Category: GH Events
Alumni Association Event: Life’s Bulldozer Moments: How Adversity Can Lead to Success in Life and Business 10/4
Donato Tramuto, CEO, Healthways, serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board for BUSPH. He will be providing a book discussion on Tuesday, October 4th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm in L109. The title of the book is: Life’s Bulldozer Moments: How Adversity Can Lead to Success in Life and Business.
Donato has a tremendous background in healthcare and leadership, especially in global health. He has established a scholarship that will help support international students.
Donato Tramuto felt bulldozed by life as a child when he lost most of his hearing to an ear infection that left him isolated, bullied and treated as a failure. A succession of tragedies rocked his world again, including the accidental deaths of a much loved brother and sister-in-law and a last minute decision to change his plans to fly out of Logan Airport on 9/11 on the same flight that claimed the lives of his close friends and their young son in the terrorist attack.
In this poignant and penetrating book, Tramuto, a successful health care entrepreneur and global philanthropist, recounts the business and life lessons he learned along the way and shows that adversity can lead to success in life and business. He shows anyone bulldozed by life how to pull themselves out of the rubble, dust themselves off and find meaning and purpose.
October 4, 2016
4–5 p.m. Book discussion and QA
5–6 p.m. Reception
Boston University Medical Campus
72 East Concord Street
MED Instructional Building, L109
Boston, MA 02118
Alumni in the Field: Monitoring & Evaluation 9/26
Join us in welcoming two SPH Alumni who have extensive experience working in Monitoring & Evaluation. Lunch will be provided - please RSVP!
Presenters:
Bram Brooks received his MPH from Boston University School of Public Health in 2007 and his DrPH from SPH in 2016. Currently Dr. Brooks is the Research & Metrics Advisor at Pathfinder International. He is a public health professional with over ten years of experience managing, budgeting, implementing, and evaluating health and development projects in low- and middle- income countries. Dr. Brooks has extensive experience in implementing applied research projects, including: clinical trials, cost-effectiveness studies, health systems research, program and process evaluations. As well as doctoral training in mixed-methods research design, survey development, data collection, and quantitative and qualitative analysis. He has also worked as a Senior Program Manager at SPH's Center for Global Health & Development and a Consultant for the World Health Organization, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, and USAID. He lived in Indonesia for 15 years and is fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
Hari Iyer is a Global Health Evaluation Specialist who received his MPH from SPH in 2012. Hari has five years of experience in quantitative data analysis, global health systems research and evaluation and trained in epidemiology and biostatistics. His professional experience is focused on conducting health systems and health economics research in Sub-Saharan Africa, and leading the monitoring and evaluation department at a non-profit working across three districts in Rwanda with a catchment population of roughly 1 million. He has worked for Partners in Health as a Senior Data Analyst and the Acting Director of Monitoring & Evaluation as well as a Data Analyst for Zambia Center for Applied Health Research & Development and the Center for Global Health & Development at SPH. Currently he is working towards his Doctor of Science (SD) degree in Cancer Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
“My Global Summer”: Global Health in Practice 9/22
Join us for lunch and a panel discussion with students/alum who spent their practicums working overseas.
Thursday September 22, 1:00-2:00pm CT305
Panelists:
Nikolina Boskovic: Denmark
Chen Cao: Kenya/Tanzania
Mie Hashimoto: Mexico
PJ Herrera: Tanzania
This event is sponsored by the Global Health Certificate in the Department of Global Health for more information about the certificate see below:
In our constantly evolving world, global health practitioners must have the ability to adapt to emerging challenging in a variety of settings, including designing culturally appropriate disease prevention activities and having the capacity to rapidly respond to sudden crises such as the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The global health professional of the future must therefore be equipped with the contextual knowledge needed to address global health problems while respecting social norms and values, using data to set priorities, and incorporating the latest technologies and other innovative strategies to meet global health needs.
This certificate helps to lay the foundation for a global health career by providing students with a nuanced understanding of the causes and consequences of health problems, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and methods for influencing health behaviors, programs, and policies to improve health outcomes. Students who complete the certificate will gain necessary knowledge and skills for analyzing global health issues and participating in the development of evidence-based solutions to key global health problems.
Upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Describe current health challenges faced at global, national, regional, and community levels including major causes of morbidity and mortality, and reasons for geographic variation in health outcomes.
- Analyze a health system and its component elements in order to examine its performance, identify strengths and weaknesses, and compare it to other systems.
- Critically evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of health programs administered by governments, the private sector, and commercial entities; and identify factors that influence health program sustainability.
- Apply skills to aid in the design and implementation of health programming activities while working on teams and in collaboration with different organizations or disciplines.
- Integrate socio-cultural and political awareness with social justice and human rights principles to promote culturally acceptable solutions to improve health status and conditions, and advocate for health equity.
Alumni in the field: Sex, Sexuality & Gender 9/21
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Panelists:
Brenna Lash '16: Brenna currently works with transgender youth and hormonal treatments as the Study Coordinator, Gender Management Services at Boston Children's Hospital's Department of Endocrinology.
Chase Crossno '15: Chase has had experience working at Planned Parenthood as well as developing the off-site HIV Testing program at AIDS Services of Austin. While living in Namibia and Angola from 2006-2009 she also worked on sexual health education and HIV prevention
Rupal R. Shah ’15: Rupal works as a Quality Improvement Consultant at Boston Children's Hospital. Before coming to SPH, Rupal, along with several women, started a local grassroots women's group in Cambridge which focuses on several topics such as patriarchy, social justice, and empowerment of those who are marginalized.
Pareesa Charmchi ’16: Pareesa is working as a Research Associate at BMC evaluating a narrative medicine pilot program in the OBGYN department.
This event is sponsored by the Sex, Sexuality, & Gender Certificate in the Department of Global Health for more information about the certificate see below:
Inequality and discrimination related to gender and sexuality are major barriers to the attainment of health. Using behavioral and social science theory and methods as well as human rights and social justice frameworks, students will gain analytical, program, and policy skills to understand and address the behavioral, structural, and social determinants of gender inequality and their impacts on individual, community, and population health.
Upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Identify the determinants of health and disease related to gender, gender identity, and sexuality.
- Apply conceptual frameworks related to gender inequality, sexuality, and gender identity in order to address health challenges and support the health and social well being of women, men and youth, including those who are marginalized and disadvantaged.
- Demonstrate the ability to access and use data to estimate the burden and patterns of disease and solve public health problems related to sex, sexuality and gender.
- Use systematic approaches to develop, implement, evaluate and advocate for gender and sexual and reproductive health policies, programs or services.
- Make programmatic and policy decisions that reflect ethical frameworks and respect for the values, beliefs, and practices regarding sexual health and rights within diverse communities and cultures.
Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Tanzania – Professor Nafisa Halim 9/30
Professor Nafisa Halim of BU’s School of Public Health will give the second talk in this semester’s seminar series.
Her talk, “Community Level Interventions to Address Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Tanzania” will be held on September 30th at 3PM (note the special time!), in SOC 241.
The Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking presents Refugee Education Week 9/21-9/28
Join the Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking for a week long series of events about refugees and forced migration, September 21-28, 2016.
Events dates, times, and locations
September 21st, 7:00-8:00 PM in CAS 326
BUIAA Global Insights: Along the Migrant Trail
September 22nd, 7:00-10:00 PM in CAS 313
REACT to Film Screening of "After Spring," followed by a panel discussion of the film with Dr. Omar Salem (Karam Foundation Chairman) and Prof. Somy Kim
September 27th, 5:00-7:00 PM in 121 Bay State Rd.
Global Crisis, Local Action: Boston Refugee Organizations
September 28th, 6:00-10:00 PM in the Trustees' Ballroom (1 Silber Way 9th Floor)
Refugee Benefit Gala with Eyes on Refugees (tickets required)
GH Dept. Chair Pat Hibberd speaking at EH Dept. Seminar – 9/16
Join us for the GIJS Van Seventer Environmental Health Seminar to hear our Global Health Department Chair, Pat Hibberd's Presentation:
What Will it Take to Clean Up the Most Dangerous Place On Earth?
Margaret Ewen presents: Working in Pharmaceutical Public Health from New Zealand to Amsterdam
The Pharmaceutical Program welcomes: Margaret Ewen to present on Working in Pharmaceutical Public Health from New Zealand to Amsterdam on Tuesday Sept. 13th from 5-5:55pm in L311
Margaret Ewen is a Global Projects Coordinator at Health Action International (HAI) in Amsterdam. She works on issues related to medicine pricing and access. Originally from New Zealand, she is a pharmacist and currently completing a PhD at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is visiting BUSPH this week as a panelist for the Dean's Symposium "The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health"
Interested in working on Public Health issues in China? Come hear about opportunities from guest Professor Ye Lu!
Join us for this Meet & Greet with Professor Ye Lu on Tuesday Sept. 13th in CT-305 from 12:30-1:45 for Chinese SPH students and any students interested in discussing public health opportunities in China.
Professor Ye Lu is a professor of Health Economics in the School of Public Health at Fudan University in Shanghai. She is visiting BUSPH this week as a panelist for the Dean's Symposium "The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health"
The Role of Faith Based Organizations in the Provision of Health Services in Africa
Dr. Pius Tih is visiting BUSPH this week as a panelist for the Dean's Symposium "The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health". He is the Medical Director of Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHB), a network of hospitals and primary care facilities. The CBCHB is second only to the government of Cameroon in providing quality and affordable health services in the country.
Originally trained as a lawyer, Professor Tih also received his PhD from William Carey International University and is an alum of BUSPH where he received his MPH in 1992.
Join us on Monday Sept. 12th in Fendall from 5-6 for this great speaker event!
