Conferences/Seminars

CGHD Forum open to all students!

GHFP-II Free Webinar: How to land your Global Health Internship-Tips from recruiters and interns!

 Insider tips to land your global health internship!   Could you use insider tips to compete for global health internships? Do you fear that you lack the international experience some internships demand? Unsure about overseas travel in developing countries? We can help! We are offering a free webinar to explain how best to display your […]

BUSM Global Health Speaker Series, Dr. Heidi Behforouz on Community Health Workers in Primary Care

Thursday, October 11th 12:30-1:30 BUSM – R building R103 Join Dr. Heidi Behforouz,director of Partners In Health’s (PIH) Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment (PACT) program (http://www.pih.org/pages/usa/), as she speaks on the PACT’s findings that well-supported and well-integrated CHWs enable care teams to improve their patients’ health outcomes and reduce expenditures on healthcare. Based on […]

Web access to distinguished speakers on universal access to health care TONIGHT! 9/26 at 6:30pm

The Rockefeller Foundation, The Lancet, and Results for Development Institute are pleased to invite you to attend the launch of: The Lancet Series on Universal Health Coverage Featuring: Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Dr. Judith Rodin, President of the […]

Global Nursing Caucus Conference! October 19th and 20th at UMass Boston

Global Nursing Caucus Conference  Engaging and Empowering Nurses in Global Health Join us for a two-day conference for nurses interested in global health.  We will be discussing a range of topics based on the following sub-themes:             Nursing education and training initiatives             Skills for promoting health in resource constrained settings […]

Southern African Languages Conversation Group with the BU African Studies Center

Are you interested in Southern African languages? A group of students, faculty, and staff would like to start an bi-weekly conversation group. It would be a great opportunity to speak and compare Southern African languages and share resources in an informal environment. Speakers of isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati, and seSotho may be represented, but all languages […]

MGH Center for Global Health Seminar Seires “Disasters Without Borders: When Mass General Responds” with Hilarie Crammer, Director of Disaster Response at MGH

MGH Center for Global Development Seminar Series “Disease Eradication: The Guinea Worm Campaign” with Donald Hopkins from The Carter Center

Pardee House Seminar 9/26 “Beyond GDP in Brazil, and China: The Prospect of Long-Run Development”

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