Zambia Internship Program Info Sessions Monday 9/17 and Tuesday 9/25
Check out this great opportunity!
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. opening for a Health Policy Analyst
Please see the attached announcement: Health Policy Analyst
Environmental Health Seminar: “A Tale for our Times: Something for Everyone About Climate Change and the Reasons for Climate Gridlock” by Susan Solomon
SPEAKER:
SUSAN SOLOMON
Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science, MIT
Discussion of the dual challenges of the science of climate change and why international agreement on policy has proven difficult.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Noon – 1 pm
BU Medical School, Room L210
For anyone with an interest in environmental global health...this would be a great event!
“Moving National Public Health Agendas to Action” Presented by Dr. Patience White, Vice President of Public Health, Arthritis Foundation
September 19th 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Bakst Auditorium - Boston University School of Medicine
70 E. Concord St., 1st Floor
The Movement: the only student-run journal at BUSPH. Find out more info and get involved!
The Movement, is the only student-run journal at BUSPH. We emerged in the spring of 2009 as a journal focused on global health issues, but have expanded scope of our stories to appeal to the broader range of talent and interest that exists on the Medical campus. If you are interested in writing, designing layouts, graphics, or photography, we'd love to have you join our staff. We could tell you everything about us right here, but then you wouldn't have any need to come see our site. Please visit us (www.bu.edu/themovement) for more information.
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Interested in water quality and looking for an interactive course? Sign up for EH750 Water Quality and Public Health!
| Course: | SPH EH 750 |
| Title: | Water Quality and Public Health |
| Description: | This course is a lecture and methods course on water resources and public health. Water supply and water quality discussions provide an overview of the technical and scientific basis on which public health decisions are made regarding disease prevention and community health. The chemical, physical, and biological processes necessary for designing and managing municipal drinking water treatment plants are analyzed. Water quality topics include standards and regulations; non-point source runoff; point source discharge; and water quality analysis of drinking and surface waters. Students will sample, analyze and use water quality objectives for comparison. Social, political, and economic factors effecting water quality and treatment will be discussed. The course will conclude with historical and international perspectives on water resources and management. |
| Grad Prereq: | The MPH environmental core course requirement. For undergrads, course in biology or chemistry. |
Sign up for EH750 Water Quality and Public Health! Students will develop their own field sampling project and collect samples. Students will also analyze their own data and present the results of their project and the implications for public health. This is an excellent opportunity to get some hands on experience. Only 4 seats left!
Join us for an MCH/IH Sponsored Forum: Leadership & Management for Quality Health Service Delivery
Presented by members of the MSH Leadership, Mangement and Sustainability Program in Kenya
Wednesday, September 12th
12-1:15 in CT460A
BUSPH Alum Karen Caldwell, Project Director of USAID funded and MSH implemented Leadership, Man-agement and Sustainability Program in Kenya (LMS/Kenya). Prior to taking leadership for LMS/Kenya, Karen supported the E Africa regional portfolio in L&M for MSH and was based at the MSH Home Office in Cambridge working in Business and Resource Development. Karen received her Master in Public Health in 2006 from BUSPH as a dual concentrator in International Health and Maternal and Child. Karen worked for both the Inter-national Health Department and the DrPH program while she pursued her studies at BUSPH.
Ezekiel holds a Master of Science degree In Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Witwatersrand South Africa, a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health from Kenyatta University and Diploma in Health infor-mation systems from Kenya Medical Training College. He is currently undertaking a M.Sc. in Health system Management distance learning from Kenya Methodist University. Prior to joining MSH, he worked with Medical Emergency Relief International (MERLIN) Kenya and Somalia Programmes as Monitoring and Evaluation Man-ager, Family Health International, Ampath and Ministry of Health. He has vast experience in M&E and Health Information Systems. Ezekiel is a family man married to one wife and is blessed with two sons.
Meggie Munyi holds a diploma in Project Management and is currently pursuing a BSc in Leadership and Man-agement. She has 6 years experience in management of projects funded by USAID and the EU. She is Leader-ship Development Program (LDP) Manager at MSH’s LMS Kenya. She has been instrumental in the implemen-tation of the LDP in Kenya, she is also an LDP facilitator. Prior to joining MSH/LMS Meggie was a Project Officer for a USAID funded project in African Wildlife Foundation, an international Non-Profit Organization.
September Public Health Forum: Guest Speaker David Seltz, Senior Policy Advisor for Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray
Wednesday September 12, 12 p.m., L112
The Department of Health Policy and Management is pleased to announce that David Seltz, Senior Policy Advisor for Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray for the last nine years and who just last week was tapped by Governor Patrick to lead the implementation of the recently signed law, will be the speaker at the SPH Public Health Forum.
David was the key staff person involved in both the first and second MA health reform bills. He will talk about what happened as a result of the first round; the content and intent of the recently signed law; and the politics and interests surrounding the debate over the new law. More about Mr. Seltz’s new position and what this means for Massachusetts health reform: http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2012/08/top-ma-senate-health-adviser-moves-to-patricks-office/
