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Dear SPH Students, I want to take this opportunity to welcome you to the 2015-2016 academic year and to introduce you to my new role as BUSPH’s Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion (ADDI). I am thrilled to lead the push towards a more inclusive environment as we aim to build... More
***Universities Allied for Essential Medicines has just been accepted as a Registered Student Organization and is looking for students interested in being a part of the movement to improve people's access to essential medicines.*** Many important medicines and public health technologies are developed in academic laboratories. Their accessibility in poor nations... More
Please see the announcement below for details about the first Social Determinants of Health Grand Rounds of this year. SDH Grand Rounds is a series of lectures organized by a multidisciplinary committee of BMC residents. Stay tuned for more as the year goes on! Organizing for Community Health & Development: Confronting... More
PUT YOUR IDEALS INTO PRACTICE: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS INFORMATION SESSION - BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL STAFF & STUDENTS Mass General Hospital Founder's Bldg, Room 130 (EM Training Room) 55 Fruit St. Boston, MA. 02114 5-6:30pm Every day, Doctors Without Borders aid workers from around the world provide assistance to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe ... More
POSITION: mHealth Research Analyst (Intern) LEVEL OF EFFORT: 50% (20 hours/week) TIMEFRAME: September 1 – January 31 SALARY: Stipend TBD REPORTS TO: Senior Technical Advisor, mHealth LOCATION: Watertown, MA Summary: Pathfinder International is a global leader in sexual and reproductive health and rights. We place sexual and reproductive health care at the center of all... More
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Did you miss the Google Health hangout session on how to build your global health resume organized by the Global Health Fellows Program? Below is a recording of the session: Thank you for joining us for the interactive Google Hangout on Air entitled, "Build Your Best Global Health Resume" last week. We were... More
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Register now, and join the CUGH conference next spring in San Francisco! In April 2016, come join more than 1,500 global health students, teachers and professionals from more than 50 countries and a wide range of health specialties and industries for 3 days of symposia, workshops and networking opportunities. For more information... More
Can African Women Redefine Liberation for All? September 21, 2015 | 4:15 PM Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Lecture by Mamphela Aletta Ramphele BI '90, Doctor, Activist, Researcher, Leader from South Africa Globally recognized South African activist Mamphela Ramphele will explore the challenge of transforming the unstable relationship between men and women in Africa. Ramphele shares... More
Any and all students who are interested in improving people's access to essential medicines, want to work in pharmaceutical policy making through evidence based policy change, looking for an opportunity to work alongside international NGO's such as Médecins Sans Frontières, Knowledge Ecology International, The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Health Action International... More
The global health innovation training program is an NIH funded training program that is a collaboration between Tufts University and Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, India. They are currently seeking applicants for this program. As part of this program, trainees will work in pairs with another trainee at CMC... More
Join the Health Program Management Interest Area in the Global Health concentration for a talk with Dr. Robert Cushman. Dr Robert Cushman’s experience includes a broad range of health care administration, public health, and clinical activities. He served as Medical Officer of Health in Ottawa, Canada from 1996-2005 where he successfully... More
An NIH-funded training program, a collaboration between Tufts University and Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, India, is currently seeking applicants. As part of this program, trainees will work in pairs with another trainee at CMC and spend half of the training time at Tufts and the other half at... More
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Program Associate, Integrated Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (New York, NY) Established in 1915 with Helen Keller as a founding trustee, Helen Keller International (HKI) is dedicated to saving the sight and lives of the world’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged. Headquartered in New York City, HKI currently conducts programs in 21 countries in... More
