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Newsletter
November 2023
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A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | |
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November 17th, 2023
Dear Colleague,
We are all watching the news in horror and disbelief. Violent crises taking place in the Middle East, Africa and beyond are inflicting terrible costs on countless innocent lives. There are solutions to these disasters. Our ardent hope is that politicians in positions of influence will assert their powers and forge durable, long-term solutions to these conflicts. Civilians caught in the middle must be freed from the turmoil and violence they are subjected to so they may realize a peaceful future that is their right.
A bit of good news. Our second, Virtual Global Health Week took place October 30 to November 3, 2023. Nearly 2000 people attended eighteen free, open access, online workshops covering an array of global health challenges. Thank you to the organizers, panelists, and attendees from around the world, across disciplines and sectors who made this week such a vibrant platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration. A big thanks to my team: Jenna, who led this effort and Dalal and Sarika for their support. The sessions will be on our website by the end of Nov. Please share them widely.
Our 2024 in-person conference, Global Health Without Borders: Acting for Impact, will be in Los Angeles, March 7-10, 2024. Register now and book a hotel room at our lowest rates at www.cugh2024.org. Also, please submit a proposal by Nov. 30 if you would like to hold a half-day, in-person satellite session on Mar. 7, 2024.
Finally, please consider supporting students and researchers from LMICs to present their work at CUGH 2024, by donating to our end of year fundraiser.
https://www.cugh.org/donate 100% of all donations support the travel bursaries and they are tax deductible in the US.
Please forward this newsletter to your networks so others can benefit from it.
Best wishes,
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Keith Martin, MD, PC
Executive Director
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DONATE TO CUGH’S YEAR END FUNDRAISER FOR OUR CUGH2024 LMIC TRAVEL BURSARIES
Many students and young researchers from low or low middle income nations find it very difficult to raise funds to attend overseas meetings. Please consider supporting students and researchers from LMICs to present their work at CUGH 2024, by donating to our end of year fundraiser.
https://www.cugh.org/donate 100% of all donations support the travel bursaries and they are tax deductible in the US.
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AN OUTSTANDING COMPENDIUM OF LANCET COMMISSIONS WITH SUMMARIES
The Lancet produces groundbreaking Commissions that address a wide variety of contemporary issues that impact health and more broadly the social determinants of health. The findings within them could have widespread positive impacts on public policies. This is an incredible resource organized by the Lancet useful to policymakers, researchers, implementers, educators and students.
Please see and share them here. Many are translated into a number of languages and have summaries attached to them.
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NEW CUGH INITIATIVE: GLOBAL HEALTH EDUCATORS COMMUNITY (GHECo)
GHECo (“gecko”), the new CUGH Global Health Educators Community, has officially launched! Professors and other educators who teach global health courses, design curricula, and experiential learning activities for nonclinical undergraduate and graduate programs, and/or oversee baccalaureate majors and minors, academic master’s degrees, and research-based doctoral degrees are welcome to become active members of GHECo. GHECo hosts monthly Virtual Teachers’ Lounges (VTLs).
To register for the December 2023 VTL, which will be held on Friday, December 8, at 2pm ET you must be a member of the GHECo Listserv
CUGH membership is not required.
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STRENGTHENING NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
This brief summarizes strategic recommendations and related resources that nursing workforce development bodies can utilize to advance the profession, organized SDNM report’s strategic directions: Education, Jobs, Leadership, and Service Delivery.
By: Olivia Walsh, MSN candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Policy Honors Scholar
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PLOS' REVIEW OF CUGH2023
PLOS attended the CUGH 2023 Conference in Washington DC. Please read more about their insights following the conference. By Beryne Odeny (Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Surgery) and Julia Robinson (PLOS Global Public Health)
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LIVING WITH SARS-CoV2
This column discusses The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for mental health on a global scale, written by CUGH’s Trainee Advisory Committee.
Read More Here
References
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MEDICINE FOR A CHANGING PLANET
Announcing the launch of Medicine for a Changing Planet: a collection of clinical case studies supporting health professionals in providing effective care for patients on a changing planet. This project, a collaboration between the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health and the University of Washington, helps health professionals recognize and treat a variety of health challenges impacted by environmental stressors – spanning infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, heat stress, physical trauma, mental health concerns, and more. Explore the case studies at medicineforachangingplanet.org.
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3 LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR NURSES
Please see and share these three leadership programs created for nurses.
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Fill out this 5-minute survey on Transdisciplinary Research and Action in Climate Change and Health in Africa
The survey is being undertaken by the African Research and Impact Network (ARIN) and African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC), on behalf of the Wellcome Trust. The survey focuses on options for strengthening transdisciplinary Climate & Health research, policy and action capacity in Africa, in order to inform Wellcome's future investments.
Here are the links to the survey:
In English: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemq3dwMZ7Y9Bdwa3D99Z93zN9qhFmfs-OpWZCjZnImwwHvEQ/viewform
In French: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y1oRXsollKPlHsOJxpRSx8cZbyldP3Ky3uiMMEJbLN4/viewform?edit_requested=true
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Jobs & Funding Opportunities
(see our new Jobs Board for the latest listings)
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APPLY TO REASONING WITHOUT RESOURCES
Dr. Jerry Paccione and his team at Einstein College of Medicine are excited to present Reasoning Without Resources in collaboration with Child Family Health International. This 4-week clinical reasoning course (2 weeks asynchronous; 2 weeks synchronous) is based on actual cases from Uganda and involves in-depth exploration with peers from around the world. The course is designed for final year medical students. It develops skills in physical exam, clinical reasoning, global health, low resource diagnostics, and hospital medicine. The course also includes CFHI's Pillars of Global Health modular course that provides competency-based education in cross-cultural effectiveness, global burden of disease, global health ethics and more.
The tuition for students from low and middle-income countries is fully funded through scholarships; high-income based students cost is $100 - subsidized by CFHI and the Einstein faculty. Interested students must engage with pre-reading and pre-tests. An asynchronous portion of the course will occur January 1-14 and live synchronous sessions Jan 15-26, 2024.
Application deadline: December 1, 2023.
Learn more and apply: https://www.cfhi.org/reasoning-without-resources
Questions? Reach out to Tania Martineza Izaguirre at tania@cfhi.org.
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CDC OPPORTUNTIES - MEDICAL OFFICER & HEALTH SCIENTIST
CDC seeks to identify an exceptional candidate to join CDC’s Global Health leadership team as the Director of the Division for Global Health Protection (DGHP) in the Global Health Center in Atlanta, Georgia. We will be recruiting for a US citizen Distinguished Consultant (Medical Officer/Health Scientist).
Apply via USAJOBS:
Medical Officer: https://lnkd.in/g4BXDNMi
Health Scientist: https://lnkd.in/gSqfYB8B
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SEEKING CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR/ASSSITANT PROFESSOR POSITION AT UCLA PEDIATRIC HEALTH SCIENCES
The Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital seeks a faculty member to join the Department of Pediatrics Health Science Series. Duties include patient care in a primary care setting, teaching of fellows and residents, and participation in research or other scholarly endeavors that will lead to academic promotion.
Preference will be given to candidates with high potential and experience in teaching is a strong plus.
For more information, please visit the link or email kmitha@mednet.ucla.edu.
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SEE THIS REPOSITORY OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The following three resources from Johns Hopkins University are continuously updated repositories of federal and private funding opportunities for individuals in various stages of their careers.
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YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES AT THE WHO
WHO’s work is founded on the principle that all people, everywhere, should enjoy the highest standard of health. They seek talented professionals looking to contribute to this important mission as members of our international workforce.
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