Boston University
School of Public Health
Department of Global Health
The Global Health Lens
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Issue: 17
December 18th, 2017
Past issues can be found
here
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This will be the last newsletter of 2017. Thank you to all students, faculty, staff, and friends of DGH who made it a great year! Thank you for coming to our events, staying actively engaged in GH issues, reading DGH publications and most importantly for being apart of our community. Also, a huge congratulations to all of our January 2018 graduates!
If you have any feedback about events, the GH Lens e-newsletter, the Certificates featured below, or anything regarding our GH community please email me at
jrestivo@bu.edu
Looking forward to the new year ahead with you all! For all those celebrating, have a great holiday season with your family and friends! See you in 2018!
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In this GH Lens Issue:
- Events
- Announcements & Opportunities
- Student Corner (Certificate Highlights)
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External Events
New England Conference on Global and Community Health for Trainees
Tuesday, December 12th, 4:00-5:30pm Baker Library Room 101, Harvard Business School Campus
This full day conference will provide lectures and workshops on global and domestic health topics. The program will also provide opportunities to network with physicians, residents, and students currently involved in global and community health work.
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Announcements & Opportunities
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DGH Faculty Highlight:
Santander Application Cycle for Spring 2018 practica is now closed. If you are planning to complete your practicum in the summer and would like to be considered for a Santander award, we expect to launch this application cycle in February and close in March.
The
International Emory Global Health Case Competition
is a unique opportunity for students from multiple universities and disciplines to come together to learn about, develop, and recommend innovative solutions for a 21st century global health problem. Participating teams receive a Global Health case one week before the in-person competition, during which time the team must research and develop a solution to the problem at hand, leading to a final pitch at Emory on Saturday, March 18, 2018.
The winning team will receive a $6,000 prize.
This Case Competition is a great opportunity to apply your knowledge in the fields of Global Health and International Development and to hone skills in program design, presentation, and pitching. The BU team currently has two members (KC Caine, MBA/MPH '18 & Parul Kashyap, MBA/MPH, '18) who are leading the recruitment process to create the rest of the team. If interested, please fill out
this application
expressing interest. If you have any questions about the competition, preparations, or team, please contact
kcaine@bu.edu
or
parulk@bu.edu
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The American India Foundation William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India helps to support an under-resourced organization at a crucial moment of scalability through collaboration, skill-sharing, and capacity-building. AIF is committed to disrupting poverty, catalyzing social and economic change in India, and building a lasting bridge between the United States and India Working closely with local communities, AIF partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions, and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact through public-private partnerships.
Applications now open through January 15
th
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Applications due March 18th 2018
The BU 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 Washington, D.C., at the Pulitzer Center headquarte
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d to travel internationally (likely to a developing country) on a 2-3 week reporting trip mentored by a professional journalist.
The U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Global Health (CGH) post-baccalaureate fellowship provides recent college graduates who are planning to apply to graduate or professional (public health/research/medical/dental/ nursing/pharmacy, etc.) school an opportunity to learn about supporting the cancer research enterprise at NCI. Fellows work with NCI staff to develop and implement projects that aim to strengthen cancer research globally. The fellowship includes a capstone project. The NCI Center for Global Health is particularly interested in applicants who have either volunteered or worked in a low-or middle-income country or with disadvantaged populations in high-income countries.
Global Health Corps is focused on building the next generation of global health leaders & mobilizing the movement for health equity worldwide. A fellowship with GHC helps you gain quality experience in the field that sets you up for a rewarding career in public health, both globally and domestically.
Applications are now open for 144 positions in the 2017-2018 fellowship cohort!
Dana Farber/Boston Children's Cancer & Blood Disorders Center
A BU SPH doctoral student is seeking a motivated MPH student(s) that can help with data collection and qualitative data analysis of her dissertation. The study is being conducted mostly in the Telugu language. The study has two components. The data collection portion will be done between Jan-March of 2018 in India and the qualitative analysis will be done May-August of 2018 in US. Preference will be given to a student who can work on both components but it is not required.
The Boston University African Studies Center graduate conference committee is issuing a call for papers for our 2018 conference. We invite graduate students to submit abstracts for papers, presentations, or performances attending to this year's theme
"Records of Africa.
" We welcome submissions from any disciplinary, interdisciplinary, or undisciplined perspective, and particularly encourage the participation of scholars of underrepresented backgrounds and identities. We further welcome proposals that engage with experimental or exploratory modes of (re)presentation and practice. Please refer below or to the attached document for more information.
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Monitoring & Evaluation
Congratulations to our Fall ILE students on completing their projects and congratulations to you on your upcoming graduation. Best of luck to you as you start your next adventure, whatever and wherever it may be!
Pharmaceuticals
Priority deadline: December 22nd 2017
Final deadline: January 5th 2017
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Global Health
See above for a number of Global Health related fellowhips & job opportunities. Many deadlines are for the mid-end of January so make sure to look for them.
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Sex, Sexuality & Gender
PRA is currently seeking two Research Analysts for our program on
Gender and Reproductive Justice
. These roles will contribute to work focusing on the Religious and Secular Right’s strategies and discourses to curtail gender and reproductive health and rights, strengthen the building of an intersectional agenda to advance gender and reproductive health, rights, and justice, and build links to other social movements.
Program Management
Congratulations to our Fall ILE students on completing their projects and congratulations to you on your upcoming graduation.
Some advice to current students in PM from the first students to graduate with the PM certificate:
- “Take advantage of the flexibility of the program and be open to everything!”
- “Take courses that focus on subjects and skills that you’re interested in gaining”
- “You are surrounded by a diverse community, use your peers and professors as resources”
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Whether you are an alum of SPH, a student in the Global Health Certificate, a student in another certificate but interested in Global Health, or just a friend of the Department of Global Health, we hope the weekly
GLOBAL HEALTH LENS
can be a one-stop-shop for our Global Health Community here at Boston University School of Public Health.
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