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Dear Colleague,
Our hearts go out to the victims and the families whose lives were torn apart by terrorist attacks that took place recently in Paris, Beirut and Egypt. We will look for ways in which we can work with our colleagues across our network to address the underlying causes of extremism.
In this newsletter, you will see a number of events and opportunities we hope will be useful to you and your colleagues. I am pleased to announce that
CUGH will be holding a new training workshop in Washington DC, February 29 to March 1, 2016. This workshop will bring attendees up-to-date information on finance and compliance regulations as they relate to contracts and grants with the National Institutes for Health, USAID and the Centers for Disease Control. See our website after December 1, when registration will open.
Our colleagues from low-income countries face significant financial obstacles to participating in our activities and in particular, attending our conference. To overcome this we created travel scholarship grants that will enable presenters from developing countries to share their work at our next meeting in San Francisco. Below is more information about how you can support our colleagues to participate, learn, collaborate and share their work with us. Please donate if you can and share this opportunity with your colleagues. Your assistance is much appreciated.
Planning for a conference is going very well. Abstracts are currently being reviewed. November 30 is the deadline for applying for the Velji Awards and December 1 for our student essay contest. Please see
here for more information.
Over the last two years we have been working with the Global Health Fellows Program to address the obstacles minority serving institutions face in training their students in global health disciplines. I am happy to share with you that we recently had a very constructive meeting led by North Carolina Central University and six other minority serving institutions. Dr. Sharon Rudy from the Global Health Fellows Program and Dr. Sharon Marquez, CUGH board member and vice provost at Drexel University gave wonderful presentations at this working meeting. We will continue to collaborate with this group of universities and the broader minority serving institutions to ensure that students and faculty can access the opportunities others enjoy.
We are grateful if you can share this newsletter with your colleagues and across your networks.
Best wishes,
Keith Martin MD
Executive Director
Consortium of Universities for Global Health
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Global Health Diaries recounts the reflections of medical students, residents, and physicians at University of Vermont College of Medicine and Western Connecticut Health Network engaged in global health electives around the world, including in Uganda, Russia, Zimbabwe, Vietnam, and the Dominican Republic. During these six-week global health rotations focused on clinical work as well as cultural immersion, participants gain a deeper understanding of medicine across cultures while giving back to individuals and communities. Their stories capture the ways in which they are challenged, moved, and inspired to fight for global health equity.
This past summer, 23 participants were selected for a global health elective. Read their stories here: www.uvmmedicineglobalhealth.wordpress.com
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Bridging to a Sustainable Future in Global Health
April 9th-11th, 2016
Satellite Sessions April 8th
Hilton Union Square, San Francisco
#CUGH2016
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Velji Award Nominations
now due November 30
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Reflection Essay Contest Submissions
due December 1
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SAVE THE DATE:
CUGH Workshop on USAID/NIH/CDC Compliance Regulations
COURSE: UNDERSTANDING & TRANSITIONING TO THE NEW USAID, CDC AND NIH FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE RULES AND REGULATIONS
DATE: February 29 - March 1, 2016
VENUE: 1608 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036
Registration will begin December 1
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CUGH Fundraising Drive to Support Global Health Leaders In Low Income Nations
Researchers, faculty, students and implementers from low-income countries face significant financial obstacles to participate in our activities, especially our annual global health conference.
WE NEED TO OVERCOME THIS, BUT TO DO SO WE NEED YOUR HELP.
We are raising funds to support travel scholarships that will enable our colleagues from low-income nations to attend our conference in April. Supporting their travel allows them to acquire new knowledge and share their own. It gives them the chance to build partnerships vital to their countries and to the global health community as a whole. Without this support they are excluded from these critical opportunities.
HELP US GIVE THEM A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
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Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment Technologies for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
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Planning for Regional Centers of Research Excellence in Non-communicable Diseases in Low and Middle Income Countries, National Cancer Institute
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Deadline extended to Feb 1st for NIEHS ClImate Change and Environmental Exposures Challenge
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O'Neill Institute's Lawrence Gostin Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law
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University of Wisconsin-Madison's Jonathan Patz Recieves APHA Award for Environmental Leadership
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College Affordability Guide: Over 5,000 US Colleges Examined for Affordability and Value
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The Case for Strategic Health Diplomacy: A Study of PEPFAR
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Educating and Training a Workforce for Nutrition in a Post-2015 World
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Applications Open for 2016-2017 Global Health Corps Fellows
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New GHFP-II Fellowship Available: Supply Chain Advisor
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Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
School of Public Health,
University of Maryland College Park
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2016 AAVMC Annual Conference
March 4-6, 2015 | Washington, DC
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The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
builds
interdisciplinary collaborations and facilitates the sharing of knowledge to address global health challenges. It assists members in sharing their expertise across education, research, and service. It is dedicated to creating equity and reducing health disparities everywhere. CUGH promotes mutually beneficial, long-term partnerships between universities in resource-rich and resource-poor countries, developing human capital and strengthening institutions' capabilities to address these challenges. It is committed to translating knowledge into action.
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