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Boston University’s School of Management is hosting its second annual Health and Life Sciences Conference on November 7, 2014 This half-day conference, Healthcare 2020: The Next Generation of Innovation in Consumer-Centric Healthcare, will explore opportunities to increase patient engagement and promote innovation in the development and delivery of medicine. Our lineup for... More
Foundations job description: Local Public Health Institute of MA at BUSPH is looking to hire a teaching assistant for a 50 hour course being taught from October 2014 to March 2015. Title: Teaching Assistant I Hours: approximately 60-75 spread out over 5-6 months Salary: $15/hour The teaching assistant will be helping with the Foundations Course... More
REQUEST FOR COMMUNICATIONS INTERN Initiatives Inc. 264 Beacon Street Boston, MA Timeframe: September 2014 or earlier. 12-15 hours per week in office. Requirements: CV and Writing Sample Initiatives Inc., a small women-owned business founded in 1987, is committed to improving access to quality primary health care for people in under-served communities in the US... More
IRC is looking for someone with strong M&E expertise, and experience in working with researchers and academics ideally on impact evaluations. At least 2 years experience working in a development or humanitarian context, preferably focused on GBV or adolescent girl issues. The links below will direct you to the job... More
Unite for Sight warmly invites you to attend the 2nd annual Social Entrepreneurship Institute on Friday, December 5, 2014, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. Presented by Unite For Sight, the Social Entrepreneurship Institute provides mentoring, guidance, and successful strategies for participants to apply to their work in global... More
Humanitarian Technology: Science, Systems and Global Impact www.humanitariantechnology.org 12 - 14 May 2015 | Boston, MA USA HumTech Announcements HumTech2014 Proceedings We are pleased to announce that the HumTech2014 conference proceedings is now published as a dedicated special-issue in Elsevier's Procedia Engineering journal. Procedia Engineering Volume 78, Pages 1-358 (2014) The entire issue is also now available open... More
Internship opportunities for individuals to teach English and adult literacy and design lesson plans for our intensive ESOL classes through our ESOL/Adult Literacy Teaching and Curriculum Development Internship. We are a 501(c)3 organization helping low-income immigrants integrate into the Boston community. Interns will work with our team to create lesson... More
Global Emergency Care Collaborative is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for International Healthcare Leadership Fellows for the 2015-2016 academic year. During the seven-month Field Leadership Experience, Fellows will manage 10 to 15 local employees and international volunteers at an Emergency Department-based training and research site in Uganda... More
Third Sector New England is looking for outstanding individuals who want to learn about nonprofit capacity-building. This four month paid fellowship (February-May 2015) is an amazing opportunity to shadow nonprofit organizational development consultants in the field, to gain first-hand knowledge of the internal management of a nonprofit capacity-building firm, to learn... More
Students for Quality Healthcare has done an amazing job putting together a panel discussion on the potential impact of the Massachusetts gubernatorial election on the future of healthcare in the Commonwealth. The panel in on Wednesday, October 1, from 5:30 to 8:30 PM in Bakst and includes a networking session after... More
BMC Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit hiring Two Project Coordinators Job Description: The Project Coordinator will provide administrative and research assistance to projects in the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit within the Section of General Internal Medicine. The CARE Unit is an academic unit addressing clinical, education, More
