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Open Society Foundations Program Officer Community Health and Criminal Justice - Public Health Program Apply by June 11, 2015T The Public Health Program (PHP) aims to build societies committed to inclusion, human rights, and justice, in which health-related laws, policies, and practices are evidence-based and reflect these values. The program works... More
Futures Group Internship Futures Group, the global consulting firm, helps to protect and promote people’s well-being around the world. For 40 years, Futures Group has created lasting solutions to some of the most pressing public health challenges facing nations. We predict future health and development trends, uncover barriers to well-being, and... More
I have just reconnected with a Russian colleague and we have agreed to write a paper comparing approaches to improving the availability of quality primary care in the US and Russia. I need a student to help me with a literature review on US efforts, including aspects of the Affordable... More
Global Health Fellows Program Technical Advisor II: Behavior Change Advisor Implementation Support Division, Office of HIV/AIDS, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development Location: Arlington, VA Assignment: Two year fellowship GHFP II-P4-138 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in... More
RESEARCH ASSISTANT OPPORTUNITY – Profs. Jacob Bor and Bill MacLeod are recruiting for a short-term research assistant for some data cleaning work on a South African dataset. The applicant must be self-directed, organized, with meticulous attention to detail. Experience working with Excel is essential. The task is expected to take... More
BeadforLife, a Ugandan NGO, is looking for a 3 month, full time consultant to help us set up and run our logistics and inventory systems, manage our inventory team, and help with the quality control and production schedule of our products. BeadforLife creates sustainable opportunities for women to lift their families... More
Who We Are ideas42 is a unique social enterprise bringing together highly creative practitioners, industry leaders, and policy experts with world-renowned economists and psychologists from top-tier universities. Our mission is to apply our expertise in behavioral science to invent fresh solutions to the world’s toughest social problems with the goal of... More
Giving What We Can evaluates global poverty charities and encourages members to give to the most effective ones. Members pledge to give at least 10% of their income to the most effective charities (students can pledge to give 1% while they are studying). More information is available on the website. Giving... More
Global Health Fellows Program Technical Advisor I/II: Information Systems Advisor Strategy, Analysis, Evaluation, and Outreach Division, Office of Program, Planning, and Policy, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development Location: Arlington VA Assignment: Two year fellowship GHFP II-P4-153 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed... More
A couple of weeks ago we hosted Adriana Velazquez Berumen, biomedical engineer and Senior Advisor on Medical Devices at the World Health Organization. She has kindly sent along some follow up information on her talk, internship opportunities at WHO and some other information: 1. For internships in WHO. The World Conference on... More
Crisis Update: Yemen Thursday, May 28, 1:00 PM EDT PLEASE REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE TO RECEIVE THE LINK TO VIEW THE WEBCAST: https://crisis-update-yemen.eventbrite.com The humanitarian crisis in Yemen grows more catastrophic each day. Fighting and indiscriminate airstrikes have harmed civilians, medical facilities, and critical infrastructure, disabling the only international airport in the country. These... More
ABOUT AMERICARES AmeriCares is an emergency response and global health organization that saves lives and builds healthier futures for people in crisis in the U.S. and around the world. Every day, AmeriCares puts critically needed medicines and supplies in the hands of frontline health workers and develops innovative, sustainable health improvements... More
Cristin Marona (BUSPH ’10) Guest Lecture Thursday, May 21, 1:45 to 2:45 PM, Crosstown 460A Take this amazing opportunity to learn the inside of a fast track global public career from one of our star graduates, Cristin Marona. Cristin is the Senior Development Advisor at GRM Futures Group International. She is currently... More
The USAID Kyrgyz Republic Mission (USAID/KR) is headquartered in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, with a sub-office in Osh in the south of the country. The Kyrgyz Republic is bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China and is an emerging parliamentary democracy still recovering from a violent political transition in 2010. Because... More
Summer 2015 Tutorial Series May 26, 2015 – June 19, 2015 The Research Computing Services (RCS) group, part of Boston University Information Services & Technology, will offer a series of tutorials on programming, high performance computing, and scientific visualization. These tutorials are free and open to all members of the Boston University... More
