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Job Opening: Business and Policy Intern Mobile-health startup. Part-time or full-time www.geckocap.com Location: Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA Employer: Gecko Health Innovations is an early-stage health-IT company developing a medical device and mobile health application that helps patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers better manage asthma. Job description: We are looking for a talented individual who shares our vision... More
A conversation with renowned reproductive rights activist and scholar MARLENE GERBER FRIED, Co-Director, Civil Liberties and Public Policy, Hampshire College. All welcome! Learn more here: Marlene Gerber Fried event 4 16 14
Then you should take SB821 this summer! Offered during Summer 1 (Mondays/Wednesdays from 2:00 – 4:45 p.m. and on Saturday, June 21 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.), the summer SB821 course focuses on the development of an intervention, implementation, and sustainability plan. Students will consult with a local public health... More
Webinar: Life and Work in the Field at One Acre Fund One Acre Fund is hosting a webinar on careers in rural East Africa on Thursday, April 24 from 12:00-1:00 PM EDT. Learn about what it's like to work in the field from two staff members who are doing just... More
AD Net Tuesdays | A conversation with filmmaker Rahman Oladigbolu about his latest movie "Theory of Conflict", Israeli/Palestinian and world ethnic and religious conflict. WHEN: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 | 6pm - 7:45pm WHERE: Brookline Public Library at the Coolidge Corner Branch | 31 Pleasant Street Brookline, 02446. - Meeting Room WHO: Independent African Filmmaker Rahman Olagdibolu will discuss and show parts of his latest... More
How to Incorporate Writing into your Career The Beat at BUSM proudly presents a talk by Dr. George Annas, JD, MPH, a prominent writer and professor at BUSM, BUSPH, and BULaw. At this lunch talk, Dr. Annas will speak about his own career writing about medical issues, as well as his advice to students on how to get... More
Come to the fourth meeting of the IH Current Events club, under the Infectious and Non-Communicable Diseases emphasis area. We’ll talk about recent developments in international health and infectious disease, as well as where these developments fit in the bigger picture. Bring in any stories you think your fellow students... More
Who Decides? Gender, Medicine, and the Public’s Health April 10–11, 2014 Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Gender, culture, economics, politics, and power affect health-care decisions by providers, patients, and communities in the United States and around the world. This conference will explore the choices behind medical research funding... More
JOB / INTERNSHIP OPENINGS Assistant to Director - Empower Dalit Women of Nepal Social Enterprise Fellowship in Haiti - Archimedes Project Junior Social Research Project Assistant (Virtual) - GK Consulting, LLC Operations Managers for Wecyclers in Lagos, Nigeria Executive Director - Jitegemee Associate Director for Finance and Administration - LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for... More
Learn more here: A Wish for Awad You’re invited to an incredible educational event and fundraiser co-hosted by the AcademyHealth BU Student Chapter and the Health Policy & Management department. This event will be a fundraiser and educational panel on the barriers of access to care. Come listen to speakers Dr. More
Message from Career Services Dear Students, Are you interested in finding an entry-level administration, project management and/or community health position? A place where you can gain a birds-eye view of what it’s like to run a large, multi-site health center? If you answered yes, don’t miss out on applying to this excellent... More
The Center for Global Health and MGH Patient Care Services Connell Ethics Fellowship invite you to an afternoon discussion: Why Don't the Bottom Five Billion Have Access to Pain Relief? A Global Moral Failure Eric Krakauer, MD, PhD Associate Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Thursday, April 24th 1:00 - 2:00... More
