By Weyu Hodge
BUSPH Public Health Post Fellowship Opportunity
The launch of Public Health Post (PHP), a new venture housed at SPH that aspires to elevate the conversation on public health. The goal of the website is to facilitate an ideas-first dialogue around public health that focuses on the drivers of population health. We seek to engage policymakers, journalists, and academics who can make change on a local, state, national, and global scale. We aspire to foster an online portal that is fresh, fun, and appealing to people across sectors; to feature work from across the world; and to become the go-to-place for the public health conversation.
Fellows play a prominent role in the creation and dissemination of content.
The ideal candidate is an…
-excellent writer passionate about public health,
-comfortable with social media
-well-organized and creative
-Graphic design, WordPress, and other web skills are a plus
Fellows will report to Editor-in-Chief David Jones and Project Manager Melissa Davenport. Fellows will be expected to produce one new article per week, working on average 15 hours per week, and will receive a stipend of $10,000 for the year. Any interested students should send a cover letter, CV, and writing sample to Melissa Davenport at davenpor@bu.edu.
Feel free to send any other materials you think are relevant, including art or links to websites you have developed. Applications received by November 18 will receive priority
Public Health Post is accepting applications for the second round of fellows for January 2017-2018. Any interested students should send a cover letter, CV, and writing sample to Melissa Davenport at davenpor@bu.edu.
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Boston Global Health Dinner and Discussion Series: Health Partnerships with American Indian Communities in the Northern Great Plains
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Interview Strategies Workshop- BUSPH Career Development
- STARTS:
- 5:00 pm on Wednesday, November 2, 2016
- ENDS:
- 5:00 pm on Wednesday, November 2, 2016
- LOCATION:
- R103-BU School of Medicine
- CONTACT NAME:
- Maria McCarthy
- CONTACT EMAIL:
- mamcc@bu.edu
Students will learn how to prepare for different interview types (phone screen, panel, behavioral, case, etc.)
Notes: Registration is required through SPH Handshake (under "events")
African Food and Peace Foundation Annual Dinner and Fundraiser
Aid for Africa is a charity alliance of U.S.-based nonprofits and their African partners working to help children, families, and communities throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
AFPF’s 2016 Annual Dinner and Fundraiser will be held on November 3 at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square. The Dinner and Fundraiser will raise funds for the innovative, rural development projects by our partner organizations Uganda Rural Development and Training Program (URDT) and African Rural University (ARU). It will also be a great opportunity for BUSPH students, faculty, and staff to engage with influential female African leadership. The Dinner and Fundraiser will feature guest speaker Her Excellency Oliver Wonekha, the Ugandan Ambassador to the United States. Throughout her career, Ambassador Wonekha has addressed agricultural issues and has been outspoken on education for women and girls. The Dinner and Fundraiser will be held from 6pm to 9pm at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square at 1 Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Individual tickets are available for purchase here. For more information, please contact AFPF at info@afpfonline.org.
Global Health Internship Program: AMOS Hope and Health
Amos Internship Program Description
In our Global Health Practicum + Internship program, students remain at AMOS for five additional weeks (or 200 additional hours) after the practicum to work on projects that have been identified as priority areas by the communities we work with and our primary health care team. Internship teams in the past have contributed to project areas that include: Women's Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Urban Health, and Nutrition.
*All interns must be a part of the Global Health Practicum before their internship.
Application Timeline and Deadlines
| Early Application Track | Regular Application Track | |
|---|---|---|
| Application Process Opens | Oct. 1, 2016 | Oct. 1, 2016 |
| Online Information Session | Nov. 21, 2016 | Jan. 23, 2017 |
| Application Deadline | Dec. 31, 2016 | Feb. 1, 2017 |
| Acceptance Notification | Jan. 13, 2017 | Mar. 6, 2017 |
| Logistics Information Session | Feb. 1, 2017; Apr. 3, 2017 | Apr. 3, 2017 |
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Global Health Practicum: AMOS Hope and Health
AMOS Health Practicum Description
Objective: Each summer, AMOS provides a three-week, 120-hour Global Health Practicum course that aims to empower a socially-conscious generation of public health workers. Fostering critical analysis of international health development and social theories of power and privilege, the practicum studies current models and methodologies for improving health in low-resource settings.
Practicum Activities: Students examine current models and methodologies for improving health in low-resource settings over three weeks (or 120 hours). This experience teaches students to build on community strengths and facilitate strategic community empowerment to improve health outcomes. The course will introduce participants to community-based primary healthcare practices and provide hands-on training in rural communities.The Global Health Practicum has no language requirement.
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Washington University in St Louis Summer Research Opportunity
University of Washington in St. Louis Summer Research Opportunity is for
- Full-time college undergraduates
- Graduate students pursuing a Master in Public Health (MPH), Social Work (MSW) or related fields
- Medical students looking to gain experience in the fields of public and global health research (especially infectious diseases)
More application details can be found here . The application period opens in a couple of weeks.
The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar on Violence and Non-Violence
The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar on Violence and Non-Violence presents
Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment
A discussion with Carol S. Steiker
Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Jordan M. Steiker Judge Robert M. Parker Endowed Chair in Law, The University of Texas at Austin Law School on their new book
Additional Panelists:
Lawrence D. Bobo E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
Charles Fried Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Gregory Fried Professor of Philosophy, Suffolk University
Elaine Scarry Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and General Theory of Value, Harvard University
Homi Bhabha Director, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University
Event Location
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 6pm Room 210, Emerson Hall
Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, 12 Quincy Street, Barker Center, Cambridge, MA 02138
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