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The Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are pleased to announce the second round of IMMANA Fellowships, for which six 12-month Fellowships will be awarded to early career researchers using, developing, or adapting new methodological approaches in low- and middle-income... More
Positions based in Jinja, Uganda. Programs Coordinator https://www.smartrecruiters.com/AkolaProject/85538235-programs-coordinator Intern (Uganda) https://www.smartrecruiters.com/AkolaProject/85710195-uganda-intern
Inkomoko is the Rwandan affiliate of African Entrepreneur Collective, and they are looking for someone to take on the role of Managing Director at Inkomoko in Rwanda to run their incubator/accelerator program for 100 Rwandan entrepreneurs each year. Inkomoko is looking for a seasoned, passionate, and brilliantly skilled director that makes decisions with heart... More
Boston Alliance for Community Health (BACH) is a city-wide partnership of neighborhood coalitions and over 50 community-based partners, (one of which is BU School of Social Work) working to make Boston a healthier and a more equitable place. Every month BACH puts on a free meeting/workshop aimed at addressing prevalent public... More
The Career Services Office is hosting a "Where Are the Jobs in Global Health?" talk on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 5-5:50pm in L-311. Come out for a review of the job market for GH Concentrators with a peek forward to a very exciting future!
World Pediatric Project, is hiring a program manager in Richmond, VA. Follow this link for more info: https://www.connectva.org/job/program-manager-international-teams-2/
Check out some job opportunities with the Aspen Institute/Aspen Management Partnership for Health (AMP Health). Locations likely include Nairobi, Kenya; Lilongwe, Malawi; and Kampala, Uganda. Applications for the positions in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda are due by November 1, 2015. Click here for more info.
A panel discussion at the Harvard Kennedy School. PANEL: Senator Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.); Ambassador Deborah Birx, Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State; Admiral William Fallon, former Commander, PACOM and CENTCOM; Professor Nicholas Burns (moderator) This panel will explore what can be achieved through strategic... More
Seed Global Health (Seed) strives to strengthen health education and delivery in places facing a dire shortage of health professionals by working with partner countries to meet their long-term health care human resource needs. Seed's flagship program, the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP), is a joint initiative with the Peace... More
Angaza Design works in the clean energy space, providing a pay as you go cloud platform for distributors of clean energy technology in the developing world. They also work with manufacturers of solar products to help make them pay as you go ready. If you're interested, you can read more about... More
Global Health Fellows Program II Malaria in Pregnancy Intern Malaria Division, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development Anticipated timeframe: January 2016 - May 2016: Compensated 16 week internship Location: Washington, DC/Arlington, VA INT-P5-003 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement... More
Please join us for the Sex, Sexuality, Gender and Health Interest Area meeting on Thursday, October 15th at 1:00pm in the Fendall Room, Crosstown Rm 305. At this meeting, we will welcome and introduce new students and discuss activities for the academic year. In addition, we are excited to have Jessica... More
Message from Natasha Hochberg, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Co-director of the Travel Clinic at BMC: We are in the process of starting a research study to evaluate the effect of parasites on latent TB infection in foreign-born refugees seen at Boston Medical Center. As part of the study, we need... More
Hello BU graduate students! Looking for innovative ways to engage in Global Health? Interested in working with a diverse team of students from the BU Schools of Public Health, Medicine, Engineering, Law, and Business? The BU Team application for the 2016 International Emory Global Health Case Competition is now open! This prestigious competition... More
Join the Slone Epidemiology Center for an our upcoming Brown Bag Seminars entitled "The Future of Health Care in Haiti: The Next Generation." Led by: Michelle Morse, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Haiti, Partners in Health Co-founder, EqualHealth (formerly known as... More
