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2016 – 2017 Concentrator’s Guide
Save the Date!! 2016 Pharm Symposium – The Politics of Access
BU’s Global Health Ideas Repository needs your contributions
The Global Health Ideas Repository is a forum that connects educators, innovators, and students from various disciplines interested in tackling global health challenges from an engineering perspective. Through the site, you can: Propose a global health challenge to the BU College of Engineering. Explore submissions that can be used to design classroom exercises... More
Summer 2016 Internships Now Open with Global Health Fellows II
Internships are finally here! A position with the Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP) II can open doors for your career. As a GHFP-II summer Intern, you will work alongside world-renowned global health experts at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). GHFP-II Interns deliver high-quality technical support for international... More
GH alum discusses advocacy, funding, and treatment of cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa
Read the latest Pardee Paper written by Global Health alum Maia Olsen, Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Need for New Paradigms in Global Health. Cancer is the leading global cause of death, and has been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and worldwide, which are projected to account... More
Summer Field Program in the Philippines – seeking interested students
Are you interested in participating in or learning about the 2016 Summer Field Program in the Philippines? Students interested in participating in the 2016 Philippines Program, should review the program site and reach out to Joe Anzalone to learn about this year's program. Preliminary dates for the program, are May 9 to August 5, More
USAID GHFP-II Internship Available: Health Management Information Systems Intern
Health Management Information Systems Intern Strategic Planning, Evaluation and Reporting Division, Office of HIV/AIDS, Bureau for Global health, United States Agency for International Development Location: Washington, DC/Arlington, VA | February 2016-August 2016: Compensated 6 month Internship | INT-P5-035 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed... More
Registration Open for Swahili Language with a Health Focus Course – CAS LE491
BU’s African Study Center is offering a Swahili Language class on the Medical Campus for Spring 2016. MPH Students interested in working in East Africa and/or participating in the proposed Global Health Summer Field Course in Tanzania, are encourage to enroll in this class - CAS LE491 - as soon... More
Practicum Opportunity: Public Health Student Researcher and Implementer
Company Name: Brookline-Quezalguaque Sister City Project, Inc. Organization Description/Mission Statement: 28 year partnership between Brookline and Quezalguaque, a rural township in western Nicaragua Program Description: Public Health Student will be part of a team which will work with the medical system in a rural Nicaraguan town to do several programs. They may include beginning a HPV vaccine... More
Student Spring Semester MBTA Passes – Jan. 11 Deadline
Attention Students: Please note that the deadline for spring semester discounted MBTA pass applications is Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. This is for passes February-May 2016. You may submit applications before intersession. Apply for spring semester discounted MBTA passes at the TranSComm Office at 710 Albany St. or visit www.bumc.bu.edu/transcomm and print... More
Product Manager and Impact & Innovations Fellow positions available in Kenya
MitiHealth is a small, fast-moving social enterprise based in Kenya guided by a belief that leveraging technology and data can drive major improvements in the quality of both medication and primary care. Two positions are available: Product Manager and Impact & Innovations Fellow. Product Manager: MitiHealth is seeking a creative and detailed-focused individual to... More
Position Available: Microbiology Data Management
MORU Tropical Health Network is looking for an enthusiastic person with practical experience of database management and a working knowledge of clinical microbiology, especially for those organisms isolated in blood cultures and their antimicrobial susceptibility testing, who has good attention to detail, to help with the cleaning of a large blood culture database at the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit in Vientiane, Laos... More
GH Concentrator Helps Establish Maternal Health Monitoring Program in Haiti
For her public health practicum, student Brittany Tusing worked with a child and maternal health service in Haiti that operates a mobile prenatal clinic that travels to 23 villages each month, serving about 700 women. The mobile clinic, operating out of a bright pink custom built Jeep, is part of a spectrum... More
Spring 2016 Payment Deadline: Wednesday, December 16
The payment deadline for spring 2016 is Wednesday, December 16, 2015. Students are encouraged to finalize their spring schedules at this time. International students who wish to be part-time during the spring should apply now (forms are available from the SPH Registrar in Talbot 210C). For questions, please contact Alan Hatton at alhatton@bu.edu... More
Over 150 Positions Available with Global Health Corps
The most powerful lever of change in global health is great leadership, and everyone has a role to play. Global Health Corps is recruiting diverse talent for a range of positions on the front lines of the health equity movement in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the U.S., and Zambia, including: Project Officer... More
SIGN UP FOR GH891 – Global Pharmaceutical Policy: At the Intersection of Process and Politics
STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND SIGN UP FOR GH891 (SPRING 2016) WHY IS ACCESS TO OPIATES SUCH A DIFFICULT PHARMACEUTICAL POLICY PROBLEM? WHY SHOULD COUNTRIES IN AFRICA BOTHER MAKING THEIR OWN MEDICINES? DO YOU THINK THE FDA SHOULD REGULATE E-CIGARETTES? HAVE YOU EVER TESTIFIED BEFORE A SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE? A wide range of challenges face... More