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2016 – 2017 Concentrator’s Guide
Universidad de La Sabana Scholarship: Community Health & Family Medicine in Colombia, Summer 2017
The Red Tree Study is offering one fully-funded $3,900 scholarship opportunity on the 'Community Health and Family Medicine in Colombia' course run by the Faculty of Medicine at Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia. The program will combine practical clinical training, community visits, and classroom teaching. It will provide students with a unique opportunity to explore... More
Academic Global Child Health Fellowship – 2018 with SickKids Hospital in Toronto
Academic Global Child Health Fellowship-2018 The Centre for Global Child Health (C-GCH) at The Hospital for Sick Children is recruiting fellows for the Academic Global Child Health Fellowship training program for the start date of July 2018. The Global Child Health Fellowship program is the first in Canada to concentrate on preparing... More
Global Health & Innovation Conference – Yale University
14th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference (GHIC) at Yale on April 22-23, 2017. GHIC is a must-attend event that convenes more than 2,000 professionals and students who are interested in all aspects of health, development, and social entrepreneurship. The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world’s largest and leading... More
Review of quality of veterinary medicines: WWARN-IDDO Medicine Quality Scientific Group / Lao-Oxford—Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit
For more information contact Associate Professor Veronika Wirtz Agency: WWARN-IDDO Medicine Quality Scientific Group / Lao-Oxford—Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit Address/Contact Info/Website: Mahosot Hospital Vientiane Lao PDR Tel: (856-21) 242158 Agency Description/Mission Statement: We are a clinical infectious disease research unit based in a teaching hospital in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. The WWARN-IDDO Medicine Quality Scientific Group is based within... More
Vaccine Review Practicum Opportunity: WWARN-IDDO Medicine Quality Scientific Group / Lao-Oxford—Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit
For more information contact Associate Professor Veronika Wirtz Agency: WWARN-IDDO Medicine Quality Scientific Group / Lao-Oxford—Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit Address/Contact Info/Website: Mahosot Hospital Vientiane Lao PDR Tel: (856-21) 242158 Agency Description/Mission Statement: We are a clinical infectious disease research unit based in a teaching hospital in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. The WWARN-IDDO Medicine Quality Scientific Group is based within... More
Quality Improvement of Sickle Cell Disease Newborn Screening in Haiti – Practicum Opportunity
Quality Improvement of Sickle Cell Disease Newborn Screening in Haiti Organization: Dana Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Address: 450 Brookline Avenue (Longwood Medical Area), Boston, MA 02215-5450 Website: http://www.danafarberbostonchildrens.org/globalhealth The Global Health Initiative (GHI) at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center (DF/BC) is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on countries with... More
Re-designation of CGHD as a WHO Collaborating Center
The Center for Global Health & Development has been a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre (WHO CC) in Pharmaceutical Policy since 2000. The Center recently applied for re-designation, proposing a plan for collaboration with WHO Headquarters in Geneva, the PAHO regional office in Washington, and other WHO Collaborating Centers. The... More
CE requirement deadlines
The deadline to complete the CE requirement is upon us, and news of CE completions are coming in. Please Note: 1. The deadline for the final version of your CE is Friday, December 16 at 5pm. This is the date for receiving final approval from your CE advisor, not the day you... More
StAMP Launch and Alumni Network Express
You are invited to the 2016 StAMP Launch & Alumni Networking Express event! This event brings BUSPH alumni together with current students for "speed networking" to discuss public health career pathways, make connections, and learn about our Student and Alumni Mentoring Program (StAMP). Do not miss this great opportunity for a night... More
Water: New Directions Through Arts and Science – The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) Emerging Creatives Student Summits:
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) Emerging Creatives Student Summits bring together students who have an interest in the arts, crossing disciplinary boundaries, and developing collaborative projects. Each year, 100 undergraduate and graduate students attend the summit from a2ru partner universities across the country, along with 20 administrators, More
From Sustainable Mushroom Cultivation to Malaria: Challenges of direct international development work
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House & Pet Sitter Wanted
A DGH professor who lives in Jamaica Plain is looking for someone to stay at her house while she travels and take care of her dogs and cat. It is a single-family house with a yard and garden, 10 minutes’ walk from Forest Hills Station on the Orange Line. There... More
CAMTech and GE Sustainable Healthcare Solutions announce The First Mile Innovation Challenge
The First Mile Innovation Challenge CAMTech and GE Sustainable Healthcare Solutions announce The First Mile Innovation Challenge to crowdsource innovative technologies/solutions that directly address clinical or community hardships in global primary care. These innovations should impact communities and individuals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with a focus on: Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Cardiac Health Safe Surgery Winners of... More
Highlights of The Lancet Commission Report: Essential Medicines for Universal Health Coverage
Refreshments & snacks will be served. Please RSVP! Join SPH Dean Sandro Galea and Department of Global Health Chair Pat Hibberd in discussing: Highlights of The Lancet Commission Report: Essential Medicines for Universal Health Coverage. Co-Chair of the Commission providing an overview of the report: Veronika Wirtz, Boston University School of Public Health Commissioners... More
BUSPH Public Health Post Fellowship Opportunity
The launch of Public Health Post (PHP), a new venture housed at SPH that aspires to elevate the conversation on public health. The goal of the website is to facilitate an ideas-first dialogue around public health that focuses on the drivers of population health. We seek to engage policymakers, journalists, and academics... More