Category: Outside Announcements
Spring Course Registration is only weeks away. Here Are Some Important Dates and Updates from the Registrars Office!
Important Dates & Information from the SPH Registrar's Office
Monday, October 6 is the last day to drop a full semester class without penalty. Half-semester classes have customized drop dates. Not sure of the impact? Please ask us if you have any questions about dropping classes.
- Monday, October 13: Columbus Day Holiday, no classes
- Tuesday October 14: Follow a Monday schedule of classes; no Tuesday classes held.
- Tuesday, October 21: Spring 2015 Course Fair, Hiebert Lounge, 4:30-6:30 PM
- Sunday, October 26: Spring 2015 Registration Begins at 9:00 AM for all graduate students.
The spring schedule and planner are open and viewable on the Student Link. A PDF of the SPH schedule and registration packet will be released on or about October 6.
Bathroom Bulletin Initiative BUSPH Rotaract Club Volunteering Event with AHOPE Needle Exchange-This Weekend!
Canvass in Boston neighborhoods to educate and raise awareness about the recent epidemic in public bathroom overdoses. This is a great, unique way to help a marginalized community in Boston!
Date: 9/27/14
Time: 9:30am-1:00pm
Location: BU School of Medicine Lobby, then to 774 Albany St.
Quest Diagnostics, Genzyme, Pfizer, Aetna, CVS, Beth Israel: They’ll all be at Boston University’s 2014 Health and Life Sciences Conference. Registration is now open with discounted rates for BU Students!
Boston University’s School of Management is hosting its second annual Health and Life Sciences Conference on November 7, 2014
This half-day conference, Healthcare 2020: The Next Generation of Innovation in Consumer-Centric Healthcare, will explore opportunities to increase patient engagement and promote innovation in the development and delivery of medicine.
Our lineup for this year’s event includes executive leaders from Quest Diagnostics, Genzyme, Pfizer, Aetna, CVS, Beth Israel and more! Please visit the link above for more information and click the button below to purchase your tickets.
Early bird pricing ends October 10th.
More about the conference:
The conference will run from 1-6pm and will consist of two keynote lectures, several TED-style presentations and a panel discussion. The event will conclude with a networking cocktail reception.
- TED-style presentations will focus on specific applications of innovation across a range of organizations and will include examples of new technologies and collaborative models that aim to individualize patient treatment.
- The discussion panel will connect experts from across the healthcare spectrum (delivery, pharma, global health, and health IT) to highlight opportunities for increasing patient engagement and sharing their voice in the management and delivery of care.
Register for the Social Entrepreneurship Institute, hosted by Unite for Sight, on December 5th!
Unite for Sight warmly invites you to attend the 2nd annual Social Entrepreneurship Institute on Friday, December 5, 2014, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. Presented by Unite For Sight, the Social Entrepreneurship Institute provides mentoring, guidance, and successful strategies for participants to apply to their work in global health, social entrepreneurship, and international development. In addition to unique interactive sessions by leaders in global health and social entrepreneurship, the Institute also includes lunch and dinner networking receptions with the speakers. Space is limited, and we encourage early registration. A very reduced early bird registration rate is available through September 30.
Presentation opportunity: You may apply to give a presentation and to engage on the Shubert Theater stage in a conversation with the expert speaker panelists.
Social Entrepreneurship Institute
Friday, December 5, 2014
Shubert Theater, New Haven, Connecticut
http://www.uniteforsight.org/institute
Confirmed Social Entrepreneurship Institute speakers thus far include:
Moving From Rhetoric to Impact
- "mHealth Innovations in Global Health," Bobby Jefferson, Director Informatics, Futures Group
- Jocelyn Brown, Product Manager, Medical Devices, 3rd Stone Design, Inc.
- Michael Fairbanks, Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Key Lessons in Health and Entrepreneurship
- "Five Things Every Social Entrepreneur Needs to Know," Jeffrey A. Robinson, Associate Professor and Academic Director, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, Rutgers Business School; Director, New Jersey Social Innovation Institute
- Dean Cycon, Founder and and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
- Dave DeLuca, Head of Campaigns, Do Something
Growing Effective Programs and Measuring Impact
- "Use of Patient-Centered Evaluation Models to Drive the Implementation of Community-Based Mental Health Services into the Public Sector Primary Care System of Rural Haiti," Shinichi Daimyo, Clinical Program Officer, Partners In Health
- Rohit Naimpally, Senior Training Associate, Poverty Action Lab
- "Putting Farmers First in the Fight to End Hunger," Jenny Best, Global Communications, One Acre Fund
Complete details and the Institute schedule can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/institute/
Humanitarian Technology: Science, Systems and Global Impact Workshop, registration now open!
Humanitarian Technology: Science, Systems and
Global Impact
www.humanitariantechnology.org
12 - 14 May 2015 | Boston, MA USA
HumTech Announcements
HumTech2014 Proceedings
We are pleased to announce that the HumTech2014 conference proceedings is now published as a dedicated special-issue in Elsevier's Procedia Engineering journal.
Procedia Engineering
Volume 78, Pages 1-358 (2014)
The entire issue is also now available open access on ScienceDirect.com. ScienceDirect.com is accessed by over 17 Million unique scientists and professionals on a monthly basis, ensuring broad visibility for the proceedings.
HumTech2015 Call for Papers
Humanitarian Technology: Science, Systems and Global Impact 2015 will provide a forum to exchange technical ideas and recent innovations in the field.
You are invited to submit papers in all subject areas of humanitarian engineering and technology development. Papers describing academic research as well as field work are encouraged.
HumTech2015 Registration Open
HumTech2015 is being held on 12 - 14 May 2015 at Le Meridien Cambridge-MIT, and will bring together academics, policymakers, government, nonprofits, and the private sector to explore technology's global humanitarian impact.
Participants will learn about important issues, advancements, and opportunities in humanitarian engineering and technology development.
Early-bird registration rates now available. Reduced room rates are being held for a limited time, with limited availability, so please register early.
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Panel Discussion/Networking Event Hosted by students from Quality Healthcare-registration is FREE for the SPH community!
Students for Quality Healthcare has done an amazing job putting together a panel discussion on the potential impact of the Massachusetts gubernatorial election on the future of healthcare in the Commonwealth.
The panel in on Wednesday, October 1, from 5:30 to 8:30 PM in Bakst and includes a networking session after the panel.
Just look at this impressive line-up they put together:
- Moderator: Sarah Emond, Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.
Panelists:
• Martha Bebinger, health reporter at WBUR
• William Hsiao, K.T. Li Professor of Economics, Harvard School of Public Health
• Brian Rosman: Research Director, Health Care For All
• Alan Sager, Professor of Health Policy and Management, BU School of Public Health
• David Seltz, Executive Director, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
Click here for more information and to register.
The event is FREE to members of the SPH community (use the promotional code BYHP@BUSPH when registering). If you have any questions please contact events@byhp.org.
ASA Student Travel Award funding to travel to Africa-application deadline October 15th!
Royal Air Maroc-ASA Student Travel Award
The African Studies Association (ASA) is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination process for the 2014 Royal Air Maroc-ASA Student Travel Award.
The award is given every year at the ASA's Annual Meeting, and consists of one or two round-trip tickets per student between the United States and any Royal Air Maroc (RAM) destination in Africa (a list of destinations can be found on the RAM website).
In 2014, several tickets will be awarded to competitively selected students who have displayed outstanding scholarship in their area of study. Award tickets may be used to facilitate research, study abroad, and/or travel home for African students studying in the United States.
Deadline
All nominations and applications received on or before October 15th, 2014 will be considered for this year.To learn more and apply, visit the website.
