Category: Outside Announcements
Global Health Equity Program Event “The Future of Health Care in Haiti: The Next Generation”
The Global Health Equity Program is excited to announce it's next dinner talk on Monday November 3. Dr. Michelle Morse, one of the co-founders of Physicians for Haiti (www.physiciansforhaiti.org) will be joining us to discuss future directions of health care in Haiti. Physicians for Haiti is an NGO that aims to inspire and support the development of Haiti's next generation of healthcare leaders through improving and expanding medical education opportunities for health professionals in Haiti. Come and learn what role you as future health professionals can play in helping create sustainable health care all over the world. You don't want to miss it!
Dinner will be served!
L201
Monday November 3, 2014
6-7 PM
Oct. 31 Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds: 2014 West African Ebola Epidemic: Care of Patients Here and in the Field
Friday, Oct. 31
Noon-1 p.m.
BUSM Evans Building, Keefer Auditorium
"2014 West African Ebola Epidemic: Care of Patients Here and in the Field"
Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MA (view profile)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine;
Director of Infection Control, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL), Boston University.
Dr. Bhadelia's specialization is in infection control issues related to emerging pathogens and highly communicable infectious diseases. She is the director of the medical response program for BU’s biosafety level 4 laboratories at the NEIDL, one of six such programs in the US.Most recently, she has been part of the World Health Organization operations in Sierra Leone to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. She is also an instructor for the CDC/FEMA healthcare worker preparedness course for the Ebola Response. She will return to West Africa later this month to work with Partners in Health in Liberia.
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain the epidemiology of the 2014 West Africa Ebola Epidemic.
2. Master knowledge of virus, its modes of transmission and available therapeutics.
3. Understand clinical care related to Ebola in resource limited setting.
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, BMC is hosting the Silent Witness Exhibit this week
Tuesday, Oct. 28
Noon-2 p.m.
BUSM Instructional Building Lobby
Wednesday, Oct. 29
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
BMC Shapiro Lobby
Thursday, Oct 30
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
BMC Menino Cafeteria
Silent Winess Exhibit Honors Lives Lost to Domestic Violence
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, BMC once again will be hosting the Silent Witness Exbibit during the last week of October.
To learn more about the Silent Witness Exhibit, please visit http://www.silentwitness.net/
Join Health Policy Makers, Legislators and fellow Graduate students from across the state for the 14th Annual Student Health Policy Forum. Attending is FREE but you must apply by November 9th and there are only 7 seats left!
On January 13-14, 2015, over 50 graduate students from around the Commonwealth will have unprecedented access to health policy makers and legislators at the 14th annual Student Health Policy Forum. This two-day conference at the MA Statehouse brings together leaders in Medicaid, Mental Health, Public Health and graduate students ready to enter the workforce.
- Network – meet prominent elected officials, leading state health care policy makers and managers, advocates, and other students!
- Discover – gain insight into the legislative process, health politics, and policy implementation from the front lines.
- Engage – become a part of conversations that will directly affect you and your community.
With seven available spots, the application process is competitive and forum participation is free for successful candidates. Students from all concentrations in their final semester are strongly encouraged to apply! Don’t let this opportunity pass you by!
Application: /sph/forumapply
Deadline: 11/9/14.
John Snow, Inc. Information Session Monday the 27th from 1:15-2pm
Mike Farabaugh- Senior Technical Advisor and BUSPH alum- will be on campus Monday to talk to students about JSI, one of the most prestigious Global Health Consulting organizations in the World. Take a look at the flyer to learn more and RSVP: JSI 2014 Info Session Flyer.
Attend next weeks Mini- symposium to launch a national Network for LGBTQ Scholars of Color
The Annie E. Casey Foundation along with the Center for LGBTQ Studies at the City University of New York as well as other prospective funders and allies to establish a US-based LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network.
The LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network will gather a national group of LGBTQ people of color involved in research, evaluation, and scholarship. Our purpose is to build a vibrant network of LGBTQ Scholars of Color and to foster a pipeline for emerging LGBGTQ Scholars of Color. Participants will have opportunities to be mentored by senior scholars, to meet others LGBTQ scholars of color from all over the country, and to gain skill sets in various areas (e.g.,advanced methodological approaches, grant writing, navigating the tenure process, etc.). The inaugural conference for the Network will be held from Wednesday, April 8th to Friday April 10th, 2015.
On October 31, we will be launching this Network with a mini-symposium at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. The afternoon will be open to general public from the LGBTQ community and their allies. We will discuss the current state of the research of LGBTQ scholars of color.
The following is a draft agenda:
Mini- SYMPOSIUM
1:00 – 1:15 Introductions of LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network
Dr. Debra Joy Perez, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Dr. Kevin Nadal, CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies, City University of New York
Andrus Family Fund: Leticia Peguero
1:15 – 2:15 State of LGBTQ POC Research
Dr. Andrew Spieldnener, Hofstra University
Dr. JP Sanchez, Rutgers New Jersey College of Medicine
New York City's Anti-Violence Project
2:15 – 3:15 Casey Foundation Initiatives as related to LGBTQ Communities of Color
Child Welfare
Evidence Based Practice- Mental Health
Family Economic Success/ Center for Community Economic Opportunity/Civic Sites Community Change
3:15 – 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30- 4:15 Early Career Professional Development and Academia Panel
Dr. Lourdes Follins, Kingsborough Community College- CUNY
Dr. Jay Pastrana, John Jay College of Criminal Justice- CUNY
Dr. Tonia Potiat, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. David Rivera, William Paterson University
4:15 – 5:00 Facilitated Discussion, Future Directions, and Conclusions
The meeting location:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
524 W. 59th Street (between 10th/11th Avenues) Room L.63 New York, NY 10019
The Second Annual Health and Life Sciences Conference, hosted by BU School of Management, is November 7th; this year’s topic is “Healthcare 2020: The Next Generation of Innovation in Consumer-Centric Healthcare”
This year's event will build on the success of last year's inaugural conference. This event will once again convene graduate students, faculty and industry professionals to establish a new vision for the nation's struggling healthcare system. Keynote speakers and panelists, representing hospitals, health plans, life sciences, IT and public health perspectives, will explore opportunities to increase patient engagement and promote innovation in the development and delivery of medicine.
The flyer with detailed information about keynote speakers, conference format and registration can be found here: Health and Life Sciences Conference
Full information can be found on the website is http://smgworld.bu.edu/hlsc.
Global Health Connection LIVE Lunch Series, Friday
Join professionals from Partners in Health, Brigham and Women's and Children's hospital this Friday for a lunch series "Ebola Virus disease in West Africa: Updates, Challenges and Ways Forward". Lunch will be served! Follow the link for more logistical information and to RSVP: Global Health Connection LIVE Lunch Series
Public Event: Talk About the Current Situation in Gaza with Dr. Mads Gilbert
Dr. Mads Gilbert: EYEWITNESS in GAZA
Summer 2014
What we saw & what you can do
Friday, October 31 | 3 pm
Kresge G - 3 | HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
677 Huntington Ave. Boston
Free and open to the public For visitor passes email healthroots.hsph@gmail.com
Hosted by HealthRoots Student Group at HSPH and co-sponsored by the Boston Chapter, Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Massachusetts Peace Action and North America Friends of SABEEL (Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center)
Dr. Mads Fredrik Gilbert is a Norwegian doctor and activist. He received his PhD at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. He is a specialist in anesthesiology and a leader of the emergency medicine department of University Hospital of North Norway, and has been adjunct professor (professor II) of emergency medicine at the University of Tromsø since 1995. He has served as a doctor during numerous periods in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon. His efforts have been central to leading the city of Tromsø, since 2001 a twin town of Gaza, the city that has sent more health workers to the Palestinian territories than any other in the world.
Dr. Gilbert arrived on emergency assignment for the Norwegian Aid Committee (NORWAC) with the surgeon Erik Fosse to support the humanitarian effort at al-Shifa Hospital during the 2008–2009 Israeli attack on Gaza, a period when foreign journalists were barred from entering the Gaza Strip. He also served during the most recent Israeli assault on Gaza this past summer, which killed over 2100 people, including more than 500 children. He is the co-author, with his colleague Erik Fosse, of Eyes in Gaza.
Dr. Gilbert recently returned from Gaza and will give updates on the current situation.
Dr. Karameh Hawash, Medical Coordinator for PCRF will introduce Dr. Gilbert
Dr. Hawash is a Pediatric Neurologist at Boston Childrens Hospital and Instructor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
