Job: CARE Unit Research Assistant Posting
Organization Description:
Boston Medical Center is a 496-bed academic medical center located in Boston’s historic South End. The hospital is the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine. Within the Section of General Internal Medicine, the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit conducts research, educates health professionals, provides health care, and informs clinical and public health practice and policy to improve the lives of people with unhealthy alcohol and other drug use.
Job Description – Research Assistant
The Research Assistant will support projects in the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit within the Section of General Internal Medicine. The CARE Unit is an academic unit addressing clinical, education, and research aspects of alcohol and other drug use and disorders. Primary responsibilities of this position involve assisting in implementation of research activities.
Essential responsibilities and duties include:
Providing support for local and international research studies.
Providing meeting support (e.g., arranging conference calls, preparing agenda and reports, taking and distributing minutes).
Maintaining a reference database for faculty publications and grants (e.g. acquires articles and stores them in an electronic reference system).
Creating and editing research presentations with PowerPoint.
Conducting literature searches. Assisting investigators with manuscript and presentation preparation.
Assisting with travel arrangements (e.g., booking flights and hotel, visa applications).
Processing reimbursements for expenses and assisting with tracking budget items.
Assisting with Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol applications and amendments.
Providing support for preparation and submission of new grant applications and grant reports.
Assisting with development of research protocols, forms and assessments.
Performing quality control procedures for ongoing research projects.
Providing support for managing a sample biorepository (coordinating shipping, maintaining documentation).
Misc. tasks (e.g., on-campus errands, data entry).
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree is required.
Candidates should have experience and be interested in clinical research and supporting programs and projects.
Interest in substance use disorders and HIV a plus.
Enrolled in a Masters of Public Health program
Knowledge and Skills:
Positive and flexible attitude with excellent interpersonal skills is essential.
Ability to understand and summarize scientific literature.
Ability to follow and summarize discussions related to study design and analyses.
Ability to work on multiple simultaneous projects in a deadline-driven environment .
Ability to work independently and be a good problem-solver.
Excellent English communication skills (oral and written).
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook) and web browsers.
Experience with RefWorks and WordPress, Adobe Suite a plus, but not required.
Preference given to candidates with administrative experience, strong writing and organizational skills.
Fluency in Russian a plus.
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to Sally Bendiks at sally.bendiks@bmc.org.
GH Dept. Chair Pat Hibberd speaking at EH Dept. Seminar – 9/16
Join us for the GIJS Van Seventer Environmental Health Seminar to hear our Global Health Department Chair, Pat Hibberd's Presentation:
What Will it Take to Clean Up the Most Dangerous Place On Earth?
Swahili course still open!!
Registration Open for Swahili Language with a Health Focus Course – CAS LE491
We have exciting news for those of you interested in taking an African language class this semester. BU’s African Studies Center is offering “Swahili Language with a Health Focus” on the Medical Campus. This is a fantastic opportunity for MPH and other students on the MED campus who are interested in working in East Africa. The course is offered for 1 credit. Meeting times will be determined based upon when enrolled students are available. (Depending on interest, more than one section may be offered).
This intensive course will be scheduled for 2 hours, twice a week. The class will focus on providing students with practical speaking, listening, and reading skills that will be useful in conducting fieldwork and will also highlight East African cultural notions of health.
If you are interested in taking the course please register for CAS LE491 as soon as possible via student link. Once you have registered, the instructor will communicate with you directly about scheduling. Contact Professor Geofred Osoro at gosoro@bu.edu or Jen Beard at jenbeard@bu.edu if you have questions.
NOTES
- Credits from language courses, will not count toward your MPH degree.
- Students taking 12-17 SPH credits can register for this class without additional tuition expense.
- A follow-up course will be taught during Spring semester (2017) for students who want to further develop their language skills.
Broken Hearts/Fighting Words: US Evangelicals, Border-Crossing Affects, & the Anti-Homosexuality Law in Uganda
International Relations and Religion (IRRN) Pizza and Politics Group, and the African Studies Center
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The Pardee School of Global Studies: Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs: CURA invites you to:
Broken Hearts/Fighting Words: US Evangelicals, Border-Crossing Affects, & the Anti-Homosexuality Law in Uganda
Melani McAlister, Associate Professor of American Studies & International Affairs, George Washington University
Thursday, September 15 @ 5:00
Eilts Room, 154 Bay State Rd.
In 2010, an “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” was introduced into the Parliament of Uganda that outlawed homosexual sex and called for the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” Many observers have noted ties between far-right US evangelicals and several of the law’s most prominent supporters in Uganda. While the role of Americans was important, the law itself emerged out of a much more complex field that included changes in global Christianity, the impact of neoliberalism, and HIV/AIDS policy. The presentation will position Uganda’s sexual politics in a larger context that challenges the ideological injection model that has dominated US discussions of the law.
See attached for a flyer for this event.
Margaret Ewen presents: Working in Pharmaceutical Public Health from New Zealand to Amsterdam
The Pharmaceutical Program welcomes: Margaret Ewen to present on Working in Pharmaceutical Public Health from New Zealand to Amsterdam on Tuesday Sept. 13th from 5-5:55pm in L311
Margaret Ewen is a Global Projects Coordinator at Health Action International (HAI) in Amsterdam. She works on issues related to medicine pricing and access. Originally from New Zealand, she is a pharmacist and currently completing a PhD at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is visiting BUSPH this week as a panelist for the Dean's Symposium "The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health"
Interested in working on Public Health issues in China? Come hear about opportunities from guest Professor Ye Lu!
Join us for this Meet & Greet with Professor Ye Lu on Tuesday Sept. 13th in CT-305 from 12:30-1:45 for Chinese SPH students and any students interested in discussing public health opportunities in China.
Professor Ye Lu is a professor of Health Economics in the School of Public Health at Fudan University in Shanghai. She is visiting BUSPH this week as a panelist for the Dean's Symposium "The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health"
The Role of Faith Based Organizations in the Provision of Health Services in Africa
Dr. Pius Tih is visiting BUSPH this week as a panelist for the Dean's Symposium "The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health". He is the Medical Director of Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHB), a network of hospitals and primary care facilities. The CBCHB is second only to the government of Cameroon in providing quality and affordable health services in the country.
Originally trained as a lawyer, Professor Tih also received his PhD from William Carey International University and is an alum of BUSPH where he received his MPH in 1992.
Join us on Monday Sept. 12th in Fendall from 5-6 for this great speaker event!
MGH Global Psych Dinner Series
You're invited to the:
Chester M. Pierce MD. Division of Global Psychiatry Global Psych Dinner:
Dr. Christina Borba: "Global Mindset, Local Relevance: Learning from Ethiopia, Liberia, and Boston"
Monday Sept. 19th 6:00pm-7:30pm
Boston Medical Center, Evans Seminar Room, 72 East Concord Street, E112A
BUSPH Alumna Christina P.C. Borba, PhD, MPH is Director of Research for the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center. Until 2016, she was the Director of Research at the MGH Division of Global Psychiatry. She is an Assistant in Psychology (Psychiatry) at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant in Research at MGH.
Dr. Borba has extensive experience in mixed methods research, teaching and training, and development and management of randomized clinical trials. Dr. Borba’s current research focuses on psychotic disorders and cultural psychiatry in low-resourced settings in the US and abroad, women’s mental health, and gender differences in care.
Click here to RSVP.
The Insufficiently Appreciated Impact of Pollution on Global Health
Join us for the opening seminar of the:
GIJS Van Seventer Environmental Health Seminar Series:
Global Environmental Health: Science, Policy & Practice
The Insufficiently Appreciated Impact of Pollution on Global Health
on Friday September 9th 12:45-1:45pm in L112
Pollution-related disease (PRD) is a massive and growing global problem. Diseases caused by pollution are responsible for nearly 9 million premature deaths each year, almost three times as many deaths as result from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. PRD, poverty and inequity are intertwined, and PRD falls most heavily upon children, women, and the poor. More than 90% of deaths due to PRD occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The nature of pollution is changing. In rapidly developing countries, levels of ambient air pollution, toxic chemical pollution and soil pollution are increasing sharply in consequence of urbanization, increasing motor vehicle use and the proliferation of toxic chemicals, pesticides and polluting industries. Asthma, neurodevelopmental disorders and sudden infant death syndrome are the main health consequences for children. In adults, health effects include COPD, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, stroke, renal disease, lung cancer and accelerated neurological degeneration.
In this opening lecture of the Gijs van Seventer Environmental Health Seminar Series, Global Environmental Health: Science, Policy and Practice, Dr. Landrigan explores the global impact of pollution and pollution-related diseases. The changing nature of pollution and PRDs is described along with the staggering economic and development costs due to these diseases. Efforts to address this increasing, and neglected global problem are discussed, including the launch of the Global Commission on Pollution & Health, an initiative of The Lancet, the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP), and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, are summarized.
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP, is Professor of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics and Dean for Global Health in Arnhold Institute for Global Health of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is a pediatrician, epidemiologist, and leader in public health and preventive medicine.
Dr. Landrigan’s pioneering research on the effects of lead poisoning in children contributed to the U.S. government’s decision to remove lead from gasoline and paint. His leadership of a National Academy of Sciences Committee on pesticides in children’s diets generated widespread understanding that children are uniquely vulnerable to toxic chemicals in the environment and helped to secure passage of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, the only federal environmental law in the United States that contains explicit protections for the health of children. It led also to establishment of EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection. Dr. Landrigan was a leader in developing the National Children’s Study, the largest epidemiological study of children’s health and the environment ever launched in the United States. He has been centrally involved in the medical and epidemiologic studies that followed the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He has consulted extensively to the World Health Organization. Dr. Landrigan currently chairs The Lancet-Mount Sinai Global Commission on Pollution & Health.
Dr. Landrigan is a graduate of Boston Latin School, Boston College, Harvard Medical School and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He is a 41-year veteran of the US Public Health Service and the US Navy.
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Dean’s Symposium The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health – GH Dept. events 9/12-9/15
On September 15th the BUSPH will hold a Dean’s Symposia titled “The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health” as part of the celebration of 40 years of the School. Three of the participants will be joining the BUSPH community for various events throughout the week organized by the Department of Global Health.
Dr Pius Tih is a past graduate of BUSPH and is the Medical Director of Cameroon Baptist Convention which is a network of hospitals and primary care facilities. Ye Lu is a professor of Health Economics in the School of Public Health at Fudan University in Shanghai. She has worked on pharmaceutical and health reform issues for a number of years. Margaret Ewen works with Health Action International on issues related to medicine pricing and access. She is a remote teacher on the Analyzing Pharmaceutical Systems.
Please join us at the following Department of Global Health events for the opportunity to have small round table discussions with the panelists throughout the week:
- Monday September 12th 5:00-6:00pm CT-305
- The role of Faith Based Organizations in the provision of health services in Africa - Dr. Pius Tih
- Tuesday September 13th 12:30-1:45pm CT-305
- Meet & Greet with Professor Ye Lu for Chinese SPH students and any students interested in discussing public health opportunities in China.
- Tuesday September 13th 5:00-5:55pm L311
- Pharmaceutical Program Seminar: Margaret Ewen on Working in Pharmaceutical Public Health from New Zealand to Amsterdam
- Wednesday September 14th 1:00-2:00pm L112
- Health Reform in China, Health Financing, Access to Medicines and Universal Health Coverage - Professor Ye Lu
