GH Announcements
Apply to be a CUGH Campus Representative for BU! Applications due July 20th.
In an effort to engage and mobilize the voices of local student groups involved in global health, the Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) is announcing a call for nominations of one Campus Representative from each CUGH member institution. With the goal of eliciting input from the broader […]
Professor Chris Gill awarded Metcalf Cup and Prize
A physician specializing in infectious diseases, Christopher Gill calls himself “a clinician first,” but students are currently among the beneficiaries of his work on global public health problems. An associate professor of global health at the School of Public Health and a research scientist at BU’s Center for Global Health & Development, Gill treats his […]
ASC Offers Course for Public Health Students
Boston University’s African Studies Center (ASC), an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, piloted a Swahili language course designed for Masters of Public Health candidates during the Spring 2016 semester, and students discussed the benefits of the course as well as the close the ties between the School of Public Health and the African Studies […]
Students Receive African Language Fellowships
“My heart was left in Senegal,” says Faith Umoh. After two years there with the Peace Corps, she returned to the US last spring to pursue an MPH at the School of Public Health—and discovered a way to stay connected to Senegal and Wolof, its main language, at the same time. Read the full article […]
PH825: Analysis of Emerging Infections Using the One Health Approach
Don’t miss out on course PH825 this fall taught by one of our Department of Global Health faculty David Hamer and Department of Environmental Health professor Jean M. van Seventer. For more information see the course description and video below. There is still time to register on student link! This class employs One Health, an approach […]
Spring 2016 SSG Emphasis Area Meeting
Please join the sex, sexuality, gender and health emphasis area for our Spring 2016 meeting. We plan to meet on Thursday, April 14 from 1:00 – 2:00 in Crosstown 386. The focus of the meeting is to organize a panel on global LGBT health for the Fall 2016 semester. Send questions to Professor Messersmith at […]
Fellow BUSPH student reports on FGM in Mali, publishes in the Guardian
BU MPH candidate Kateri Donahoe was selected as one of three student fellows to receive the Program for Global Health Storytelling’s Pulitzer Center fellowship. Kateri spent part of her 2015 summer in Mali conducting research and interviews on female genital cutting. Her work was published yesterday in the Guardian. Congratulations, Kateri! Female genital cutting affects […]
Article: Evaluating availability and price of essential medicines in Boston area (Massachusetts, USA) using WHO/HAI methodology
Two of the article’s authors, Abhishek Sharma and Lindsey Rorden, are BUSPH alumni. Author Richard Laing is a Professor in the Department of Global Health. Abstract Background: Many patients even those with health insurance pay out-of-pocket for medicines. We investigated the availability and prices of essential medicines in the Boston area. Methods: Using the WHO/HAI methodology, availability and undiscounted price […]
Global Health 811: Applied Research Methods
GH811 is a recently developed course focused on data science methods for global health. The class is hands-on and will equip students with practical skills that employers are looking for. This course is open to all students who’ve taken both introductory biostatistics and epidemiology (EP713 and BS704). Course Overview In this course we focus on building skills […]
“Where are the Global Health Jobs?” Talk with Career Advisor Jeff Waller
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