Boston University
School of Public Health
Department of Global Health
The Global Health Lens
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Issue: 2
August 13th 2018
Past issues can be found
here
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In this GH Lens Issue:
- Events
- Announcements & Opportunities
- Student Corner: Certificate Announcements
- DGH Notable Mentions
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Dear GH Community,
Unfortunately this will be my last GH Lens newsletter. I have accepted another position and will be leaving the GH Department as of next Monday. I have truly loved being apart of this community as an MPH student, SPH staff member, and SPH alumna. I'm excited to stay connected as an alumna to all of the great work being done in DGH and at BU SPH!
My fantastic colleague, Academic Program Coordinator
Rachel Pieciak
, will be taking over putting together these weekly newsletters! If you have any events, job/practicum opportunities, media mentions, or publications to be added to future emails please email
sphgh@bu.edu
and Rachel and the Administrative Assistants will be sure that it is included in the next issue.
I'm grateful to have worked so closely with many of you and I wish you all the best this upcoming Academic Year!
Enjoy the rest of your summer,
Juliana Restivo
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SPH Events:
Tuesday September 25th 4:30-6:00pm Heibert Lounge -
Deans Seminar
Agis Tsouros, Policy and Governance for Health and Well-Being, WHO. This Deans Seminar is cohosted with Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Boston University School of Public Health Careers & Practicum Office
External Events:
Thursday September 13th and Friday September 14th - New York
9th International Workshop on HIV and Aging will be held in on 13 and 14 September 2018, in New York City, NY, at the New Yorker (Wyndham) hotel. The integration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) into HIV care has dramatically extended the life expectancy of those living with HIV. The longer life expectancy of people with HIV infection is changing the demographics of the HIV epidemic and currently, more than one-half of the people living with HIV are age 45 or older. The ultimate goals of this conference are to stimulate and guide research that will enable better treatment methods and strategies for older adults with HIV, to encourage young investigators, and to stimulate new partnerships between investigators in HIV and aging.
Monday September 17th 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
The Maternal Health Task Force at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health cordially invites you to a Global Maternal Health Symposium. The symposium will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Maternal Health Task Force, showcase achievements in global maternal health and chart a course forward for critical steps to end preventable maternal mortality and optimize maternal health around the world. A reception will follow. At the symposium, we will also announce the recipients of the inaugural Maternal Health Visionary Awards.
September 23rd-28th 2018
The MQPH 2018 Conference will take place in Oxford, United Kingdom, from 23 – 28 September 2018. The international conference on Medicine Quality & Public Health will bring together people from sectors such as: public health, national regulatory authorities, pharmacy, biomedical, chemistry, law, ethics, cultural and social sciences, the pharmaceutical industry, international organisations, NGOs, national procurement centres, and internet and pharmaceutical forensics. Register as soon as possible for the limited number of early bird prices that are available!
October 15th
The conference will feature a keynote address by Dr. Agnes Binagwaho of Rwanda’s University
of Global Health Equity as well as plenary presentations by Dr. Elias Kumbakumba of the
Uganda’s Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Dr. Jobayer Chisti of the International
Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. Participants are also invited to attend
MGHfC’s Grand Rounds given by Dr. Marsha Griffin from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
School of Medicine on October 16th. Panel discussions will also be held on the following topics:
Perspectives on International Partnerships, Technology and Global Health, Global Pediatric
Nursing, Refugee and Immigrant Health. Contact
Sarah Morris with any questions.
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Announcements & Opportunities
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Faculty, staff, students and alumni can all submit nominations. Teaching Awards nominations are due on
Friday October 5th
and include: The Metcalf Cup and Prize, The Metcalf Awards, The Gerald & Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology, The Provost's Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award
Chelsea McGuire, an Academic Fellow in the BU Department of Family Medicine, is seeking a research collaborator to help conduct and co-author an in-depth review of the literature on research capacity building in low- and middle income countries. Any interested MPH, DPH, MD, or undergraduate student or faculty member please contact
chelsea.mcguire@bmc.org
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Certificate Announcements
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Monitoring & Evaluation
Interested in becoming a TA? Dr. Peter Rockers is looking for a TA for his course, GH815: Methods for Impact Evaluation. The course will be taught on Thursdays from 10am-1pm in CT-462. Peter is looking for a student who has experience in impact evaluation and is skilled in data analysis, ideally using the R statistical package. Interested students should contact Rachel Pieciak at
rpieciak@bu.edu.
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Program Management
See internship opportunity above at Human Care Systems!
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Sex, Sexuality & Gender
New SSG elective course:
See below for more information!
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Pharmaceutical Development, Delivery, & Access
See GH801 course information below.
See Medicine Quality & Public Health conference information above
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Global Health
No updates this week
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Fall Course Spotlight
SB760: LGBT Health
GH801: How to License a New Vaccine
GH715: Antiretroviral Program Management and Adherence Issues in Low Resource Settings
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals live in every county of the United States and are recognized as underserved minority populations. In this 4-credit course students will examine the health of minority populations who are marginalized due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. You will identify and practice techniques for measuring LGBT populations as well as ways to better recognize the assets that are found within these communities. Today, data on these populations are increasingly collected in the context of public health surveillance and also some health care facilities have begun recording these data in medical records, yet access to these data is still mostly restricted. While recognizing the limitations of available data sources, you will make use of publicly available data to characterize quantitatively and qualitatively the diversity of LGBT populations. Course readings, class lectures, and exercises will be used throughout the course to analyze and discuss the micro and macro determinants of LGBT populations' health.
GH801: How to License a New Vaccine (4 credits)
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aught by: Dr. Chris Gill on Fridays from 10:00am-1:00pm
Course Description: Alongside modern sanitation and the alleviation of poverty, vaccines have saved more lives than any other public health intervention. And yet the story behind how vaccines are developed is one that few people fully understand. It is a story that includes elements of basic science (immunology, microbiology), chemistry, epidemiology, and clinical research. And because vaccines are used in otherwise healthy populations and have side effects and sometimes real risks, their development is scrutinized by regulatory bodies like the FDA in ways that few other health products experience. The story of vaccines is complex, difficult and fascinating, and the best way to learn about it is to experience it. That’s what this class is all about.
GH801 is a living simulation that puts the students in command of the process of the testing and exploration of a new candidate vaccine. In this course you will design studies, and your studies will yield results that you must interpret in the process of learning about the performance and safety of your vaccine. Through this course you will learn about the regulatory process that oversees new vaccine licensure and use, clinical trial design, elements of vaccinology, immunology, and microbiology while honing your presentations skills and learning how to work effectively in a competitive group setting.
**Update to Certificate Requirements: Students can now cross apply the credits from GH801 with the
Epidemiology/Biostatistics certificate or indirectly with the Pharmaceutical certificate. Questions? Contact
Rachel Pieciak
or
Chris Gill
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aught by: Dr. Lora Sabin on Thursdays from 10:00am-1:00pm
Course Description: Successful HIV/AIDS treatment programs rely on consistent, uninterrupted supplies of antiretrovirals (ARVs), appropriate ARV prescribing, retention of patients in treatment programs, and a high level of adherence by patients. Ineffective ARV management can lead to treatment failures, ARV resistance, and insufficient program uptake. This course provides students with practical knowledge and skills to manage challenges in the areas of ARV selection, pricing, quality, and program monitoring and evaluation. Guest lecturers with relevant expertise will be invited to speak on several specific topics. One session will be devoted to a field visit to an adherence clinic to learn directly about the ARV program management issues faced by practitioners and patients.
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Publications, Poster Sessions, Media, and Awards in our GH Community
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Helmut J F Salzer, Rhett J Stoney, Kristina M Angelo, Thierry Rolling, Martin P Grobusch, Michael Libman, Rogelio López-Vélez, Alexandre Duvignaud, Hilmir Ásgeirsson, Clara Crespillo-Andújar, Eli Schwartz, Philippe Gautret, Emmanuel Bottieau, Sabine Jordan, Christoph Lange,
Davidson H Hamer, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network;
Epidemiological aspects of travel-related systemic endemic mycoses: a GeoSentinel analysis, 1997–2017
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Journal of Travel Medicine, Volume 25, Issue 1, 1 August 2018, tay055, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/tay055
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Elizabeth G. Henry,
Donald M. Thea,
Davidson H. Hamer, William DeJong,
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Whether you are an alum of SPH, a SPH faculty/staff member, a student in the Global Health Certificate, a Global Health interested student in another certificate, 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.
Have something to contribute? Send an email to my contact information below.
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