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The following four (4) Global Health Fellows Program II internships have just opened. All internships are located in Pretoria, South Africa. Health Systems Strengthening Intern (INT-P4-044) Health Office, United States Agency for International Development/Southern Africa Location: Pretoria, South Africa Anticipated timeframe: May 2015 - August 2015: Compensated 12 week internship HIV/AIDS Prevention Intern (INT-P4-045) Health Office, More
Broad Branch Associates seeks a fluent Spanish speaker to conduct key informant interviews with senior government and health officials in Meso-America Statement of Work Broad Branch Associates seeks a fluent Spanish speaker who is based in the Washington, DC area to interview senior government officials in Central America and one state in... More
Don’t let final papers sneak up on you! Visit the Public Health Writing Program! Peer coaches will collaborate with you on any type of assignment and any stage of the writing process; from brainstorming to strategizing ways to strengthen your paper, policy memos to research papers, peer coaches can help! We’re... More
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Next week, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF will be hosting Carrie Rhodes for our Children First Speaker Series. Rhodes is a volunteer leader of The Eliminate Project, a joint initiative between Kiwanis International, UNICEF and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) around the globe. Despite remarkable... More
Mathematica Policy Research (MPR), a social policy and research firm headquartered in Princeton, NJ continues to have great job opportunities. We are interested in recruiting spring 2015 graduates and/or alumni from your school for our Health Program Analyst position open in our Princeton, NJ or Washington, DC locations. View full... More
Congratulations to our current MPH student Abhishek Sharma! Read the published article here: IndianJCommunityMed_2015_40_2_141_153887
Interested in hearing the President of Niger speak? How about the Assistant Minister of Health of Liberia? Or the head of the China Development Bank? Register to attend the African Development Conference at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School April 3rd-4th to engage with all of them and many... More
Ibis Reproductive Health is an international nonprofit organization with a mission to improve women’s reproductive autonomy, choices, and health worldwide. Our core activity is clinical and social science research on issues receiving inadequate attention in other research settings and where gaps in the evidence exist. Our agenda is driven by... More
Seminar on the multidirectional linkages among food systems, health, diets and nutrition. It will illustrate new findings on how measures of diet diversity or adequacy do not always proxy well for good nutrition, how obesity is growing in even low income rural areas, why it is hard to measure urban... More
Seminar on major causes of global malnutrition and disease burden, with emphasis on nutrition as a cause and consequence of disease and mortality. Evidence will be examined of factors associated with stunting ranging from maternal stature and diet to early diet, role of protein quality, environmental influences and agricultural/socioeconomic influences/relationships. Also, discussed is the association between... More
Please see the attached job description. Interested people should contact HR or David Hom (David.hom@bmc.org). Study Coordinator Job Description 031014
The BUSPH Core Course Tutoring Program is currently recruiting Health Law tutors for the current spring semester. The Core Course Tutoring Program is designed to provide free tutoring in the MPH core courses for MPH students. Tutors may be from any concentration or degree program and should have received an... More
Pandemic Trivia Game Monday, March 23rd 5-6 PM L110 Sponsored by the BUSPH Community Scholars Program Do you love public heath, jeopardy, procrastinating, and pizza? Take a break from midterm studying and show off your epidemiology skills at the Pandemic Trivia study break! Dinner will be provided.
