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Registration is now open for the RHTAC February webinar! Health Care Reform: Improving Health Care Access for Refugees Wednesday, February 29th, 1:00-2:30pm with Sonal Ambegaokar Health Policy Attorney National Immigration Law Center This webinar will focus primarily on humanitarian immigrant categories: refugees, asylees and others eligible for federal benefits and services. We will cover... More
There is a deadline extension to submit papers papers for the 20th Annual Graduate Student Conference in African Studies, taking place March 30-31 at the Boston University Main Campus. The deadline for application submission has been extended to February 15th. The conference is organized by BU graduate students affiliated with the African... More
The BU Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD), School of Public Health (SPH), and the College of Communication (COM) recently entered into a partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting (http://pulitzercenter.org/). The goal of this collaboration is to exchange knowledge and resources on global health and crisis reporting... More
ENACT- Winter Webinar – Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12-1pm ET To P or not to P? Knowing When the p-value is Less Than Useful. Presenters Michael LaValley, PhD Professor of Biostatistics, Boston University ENACT Research Director Daniel K. White, PT, ScD Research Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University Summary The use of statistics is a... More
Grassroots Soccer and VeraSolutions have teamed together to offer an innovative, long-term practicum opportunity to learn SalesForce customized for M&E systems for public health programs in Africa. Interns will be trained to use SalesForce working for several months with clients of VeraSolutions. The work can be done part-time... More
TITLE: International Program Intern PROJECT: CHAMPION (Channeling Men’s Positive Involvement in a National HIV/AIDS Response) REPORTS TO: Senior Technical Advisor - Gender, Policy & Advocacy EngenderHealth works to improve the health and well-being of people in the poorest communities of the world. We do this by sharing our expertise in sexual... More
BUSM has opened this course to interested SPH students at no cost. The Free-Time Elective Medical Chinese for Spring 2012 is still accepting interested students. You only need to show up, no application or pre-work required. To find out more information & sign-up: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/enrichment/fte/#Chinese_Beg Classes are held Mondays, 5 pm - More
The Safe Motherhood Program at the University of California, San Francisco is looking for two interns: one office intern to be based in the San Francisco office and one field intern to be based in the Copperbelt region of Zambia. 1.) UCSF Safe Motherhood Office Intern, San Francisco – Summer 2012 The... More
The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is accepting applications for the 2012 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellowships. The 10-week program (June 4 -Aug. 10) provides a $5,000 stipend for research and writing on a topic related to the Pardee Center's interests, with the possibility of publication. All current BU graduate students... More
Decent Care: Option or Necessity? A Human Approach to Health and Health Care The BU School of Public Health & Center for Global Health & Development will host The Reverend Canon Ted Karpf, ThM of the BU School of Theology for the Public Health Forum Wednesday, February 8 12:00PM-1:00PM. BUMC Main Instructional Building... More
The Career Services Office (CSO) is pleased to announce our “Career Services Practitioner-in-Residence”: W. Jeff Waller. We encourage you to take advantage of gaining his insights as you think about career advancement. Jeff’s profile and offerings are below. Working with W. Jeff Waller Jeff is a “friend of the School” who served... More
MGH Palliative Care Grand Rounds: The Unmet Need for Palliative Care in Africa Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, Director, African Palliative Care Association Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Ether Dome, Bulfinch Building - 4th Floor at Massachusetts General Hospital AND The Unmet Need for Pain Relief and Palliative Care in Africa: Lecture, Film and... More
Join the Oxfam Action Corps to support women farmers, fight global hunger, and build a better food system! You will meet great people and work together to change laws that can save lives, defend the rights of the world’s poorest farmers, and protect communities from rising food prices and climate... More
HPM Beyond the Classroom Series: How to Make the Most of an Informational Interview How to Make the Most of an Informational Interview Wednesday February 8th, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., R115 BUSM Instructional Building The third workshop in the Beyond the Classroom series will focus on how you can make the most of... More
Two full-time positions are available at Pathfinder in Watertown, MA. Please see the job descriptions below: Special Assistant to the President Executive Assistant to the President Pathfinder International’s mission is to ensure that people everywhere have the right and opportunity to live a healthy sexual and reproductive life. To learn more about Pathfinder, More
