including: Public health; Social work; Education; International relations/development; Supply chain management; Database technology and informatics; Medicine; Nursing/midwifery; Public policy; Pharmacy; Business administration; Social entrepreneurship; Population and demographic studies; Communications. 25 Summer 2013 Internships are available, including: Office of Population and Reproductive Health Youth Program Strengthening Intern Office of HIV/AIDS Health Systems Strengthening Intern Office of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Research Intern Office of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Testing and Counseling Intern Please Note: If you are interested in applying for our Summer 2013 Internships, but are not available to start on May 28, 2013, due to being on the quarter or trimester schedule, we would like to encourage you to apply. Please just write within your resume that you are on the quarter or trimester schedule and the date that you are available to start. |
| INTERNSHIP DATES: May 28, 2013 - August 20, 2013
APPLICATION DEADLINE:All applications must be submitted by 5:00 pm Eastern Time January 28, 2013. TO APPLY, please find detailed instructions at www.ghfp.net. NOTE: All internships require US citizenship or permanent resident status. We are proud to be an EEO/AA Employer. Applicants can apply for up to two internship positions. If you apply for a Winter On-Demand Internship, you will only be allowed to apply for one Summer 2013 Internship. |
Summer Course Preview. Registration is at 7am on February 28th
The Summer 2013 Courses are now available on the Student Link! Core courses and electives available.
Health Financing for a Human Rights Approach Event hosted by BUSM’s Global Health Equity Program
BUSM's Global Health Equity Program Speaker Series invites you to:
Health Financing for a Human Rights Approach by Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Chief Medical Officer for Partners In Health
Wednesday, Jan 30th
12-1:30PM
Room L210 (72 East Concord, BUSM Instructional Building)
Dr. Joia Mukherjee is Associate Professor with Harvard Medical School and the Division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Since 2000, she has served as Chief Medical Officer for Partners In Health, providing clinical supervision to its sites in Haiti, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Lesotho, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Kazakhstan, and inner-city Boston. In this capacity she is involved in programmatic and clinical work to provide health care and reduce health disparities by developing public sector, community based programs with local colleagues in those countries. She trained in Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and received a Master in Public Health degree from Harvard School of Public Health. Additionally, Dr. Mukherjee consults for the World Health Organization on the treatment of HIV and MDR-TB in developing countries. She has been involved in health care access and human rights issues since 1989, and her scholarly work focuses on the human rights aspect of HIV treatment and on the implementation of complex health interventions in resource-poor settings.
Pizza will be served. Email ghep@bu.edu for more information.
Co-sponsored by BUSM Office of Enrichment
First Rotaract meeting of the semester TONIGHT 1/23 at 5pm in L206
Come check out the Rotaract club, both new and old members welcome. There will be some great service opportunities available. Email keshaw@bu.edu with questions!
Postdoctoral position available with The Women’s Health Research Unit at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL FILLED.
Please find application attached or visit http://www.hst.org.za/content/postdoctoral-research-fellowship
The Women’s Health Research Unit (WHRU) in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship, for a period of one year starting in 2013 with the possibility of renewal for a further year.
AID Internships in India. Applications due by 2/14!
There are open internship opportunities at the Association for India’s Development (AID), a non-profit organization that promotes sustainable, equitable and just development at grass-root level projects in India. At AID, we initiate efforts in various interconnected spheres such as education, livelihoods, natural resources including land, water and energy, agriculture, health, women's empowerment and social justice (for more info visit us at www.aidindia.org).
The AID India Internship program provides internship opportunities in co-ordination with our partner NGOs in India every year. We encourage applicants of any discipline currently pursuing their undergraduate or graduate studies to apply. Details about the program can be found at: http://internships.aidindia.org/
What you can expect from this internship:
· An opportunity to work at the grassroots level and make a difference to the community. In many cases, interns live in the communities they intern in, thus get a full immersion into the experience.
· Hands on teaching, working to develop educational material or manuals, documentation or database development, conducting surveys, helping with set-up of stalls or publicizing the NGO (Specific projects will depend on the intern's skill-set and the immediate needs of the Partner NGO).
· An environment where you can build your language skills; if you already know an Indian language or to pick up some basics of a new language if you don't.
· An opportunity to blog and share your experience with the community at large through public media/ magazines/ news articles- local, national or international.
· And most importantly, lifelong friends who will cherish and appreciate your work and your impact on their well-being for a long time!
Here's a sampling of some recent internship experiences:
John Harvey, a student from London, interned at Parichay, an informal education program for children living in slums, in summer of 2012.
http://johnparichay.blogspot.co.uk/
Shruti and Jayasi, undergraduate students from New Delhi, spent their summer at Deepa Academy, a school for the blind.
http://lifeblindfolded.blogspot.in/
The deadline for receiving applications for Internships is the 14th of February, 2013.
The applications will be screened on the strength of the credentials and passion of the applicant in pursing an internship at the chosen NGO.
Please visit the Apply tab on our webpage (http://internships.aidindia.org/?q=apply) to download the forms required as part of the application process. The applicant is required to submit:
1. A up-to-date resume
2. Completed Application form
3. Two Letters of Recommendation - preferably one from an academic adviser/ professor and the other one from someone familiar with previous work/internship experience.
For questions about the application process that are not already answered on our web site, please contact us at intern@aidindia.org .
Urgent questions can be addressed by calling one of our internship coordinators at 412-267-7625.
Kind regards,
AID India Internship team
