Author: Juliana Restivo
Pre-register for high demand GH courses by October 13
Pre-registration for high demand GH courses, GH722, GH743, and GH804 is now open. If interested please complete the form by October 13 SPH GH 722: Supply Chain Management for Improved Health System Performance Supply chain logistics is an important aspect of public health programs, and an area that is often unappreciated. The journey from manufacturer […]
Mental Health – Public Health Connections meeting 10/12
To celebrate: World Mental Health Day coming on Monday, October 10th, join us for the first Mental Health – Public Health Connections campus interest group meeting Wednesday October 12th from 5-5:50pm in L109A. Earlier this year The World Bank and the WHO held a two-day series of events focused on Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority […]
Burden & Impacts of Heavy Metal Exposures in LMICs 10/7
GIJS VAN SEVENTER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SEMINAR Friday October 7th 12:45-1:45pm
Founder of Global Burden of Disease approach, Christopher J. L. Murray, MD, DPhil coming to BU! 10/26
17th Annual Dudley Allen Sargent Distinguished Lecture Presented by Christopher J. L. Murray, MD, DPhil Professor of Global Health, University of Washington Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Wednesday, October 26, 4:00-5:00 p.m. BU Sargent College, Room 101 635 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts A physician and health economist, Dr. Christopher Murray’s work has led […]
Breaking through limitations: Women’s Self-Help Institutions in India as vehicles for health & social transformation
Come join us and hear from visiting guest lecturers from India who have worked closely with Research Scientist Jenny Ruducha from the Department of Global Health. Previous students have had practicum experiences with Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana (RGMVP) in Uttar Pradesh, India. RGMVP is currently scaling up women’s Self Help Groups and behavior change and […]
Dean Galea on: Trauma as a Foundational Cause of Population Health: Implications for Providers 10/5
Wednesday, Oct. 5 8-9 a.m. Crosstown Building, Second floor, 2128 Please join the Community Medicine Unit of BUSM and the Department of General Internal Medicine for the annual Kathy Bennett Memorial Lecture in Community Medicine. This year, we are lucky to have BUSPH Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH (view profile), as our lecturer. Abstract from […]
“Resilience in Child Survivors of Mass Trauma: the Case of Liberia”
Boston University School of Medicine – BMC Psychiatry Grand Rounds L110 – October 6th 12pm-1pm Dr. Elizabeth Levey is a Global Clinical Research Fellow in the Division’s T32 Fellowship. She is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist involved in both global mental health research and clinical work. Dr. Levey received her MD from the University of Chicago and […]
Catholic Relief Services International Development Fellows Program – online info session multiple times
The U.S. Catholic Bishops established Catholic Relief Services in 1943 to help the displaced people of war-torn Europe. More than 70 years later, the world has changed, and CRS has changed with it. Today we are one of the largest and most trusted international relief and development organizations in the world, with a presence in […]
Key public health employers are coming to campus in the coming weeks!
To attend you must register on Handshake as these employers are very popular and space is limited. RTI International – Wednesday, October 19th from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Room L-303 RTI is a nonprofit research institute with more than 4,100 employees working across a broad array of topics. This includes more than 600 people […]
Herstory: Exploring the Intersection of Women and HIV, Then and Now
Join The Fenway Institute, Fenway Women’s Health, and the LGBT Aging Project for the first of a two part series, Herstory: Exploring the Intersection of Women and HIV, then and now. Using first person narrative, Herstory will explore how women were affected at the height of the US epidemic, along with the roles they subsumed […]