Boston University
School of Public Health
Department of Global Health
The Global Health Lens
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Issue: 1
August 6th 2018
Past issues can be found
here
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In this GH Lens Issue:
- Welcome
- Events
- Opportunities
- Student Corner: Certificate Announcements
- DGH Notable Mentions
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As we begin the month of August I'd like to say welcome to
Issue 1 of the 2017-2018 Academic Year.
For those of you who are new to the GH Lens here is some information about the Department of Global Health's weekly newsletter:
The Global Health Lens is our Department of Global Health’s weekly e-newsletter. This newsletter is intended for current MPH students, SPH alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the Department of Global Health. We hope that this can be your one-stop-shop for all GH information that’s happening at and surrounding BU SPH!
The newsletters usually include, but are not limited to, the following sections:
- SPH events and external events information
- Job/practicum opportunities for students and alumni
- New publications and media mentions from GH Faculty, staff and alumni
- Teaching highlights about our GH Faculty
- Student Corner: specific MPH certificate information and announcements (both global & domestic) for students in Program Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Pharmaceuticals, Sex, Sexuality and Gender and Global Health Certificates.
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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!
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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
No update this week
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Sex, Sexuality & Gender
No update this week
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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 update this week
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Fall Course Spotlight
GH801: How to License a New Vaccine
GH715: Antiretroviral Program Management and Adherence Issues in Low Resource Settings
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
Spots are still open!!
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
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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SPH News:
Practicum Spotlight on Sayeli Jayade in Zanzibar
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Clouse K,
Fox MP, Mongwenyana C, Motlhatlhedi M, Buthelezi S, Bokaba D, Norris SA, Bassett J, Lurie MN, Aronoff DM, Vermund SH.
"I will leave the baby with my mother": Long-distance travel and follow-up care among HIV-positive pregnant and postpartum women in South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2018 Jul; 21 Suppl 4:e25121. PMID: 30027665.
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Peloquin CA, Phillips PPJ, Mitnick CD, Eisenach K, Patientia RF, Lecca L, Gotuzzo E, Gandhi NR, Butler D, Diacon AH, Martel B, Santillan J, Hunt KR, Vargas D, von Groote-Bidlingmaier F, Seas C, Dianis N, Moreno-Martinez A,
Kaur P, Horsburgh CR.
Increased Doses Lead to Higher Drug Exposures of Levofloxacin for the Treatment of Tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Jul 16. PMID: 30012767.
Saag LA,
Horsburgh CR.
In reply. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 Aug 01; 22(8):968. PMID: 29991411.
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Belizán JM, Minckas N, McClure EM, Saleem S, Moore JL, Goudar SS, Esamai F, Patel A, Chomba E, Garces AL, Althabe F, Harrison MS, Krebs NF, Derman RJ, Carlo WA, Liechty EA,
Hibberd PL, Buekens PM, Goldenberg RL.
An approach to identify a minimum and rational proportion of caesarean sections in resource-poor settings: a global network study. Lancet Glob Health. 2018 Aug; 6(8):e894-e901. PMID: 30012270.
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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.
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