Category: Fellowships
Global Emergency Care Collaborative is Now Accepting Applications for the 2015/16 Academic Year!
Global Emergency Care Collaborative is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for International Healthcare Leadership Fellows for the 2015-2016 academic year.
During the seven-month Field Leadership Experience, Fellows will manage 10 to 15 local employees and international volunteers at an Emergency Department-based training and research site in Uganda or Kenya. Fellows will spend the remaining five months in the United States working on a range of projects designed to prepare them for leadership positions in academic medicine and global health.
The Global Emergency Care Collaborative will provide mentorship opportunities to co-author original research papers, assistance arranging academic credit, and coverage of travel and living expenses during the Field Leadership Experience in East Africa.
Successful applicants should have prior experience working in low resource settings and a high level of commitment to global health, sustainable development, health systems strengthening, and capacity building. Previous NGO experience a plus. Please address your inquiries to volunteer@globalemergencycare.org or info@globalemergencycare.org for more information.
Interested in Non-profit Capacity Building? Four Month Paid Fellowship Available at Third Sector New England.
Third Sector New England is looking for outstanding individuals who want to learn about nonprofit capacity-building.
This four month paid fellowship (February-May 2015) is an amazing opportunity to shadow nonprofit organizational development consultants in the field, to gain first-hand knowledge of the internal management of a nonprofit capacity-building firm, to learn about the theories underlying capacity-building consulting, to understand how nonprofit organizational assessments are conducted, and to learn about evaluation processes for nonprofit capacity-building efforts. This fellowship will be customized to fit both personal learning goals and TSNE’s organizational goals.
Learn more and apply to be part of the fall cohort here: http://www.tsne.org/nonprofit-capacity-building-fellow-third-sector-new-england
A fellow MPH student has been nominated for the Young Leader Under 30 Social Media Award at Health Systems Global!
Hedieh Mehrtash, MPH Candidate in the class of 2015 has recently been nominated for the Young Leader Under 30 Social Media Award at Health Systems Global. We can support her and increase her chances of winning this award by endorsing her here!
CDC Fellowship Recipients Named: 4 Are Graduates of BUSPH!
CDC offers an intensive one-year fellowship within the Center for Global Health for MPH graduates. The prestigious Allan Rosenfield Fellowships for 2014-2015 were just announced and 4 of the 31 recipients (13%) are BUSPH Alumni:
Dana Greeson (IH/MCH 2009) assigned to South Africa
Ramya Kumar (EPI 2013) assigned to Zambia
John Macom (IH 2010) assigned to CDC in Atlanta
Jessica Riggs (MCH 2014) assigned to Cameroon
That is a remarkable percentage, given that the program is open to graduates of all ASPPH schools and programs in public health.
UCLA Health Fellowship Program Employer Info Session Tomorrow at 4:30pm!
UCLA Health Fellowship Program Employer Info Session
Wednesday, September 03, 4:30 to 5:30 PM, Talbot 106E
Interested in Health Administration?
Please join representatives from UCLA Health to learn more about jump-starting your career in health administration through the Administrative Fellowship. This is a one-year, project-based program which provides executive-level exposure under the direction of Shannon O’Kelley, Chief Operating Officer. We will also discuss the Administrative Internship for first year students. Please RSVP on CareerLink, under the “Info Session” section of “Events.”
The Global Health Equity Program is hosting a speaker series on Ethics and Ebola TOMORROW
GHEP Global Health Speaker Series presents:
Ethics and Ebola
Date: Tuesday August 26
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: L201
Snacks will be served!
Speaker: Dr. George Annas, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights at BUSPH, Professor at BUSM and BU School of Law
The GHEP Speaker Series is excited to present our first talk of the year featuring Dr. George Annas, health law professor at SPH and BUSM. He will be joining us to discuss the intricacies of the ethical dilemmas global health workers and the global health community face in light of the current Ebola outbreak. Come join us for a riveting talk on what happens during a spiraling epidemic and how the ethical principles you seen in school inform real events in the medical and public health spheres.
Fellowship Opportunity at USAID. Deadline to apply is September 5!
Program Advisor for Strategic Engagement
Global Health Fellows Program
Commodity Security and Logistics Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Location: Washington, DC
Assignment: 2 year fellowship
Job Overview: The Program Advisor for Strategic Engagement will support the Commodities Security and Logistics Division, of the Office of Population and Reproductive Health, to better strategically engage with key family planning stakeholders and to identify local and regional procurement solutions for family planning commodities in support of USAID Forward and other Agency initiatives. S/he will serve as a member of the Central Contraceptive Procurement (CCP) Project team, providing technical guidance to USAID field programs and partners in the procurement of family planning commodities. The Advisor will support strategic engagement efforts with key global and regional procurers of family planning commodities, industry and across Global Health.
To learn more about this fellowship and apply, click here. Deadline to apply is September 5th.
Interested in completing Practicum this Fall? Look no further than Initiatives Inc.
Are you committed to improving access to quality primary health care to under-served communities? Are you interested in increasing the global exchange of best practices related to community health and programs? If so, Initiatives Inc. is seeking a Public Health intern with some background on Community Health Workers and an interest in website design and management to help us distribute information on CHW issues, policies, research and best practices to the global community.
Desired Skills:
• Good writing skills
• A background or interest in Public Health preferred
• Website design and maintenance: knowledge of Drupal, HTML, CSS, PHP and Java
• Experience with social media marketing and communication strategies
• Experience with Google Analytics
• Knowledge of graphic design and video production a plus
Timeframe: September 2014 or earlier. 12-15 hours per week in office.
Requirements: CV and Writing Sample
Scope of Work:
1. Assist in identifying and writing new features for CHW Central
a. Conduct research and literature reviews on topical issues related to Community Health Workers
b. Conduct interviews with key academics and practitioners working on CHW issues and research and projects
c. Assist in setting up webinars on identified topics.
2. Assist with development and implementation of a marketing strategy
a. Manage CHW Central newsletter development and distribution
b. Maintain and enhance our social media presence
c. Help us maximize the site’s visibility through Google Adwords and search engine optimization
d. Monitor, track and report on site usage with Google Analytics
3. Contribute to maintaining the CHW Central website
a. Update what’s new and upcoming events section of the website
b. Find new resources
c. Develop blogs or short updates on CHW practices
d. Research and respond to questions posed by website members
To Apply: Email your CV, cover letter and writing sample to Jackie McCarthy, jmccarthy@initiativesinc.com.
Global Pediatric Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital
Global Pediatric Fellowship in Health Service Delivery
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
We are currently accepting applications for the Global Pediatric Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. This is a two year training program, in which Fellows rotate in 6 month blocks between a field placement in Haiti, Rwanda, or Liberia, and a clinical placement in Boston, Massachusetts. The focus of the fellowship is on skills in global health service delivery, including:
- Clinical care
- Medical education
- Program development
- Management
- Evaluation
- Quality improvement
- Iimplementation focused research.
During their field placement, fellows will work in collaboration with Partners In Health (Haiti/Rwanda) or the Academic Collaborative to Support Medical Education in Liberia to provide pediatric training to local clinicians, strengthen existing child health programs, and expand access to pediatric health care.
Prior to departing to their field site, fellows attend a 1-week orientation to fieldwork in Haiti through PIH. During their clinical placement in Boston, fellows will combine clinical work in general pediatrics with an extensive global health curriculum aimed at strengthening their core clinical, public health, quality improvement, and teaching skills relevant to global health. Fellows attend the Global Health Delivery Summer Intensive Program at the Harvard School of Public Health, in addition to courses in clinical skills, ultrasound, research, and QI.
Candidates must be board certified/eligible in pediatrics or medicine-pediatrics. For entry into the fellowship on July 1st, 2015, the application deadline is October 10th, 2014. To apply click here.
