By Juliana Restivo
Global Oneness Engineering: Three Examples of Global Environmental Health Practice from Nepal and Ghana 9/23
THIS WEEK’S: Gijs van Seventer Environmental Health Seminar
12:45 pm-1:45pm Friday, September 23, 2016
L210
Speaker Susan Murcott D-Lab, MIT, will describe her engineering practice by defining “Global Oneness Engineering” and discussing the work in which she and her community partners and students engage. After conducting water quality tests and discovering arsenic in Nepal in 2001, the design and implementation of an innovative arsenic filter became the chief focus. Microbiologically unsafe surface waters in Ghana led to the construction of a ceramic pot filter factory to provide safe drinking water and good jobs. Murcott’s latest work with a Cambridge start-up and local partners in Ghana involves measurement of carbon flux and translating that into both financial products and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) solutions. Susan Murcott is a water/wastewater engineer and a lecturer at MIT. She has led international public health engineering projects and mentored graduate student teams in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for the past twenty-five years on five continents. For more information: https://d-lab.mit.edu/people/Susan_Murcott
The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health – Videos from event posted
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Thank you to all of the Department of Global Health faculty and staff who helped to put this day together!
Gender Practice Manager – Banyan Global
Banyan Global, an international development consulting firm, is recruiting a full time Gender Practice Manager to provide strategic vision to its growing gender practice and oversee gender projects. This position is responsible for overseeing a portfolio of gender projects, managing staff, new business development and providing technical assistance related to gender integration and women’s empowerment. This position is based in Washington, DC with travel abroad. The Gender Practice Manager will oversee global programming, including:
- Managing the gender practice, including headquarters and field staff.
- Working with Banyan Global’s senior management to set direction for the practice.
- Providing oversight to Banyan Global’s ADVANTAGE IDIQ.
- Developing and managing partnerships for the implementation of Banyan Global’s gender programming.
- Managing and designing new gender projects and ensuring quality of deliverables.
- Providing direct technical assistance, such as gender assessments and surveys, designing and conducting training on gender mainstreaming and other related topics, designing and conducting research on gender topics.
- Serving as liaison to USAID and other donors for project interventions and deliverables.
- Recruiting and managing consultants that support the gender practice programs.
- Leading new business development for the gender practice.
- Writing project reports and preparing internal documentation as required.
Requirements:
• At least ten years of experience in gender and women’s empowerment in international development or related field.
• Experience working with USAID, governments and donor agencies.
• Field-based experience working on gender topics, including gender analyses and assessments.
• Experience in proposal writing, teaming, and the overall bid process.
• Capacity to work effectively in different cultures.
• Experience managing teams.
• Excellent communication and computer skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Working proficiency in another language is preferred.
Salary is commensurate with experience. Banyan Global is an equal opportunity employer. No visa sponsorship for international candidates is provided.
Global health Research Program Manager-Clinical Research Specialist Boston Children’s Hospital
At Boston Children’s Hospital, success is measured in patients treated, parents comforted and teams taught. It’s in discoveries made, processes perfected, and technology advanced. In major medical breakthroughs and small acts of kindness. And in colleagues who have your back and patients who have your heart. As a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, our reach is global and our impact is profound. Join our acclaimed Critical Care Program and discover how your talents can change lives. Yours included. Apply here.
This Clinical Research Specialist will be responsible for:
- Managing, coordinating and implementing study projects.
- Supervising database development and the collection, entry, and reporting of clinical, research, and laboratory specimen data.
- Developing grant submissions and reporting.
- Providing supervision for study implementation in study communities, clinical sites, main office, and laboratories.
- Developing and implementing systems to continuously improve study implementation and data quality.
- Regularly reviewing data quality and designing solutions to resolve queries in the field or laboratories.
- Developing case report forms and study protocols.
- Documenting key processes, events, and meetings during the course of the projects.
- Reporting regularly to investigators on study progress.
- Preparing reports and other documents as requested by the investigators or donor.
- Developing and conducting trainings for study staff.
- Oversee and manage all supplies, equipment, and files.
- Managing ethical review submissions, amendments, and reporting.
- Draft and edit scientific portions of grant submissions to federal government, foundations, and research agencies.
To qualify, you must have:
- Master's degree in health science, public health, epidemiology or a closely related field.
- Expertise in biostatistics and computerized analytic methods.
experience in a public health, community health or clinical research setting. - Three or more years of demonstrated leadership, project management skills, supervision of teams and technical expertise in the conduct of research studies.
- Demonstrated excellence in implementing research activities and programs, knowledge of research populations.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently, under supervision, and as part of a team of collaborators, stakeholders, and research staff and to ensure quality of research practices.
- Experience in project management, preferable in international settings.
- Experience liaising with Institutional Review Boards, other regulatory organizations, and academic and governmental institutions.
- Experience with grant, research protocol, report and manuscript writing.
- Strong database management and knowledge of statistical methods frequently used in public health research.
- International travel as needed.
- Long term commitment preferred.
- Please provide a writing sample with resume and 3-5 reference.
Director of Communications – Seed Global Health job opening
Seed Global Health is a 501(c)3 non-profit entity that strengthens health education and delivery in places with dire shortages of health professionals by working with partner countries to meet their long-term health care human resource needs. Seed develops powerful partnerships to strengthen health systems globally by investing in human resources for health. Our flagship program is the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP), a public-private collaboration with the Peace Corps and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) investing in local capacity and human capital for better health care in resource-limited countries. Seed Global Health’s current main functions include serving as a coordinating center providing technical and advisory support to the GHSP program with a particular lens on recruitment of highly qualified American physicians and nurses to serve as Peace Corps GHSP volunteers, and raising and disbursing financial support to eligible GHSP volunteers with financial barriers to service. For more information, please visit www.seedglobalhealth.org.
The Director of Communications (DC) will be a mission-focused, seasoned, and creative communicator. S/he will have experience building the brand and telling the story for a dynamic, expanding and inspiring enterprise. The DC will report to the Director of Operations but will be expected to take direction from the Chief Executive Officer and provide substantial support to the Seed development team. This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated professional to take on a pivotal role in the evolution of a fast-growing, well respected organization. Qualifications and Job Responsibilities can be found here.
Alumni Association Event: Life’s Bulldozer Moments: How Adversity Can Lead to Success in Life and Business 10/4
Donato Tramuto, CEO, Healthways, serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board for BUSPH. He will be providing a book discussion on Tuesday, October 4th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm in L109. The title of the book is: Life’s Bulldozer Moments: How Adversity Can Lead to Success in Life and Business.
Donato has a tremendous background in healthcare and leadership, especially in global health. He has established a scholarship that will help support international students.
Donato Tramuto felt bulldozed by life as a child when he lost most of his hearing to an ear infection that left him isolated, bullied and treated as a failure. A succession of tragedies rocked his world again, including the accidental deaths of a much loved brother and sister-in-law and a last minute decision to change his plans to fly out of Logan Airport on 9/11 on the same flight that claimed the lives of his close friends and their young son in the terrorist attack.
In this poignant and penetrating book, Tramuto, a successful health care entrepreneur and global philanthropist, recounts the business and life lessons he learned along the way and shows that adversity can lead to success in life and business. He shows anyone bulldozed by life how to pull themselves out of the rubble, dust themselves off and find meaning and purpose.
October 4, 2016
4–5 p.m. Book discussion and QA
5–6 p.m. Reception
Boston University Medical Campus
72 East Concord Street
MED Instructional Building, L109
Boston, MA 02118
Get Involved with Public Health Advocacy
The Public Health Advocacy Group in Cambridge is an open forum for community-wide dialogue about local public health issues. We work closely with the Cambridge City Council and our meetings are held at the Cambridge City Hall. We discuss issues related to a wide range of topics from nutrition to homelessness to diseases.
We are looking for people to join our group, so if you are interested, please contact SPH Alumna Rupal Shah, MS, MPH
Project Administrator job opening – SPH Center for Global Health & Development (CGHD)
Come join our vibrant team here at Boston University School of Public Health Center for Global Health & Development (CGHD). We are located on the 3rd floor in the Crosstown building and have many Project Administrators who are part-time students in the program. You will be working hands on with faculty and professor's in the Department of Global Health and Center for Global Health & Development and be heavily involved in the research project administrative work. It is great experience to work on a global scale while still working for a university like Boston University here in Boston.
The job description is below, click here to apply!
Any questions contact Deirdre Pierotti.
Job Description
- Operationally and administratively manages specific scientific research projects for the Center. Responsible for programmatic research activities including: managing bugets and resource allocation, reporting, operational planning; managing the first related activities of the projects operating in developing countries.
- Project Coordination: Communicate with technical staff on status of projects; coordinate project meetings and travel; provide logistical and administrative support to project teams.
- Contract Management: Understand all contractual requirements of project; track due dates of financial and technical reports; ensure compliance with donor regulations and processes for securing approvals, purchasing supllies, travel restrictions.
- Financial Management: Maintain financial records; track and review expenditures; process financial transactions; provide financial reports to PIs monthly.
- Information Management: Track project "projects" (publications, posters, presentations); maintain project documentation (electronic and hard copy); compile IRB documents
Required Skills
Bachelor's Degree/3-5 years of experience required
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Job Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Position Type
Full-Time/Regular
Salary
Grade 73
Alumni in the Field: Monitoring & Evaluation 9/26
Join us in welcoming two SPH Alumni who have extensive experience working in Monitoring & Evaluation. Lunch will be provided - please RSVP!
Presenters:
Bram Brooks received his MPH from Boston University School of Public Health in 2007 and his DrPH from SPH in 2016. Currently Dr. Brooks is the Research & Metrics Advisor at Pathfinder International. He is a public health professional with over ten years of experience managing, budgeting, implementing, and evaluating health and development projects in low- and middle- income countries. Dr. Brooks has extensive experience in implementing applied research projects, including: clinical trials, cost-effectiveness studies, health systems research, program and process evaluations. As well as doctoral training in mixed-methods research design, survey development, data collection, and quantitative and qualitative analysis. He has also worked as a Senior Program Manager at SPH's Center for Global Health & Development and a Consultant for the World Health Organization, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, and USAID. He lived in Indonesia for 15 years and is fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
Hari Iyer is a Global Health Evaluation Specialist who received his MPH from SPH in 2012. Hari has five years of experience in quantitative data analysis, global health systems research and evaluation and trained in epidemiology and biostatistics. His professional experience is focused on conducting health systems and health economics research in Sub-Saharan Africa, and leading the monitoring and evaluation department at a non-profit working across three districts in Rwanda with a catchment population of roughly 1 million. He has worked for Partners in Health as a Senior Data Analyst and the Acting Director of Monitoring & Evaluation as well as a Data Analyst for Zambia Center for Applied Health Research & Development and the Center for Global Health & Development at SPH. Currently he is working towards his Doctor of Science (SD) degree in Cancer Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
“My Global Summer”: Global Health in Practice 9/22
Join us for lunch and a panel discussion with students/alum who spent their practicums working overseas.
Thursday September 22, 1:00-2:00pm CT305
Panelists:
Nikolina Boskovic: Denmark
Chen Cao: Kenya/Tanzania
Mie Hashimoto: Mexico
PJ Herrera: Tanzania
This event is sponsored by the Global Health Certificate in the Department of Global Health for more information about the certificate see below:
In our constantly evolving world, global health practitioners must have the ability to adapt to emerging challenging in a variety of settings, including designing culturally appropriate disease prevention activities and having the capacity to rapidly respond to sudden crises such as the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The global health professional of the future must therefore be equipped with the contextual knowledge needed to address global health problems while respecting social norms and values, using data to set priorities, and incorporating the latest technologies and other innovative strategies to meet global health needs.
This certificate helps to lay the foundation for a global health career by providing students with a nuanced understanding of the causes and consequences of health problems, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and methods for influencing health behaviors, programs, and policies to improve health outcomes. Students who complete the certificate will gain necessary knowledge and skills for analyzing global health issues and participating in the development of evidence-based solutions to key global health problems.
Upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Describe current health challenges faced at global, national, regional, and community levels including major causes of morbidity and mortality, and reasons for geographic variation in health outcomes.
- Analyze a health system and its component elements in order to examine its performance, identify strengths and weaknesses, and compare it to other systems.
- Critically evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of health programs administered by governments, the private sector, and commercial entities; and identify factors that influence health program sustainability.
- Apply skills to aid in the design and implementation of health programming activities while working on teams and in collaboration with different organizations or disciplines.
- Integrate socio-cultural and political awareness with social justice and human rights principles to promote culturally acceptable solutions to improve health status and conditions, and advocate for health equity.
