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Monitoring & Evaluation Officer full-time position with St. Boniface Haiti Foundation (alum of IH Department previously filled position)

By Emily Morin
January 7th, 2014 in Jobs.

 Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Reports to: Haiti Director Location: Fond des Blancs, Haiti Type of contract: Annual Full-Time Position Organization Background: St. Boniface Haiti Foundation (SBHF) is a 501(c)3 organization that has been working in the areas of health, education, and community development rural Haiti for the last 29 years. We currently run... More

AYUDA Inc. Information session Wednesday, Jan. 8th at 4pm in CT305-great summer practicum opportunity

By Emily Morin
January 6th, 2014 in Practicums/Internships.

Submit to the Spring 2014 Issue of The Journal of Global Health-due Jan. 28th

By Emily Morin
January 3rd, 2014 in Outside Announcements.

Submit to the Spring 2014 Issue of The Journal of Global Health Based at Columbia University in the City of New York, The Journal of Global Health (JGH) is a student-run, international media organization that seeks to highlight innovative solutions to global health problems. With authors and subscribers representing over 100 institutions in 25+ countries spanning... More

Global Health Fellows Program II Applications open from Jan. 6th-20th, get your online profile started early!

By Emily Morin
January 2nd, 2014 in Fellowships, Practicums/Internships.

Get ready now for Summer 2014! The Global Health Fellows Program II is pleased to announce its upcoming Summer 2014 internships with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, DC.    Work with the largest development agency in the world USAID is home to a wide range of world-renown global... More

Senior Program Advisor position with “Together for Girls” in the USAIDS office, Washington, D.C.

By Emily Morin
January 2nd, 2014 in Jobs.

Senior Program Advisor: Together for Girls Secretariat - Job Opportunity with TFG Learn more here: http://www.awid.org/Get-Involved/Jobs-Around-the-World/Senior-Program-Advisor-Together-for-Girls-Secretariat Together for Girls has a small Secretariat at the UAIDS office in Washington, D.C. The role of the Secretariat is to manage and support the global partnership in order to facilitate the achievement of partnership goals... More

Country Relationship Managers in Kenya, Rwanda or Uganda – Assets to Adolescent Girls

By Emily Morin
January 2nd, 2014 in Jobs.

Job description:  DAI is preparing for an anticipated DFID and the Nike Foundation funded Programme; Assets to Adolescent Girls. The Programme will aim to address constraints to the economic empowerment of adolescent girls in developing countries. It will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and operate across Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, More

GHFP Child Protection Advisor open position-application deadline Jan 3rd

By Emily Morin
December 23rd, 2013 in Fellowships.

Global Health Fellow Program II Technical Advisor II: Child Protection Advisor Technical Assistance Group, Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development Location: Washington, DC Assignment: Two year fellowship GHFP-II-P3-102   The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed... More

Application deadline extended (to Jan. 3rd) for the GHFP Communication Advisor

By Emily Morin
December 23rd, 2013 in Fellowships.

Global Health Fellows Program II Technical Advisor II: Communication Advisor Office of Country Support, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development Location: Washington, DC Assignment: Two year fellowship GHFP-II-P2-094   The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with Global... More

Uganda Village Project accepting applications for Summer 2014 internships

By Emily Morin
December 20th, 2013 in Practicums/Internships.

** Accepting Applications for Public Health & International Development Internship in Uganda - Summer 2014 ** About Uganda Village Project The Uganda Village Project (UVP) is an international public health organization that works with people of Iganga to promote public health and sustainable development in the rural communities of Iganga, in southeast Uganda. Summer 2014 Internship Opportunity We are... More

Practicum Opportunity: Dating-violence Research

By Emily Morin
December 19th, 2013 in Practicums/Internships.

NEEDED: One MPH student with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills to carry out dating violence-related research The purpose of this project is to gather data from 90-100% of researchers who have published a peer-reviewed paper on adolescent dating violence in the past 5 years on whether they experienced any 'adverse events'... More

Financial Aid & Foreign Language Studies (FLAS) Fellowships available-apply by Feb. 15th!

By Emily Morin
December 19th, 2013 in Fellowships.

BU African Studies Center scholarships for those wishing to pursue courses in an African language! Learn more here-applications due by Feb. 15th!

Research Project Coordinator position at Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center

By Emily Morin
December 18th, 2013 in Jobs.

A message from the Research Manager at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: We are looking for a Research Project Coordinator candidate for a position at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Please see the details below. We are seeking a Research Project Coordinator for a study that will examine cancer prevention, health and cancer... More

Paid international reporting fellowship with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

By Emily Morin
December 18th, 2013 in Fellowships.

The BU Center for Global Health & Development (CGHD), School of Public Health (SPH), and the College of Communication (COM) in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting are offering a paid international reporting Fellowship to two BU students. During this summer Fellowship, two outstanding BU students will have the opportunity to work in... More

Global Health Research Institute faculty investigator position

By Emily Morin
December 18th, 2013 in Jobs.

Faculty Investigator Position at Group Health Research Institute in Seattle, WA Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) is seeking a doctorate-level investigator with interest and expertise in conducting qualitative and mixed methods health care research. The successful candidate will be part of a highly collaborative, productive, multidisciplinary scientific faculty and will be... More

Two new full-time positions in NYC in the field of academia

By Emily Morin
December 18th, 2013 in Jobs.

Program Coordinator at NYU Development Research Institute Research Assistants for Chris Blattman of Columbia University