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Job Description Food Aid Packaging Research Assistant / Senior Research Assistant - Friedman School of Nutrition-16001467 Description This is a grant funded position and is not eligible for severance pay. The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, established in 1981, is the only self-governing graduate and professional school... More
Job DescriptionData Analyst - Friedman School of Nutrition-16001535 DescriptionThis is a grant funded position and is not eligible for severance pay. The goal of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition research is to provide support in Asia and Africa devoted to implementing effective interventions that integrate agriculture and nutrition... More
Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Communications Intern Front Office, Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development Location: Washington, DC/Arlington, VA | October 2016 - January 2017: Compensated 12 week Internship | INT-P5-050 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five... More
The International Association of Risk Management in Medicine Event Theme- Smart Hospitals and Healthcare Event Location- Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA The Boston Congress is organized by International Association of Risk Management to improve and promote high advanced safe and clean science and technology. The congress covers a... More
Partners In Health and the Government of Rwanda implemented a verbal autopsy study on causes of and factors associated with under-5 mortality in two rural districts as part of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) partnership. A matched case-control design was used, and data were collected... More
In an effort to engage and mobilize the voices of local student groups involved in global health, the Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) is announcing a call for nominations of one Campus Representative from each CUGH member institution. With the goal of... More
Opioid Epidemic Challenge Summit & Hack-a-thon For more information on this opportunity please refer to the following links GE Foundation Opioid Epidemic Challenge Summit Description GE Foundation Opioid Epidemic Application
8th International Conference on Children’s Health and the Environment Children are one of the most vulnerable groups in society with regard to exposure to environmental stressors. There is still a lot to be done to protect children. We can learn from many professionals about the latest developments. The 8th International Network... More
Uganda SOCMED Non-Profit Organization Immersion Course For more information on this opportunity please refer to the following links Social Medicine Course Description Social Medicine Immersion Course Application
Dear Friends and Colleagues, The U.S. National Institutes of Health announce an International Summit in Human Genetics and Genomics to be held on 1-30 September 2016 at the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The goal of the Summit is to help low- and middle-income countries build... More
Are you following the Tanzania field practicum on Instagram (@BUSPH) this week? Here's a primer on the work they're doing. Keep up with GH's own Jen Beard and the 19 students completing their practicum in Pommern...make sure to give their photos a double-tap! In the Classroom: Avoiding ‘Barbie Savior’
The following are current available jobs at John Snow, Inc. (JSI) click the titles for links to the job description page: Ghana Senior Nutrition Advisor Description The Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in Nutrition (SPRING) is a five-year cooperative agreement funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide state-of-the-art technical support and... More
John Snow Inc. (JSI) has internship opportunities (possibly paid based on experience) for students and recent graduates who would like to learn about public health work in both in the United States and in international settings. There are many different types of internships at JSI that allow students to gain insight into... More
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights Data Coordinator Job Description: Under the direction of the Program Director, will perform various data management activities associated with the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights an outpatient torture treatment program located in Psychiatry. Duties include abstracting medical records, coding, data review... More
GH Faculty, Dr. Lisa Messersmith and Dr. Nafisa Halim are seeking interested students to help with a research study to investigate the effect of a intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention program in Tanzania. In the Fall of last year, they posted a bit about the project on the GRAP program, @ /ghblast/grap-01-messersmith/ Please contact... More
