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Boston University
School of Public Health
Department of Global Health
The Global Health Lens
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Issue: 9
2017-2018
Past issues can be found
here
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In this GH Lens Issue:
- Events
- Announcements
- Job/Internship Opportunities
- Student Corner (Certificate Highlights)
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SPH Events
TONIGHT
Monday October 23rd, 5:00-6:00pm CT-305
Come de-stress with dinner and rounds of Global Health Trivia with special host
Global Health
Department Chair Pat Hibberd!
RSVP with this link! Stress relief prizes will be given to winners!
Tuesday October 24th, 1:00-1:50pm INS-209
Representatives from the Rwanda-based University of Global Health Equity, a Partners in Health initiative, will be on hand to discuss practicum and other opportunities.
Tuesday October 24th, 1:00-1:50pm CT-460 & Monday October 30th, 5:00-6:00pm CT-460
Tuesday October 24th, 5:00-6:00pm Evans Building E120
The October BUMC Global Health Grand Rounds will be hosted by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Presenting on
Refugee and Immigrant Women's Health
is
Sheela Maru, MD, MPH,
Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BUSM and
Courtney Massaro, MSN, MPH,
Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BUSM.
RSVP HERE!
Monday October 25th, 5:00-6:00pm INS-303
Come hear from Pharmaceutical/Epi/Biostats/GH Certificate alumni and students talk about the practicum and job search from their experienced perspectives.
Wednesday October 25th, 5:00-6:00pm INS-109A/B
Monday October 30th, 3:00-4:00pm CT-305
Dr. Willem Daniel Francois Venter, MD, FCP is the Deputy Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand. His talk is sponsored by the GH Department and Center for AIDS Research.
Global Health Practicum Showcase
Monday November 6th, 5:00-6:00pm CT-305
Interested in doing your practicum abroad? Come hear from your peers who recently completed their global health practicum! Learn about their program, network about different opportunities, and hear about their tricks and advice for working in the field!
Are you a student who has already completed their international practicum and are interested in presenting?
Fill out this form!
Global Health Hiring Manager Panel: Job Search and Career Advising
Thursday November 30th, 5:00-6:30pm INS-311
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External Events
Monday October 23rd, 6:30pm-8:30pm 9th Floor Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston St.
In commemoration of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health and Bianca Phoenix present a panel of community leaders who support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The panel will discuss culturally competent care and local resources for LGBTQ survivors.
Tuesday October 24, 2017 12:00-1:30PM
Snyder Auditorium, Kresge G1, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Join us for a reflective look back on the history of neglected tropical diseases, and a future-oriented discussion of academia's role in setting the R&D agenda for malaria eradication by leading experts in the fields of global health delivery, medicine, health policy, and malaria research and development. RSVPs can be sent to:
defeatingmalaria@harvard.edu
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Thursday, October 26, 2017 1:00-4:00PM
Bray Room, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
In the new era of epidemics, emergent infectious disease challenges are often superimposed on a background of other global health problems and scarce health care services. Join us for a panel of global health experts exploring the lessons learned from recent emergent infectious diseases and discussing ways to prepare for the next public health crisis. Please RSVP to
defeatingmalaria@harvard.edu
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MIT Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Working Group
Wednesday October 25th 5:30 PM Mead Hall (Kendall Square) Free food will be provided!
Come out to network with students and faculty working in humanitarian affairs across Harvard, MIT, BU, and Tufts. Contact
Tim Russel with any questions.
Friday October 27th 9am-5pm Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Epidemic disease spreads quickly in our interconnected, globalized world. This symposium looks at new ways of tracking epidemics using big data and social networks to predict and stem the rise of emergent diseases. From Ebola and SARS to the more recently recognized social epidemics of the opioid crisis and gun violence, this event assembles epidemiologists, journalists, physicians, public officials, scientists, and sociologists to discuss cutting-edge research, prediction mechanisms, and possible solutions to the range of epidemics that face our world today.
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BU SPH Department of Global Health
Are you interested in global health research opportunities during your graduate program at the BU SPH? Do you want to be more engaged in the global health research community at BU SPH?
The BU SPH Department of Global Health Graduate Research Affiliate Program (GRAP)
provides short- and longer-term opportunities for masters and doctoral students to be collaborators and research assistants on Department of Global Health research activities.
Applications Due by Sunday, Oct 29, 2017
What’s in it for you?
- A platform to engage with research opportunities in global health
- Opportunity to cultivate a relationship with a faculty mentor
We want to hear about your practicum experience from this past summer! If you recently completed a Global Health related practicum either abroad or domestically and are interested in presenting about your experience to your peers, faculty, staff, and students who are currently searching for practicums please fill out
this form
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Presenters will have one of two options for discussing their practicum:
- A three-slide slide deck with information & pictures from your experience
- One photo with a description of your project
Please submit your responses no later than Friday October 27th. Once you have selected a mode for presenting, we follow-up with more detailed information about the expectations of your chosen presentation type. Thanks for your participation!
Follow me
@JulianaGlobalH
for tweets and retweets about what our students, alumni, faculty and staff are up to!
Job/Internship Opportunities:
Reminder,
Handshake
is a great one stop shop for all events, practicum and job opportunities!
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Monitoring & Evaluation
M&E ILE meeting for tomorrow is cancelled. Deliverable 2 drafts are due to advisors at 11:59pm on Wednesday 10/25
Program Management
PM ILE site visit to Boston Healthcare for the Homeless is tentatively scheduled for Monday 11/6 from 5-6pm. Rachel will confirm via email.
Sex, Sexuality & Gender
Stay tuned for an alumni and career panel discussion about working in the field of SSG on
November 15th
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Global Health
Monday October 23rd 5-5:50pm
Monday November 6th 5-5:50pm
We want to hear about your practicum experience from this past summer! If you recently completed a Global Health related practicum either abroad or domestically and are interested in presenting about your experience to your peers, faculty, staff, and students who are currently searching for practicums please fill out
this form.
Presenters will have one of two options for discussing their practicum:
- A three-slide slide deck with information & pictures from your experience
- One photo with a description of your project
Please submit your responses no later than
Friday October 27th. Once you have selected a mode for presenting, we follow-up with more detailed information about the expectations of your chosen presentation type. Thanks for your participation!
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Events & Communications Specialist, Department of Global Health
801 Massachusetts Ave. CT-372A Boston MA 02118
617-414-1258 | jrestivo@bu.edu
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