Welcome to the Global Health Department’s Blast – a way of keeping BU students, interested in Global Health, informed about events, opportunities, and other items of interest. Headings are clickable.
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The Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH) MentorNet program is now accepting applications for 2017 global health mentors and mentees. MentorNet is a unique program aimed at connecting Students and Young Professionals (SYPs) interested in global health with experts in the field. Mentors and SYPs are free to establish a... More
Every day, Doctors Without Borders aid workers from around the world provide assistance to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe—treating those most in need regardless of political, religious, or economic interest. Whether an emergency involves armed conflicts or epidemics, malnutrition or natural disasters, Doctors Without Borders... More
Check out this website for various Global Health events that are happening around Boston!
The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) is committed to the control of infectious diseases around the world. ProMED is ISID's Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, an independent internet-based infectious disease surveillance and reporting system that provides timely and accurate information to healthcare and public health workers around the world. More
Join us for a Global Health Dinner on Tuesday October 18th from 5:00-5:50 in CT-305. Interested? Please fill out this form! This past summer Dr. Pat Hibberd stepped into the role of Chair of the Department of Global Health. Before her position here she was a professor of global health at the... More
Date: November 17th 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Location: Metcalf Trustee Center, 9th Floor, 1 Silber Way Click here for more information
Join Gwenn Fairall, Jeff Waller, & Justine de Marrais for PIZZA and guidance about where to find jobs in Global Health! 10/20 5:00-5:50pm
RSVP on Handshake for this special event. A conversation with Robert Wells the Executive Director for Strategy, GE Healthymagination 10/25 5-6:30pm
Pre-registration for high demand GH courses, GH722, GH743, and GH804 is now open. If interested please complete the form by October 13 SPH GH 722: Supply Chain Management for Improved Health System Performance Supply chain logistics is an important aspect of public health programs, and an area that is often unappreciated. The journey... More
To celebrate: World Mental Health Day coming on Monday, October 10th, join us for the first Mental Health - Public Health Connections campus interest group meeting Wednesday October 12th from 5-5:50pm in L109A. Earlier this year The World Bank and the WHO held a two-day series of events focused on Making Mental Health... More
GIJS VAN SEVENTER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SEMINAR Friday October 7th 12:45-1:45pm
17th Annual Dudley Allen Sargent Distinguished Lecture Presented by Christopher J. L. Murray, MD, DPhil Professor of Global Health, University of Washington Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Wednesday, October 26, 4:00-5:00 p.m. BU Sargent College, Room 101 635 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts A physician and health economist, Dr. Christopher Murray’s work has led to the development... More
Come join us and hear from visiting guest lecturers from India who have worked closely with Research Scientist Jenny Ruducha from the Department of Global Health. Previous students have had practicum experiences with Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana (RGMVP) in Uttar Pradesh, India. RGMVP is currently scaling up women’s Self Help Groups... More
Wednesday, Oct. 5 8-9 a.m. Crosstown Building, Second floor, 2128 Please join the Community Medicine Unit of BUSM and the Department of General Internal Medicine for the annual Kathy Bennett Memorial Lecture in Community Medicine. This year, we are lucky to have BUSPH Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH (view profile), as our lecturer. Abstract... More
Boston University School of Medicine - BMC Psychiatry Grand Rounds L110 - October 6th 12pm-1pm Dr. Elizabeth Levey is a Global Clinical Research Fellow in the Division’s T32 Fellowship. She is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist involved in both global mental health research and clinical work. Dr. Levey received her MD from the University... More
