Boston University School of Public Health 
Department of Global Health 
The Global Health Lens
Issue: 1 2017-2018
In this GH Lens Issue: 
  • Welcome Back
  • Events
  • Certificate Highlights
  • Recent DGH Publications & Media Mentions
Welcome Back!
The Global Health Lens will be how you stay updated on what's happening in the Department of Global Health. Event information, job/practicum opportunities for students and alumni, new publications and media mentions from departmental faculty & staff, and certificate information for our students can all be found in these weekly emails.

Whether you are an alum of the program, a student in the Global Health Certificate, a student in another certificate but interested in Global Health work, or just a friend of DGH, we hope this can be your one-stop-shop for all GH information. 

The Global Health Lens will be replacing The Global Health Blast weekly email and will go out on Mondays!
The emails will be archived here if you ever want to revisit an older issue! 

If you ever have any GH information to share please email me, Juliana Restivo, at jrestivo@bu.edu and I will be happy to include it in our next issue.

We here in DGH are excited for the semester to start up again, see many of you soon!
Happy Monday,
Juliana Restivo
Events & Communications Specialist, SPH Department of Global Health
Events
SPH Events
Join the Department of Global Health every Monday from 1:00pm-2:00pm in CT-305 for our weekly lunch seminar series as we invite colleagues in the field to come and present on their research. Click here for the full fall schedule. 

Monday September 18th, 4:00-6:30pm 3rd floor of Crosstown
Welcome new and returning Global Health interested students! Join us for a round of mini golf - Global Health edition! Come connect with new and old classmates as the 3rd floor of Crosstown is turned into a mini golf course! Learn more about the GH courses offered at SPH, GH faculty members & their research interests, career services, global practicum information and so much more! Fill out the link here for your tee-time window and then join us for dinner as you finish your round!

Dean's Seminar: Global Health Storytelling
Thursday September 28th, 4:30-6:30pm Heibert
#Enough. After the Orlando night club massacre of 49 people in June 2016, the BU School of Public Health created the #Enough campaign to express outrage and sorrow and extend a call to action. This is just one of the many ways to retell the story of homicide, suicide, and injury caused by fire arms. These narratives focus on fractured communities, devastated families, and lives lost at each end of the gun. As public health activists and researchers rewrite this polarizing tale we have an opportunity to work closely with journalists and artists to combine numbers with real voices and real lives to inspire urgency.

External Events

September 15, 2017: 9am - 6pm, Harvard Medical Center
The theme for this year's US-China Health Summit is: Megatrends in Health and Healthcare. It will focus on: 1) the changing world and emerging health challenges; 2) megatrends in health and medical sciences and technology; and 3) megatrends in healthcare service innovation. Don't miss out on this opportunity to attend this global forum.

Saturday October 14, 2017  Boston University, 745 Commonwealth Ave.
We are very pleased to say that Dr. Ellen Idler, author of Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health, will be the keynote speaker for the event. We've specifically advocated for a "lessons from the field" section where students can reflect on how religion intersects with their work in planned and/or unplanned ways. Contact DrPH student Kate Long with any questions!

October 23–27 2017 
Register here. Global health as a field is complex, ever-changing and involves a diverse set of skills that spans across disciplines, including: clinical knowledge & skills, communication & advocacy, systems-based knowledge, teaching skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and cultural sensitivity. Though many health professionals have strong clinical skills as applied in their home settings, they lack the clinical experience and knowledge to successfully apply those skills in a resource-limited setting. This course aims to improve the knowledge and skills of healthcare professionals engaged or planning engagement in pediatric clinical work in low or middle income countries. High-yield clinical topics and skills will be taught using an interactive curriculum of didactics, technical skill sessions, workshops, simulation, and hands-on training.
Certificate Highlights
Five MPH Certificates sit in the Global Health Department. They are listed below. In the weekly GH Lens newsletters we will have information/updates for each certificate.
Global Health
How to market your Global Health Practicum
Thursday September 14th, 1:00-2:00pm CT -305
Did you do your practicum internationally this summer? Bring your practicum trip report to this workshop and gain tips and tricks to help talk and write about the experience and skills you gained during your global health practicum.

GH Open
Monday September 18th, 4:00-6:30pm CT -305
See the above events section for this welcome back event that you do not want to miss!

GH Open - volunteers needed!
Calling all 3rd semester GH interested students who want to be volunteers to 'host a hole' at the GH open. More information on the role to come but if you are interested email Juliana !
Pharmaceuticals
Join us for these Pharm Certificate Back to School Events!
"Balancing Values" - Talk with Yogeeta Manglani, Associate Director, Policy (Vaccines & Hepatitis C) at Merck & Co.
Wednesday September 20th, 1:00-2:00pm L209

Pharmaceutical Certificate Student Social
Wednesday September 20th, 5:00-6:00pm L109
Monitoring & Evaluation
There are still spots available in GH811 which fulfills requirements for the M&E certificate. Check out the course description below!

Stay tuned for more information about our fall welcome events and a note from Certificate Director Peter Rockers
Sex, Sexuality & Gender
Stay tuned for more information about our fall welcome events and a note from Certificate Director Lisa Messersmith
Program Management
Stay tuned for more information about our fall welcome events and a note from Certificate Director Jen Beard
Courses - Open Seats!
There are still open seats in the following courses for Global Health interested students for Fall 2017! Register in your StudentLink.
Professor Andrew Stokes
Tuesdays from 2:00-4:50

Through this course, students will gain skills that allow them to:
Implement a mixed methods study from start to finish. Design and implement a questionnaire. Use R for applied data analysis. Conduct qualitative data analysis. Visualize data. Apply, interpret and communicate the technical side of research. Write a clear and effective research paper. Effectively communicate results with diverse audiences.GH811 fulfills course requirements for the Design and Conduct of Public Health Research and Monitoring and Evaluation certificates and will substantiate skills learned in the GH, CAPDIE and Epidemiology and Biostatics certificates.
Assistant Professor Warren Kaplan
Wednesdays from 2:00-4:50

This course provides the students with an overview of the role of pharmaceuticals in public health and the basic functions of the pharmaceutical sector in terms of stakeholders,regulations, policies and evaluation. In addition the course has the objective to introduce the students to the pharmaceutical program and provide them with basic knowledge that is necessary to enter other courses. By the end of the course the students will be able to discuss the relevance of pharmaceuticals for public health, identify relevant actors in the pharmaceutical sector and their functions, to identify problems within the pharmaceutical sector that lead to inequity and inefficiencies and the proposal strategies to overcome these problems.
SPH EH 750 Water Quality and Public Health  
Wendy Heiger-Bernays 2 cr, fall 1, Wednesday mornings.

This course is a lecture and methods course on water resources and public health. Water supply and water quality discussions provide an overview of the technical and scientific basis on which public health decisions are made regarding disease prevention and community health. The chemical, physical, and biological processes necessary for designing and managing municipal drinking water treatment plants are analyzed. Water quality topics include standards and regulations; non-point source runoff;point source discharge; and water quality analysis of drinking and surface waters. Students will sample, analyze and use water quality objectives for comparison. Social, political, and economic factors effecting water quality and treatment will be discussed. The course will conclude with historical and international perspectives on water resources and management. 
SPH EH 745 Wastewater and Health/Sustainable Sanitation  
Laura Orlando, 2 cr, fall 2, Wednesday mornings.

This course provides students with an overview of the relationship between human health, ecological health, and sanitation. The different disposal and treatment methods for human excreta are described in their historical and political contexts. Related topics such as the land appliation of sewage sludge, the role of government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and public health experts are presented as well as practical solutions toward sustainable sanitation. This course involves a group project and a paper.
Recent DGH Publications & Media Mentions
Quantifying unmet need for hypertension care in South Africa through a care cascade: evidence from the SANHANES, 2011-2012. Kaitlyn M Berry , Whadi-ah Parker, Zandile J Mchiza, Ronel Sewpaul, Demetre Labadarios, Sydney Rosen , Andrew Stokes BMJ Global Health Aug 2017, 2 (3)
Combating corruption in global health Tim K. Mackey,   Jillian Kohler,   Maureen Lewis and Taryn Vian .   Science Translational Medicine   09 Aug 2017: Vol. 9, Issue 402,
Benefits and Limitations of TextMessages to Stimulate Higher Learning Among Community Providers: Participants’ Views of an mHealth Intervention to Support Continuing Medical Education in Vietnam .  Lora L Sabin, Anna Larson Williams, Bao Ngoc Le, Augusta R Herman, Ha Viet Nguyen, Rebecca R, Albanese, Wenjun Xiong, Hezekiah OA Shobiye, Nafisa Halim , Lien Thi Ngoc Tran, Marion McNabb, Hai Hoang, Ariel Falconer, Tam Thi Thanh Nguyen, Christopher J Gill.  Global Health: Science and Practice . 2917 Jun; 5(2):261-274.
Timing of pregnancy, postpartum risk of virologic failure and loss to follow-up among HIV-positive women.   Onoya D, Sineke T , Brennan AT, Long L, Fox MP. AIDS . 2017 Jul; 31(11):1593-1602.
BUSPH: In the classroom, real apps for real global health. Features GH804 course:  Using Mobile Technology to Improve Health Outcomes with instructors James Wolff and John Payne. 
Why Scientists Can’t Agree on Whether It’s Unhealthy to Be Overweight. The Atlantic ,  August 14, 2017. Features Andrew Stokes ' obesity work.
Inequitable Access to Health Care by the Poor in Community-Based Health Insurance Programs: A Review of Studies From Low- and Middle-Income Countries Chukwuemeka A Umeh, Frank G Feeley.  Global Health: Science and Practice . 2017 Jun; 5(2):299-314.
Cohort profile: the Right to Care Clinical HIV Cohort, South Africa Matthew P Fox , Mhairi Maskew, Alana T Brennan , Denise Evans, Dorina Onoya, Given Malete, Patrick MacPhail, Jean Bassett, Osman Ebrahim, Dikeledi Mabotja,Sello Mashamaite, Lawrence Long , Ian Sanne, Mhairi Maskew.  BMJ Open . 2017 Jun; 7:e015620.
Events & Communications Specialist, Department of Global Health
801 Massachusetts Ave. CT-371A Boston MA 02118
617-414-1258 | jrestivo@bu.edu
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