Fellowships
“Crisis Mapping during Disaster and Humanitarian Crises” Nov. 6th, 12-1 in R108. Lunch provided!
Dr. Jennifer Chan an Associate faculty member of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and member of the Crisis Dynamics Program. She is also the Director of Global Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. Her projects and research focuses on crisis mapping and helping organizations integrate technology and […]
Aravind Eye Event on Friday, November 2nd is cancelled!
We regret to inform the BU community that “Aravind Eye Hospitals, India: A Model for Social Entrepreneurship in Healthcare” has been cancelled because Dr. Ravindran was not able to fly to the US due to Hurricane Sandy.
IH703 is taking a trip to the Public Health Museum TOMORROW 10/26 and you’re invited!
If you are interested in visiting the Public Health Museum, IH703 is taking two busses, and has extra spots! Please be at the Med School building at 12pm tomorrow, Friday 10/26 if interested!
GHFP Technical Advisor II: HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Advisor
Global Health Fellows Program II Technical Advisor II: HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Advisor Health Team, Office of Sustainable Development, Bureau for Africa, United States Agency for International Development Assignment: Two Year Fellowship Location: Washington, DC GHFP II-P2-059 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership […]
IH Reflections from the Field: Building Public Private Partnerships in Health Care with Melissa Janis, Corporate Responsibility at Pfizer
Join us for a discussion with Melissa Janis, Senior Manager of Corporate Responsibility at Pfizer. Ms. Janis will discuss her previous work experience and highlight several private-public relationships in global health. She will specifically discuss how the government and corporate realms view these partnerships, and what some of the challenges are. Thursday, October 25th 12:30-1:30 CT305
Core Course Tutors still needed for the fall 2012 semester!
Core Course Tutors Needed! The BUSPH Core Course Tutoring Program is currently recruiting tutors for the fall semester. The Core Course Tutoring Program is designed to provide free tutoring in the MPH core courses for MPH students. Tutors are needed for all core courses and may be from any concentration and any degree program. Tutors […]
Tomorrow 10/19 join PH825 to hear two members of the CDC discuss their Global Disease Detection Program
Friday 10/19 8:30 to 9:30AM, students are invited to sit in on PH825: Human and environmental factors influencing the emergence of infectious diseases to hear two interesting speakers! Two speakers from the CDC, Tony Ao and Sonia Hegde will be presenting via the web. They will be talking about CDC’s Global Disease Detection (GDD) Program and their own field […]
“Aravind Eye Hospitals, India: A Model for Social Entrepreneurship in Healthcare” an IH event open to the BU community
For those interested in attending, please read this article Making Sight Affordable for more information about Aravind Eye Care
IH Concentrator’s Meeting: The Spring Course Preview Fair 10/24 11:30-1 in CT460/A. Lunch provided!
Please RSVP here!
Upcoming HPM Emphasis Area Event: “Designing an Instrument to Measure Hospital Performance”
Thursday, 10/18 5-6PM in CT460 As global health initiatives focus on achieving the Millennium Development Goals it is increasingly evident that strong, functioning health systems are required to sustain long term improvement in population-level health outcomes. While limited resources contribute to low-functioning health systems, poor management at the systemic and individual health facility level often […]