Author: Emily Morin
20th Annual Graduate Student Conference in African Studies, March 30th and 31st
Contesting Boundaries: Emerging Scholarship on Africa Boston University’s Graduate Student Conference in African Studies is pleased to mark its 20th anniversary. This year’s conference will feature the work of emerging graduate scholars engaging Africa from an array of disciplines. We would like to invite all who are interested in the diverse areas and methods of […]
Part-time internship through Harvard Humanitarian Initiative…apply by Friday, March 16th!
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is looking for a short-term part-time research assistant to work on data analysis for a feasibility study entitled “Post-Natural Disaster Human Trafficking Prevention in Thailand.” The research assistant will be part of a four-person research team and will have the following tasks: transcription of roughly ten 1-hour interviews, code creation, […]
Contract position: mHealth Project Coordinator for maternal health in Cape Town, South Africa
Cell-Life is looking for an mHealth Project Coordinator, based at its offices in Cape Town. mHealth is the use of mobile technologies like cellphones in healthcare. The position will involve running Cell-Life’s maternal-health work, and undertaking other mhealth projects. Areas of work will include: Project planning and reporting Conceptualising, costing and setting up new mhealth services Writing […]
New Practitioner-in-Residence at the Career Center, great resource for anyone looking at a career in IH!
The BUSPH Career Center is pleased to announce that PRACTITIONER-IN-RESIDENCE, Patricia Burns, is available to provide career advice on Tuesday afternoons, beginning March 20. Working with Patricia Burns, MSc, MPH Patricia has worked in public health for over 12 years and graciously offered to donate her time to meet with students and provide individualized career […]
The Dark Side of Research: March 8th at 12pm
The Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights at Boston University School of Public Health will be hosting the 2nd Annual Cathy Shine Lecture on Thursday, March 8th at 12 PM BU School of Medicine, Room L-110, 72 E. Concord Street, Boston THE DARK SIDE OF RESEARCH: Exploitation in Clinical Trials Carl Elliott, MD, […]
Village Hopecore International: One year fellowship in global health availability
June 28th, 2012 to July 25th, 2013 Overview Village Hopecore International is offering a fellowship in global health for individuals and graduate students who are interested in and have backgrounds in the areas of public health, nursing or medicine at its project site in Chogoria, Kenya. The fellowship will begin on June 28th, 2012 and […]
LW800-Genetics, Law and Public Health course clarification
There has been some confusion regarding the summer course, LW800 – Genetics, Law and Public Health. The Department of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights wants to make sure that non-concentrators understand that the pre-requisites are either LW707, or LW751, or permission from Professor Roche. Attached is the flyer as well. lw800 flyer 2012 Summer 1 2012: LW800 Genetics, […]
Update: Career Office events not worth missing!
WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS Note: For planning purposes, RSVP’s are required for all workshops and events. Space is limited. WORKSHOPS Offered from 1-1:50pm in Room R103 unless noted otherwise. RSVP to Maria McCarthy at mamcc@bu.edu. Mar. 7 LinkedIN Basics – Two Sessions: 1-1:50pm in R115, 5-5:50pm in R103. Mar. 21 Interview Strategies Mar. 28 Negotiating Job Offers
Rabin Martin Associate/Senior Associate position available: health sector management-consulting and communications firm
Rabin Martin is in search of an energetic individual to join our growing firm as an Associate/Senior Associate. Candidate should have experience in public health programming, ideally in women’s health in the global arena. Strong program development and implementation skills/experience as well as excellent communications (verbal and written) skills/experience are necessary for this position. Rabin […]
Advancing Health and Social Justice in Malawi: A Conversation with Sam Njolomole (Awareness Raising Event)
Interested in medicine, global health, or nonprofit work? Come hear the inspirational story of Samson Njolomole, the External Relations Manager for Partners In Health in his home district of Neno, Malawi. Learn more below about his work to improve health care and treat HIV: In 2007, Samson Njolomole began working as a translator in his […]