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Global Health Fellows Program II Technical Advisor II: HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Advisor Health Team, Office of Sustainable Development, Bureau for Africa, United States Agency for International Development Assignment: Two Year Fellowship Location: Washington, DC GHFP II-P2-059 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with... More
Join us for a discussion with Melissa Janis, Senior Manager of Corporate Responsibility at Pfizer. Ms. Janis will discuss her previous work experience and highlight several private-public relationships in global health. She will specifically discuss how the government and corporate realms view these partnerships, and what some of the challenges are. Thursday, October 25th12:30-1:30CT305
Check out the Maternal Health Task Force's tips for professionals working in maternal health/global management: http://maternalhealthtaskforce.org/discuss/wpblog/2012/10/22/ten-opportunities-to-work-in-maternal-health-andor-global-health-knowledge-management/
Harvard Global Oncology Seminar Series (Inaugural Seminar) Thursday, November 1st 5-6:30 Jimmy Fund Auditorium, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (35 Binney Street, Boston) Speaker: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Harvard University (Introduction by edward Benz, MD, President and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) For more info, contact Mary Jue Xu at maryjue_xu@hms.harvard.edu
Writing assistants will guide you through any type of assignment* and any stage of the writing process – from brainstorming to strategizing ways to strengthen your paper. We are open the following times (other times available by request): Mondays from 1pm-7pm Tuesdays from 10am-1pm Wednesday from 10am-1pm Thursdays from 1pm-7pm Appointments are filling up quickly! ... More
Core Course Tutors Needed! The BUSPH Core Course Tutoring Program is currently recruiting tutors for the fall semester. The Core Course Tutoring Program is designed to provide free tutoring in the MPH core courses for MPH students. Tutors are needed for all core courses and may be from any concentration and... More
Friday 10/19 8:30 to 9:30AM, students are invited to sit in on PH825: Human and environmental factors influencing the emergence of infectious diseases to hear two interesting speakers! Two speakers from the CDC, Tony Ao and Sonia Hegde will be presenting via the web. They will be talking about CDC's Global Disease Detection (GDD) Program... More
Call for Remittance Conference Papers
Please see the scope of work and how to apply here: SOW REC Intern If you are interested, please contact Wolffy at jwolff@msh.org!
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The Research Assistant for the Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) infrastructure will work with the PIs to develop and foster the growth of CBPR at BUSPH. The RA will work with faculty in the development of reports of the CBPR activities at SPH, and assist in development of a CBPR... More
The Young Entrepreneurs Study (YES) (http://ase.tufts.edu/iaryd/researchYes.htm) is a cutting-edge longitudinal study concerned with career achievements, purpose, and character attributes among young adults in the United States. Please follow the link provided in order to complete the survey: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bq03EZWbHHheoh7 If you are between the ages of 19 and 25, we hope you will... More
Thursday, 10/18 5-6PM in CT460 As global health initiatives focus on achieving the Millennium Development Goals it is increasingly evident that strong, functioning health systems are required to sustain long term improvement in population-level health outcomes. While limited resources contribute to low-functioning health systems, poor management at the systemic and individual health... More
The Department of International Health is excited to announce that the application process for the Santander Universities Scholars Program has begun. This is an exciting opportunity to fund an international practicum of 6 weeks or more and I encourage you to consider applying! 10 awards are available for low to... More
