Environmental Health Seminar this Friday, Feb. 1st, Guest speaker J. Timmons Roberts, is an expert on climate justice and international development
The Gijs van Seventer Environmental Health Seminar Series
“Climate Change: Science, Health, and Policy"
Please join us on Friday, February 1 for:
“Climate Justice: Looking Forward”
February 1, 2013
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: Room L-214
(*note room change)
BU Medical School Instructional Building
Speaker
J. TIMMONS ROBERTS, PH.D.
Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology
Brown University
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, 2012-13
Climate change raises issues of injustice because the countries and individuals who are least responsible are suffering worst and first. Joining us online, Professor Roberts will document three elements of climate injustice, describe the mission and work of his Climate and Development Lab at Brown University, and describe avenues forwards for the international negotiations and the need for national and local action in the U.S.
Timmons Roberts is Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University, where he was Director of the Center for Environmental Studies from 2009 to 2012. During 2012-13 he is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution in Washington. Professor Roberts is a leading expert on climate change and development assistance. Co-author and editor of eight books/edited volumes, and over sixty articles and book chapters, Timmons' current research focuses on climate change and international development.
For more information on this seminar and upcoming seminar topics and guest speakers, please visit http://sph.bu.edu/ehseminars
Do you speak a language other than English? Are you interested in helping communities identify needs?
Volunteer to help conduct a community health needs assessment with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and their community health centers!
We need bi-lingual volunteers to help facilitate a survey in several underserved communities across Boston.
We need volunteers who can speak:
Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, and Vietnamese,
But if you speak another language and would like to be involved, we welcome your help. We will begin fielding the survey in mid-February. Flexible dates and times. All volunteers will need to attend a 1.5-2 hour training session at BIDMC before fielding the survey.
For more information or to volunteer, please contact:
Kate Jankovsky, Graduate Intern, Community Benefits Department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, kjankovs@bidmc.harvard.edu
Students for Global Oncology introductory information session TONIGHT 1/28
Interested in Global Health? Oncology? Palliative Care? Health Care Policy? The social determinants of disease outcomes?
Students for Global Oncology introductory information session:
January 28th
6:30 pm
TMEC, Rm 227
260 Longwood Avenue/ Boston, MA 02115
Dinner provided.
Come to learn about and become involved with a variety of volunteering initiatives, case seminar series, writing and advocacy projects in the field of global oncology.
We are interested in creating a dynamic, multi-disciplinary group of students of all backgrounds (medicine, public health, public policy) and institutions to foster discussion and action in the field of global health and oncology. Come to meet the heads of the group, listen to our plans for the rest of the semester, and tell us what you would like to see in the upcoming months in terms of volunteering opportunities, case seminars, blogs, etc!
For more information about the Global Oncology (GO) Initiative, GO Talks, or to join the mailing list:
http://www.globalonc.org/
21st Annual BU Graduate Student Conference in African Study-Call for Papers
Continuity, Change, and Adaptation: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Africa
Boston University’s Graduate Student Conference in African Studies will be celebrating its 21st consecutive event. This year’s conference will feature the work of emerging graduate scholars engaging Africa from an array of disciplines.
The 2013 conference will be held at Boston University, March 29-30. The early application deadline will be February 1, 2013 (but applications will be accepted for about a week after this date).
We invite rigorous graduate student papers that examine Africa’s past, present and future, exhibit methodological innovation, or yield fresh interpretative insights.
Participation is commonly drawn from across the academic spectrum: Anthropology, Art History, Cultural Studies, Economics, Ecology and Environment, Geography, Global Health, History, International Relations, Law, Literature, Media Studies,
Musicology, Policy, Political Science, Religion, and Sociology. For twenty-one years, masters and doctoral students from across North America have made this conference a valuable opportunity to expand peer-to-peer academic networks and present ongoing research. A $25 conference fee is payable upon on-site registration on March 29 th.
To Apply: Submit an application form and 500-word abstract describing your paper’s topic, methods, and argument via the online application form (see below) by February 1, 2013. More information and the application can be found at the following URL: http://www.bu.edu/africa/forstudents/graduate/annual-graduate-conference/
E-mail: 2013ascgradconference@gmail.com
Join CGHD and the Dean of Students for a presentation from The Global Poverty Project: “1.4 Billion Reasons”
Register here: http://globalpovertyproject.eventbrite.com/!
New Fellowship openings with ASPH for recent graduates
ASPH fellowships provide recent graduates of ASPH member schools with public health training experiences based at federal agencies, state/local health departments, and on Capitol Hill. The duration of the fellowships ranges from 12-24 months depending on the program.
Minimum Eligibility:
1) US citizen or permanent resident (green card) only.
2) Graduated with an advanced degree from an ASPH member school within last five (5) years.
Learn more here!
Important reminder: all GHFP-II Summer 2013 internship applications are due January 28th!
 This is the last weekend to apply for our GHFP-II Summer 2013 internships! Submit all your application materials by January 28th, 5:00 PM EST. Make summer 2013 your career stepping stone The Global Health Fellows Program II (GHFP-II) is pleased to announce its Summer 2013 internships with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Agency's Washington, DC headquarters. We have a total of 25 available summer internships! Click here for the full list of positions. Work with the largest development agency in the world USAID is home to a wide range of global health professionals working on health projects of international scope and importance. Contribute your skills to specific activities in one of five offices of the USAID Bureau for Global Health: Office of the Assistant Administrator; Office of HIV/AIDS; Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition; and the Office of Programming, Planning, and Policy. These internships will provide you a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in the field of global health. You'll be working with experienced professionals on health projects of international importance. To learn more about what it's like to be a GHFP-II intern, check out this great video made by a GHFP-II 2012 Summer Alumnus. Technical areas include: Infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria); Maternal and child health; Reproductive health; Nutrition; Commodities and logistics; Youth programming; Demography. Positions and Applicants: A variety of competitive positions are available. While most positions are at the graduate level, some positions are also open to undergraduate students who meet certain criteria, as well as some that will be challenging for PhD candidates and mid-career changers. We are interested in people from a broad range of disciplines including: Public health; Social work; Education; International relations/development; Supply chain management; Database technology and informatics; Medicine; Nursing/midwifery; Public policy; Pharmacy; Business administration; Social entrepreneurship; Population and demographic studies; Communications. 25 Summer 2013 Internships are available, including: Office of Population and Reproductive Health Youth Program Strengthening Intern Office of HIV/AIDS Health Systems Strengthening Intern Office of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Research Intern Office of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Testing and Counseling Intern Please Note: If you are interested in applying for our Summer 2013 Internships, but are not available to start on May 28, 2013, due to being on the quarter or trimester schedule, we would like to encourage you to apply. Please just write within your resume that you are on the quarter or trimester schedule and the date that you are available to start. |
| INTERNSHIP DATES: May 28, 2013 - August 20, 2013
APPLICATION DEADLINE:All applications must be submitted by 5:00 pm Eastern Time January 28, 2013. TO APPLY, please find detailed instructions at www.ghfp.net. NOTE: All internships require US citizenship or permanent resident status. We are proud to be an EEO/AA Employer. Applicants can apply for up to two internship positions. If you apply for a Winter On-Demand Internship, you will only be allowed to apply for one Summer 2013 Internship. |
Summer Course Preview. Registration is at 7am on February 28th
The Summer 2013 Courses are now available on the Student Link! Core courses and electives available.
