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2016 – 2017 Concentrator’s Guide
Supply Chain Intern – USAID position in Rwanda ** Deadline Soon
**Deadline approching 4/14/16** Supply Chain Intern Health Systems Strengthening, Health Office, United States Agency for International Development/Rwanda Location: Kigali, Rwanda | May 2016-November 2016: Compensated 6 month internship | INT-P5-038 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with Global... More
Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Project Intern – Global Health Fellows Program II
**Deadline coming up 4/21** Global Health Fellows Program II Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Project Intern Infectious Diseases Division, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Anticipated timeframe: May 2016 – November 2016: Compensated 6 month internship Location: Washington, DC/Arlington, VA The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is... More
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... More
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... More
Call for Proposals: Northeast Big Data Hub – April 15th & May 1st
Call for Proposals Applicants can be: MS students who have one year to graduation; PhD students who have two years or less until graduation; Postdoctoral fellows who graduated fewer than 5 years ago It is a ONE PAGE application; deadlines however approaching quickly. Catalyzing Industry-Academic Partnerships The Northeast Big Data Hub (@NEbigdatahub) is one... More
Presentation on RCT to test interventions addressing intimate partner violence in Northern Tanzania
On Monday, April 11th come to CHS Research Practice in Action Series (with lunch!) to hear Global Health professor Lisa Messersmith's presentation on her work on intimate partner violence in Northern Tanzania. RSVP here for lunch!
BU Medical Campus Mock Election!
BU Medical Campus Mock Election The BU School of Public Health Student Senate invites you to vote in the BU Medical Campus Mock Election! If you could vote for the next President of the United States today, who would you choose? VOTE HERE Polls open Monday, April 11 – Tuesday, April 19 All votes... More
FROM DENNIS BURKITT TO DAR ES SALAAM – WAGING WAR ON CHILDREN’S CANCER IN EAST AFRICA Lunch and Talk with Dr. Trish Scanlan
Technical Advisor, Health Programs for Francophone and Other Countries with International Rescue Committee
Apply Online Description Background: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933, the IRC is a prominent international organization working in relief, rehabilitation, More
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... More
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... More
Twitter Chat on Global Mental Health with Jen Beard
STARTS:12:00 pm on Thursday, April 7, 2016 ENDS:1:00 pm on Thursday, April 7, 2016 LOCATION:On Twitter @BUSPH (#globalmentalhealth) URL:http://www.twitter.com/busph CONTACT NAME:Meaghan Agnew CONTACT EMAIL:meaghans@bu.edu Join Professors Jen Beard and Carol Dolan for a Twitter chat on mental health around the globe, including low-resource countries. Submit your questions via Twitter using the hashtag #globalmentalhealth. Add to Calendar: Outlook... More
Harvard SPH: Decision analysis and cost-effectiveness nanocourse: Register now!
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Postdoctoral Association presents our first Nanocourse of 2016: Introduction to decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis for public health and clinical decision making. The course is free and everyone is welcome to attend! This course is designed to provide an overview to the methods... More
Tune in Thursday 4/7! “Birthing New Solutions to End Maternal Mortality”
Merck for Mothers Celebrates Progress to Improve Maternal Health Care at 7th Annual Women in the World Summit For the fourth year in a row, Merck for Mothers will take to the stage to shine a global spotlight on the importance of access to quality maternal health at the Women in... More
Practicum opportunities at Center for Health Information and Analysis in Copley Square
The mission of the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is to monitor the Massachusetts health care system and to provide reliable information and meaningful analysis for those seeking to improve health care quality, affordability, access, and outcomes. CHIA has quite a few paid internship opportunities available for this summer... More