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Help us learn more about experiences with birth control! Ibis Reproductive Health is interested in learning about teens’ and women’s experiences with long-acting and permanent methods of birth control (like sterilization, the Implant, and the IUD). If you are an English-speaking female, aged 13-45, you may be eligible to take... More
Global Health Fellows Program II Technical Advisor I: Program Advisor Office of Country Support, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development Location: Washington, DC Assignment: Two year fellowship GHFP-II-P2-080 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with CDC... More
June 14 BUMC Annual Housing Fair Friday, June 14 11 a.m.-1 p.m. BUSM Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge A light brunch available to all fair participants. Need to find an apartment? Attend the free annual Housing Fair. Incoming and continuing students on the BU Medical Campus are welcome to attend. Meet property managers, realtors, landlords, BU... More
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Syrian Refugees in Jordan Report from the Thomas S. Durant Fellowship in Refugee Medicine Grace Deveney, RN, MPH Tuesday, May 28th 12:30 - 1:30 pm O'Keeffe Auditorium Blake Building, Massachusetts General Hospital Learn more here!
http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad Impact: 1.6 million patients have received quality care by local eye doctors, including more than 66,000 sight-restoring surgeries since 2005. Locations of Year-Round Programs: Ghana, Honduras, India (volunteer for 7 days, 15 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more) Who participates? Students and professionals interested in public... More
Communications Specialist May 2013 Deputy Director Underage Drinking Prevention Education Project - March 2013 Documentation Dissemination Specialist - May 2013 Health Communications Associate - March 2013
SURF Summer Coordinator Summer Coordinator for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) seeks to hire a Summer Coordinator for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. The successful candidate will provide support for ~25 undergraduate student fellows working with faculty from around the University in the... More
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PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR, Center for Global Health & Development, Grade 73 Job Description: Operationally and administratively manages specific scientific research projects for the Center. Responsible for programmatic research activities including: managing budgets and resource allocation, reporting, operational planning; managing the first related activities of the projects operating in developing countries. Responsibilities include: Project Coordination: Communicate... More
A student at BU's School of Medicine is starting an organization called Dance for Health (DFH), which aims to promote health by having BU graduate students teach dance classes to older adults in Boston. Despite being a small percentage of the total population, the elderly account for one-third of hospitalizations and... More
CFF Flyer Are you able to write in Haitian Creole or Portugese? A translation of the below text in these two languages is needed by THIS SATURDAY, MAY 11th. It will be used to communicate safe gardening practices in urban gardens (lead concerns), as part of a soil testing/consultation event BU... More
CHB flyer Wednesday, May 22nd 5-7PM Keynote Address: Raul Ribeiro, MD, Director of the International Outreach Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Introduction by: Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center. Breakout sessions: - Providing Multidisciplinary Care in Resource-Limited Settings - Models for Program Building - Factors Impacting... More
Statement of Work: Community Mobilization Project Research Fellow OVERVIEW: The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), in partnership with Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana (RGMVP), Population Council, the Community Empowerment Lab (CEL) and Boston University Center for Global Health and Development (BU-CGHD), has been awarded a grant from the Bill and... More
