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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... More
You're invited to the: Chester M. Pierce MD. Division of Global Psychiatry Global Psych Dinner: Dr. Christina Borba: "Global Mindset, Local Relevance: Learning from Ethiopia, Liberia, and Boston" Monday Sept. 19th 6:00pm-7:30pm Boston Medical Center, Evans Seminar Room, 72 East Concord Street, E112A BUSPH Alumna Christina P.C. Borba, PhD, MPH is Director of Research for... More
Join us for the opening seminar of the: GIJS Van Seventer Environmental Health Seminar Series: Global Environmental Health: Science, Policy & Practice The Insufficiently Appreciated Impact of Pollution on Global Health on Friday September 9th 12:45-1:45pm in L112 Pollution-related disease (PRD) is a massive and growing global problem. Diseases caused by pollution are responsible for... More
On September 15th the BUSPH will hold a Dean’s Symposia titled “The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health” as part of the celebration of 40 years of the School. Three of the participants will be joining the BUSPH community for various events throughout the week organized by the Department of Global... More
Job Title: Volunteer Analytics and Data Visualization Intern Description: Vecna Cares, the non-profit arm of Vecna (www.vecnacares.org), provides technology and training to support and strengthen health systems in under-served areas for better health outcomes. We deploy hardware and software solutions worldwide (Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Haiti, US, etc.). We are seeking a volunteer Analytics... More
// Pathways to Governmental Public Health - Networking Starts:11:40 am on Thursday, September 8, 2016 Ends:12:50 pm on Thursday, September 8, 2016 Location:Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge Contact Name:Joanna Brown Contact Email:jvbrown@bu.edu Contact Phone:617-638-4841 Are you considering going to work for a local or state health department following graduation? We have invited officials from the Boston Public Health... More
Global Maternal and Child Health Program Manager Responsibilities Summary and Overview The Program Manager will be responsible for coordination of field operational, data management, and regulatory activities for global maternal and child health research projects. The research is conducted jointly between the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Boston Children’s Hospital. We... More
D-Prize is a program looking for budding leaders who can start a new social enterprise and increase access to global poverty solutions. Winners of our entrepreneurship competition are given up to $20,000 in funding to launch a pilot program of their idea. We are especially interested in supporting students who are... More
On September 15th the BUSPH will hold a Dean’s Symposia titled “The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health” as part of the celebration of 40 years of the School. As part of this event, three international participants have been invited to participate. They will be in Boston for the week... More
The Global Health Ideas Repository (GHIR) is a forum that connects educators, innovators, & students from various disciplines interested in tackling global health challenges from an engineering perspective. Have you spent your summer working in a developing country and have firsthand experience with the pressing global health challenges of today? Share... More
Core Course Tutors Needed: The SPH 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... More
Initiatives, Inc. is a Boston-based, women-owned business dedicated to improving the health and services provided to communities in the developing world. Initiatives seeks a motivated intern with an interest in developing skills in research, writing, and design to support Initiatives' work in disseminating information on CHW (Community Health Worker) issues, policies... More
General Summary: The Program Manager leads an ongoing population-based social network cohort study and implementation project seeking to improve the lives and livelihoods of 5,000 residents of Nyakabare Parish in southwestern Uganda. The social network study is one of several research studies and implementation projects currently operating in the Mbarara, Uganda... More
Research Administrator II - Friedman School of Nutrition Job Description Research Administrator II - Friedman School of Nutrition - (16001533) Description The Research Administration unit at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy is responsible for the full life cycle of quality research administration ranging from proposal development to post-award administration, award close-out and award... More
Job DescriptionSenior Research Administrator - Friedman School of Nutrition-16001534 Description The Research Administration unit at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy is responsible for the full life cycle of quality research administration ranging from proposal development to post-award administration, award close-out and award compliance. The services and resources provided by... More
