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The Graduate International Relations Council at Boston University's Pardee School of Global Studies is excited to announce our third annual conference at Boston University on February 27-28, 2015. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Global Development, Peace and Security: Advancing Human Progress The Graduate International Relations Council at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies announces... More
GHEP is excited to announce our next lunch talk on Tuesday December 2 from 11 AM - 12 PM in L210 with Dr. Nakul Raykar, a fellow in the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship Program through Partner's in Health and Boston Children's Hospital. Historically, the global public health discourse has often neglected surgical... More
Webinar: One Acre Fund and Global Health Corps One Acre Fund is hosting a career webinar with Global Health Corps on December 3rd from 12-1 PM EST. Global Health Corps is a fellowship organization that mobilizes a global community of emerging leaders to build a movement for health equity. Join us to learn about how... More
Job Opportunity: Rwanda Country Director The Organization: A growing non-profit organization whose innovative approach works to bridge the gap between health and agriculture. They are based in Rwanda, with an office in Boston, and their core program works to integrate agricultural support and comprehensive health education into the clinical treatment of... More
Sydney Rosen is a Global Health faculty member and is looking for a house and pet sitter to stay at my house in Jamaica Plain and look after my two largish dogs and one smallish cat over the winter holidays and if possible other dates in 2015. The house is... More
The Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE²RO) in Johannesburg, South Africa has openings for 12-month Quantcorps Research Fellows. HE²RO is CGHD’s partner in South Africa. It conducts applied research and evaluation on HIV, TB, and noncommunicable diseases in South Africa and generates evidence-based information for the South African government... More
GHEI is recruiting for a Health Program Coordinator to be based in Humjibre, Ghana. Start Date: March 1, 2015 Duration: 13-24 months, with preference given to candidates who can commit to the full 24 months Job Summary: This position entails working with GHEI’s local health staff and community health workers to plan, implement, More
Employer: OIC: The Cambodia Project Work Type/s: Contract, Full Time Classification/s: Fundraising, Health Care & Promotion, International Aid & Development Sector/s: Not For Profit (NFP) Location: International Job posted on: 19 November, 2014. Applications close: 05 December, 2014. Capacity Building for Disability Cooperation CABDICO is a local non-governmental organization established through registration with the Ministry of Interior on... More
The Women in Global Health panel discussion Thursday, December 4th 5-7pm in L-301 (Dinner will be included) Join Global Health Professors Beard, Foster, Halim, Messersmith and Onyango for a formative discussion about the social, political, cultural, and economic factors affecting women’s positions in society and their contributions to global health and innovation. Formality... More
Global Health Fellows Program II Population and Reproductive Health Communications Intern Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development Anticipated timeframe: February 2015 - May 2015: Compensated 12 week internship Location: Washington, DC INT-P4-004 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five... More
This Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the BU Latin American Studies Program and the BU School of Public Health will host it's first event on December 2nd and run through the Spring 2015 semester. For information about dates and topics please see the flyer: LAS Series SPH
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Dr. Adam Levine: Ending Ebola: Strategies for Combating an Epidemic Wednesday December 3, 2014 9:30am-10:30am 650 Albany Street 7th floor Dr. Adam Levine MD MPH is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Brown University Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship. He has recently returned from Liberia after caring for... More
Mass General Hospital Center for Global Health is hiring - 4 new positions posted. For more information or to apply, visit the MGH Employment page and search "global health" or enter the job ID numbers below. Research Assistant (HIV and reproductive health) - 2262986 Grant Administrator (pre- and post-award) - 2260210 Communications and Event... More
BMC is looking for a bright, hard-working MPH to fill this position. This person should have experience with both SAS and NVivo, and should be able to work independently and have a self-directed learning style. The job description is as follows: Support residents and faculty in all aspects of research: development of... More
