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August 5, 2024
JHU COMMUNITY VOICES
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Transitioning from Pediatric Care to Public Health Leadership: Naveen Anaswara, BSPH ‘24
A Fulbright scholar for 2023-24 and MPH graduate, Dr. Anaswara’s career is marked by his frontline work during significant health crises, including the Nipah virus and COVID-19 outbreaks, and his leadership as a District Program Manager at the National Health Mission in Calicut. His innovative approaches to improving child health and healthcare policies have had profound impacts on the communities he serves.
“The experience of helping a blind person see again never grows old. It continues to bring joy every day.”
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Alumni Survey: We Want to Hear From You!
If you are a Johns Hopkins alumnus from India, currently based in India, or belong to the Indian diaspora, please take a moment to fill out our short online survey. This is an effort to consolidate a community of thousands of Johns Hopkins alumni with multidisciplinary backgrounds and a collective vision to deepen the relationship between Johns Hopkins and India.
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Improving Gender Equality in India and Beyond: Anju Malhotra
Distinguished Professor of the Practice
Dr. Anju Malhotra has worked most of her life improving the health, well-being, and empowerment of women and girls around the world. Born in Punjab, India, her career is a commitment to improving gender equality in India and beyond.
“If you are a woman from South Asia, awareness of women’s unequal position is in your bones. Even though I grew up and lived in the US since age 11, growing up in India that first decade of my life has ingrained a deep sensitivity and desired to overcome the injustices women and girls and face everywhere, but especially in the Subcontinent. I can never forget that I was born in Kapurthala, the district with the worst sex ratio at birth in India.”
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Learning from Both Professors & Peers: Vinay Goyal, BSPH ‘24
By Vinay Goyal
Recent graduate Vinay Goyal explains that after a ten-year gap between medical school in India and his MPH studies at JHU, he’s excited to return to his work as an Indian Administrative Service officer and implement what he’s learned. However, he’s also learned just as much from his fellow students as he has in his classes, citing the diversity and drive of the student body and the variety of opportunities available to students.
“There is so much to learn from each one of the students here. Every student has a story to tell about their success, hardships, strong will and commitment.”
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Meet Hayley Chu: GKII Communications Intern
We’re happy to welcome Hayley Chu to the team! As a Communications Intern, Hayley will be creating student-centered stories and facilitating growth among student and online communities on Instagram and through our OneHop mentoring group. She is currently pursuing both a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at JHU.
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Celebrating and Unpacking the Diaspora in the U.S. | Indiaspora recently released Small Community, Big Contributions, Boundless Horizons, a data-driven report highlighting economic, scientific, social, cultural, and civic contributions of Indian Americans, and an accompanying feature of innovative members of the U.S. Indian diaspora who the report’s authors found particularly inspirational during their research. Read the report and check out the list of Inspiring Icons to hear about their unique and compelling stories. | | |
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As Global Health Programs Transition to Local Entities, Researchers Turn an Eye Toward Sustainability
Johns Hopkins Department of International Health, July 29, 2024
The Bloomberg School of Public Health was recently awarded a $1.1 million grant from the India country office of the Gates Foundation to support the transition of a portfolio of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and health systems strengthening investments from multiple international organizations to local organizations based in Uttar Pradesh, India and Bihar, India.
Dr. Sara Bennett, professor in the Department of International Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and GKII faculty co-chair, explained that she will support the transition. “Successful programmatic transition should prioritize sustainability through developing the capacity of local organizations and through country-driven efforts,” she said. “Strategies for the transition should be locally designed and be led by domestic partners that are closest to the community.”
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How Telemedicine is Redefining Healthcare Access
Center for Global Digital Health Innovation Research Roundup, July 1, 2024
Dr. Neha Verma, CEO of Intelehealth and a JHU alum with a PhD in Health Sciences Informatics and a BE in Biomedical Engineering, along with Dr. Sanjay Sood, explore the potential of telemedicine in resource-limited settings, highlighting recent research as well as the development of India’s eSanjeevani, one of the world’s largest telemedicine programs that is integrated with primary healthcare in the July edition of Research Roundup.
“Telemedicine is a vital component of a resilient healthcare system.” Dr. Verma said.
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Heat is Killing Thousands, and Big Events Have Not Adjusted
The New York Times, June 25, 2024 (Subscription Required)
During India’s recent election, dozens of poll workers died on the job. Last summer, troops of Boy Scouts visiting South Korea for a jubilee became sick from heat, as did others at music festivals in Australia, Europe and North America.
“As the warm seasons get longer, as the heat waves come earlier, we’re going to have to adapt,” said Benjamin Zaitchik, Professor, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Along with personal behavior, infrastructure, emergency management and social calendars must “really acknowledge this new reality,” he said.
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Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program
Deadline: Aug. 5, 2024
The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is a career development award to enable junior faculty members to conduct innovative bioethics research. It supports research that goes beyond current work in bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice, and creates a community that enhances future bioethics research by Scholars and Alumni/ae.
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Global Science Summit Programme 2024
Deadline: Aug. 8, 2024
The Global Science Summit Programme aims to explore the intersection between major global health and sustainability challenges through fostering scientific discoveries that address the combined impact of non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases, climate change, and related enabling technologies. The purpose of the Global Science Summit Programme is to catalyze science-based solutions by supporting international interdisciplinary collaborations that address intersectional challenges.
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Lietman Global Travel Grant for Residents and Fellows
Deadline: Aug. 11, 2024
Paul S. Lietman travel grants are available to Johns Hopkins-affiliated medical residents and fellows to facilitate rotations overseas in low- and middle-income countries. Applications from trainees who have independently identified a training elective overseas are preferred. Awards provide up to $3,500 to support travel- and other placement-related costs.
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WomenLift STEM Discovery: India
Deadline: Aug. 15, 2024
WomenLift Health is seeking an India-based partner to design and implement a landscape analysis of the current state of women’s leadership in STEM and the needs of mid-level women STEM professionals in India. WomenLift Health was established in 2019, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to expand the power and influence of women in global health and catalyze systemic change to achieve gender equality in leadership.
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AIIS Fellowship Competition
Deadline: Nov. 15, 2024
The American Institute of Indian Studies has announced its 2024 fellowship competition and invites applications from scholars who wish to conduct their research in India. Junior fellowships are awarded to Ph.D. candidates to conduct research for their dissertations in India for up to eleven months. Senior fellowships are awarded to scholars who hold the Ph.D. degree for up to nine months of research in India. AIIS welcomes applicants from a wide variety of disciplines, especially encourages applicants in fields from Development Studies, Natural Resources Management, Public Health, and Regional Planning.
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CIDI Senior Research Program Manager
Housed in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the Center for Infectious Diseases in India (CIDI) is seeking a Senior Research Program Manager to be part of a team with a base in Baltimore and locations across India. This position manages the research portfolios of Dr. Amita Gupta and CIDI faculty.
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