Director of Communications – Seed Global Health job opening
Seed Global Health is a 501(c)3 non-profit entity that strengthens health education and delivery in places with dire shortages of health professionals by working with partner countries to meet their long-term health care human resource needs. Seed develops powerful partnerships to strengthen health systems globally by investing in human resources for health. Our flagship program is the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP), a public-private collaboration with the Peace Corps and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) investing in local capacity and human capital for better health care in resource-limited countries. Seed Global Health’s current main functions include serving as a coordinating center providing technical and advisory support to the GHSP program with a particular lens on recruitment of highly qualified American physicians and nurses to serve as Peace Corps GHSP volunteers, and raising and disbursing financial support to eligible GHSP volunteers with financial barriers to service. For more information, please visit www.seedglobalhealth.org.
The Director of Communications (DC) will be a mission-focused, seasoned, and creative communicator. S/he will have experience building the brand and telling the story for a dynamic, expanding and inspiring enterprise. The DC will report to the Director of Operations but will be expected to take direction from the Chief Executive Officer and provide substantial support to the Seed development team. This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated professional to take on a pivotal role in the evolution of a fast-growing, well respected organization. Qualifications and Job Responsibilities can be found here.
Alumni Association Event: Life’s Bulldozer Moments: How Adversity Can Lead to Success in Life and Business 10/4
Donato Tramuto, CEO, Healthways, serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board for BUSPH. He will be providing a book discussion on Tuesday, October 4th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm in L109. The title of the book is: Life’s Bulldozer Moments: How Adversity Can Lead to Success in Life and Business.
Donato has a tremendous background in healthcare and leadership, especially in global health. He has established a scholarship that will help support international students.
Donato Tramuto felt bulldozed by life as a child when he lost most of his hearing to an ear infection that left him isolated, bullied and treated as a failure. A succession of tragedies rocked his world again, including the accidental deaths of a much loved brother and sister-in-law and a last minute decision to change his plans to fly out of Logan Airport on 9/11 on the same flight that claimed the lives of his close friends and their young son in the terrorist attack.
In this poignant and penetrating book, Tramuto, a successful health care entrepreneur and global philanthropist, recounts the business and life lessons he learned along the way and shows that adversity can lead to success in life and business. He shows anyone bulldozed by life how to pull themselves out of the rubble, dust themselves off and find meaning and purpose.
October 4, 2016
4–5 p.m. Book discussion and QA
5–6 p.m. Reception
Boston University Medical Campus
72 East Concord Street
MED Instructional Building, L109
Boston, MA 02118
Get Involved with Public Health Advocacy
The Public Health Advocacy Group in Cambridge is an open forum for community-wide dialogue about local public health issues. We work closely with the Cambridge City Council and our meetings are held at the Cambridge City Hall. We discuss issues related to a wide range of topics from nutrition to homelessness to diseases.
We are looking for people to join our group, so if you are interested, please contact SPH Alumna Rupal Shah, MS, MPH
Project Administrator job opening – SPH Center for Global Health & Development (CGHD)
Come join our vibrant team here at Boston University School of Public Health Center for Global Health & Development (CGHD). We are located on the 3rd floor in the Crosstown building and have many Project Administrators who are part-time students in the program. You will be working hands on with faculty and professor's in the Department of Global Health and Center for Global Health & Development and be heavily involved in the research project administrative work. It is great experience to work on a global scale while still working for a university like Boston University here in Boston.
The job description is below, click here to apply!
Any questions contact Deirdre Pierotti.
Job Description
- Operationally and administratively manages specific scientific research projects for the Center. Responsible for programmatic research activities including: managing bugets and resource allocation, reporting, operational planning; managing the first related activities of the projects operating in developing countries.
- Project Coordination: Communicate with technical staff on status of projects; coordinate project meetings and travel; provide logistical and administrative support to project teams.
- Contract Management: Understand all contractual requirements of project; track due dates of financial and technical reports; ensure compliance with donor regulations and processes for securing approvals, purchasing supllies, travel restrictions.
- Financial Management: Maintain financial records; track and review expenditures; process financial transactions; provide financial reports to PIs monthly.
- Information Management: Track project "projects" (publications, posters, presentations); maintain project documentation (electronic and hard copy); compile IRB documents
Required Skills
Bachelor's Degree/3-5 years of experience required
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Job Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Position Type
Full-Time/Regular
Salary
Grade 73
Alumni in the Field: Monitoring & Evaluation 9/26
Join us in welcoming two SPH Alumni who have extensive experience working in Monitoring & Evaluation. Lunch will be provided - please RSVP!
Presenters:
Bram Brooks received his MPH from Boston University School of Public Health in 2007 and his DrPH from SPH in 2016. Currently Dr. Brooks is the Research & Metrics Advisor at Pathfinder International. He is a public health professional with over ten years of experience managing, budgeting, implementing, and evaluating health and development projects in low- and middle- income countries. Dr. Brooks has extensive experience in implementing applied research projects, including: clinical trials, cost-effectiveness studies, health systems research, program and process evaluations. As well as doctoral training in mixed-methods research design, survey development, data collection, and quantitative and qualitative analysis. He has also worked as a Senior Program Manager at SPH's Center for Global Health & Development and a Consultant for the World Health Organization, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, and USAID. He lived in Indonesia for 15 years and is fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
Hari Iyer is a Global Health Evaluation Specialist who received his MPH from SPH in 2012. Hari has five years of experience in quantitative data analysis, global health systems research and evaluation and trained in epidemiology and biostatistics. His professional experience is focused on conducting health systems and health economics research in Sub-Saharan Africa, and leading the monitoring and evaluation department at a non-profit working across three districts in Rwanda with a catchment population of roughly 1 million. He has worked for Partners in Health as a Senior Data Analyst and the Acting Director of Monitoring & Evaluation as well as a Data Analyst for Zambia Center for Applied Health Research & Development and the Center for Global Health & Development at SPH. Currently he is working towards his Doctor of Science (SD) degree in Cancer Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Internship at CHW Central
Internship to support CHW Central
Initiatives Inc.
264 Beacon Street Boston, MA
www.initiativesinc.com / www.chwcentral.org
Are you interested in Global Health? Good at research and writing? Skilled in website design?
If so, Initiatives Inc. is looking for someone like you to help us further develop and promote CHW Central, an online community of practice that hosts over 500 resources on research, training materials, practical tools, and up to date guidance to increase the use of best practices to support community health workers and CHW programs.
The world is facing a shortage of an estimated 7.2 million health workers (WHO 2014); Community Health Workers are helping to fill that gap. CHWs provide information on nutrition, ensure TB patients take their medications, remind and escort pregnant women to ANC and PNC clinics, treat children under 5 at home, care for families dealing with HIV and supported the effort to contain Ebola in 2015. In the US, CHWs help communities address chronic disease, navigate hospital bureaucracy and get services.
CHW Central is an online community of practice that provides up-to-date guidance to increase the global exchange of best practices and other information related to CHWs and CHW programs. CHW Central is managed by Initiatives Inc., a small women-owned business founded in 1987 dedicated to improving the health and services provided to communities in the developing world.
We seek a motivated intern with an interest in developing skills in research, writing and design to support Initiatives’ work in disseminating information on CHW issues, policies, and best practices to the global and local community. The intern will be an essential part of content development, promotion and interacting with known CHW experts.
Responsibilities:
- Strong writing and organizational skills;
- Desire to learn about the work, challenges, and practices of both domestic and international CHWs;
- Understanding of website design and maintenance;
- Experience with social media marketing and communication strategies;
- Ability to monitor trends using Google Analytics or desire to learn;
- Knowledge of graphic design and video production, along with familiarity with the Drupal platform a plus
Timeframe: September to December 10-15 hours per week in office.
Requirements: CV and Writing Sample
To Apply: Email your CV, cover letter and writing sample to dbjerregaard@initiativesinc.com
“My Global Summer”: Global Health in Practice 9/22
Join us for lunch and a panel discussion with students/alum who spent their practicums working overseas.
Thursday September 22, 1:00-2:00pm CT305
Panelists:
Nikolina Boskovic: Denmark
Chen Cao: Kenya/Tanzania
Mie Hashimoto: Mexico
PJ Herrera: Tanzania
This event is sponsored by the Global Health Certificate in the Department of Global Health for more information about the certificate see below:
In our constantly evolving world, global health practitioners must have the ability to adapt to emerging challenging in a variety of settings, including designing culturally appropriate disease prevention activities and having the capacity to rapidly respond to sudden crises such as the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The global health professional of the future must therefore be equipped with the contextual knowledge needed to address global health problems while respecting social norms and values, using data to set priorities, and incorporating the latest technologies and other innovative strategies to meet global health needs.
This certificate helps to lay the foundation for a global health career by providing students with a nuanced understanding of the causes and consequences of health problems, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and methods for influencing health behaviors, programs, and policies to improve health outcomes. Students who complete the certificate will gain necessary knowledge and skills for analyzing global health issues and participating in the development of evidence-based solutions to key global health problems.
Upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Describe current health challenges faced at global, national, regional, and community levels including major causes of morbidity and mortality, and reasons for geographic variation in health outcomes.
- Analyze a health system and its component elements in order to examine its performance, identify strengths and weaknesses, and compare it to other systems.
- Critically evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of health programs administered by governments, the private sector, and commercial entities; and identify factors that influence health program sustainability.
- Apply skills to aid in the design and implementation of health programming activities while working on teams and in collaboration with different organizations or disciplines.
- Integrate socio-cultural and political awareness with social justice and human rights principles to promote culturally acceptable solutions to improve health status and conditions, and advocate for health equity.
Alumni in the field: Sex, Sexuality & Gender 9/21
RSVP HERE
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Panelists:
Brenna Lash '16: Brenna currently works with transgender youth and hormonal treatments as the Study Coordinator, Gender Management Services at Boston Children's Hospital's Department of Endocrinology.
Chase Crossno '15: Chase has had experience working at Planned Parenthood as well as developing the off-site HIV Testing program at AIDS Services of Austin. While living in Namibia and Angola from 2006-2009 she also worked on sexual health education and HIV prevention
Rupal R. Shah ’15: Rupal works as a Quality Improvement Consultant at Boston Children's Hospital. Before coming to SPH, Rupal, along with several women, started a local grassroots women's group in Cambridge which focuses on several topics such as patriarchy, social justice, and empowerment of those who are marginalized.
Pareesa Charmchi ’16: Pareesa is working as a Research Associate at BMC evaluating a narrative medicine pilot program in the OBGYN department.
This event is sponsored by the Sex, Sexuality, & Gender Certificate in the Department of Global Health for more information about the certificate see below:
Inequality and discrimination related to gender and sexuality are major barriers to the attainment of health. Using behavioral and social science theory and methods as well as human rights and social justice frameworks, students will gain analytical, program, and policy skills to understand and address the behavioral, structural, and social determinants of gender inequality and their impacts on individual, community, and population health.
Upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Identify the determinants of health and disease related to gender, gender identity, and sexuality.
- Apply conceptual frameworks related to gender inequality, sexuality, and gender identity in order to address health challenges and support the health and social well being of women, men and youth, including those who are marginalized and disadvantaged.
- Demonstrate the ability to access and use data to estimate the burden and patterns of disease and solve public health problems related to sex, sexuality and gender.
- Use systematic approaches to develop, implement, evaluate and advocate for gender and sexual and reproductive health policies, programs or services.
- Make programmatic and policy decisions that reflect ethical frameworks and respect for the values, beliefs, and practices regarding sexual health and rights within diverse communities and cultures.
Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Tanzania – Professor Nafisa Halim 9/30
Professor Nafisa Halim of BU’s School of Public Health will give the second talk in this semester’s seminar series.
Her talk, “Community Level Interventions to Address Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Tanzania” will be held on September 30th at 3PM (note the special time!), in SOC 241.
