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2012_February_Area Manager_North America If you wish to apply, please send your cover letter to jobs@vestergaard-frandsen.com enclosing your CV, a day-time telephone contact, names and contacts of three references.
Recruiting for the 2012-2013 class for the "CIDRZ internship" also known the HIVCorps Public Health Fellowship is underway. Deadline is March 11. Check out http://www.cidrz.org/hivcorps to learn more about this opportunity, and to download the application form!
The Boston University Women’s Guild Scholarships The Boston University Women’s Guild invites all BU women graduate students 30 years of age and over to apply for a Boston University Women’s Guild scholarship. As a long-standing women’s organization on campus, established in 1956, the Guild is pleased to honor the talented women... More
Join BUSPH Students for Quality Health Care (SQHC) for their General Interest Meeting on Thursday, 2/23, 5-6pm, Talbot 2W! PIZZA and DRINKS will be provided! SQHC is a student organization that explores the latest health policy issues in the U.S. health care delivery system at the federal and local level. We strive... More
Futures Group is looking for a Business Analyst / Pricing Specialist who would be working as part of the bridge between the financial management and business development departments. The position is newly posted here. The most important qualifications are 1) a career interest in international health and 2) experience in finance and budgeting. Please contact Rob Segan at robsegan@gmail.com, a BU MPH... More
BUSPH Career Fair 2012 Connect. Network. Find Success. Tuesday, February 28, 4-6 PM Hiebert Lounge, BUSM If you're looking for a job, an internship, or a practicum, don't miss this opportunity to meet employers from a wide variety of public health organizations! More than 30 organizations are coming, see partial list on the... More
Boston University’s Center for Global Health and Development, The Global Health Council (GHC), John Snow, Inc. (JSI), Management Sciences for Health (MSH), and Pathfinder International invite you to attend: “A Women’s Health Agenda: Tried and True US Leadership to Build Healthier Nations” Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 2:00pm- 4:00pm Metcalf Trustee Ballroom, Boston University, More
David Rochkind generally focuses on how social conflict and health issues affect and change the communities where they exist. His major projects have included work on Hugo Chavez’s self styled Bolivarian Revolution, the western hemisphere’s most polluted town in La Oroya, Peru, and the global TB epidemic and Mexico’s drug... More
Guests will include Monica Onyango, Nancy Scott, and Katherine Semrau! When? Monday, March 5th, 12-1pm panel discussion Where? BUMC Main Instructional Building L212/L214 Lunch will be served. Please RSVP here. BUSPH regularly offers its students fascinating and informative scholastic panels and lectures. However, many of us are left wondering about everything else involved... More
The Center for Global Health and Development Presents... Breaking the Poverty Cycle: The Human Basis for Sustainable Development Dr. Susan Pick, co-author of Breaking the Poverty Cycle, will outline a model of sustainable development focusing on the enhancement of skills and knowledge as the central factors of growth in lower-income nations. Thursday, March... More
Join us for an hour of short presentations by students and staff from engineering and public health, followed by a cocktail hour for networking and discussions! For this event, we are excited to have: - Marcy Monroe on Synergetic Aid: Fusing community, agency, and professional technologies into disaster response (http://www.synergeticaid.net/) (... More
Contact Lianna Tabar, the Program Coordinator at MGH Division of Global Health & Human Rights -- Initiative to End Childhood Malnutrition at liannatabar@gmail.com. The Initiative to End Child Malnutrition Malnutrition is a major cause of child morbidity and mortality in under-resourced areas. The Division of Global Health and Human Rights is undertaking a... More
GlobalPost 'Special Reports' is looking for a part-time intern to assist with the administration of and writing for a blog on global health issues titled GlobalPulse. They hope to find a student with a passion for the issues surrounding global health who wants to learn the skills needed to do... More
South Africa Rising: South Africa joins BRIC Countries as the leading African emerging economy You are invited to join an open dialogue about the progress and challenges on the African continent. Boston University’s Center for Finance, Law & Policy and the African Presidential Center will host Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, South African Ambassador... More
Positions for Global Health Corps' 2012-2013 class of Fellows have been posted! They are offering a wide range of placements and skillsets - from Procurement and Logistics Coordinators with Partners in Health in Malawi, to Design Fellowships with MASS Design Group in Rwanda. Check out http://ghcorps.org/apply/placements for details. THeir current Fellowship positions are... More
