Category: Outside Announcements
GHEP is hosting their lunch talk tomorrow, December 2nd at 11am!
GHEP is excited to announce our next lunch talk on Tuesday December 2 from 11 AM – 12 PM in L210 with Dr. Nakul Raykar, a fellow in the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship Program through Partner’s in Health and Boston Children’s Hospital. Historically, the global public health discourse has often neglected surgical care as a priority, but it is becoming more and more evident that conditions amenable to surgical care comprise a significant portion of global death and disability. Come learn about the need for and the impact of global surgery and opportunities to get involved even as a student.
Lunch will be served!
Lecture Series: Improving Health in Latin America and Latino USA
This Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the BU Latin American Studies Program and the BU School of Public Health will host it's first event on December 2nd and run through the Spring 2015 semester. For information about dates and topics please see the flyer: LAS Series SPH
MPH Students Invited: Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds “Ending Ebola: Strategies for Combating an Epidemic”
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
Dr. Adam Levine: Ending Ebola: Strategies for Combating an Epidemic
Wednesday December 3, 2014
9:30am-10:30am
650 Albany Street 7th floor
Dr. Adam Levine MD MPH is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Brown University Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship. He has recently returned from Liberia after caring for patients with Ebola.
He received his Medical Doctorate from the University of California, San Francisco and his Masters of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley before completing his specialty training in Emergency Medicine at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency in Boston.
Dr. Levine has worked clinically and/or conducted research in Mexico, India, Zambia, South Africa, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Haiti, Libya, and South Sudan. He currently serves as the Emergency Medicine Coordinator for the USAID-funded Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program; as a member of the Emergency Response Team for International Medical Corps, a disaster and humanitarian relief organization; and as Associate Faculty for the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, whose goals are to improve the quality and professionalize the delivery of humanitarian and disaster relief. Dr. Levine also serves as the Editor-in-chief for Academic Emergency Medicine's annual Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review. His own research focuses on improving the delivery of acute care in low-income countries and during humanitarian emergencies.
The Ebola Crisis: Examining the Legacy of Infecitous Disease Outbreaks-Thursday at 12:00pm
Global Conversations, sponsored by Santander Bank, are intended to spark new dialogue around “big picture” global themes. Join us in hearing from faculty experts from BU and beyond for an interdisciplinary, interactive, and informal look at four important issues affecting our world. Global Conversations are hosted by Global Programs, in partnership with departments and centers across the Charles River and Medical Campuses. Speakers at this event include: George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Law; Bioethics & Human Rights of School of Public Health; and Professor in the School of Medicine and School of Law; Susan Foster, Professor of Global Health, School of Public Health; William Keylor, Professor of International Relations and History, Pardee School of Global Studies; Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Assistant Professor of Global Health, School of Public Health. Seating is limited but open to all BU faculty, staff, and students. Each event will include lunch followed by a one-hour panel conversation. Please register to attend with the link below: http://www.bu.edu/globalprograms/discover/events/international-education-week/global-conversations-2014/
Make this Holiday Season Memorable for a Child in Need: Toy Drive Sponsored by BUSPH Students of Color for Public Health
The BUSPH Students of Color for Public Health are sponsoring a toy drive from Tuesday, November 17th-Tuesday, December 16th. Your donation of an unwrapped toy will benefit the children of the Boston Housing Authority Ruth Barkley Apartments. Follow the link below to find information about drop off box locations:
Join Engineers Without Borders at BU for Zambia Night: A Celebration of Culture and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Learn more by viewing the flyer here: ZAMBIA Night Flyer
Global Health and Engineering Meetup, this Friday at 4:30pm RSVP Required
Join us for an hour of short presentations by students and staff from different fields in global health, followed by networking and discussions over refreshments! And remember, all good things come to those who RSVP: http://blogs.bu.edu/ghecho/rsvp/
View the full flyer here: Global Health and Engineering Meetup
Global Festival 2014: Celebrating Cultures for a Cause!
If you want to taste international homemade dishes, are looking forward to a folkloric catwalk, and don't want to miss performances and music from all over the world, this is the place to be on Friday, November 14, 2014. Join the International Students Organization and enjoy the richest cultural night of the year! All proceeds will go to Smile Train, an international children’s charity with a sustainable approach to a single, solvable problem: cleft lip and palate. More info about Smile Train at: http://www.smiletrain.org/
Date: Friday, Nov 14, 2014
Time: 6pm - 10pm
Where: Hiebert Lounge, BU School of Medicine (14th floor)
Traditional wear encouraged.
For tickets please contact the ISO at iso.busph@gmail.com or go to the following Eventbrite page: https://busphiso-globalfest.eventbrite.com. The ISO will also sell tickets on-campus during the week Nov 10-14 in the School of Medicine lobby. Friends and families are invited!
You can also RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/512765198827125/?ref=br_tf
In Honor of World AIDS Day: LWALA Community Alliance Benefit Gala
Upcoming AIDS Awareness and Benefit Gala on behalf of the Lwala Community Alliance, a health and development agency founded by Drs. Milton and Fred Ochieng', two brothers from Lwala, a rural Kenyan village where 1 in 5 adults is HIV positive.
The event is Monday, December 1, at the Metcalf Ballroom at Boston University. Reception begins at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner and evening presentation.
You may register at: lwalaboston2014.eventbrite.com.
Our special guest speaker is Donato Tramuto, named as one of the top 12 innovators in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe in 2012 and a 2014 recipient of the Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation.
Program summary will be provided by LCA Executive Director, James Nardella, a 1999 graduate of Boston University, College of Fine Arts.
Lwala has been featured on Apple's website, ABC World News, CNN, and at Pri-Med medical education conferences.
