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The Fenway Institute is recruiting participants for a new study around the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within the context of a relationship. Known as the Couples PrEP study, this study is setting out to interview male-male couples about their relationships in order to better our understanding of how relationship dynamics play... More
Partners In Health / Zanmi Lasante Mental mHealth Technical Advisor Location: Mirebalais, Haiti, with initial training in Boston, MA, USA Partners In Health and Zanmi Lasante Background: Partners In Health (“PIH”), headquartered in Boston, MA, is an internationally recognized non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor... More
Global Health Council (GHC) is hosting its second annual The Future of Global Health (#TFGH15) “unconference” on April 16, 2015 at The Hamilton in Washington, DC. Last year this exciting event brought together more than 400 young leaders in global health, current practitioners and advocates to discuss and explore themes emerging... More
New employment opportunity with you at Partners In Health-Rwanda: We are accepting applications for the head of the monitoring and evaluation department at Partners In Health-Rwanda. The M&E Director reports to the Chief Knowledge Officer, and is responsible for leveraging routinely collected M&E data to inform IMB programmatic and organization-wide... More
Join global health professors and other experienced women in global health to engage in a formative discussion about the social, political, cultural, and economic factors affecting women’s positions in society and their contributions to global health and innovation. Only 15 spots available per session—first come first serve! (priority will be given... More
The BUSPH Arts Society is hosting the first Practicum Photography Showcase! We are looking for engaging photos that tell the story of the people and communities from your practicum! Your photos will be selected to be showcased at the Practicum Finale in Heibert Lounge on Thursday, April 23rd. Open to all... More
The Walter Rodney African Studies Seminar presents: Robin Wolfe Scheffler (MIT/American Academy of Arts and Sciences) From Tropical Disease to Molecular Cancer: The Global Politics of Biomedical Research, 1958-1978 African Studies Center, Boston University *** Friday, April 17 *** 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. William O. Brown Seminar Room (#505) 232, Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215 Everyone is welcome
The MANSI Summit provides a unique opportunity to learn about maternal and child health in India, successes around the world, and provoke a thoughtful dialogue and ideation on new ideas and partnerships to help scale the MANSI model across India. It is organized by the American India Foundation (AIF) Where: Merck... More
Coordinator, Training Partnership Initiative Inter-Agency Working Group on RH in Crises view full job description here: Training Partnership Initiative JD_4.3.15
Last weekend, 140 students convened in Atlanta for Emory University’s Global Health Case Competition. The Challenge: Create a plan to curb violence in the world’s most violent city, Honduras. Representing Boston University was: Ariel Falconer (SPH); Karen Foo (School of Medicine); Liz Nerad (Questrom School of Business/SPH); Kim Principe (Questrom School... More
Breaking News: There are a number of exciting practicum opportunities available in South Africa starting this summer. If you are interested, contact Jessie Chiliza at jchiliza@bu.edu. If you are planning to apply for a Santander you can use the information below from one of the organizations in your application to Santander. More
Noncommunicable Diseases: Emerging Challenges in Global Health Emily Hyle, MD Medical Practice Evaluation Center Department of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Jeremy Schwartz, MD Equity Research and Innovation Center Department of Internal Medicine Yale School of Medicine Mark Siedner, MD, MPH Center for Global Health Massachusetts General Hospital Eileen Stuart-Shor, PhD, FAAN College of Nursing and Health Sciences University of Massachusetts Boston Tuesday, April 21 1:00 - More
