Sept. 18, 2007
Duke Global Health Institute
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Global Health Resource
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Greetings!

Now that the academic year is well underway, Global Health activities at Duke are getting considerable media attention. If you aren't a regular reader of the Duke Chronicle, you may want to check out some of the articles featured below.

These stories reflect the wide diversity of projects and problems Duke faculty and students are tackling in global health. That diversity is also reflected in the wide range of lectures, online resources and opportunities listed below. We hope you find them useful.

As always, if you have additional events or opportunities you would like added to our website or newsletter, please let us know by emailing marsha.green@duke.edu or contacting us through our website at http://globalhealth.duke.edu.
Duke Global Health Efforts in the News

In the last week, the Duke Chronicle has covered several aspects of global health efforts at Duke:
  • Rob Jackson, Professor of Biology and Professor of Global Environmental Change at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, outlined environmental challenges to global health in The Changing Environment. This article, published Sept. 13, is the third in a series of nine articles about global health that Duke faculty are writing for the Duke Chronicle.
  • In Dukies find purpose in medical charities (Sept. 10), the Chronicle shares the perspective of a student (Pat Rutter) and a faculty member (Mike Haglund) on their recent activities with medical charities.
  • The Sept. 10 issue also includes WISER takes Duke to Kenya, U.N., a story about Duke's partnership with WISER to build a boarding school for girls in Kenya, and how the program was invited to present to the fourth annual Youth Assembly of the U.N.
The Pratt School of Engineering Pratt E-Press newsletter for September offers a photo slide show and audio of students talking about their efforts this summer with Duke Engineers Without Borders and Engineering World Health.

Duke Faculty have also received press, particularly Duke University law professor Barak Richman. On Sept. 11, his study "Insurance Expansions: Do They Hurt Those They Are Designed to Help?" appeared in the Journal Health Affairs. This study reveals that minority and lower-income healthcare consumers are less likely to take advantage of mental health and prescription benefits than white and higher-income consumers. For more information, see the article in Duke Today.

 
Funding Opportunities

NEW: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's African Health Initiative
     The Doris Duke Foundation has recently announced an African Health Initiative, which seeks to strengthen health systems by supporting partnerships that will design, implement and evaluate large-scale models of care that link implementation research and workforce training directly to the delivery of integrated primary health care. Organizations working in any of the following nine countries are eligible to submit letters of interest: Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. Letters of Interest are due on November 15, 2007. Detailed information is at www.ddcf.org/mrp-ahi.
     Anyone at Duke interested in submitting a proposal who would like to collaborate with DGHI or seek our advice or assistance, please contact Michael Merson at michael.merson@duke.edu.


NEW: International Dissertation Research Fellowships
      The Social Science Research Council is seeking proposals from full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences for empirical and site-specific dissertation research outside the United States. The deadline is Nov. 6, 2007. Seventy-five fellowships will be awarded in 2008 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


NEW: Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
     The Greenwall Foundation invites U.S. universities and non-profit research institutes to nominate candidates for its Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics. Information about Duke's internal review process to select a candidate is available on the DGHI website. The deadline for the internal review process is October 23, 2007. More information about the Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is available at http://www.greenwallfsp.org.


Global Health Scholars Program Deadline Oct 1, 2007
     The Global Health Action Committee of the American Medical Student Association invites applications for the 2007-2008 Global Health Scholars Program. This comprehensive 8-month long program is designed for health professional students to develop advanced advocacy, communication, and critical thinking skills with which to effect change in global health. This year, the Scholars will focus their work and activities on pediatric global health. For more information, go to http://www.amsa.org/global/scholarsprogram_app.cfm.


The International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award RFP: Nov. 14 Deadline.
     The purpose of this RFP from the Fogarty International Center at NIH is to develop master's level curricula and provide educational opportunities for developing country academics, researchers and health professionals in the subject of the ethics related to performing research involving human subjects in international resource poor settings. Deadline for letters of intent is Nov. 14, 2007.



Other Opportunities

Early-Bird Registration Closes Sept. 26 for the conference "African Health Care Worker Shortage: Forum on Private Sector Response."
     This conference, to be held Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, will feature leaders from the private sector who are pursuing innovative, effective ways to respond to the pressing needs of the health workforce shortage in Africa. The conference is organized by the Health Sector Management program at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the Duke Global Health Institute. It is co-sponsored by the Global Health Workforce Alliance (a partnership administered by WHO).
     The early-bird registration closes Sept. 26. Duke students can register for free for the conference sessions. More details are available at www.afhcconf.com.


NEW: Are You Interested in DukeEngage?
     DukeEngage is a program that provides funding and faculty support to all Duke undergraduates who want to apply their classroom learning to addressing societal issues at home and abroad. DukeEngage is hosting information sessions for students at the Julian Abele Hall in the Mary Lou Williams Center at the following times:
    Sept. 18, 2007      Noon - 1 p.m.
    Sept. 19, 2007      6-7 p.m.
    Sept. 24, 2007      6-7 p.m.
    Sept. 27, 2007      10 - 11 a.m.

Global Health Council 2008 Conference: Oct. 17 Deadline for Abstracts. The Global Health Council conference will be May 23-31, 2008. For details, go to http://globalhealth.org/conference/

 

Microbicides 2008: Sept. 30 Deadline for Abstracts: The Microbicides 2008 conference, "Striving for HIV Prevention," will be held February 24-27 in New Delhi, India. The Deadline for abstracts is September 30, 2007. For more information, visit http://www.microbicides2008.com/main.asp.



Global Health Council - Washington D.C. offers several internships each semester. The deadline for winter internships is October 1. Visit www.globalhealth.org and search for internships.


NEW: Job Opportunities: Family Health International (FHI) has job openings locally as well as globally. A full listing is available at  www.fhi.org/en/AboutFHI/Employment/AllJobsPage.htm.


Global Health Resource

NEW:     Each week, we highlight an online resource for those interested in global health. This week we would like to introduce you to  GlobalHealthFacts.org. This site, maintained by the Kaiser Family Foundation, offers more than 50 health-related indicators across a wide range of areas and topics. The easy to use website, featuring an interactive map, offers the information in tables, charts and color-coded maps. The information can also be downloaded for custom analysis.
 

Upcoming Local Events


September 18, 2007

"The Challenges of Analysing Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases"

A SAMSI (Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute) Distinguished Lecture by Professor Christl A. Donnelly, Professor of Statistical Epidemiology at Imperial College, London.

4:30-5:30 p.m.
Reception to Follow 5:30 p.m.
Radisson Hotel, 3rd Floor Room F-G
Research Triangle Park


NEW: September 21, 2007

"Bringing Parties Together: Water in U.S. Middle East Foreign Policy" 

Charles Lawson from the US Department of State

Part of the Duke Water Seminar Series

11:40 - 1 p.m.
Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center (LSRC)
Refreshments will be provided


 
September 24, 2007

"Microcredit and Global Health"

Sheila Leatherman, Research Professor in UNC School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Administration and Distinguished Associate of Darwin College, University of Cambridge, England

Part of the UNC Dean's Lecture Series

4:00 pm, Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium
UNC School of Public Health

 

NEW: September 24-25, 2007

"Breastfeeding and Feminism: A focus on reproductive health. rights and justice"

Sponsored by the Center for Women's Health and Wellness, UNC-G, and the Center for Infant and Young Child Feeding and Care, UNC-CH.

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education

 

NEW: September 25, 2007

"Rush/Panic/Rush: Speculations on the Value of Life and Death in the Age of AIDS"

Sponsored by Women's Studies at Duke (www.duke.edu/womstud/index2.html)

Anthropologist Rosalind Morris (Columbia University) traces the complex dialectic between the emergence of neoliberalism and the infelicitous transfer of safe-sex discourses from wealthier consumer cultures to still impoverished cultures.

5:00 p.m., East Duke Parlors. Reception to follow.

 

NEW: September 26, 2007
The Trent Center For Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine's Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series presents "Procreative Responsibility and the Ethics of Stem Cell Research."

Anne Drapkin Lyerly MD, MA, Associate Professor, Duke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch provided at NOON; Talk begins at 12:15 p.m.
Duke North Hospital Lecture Hall 2002
For more information, call 919/668-9000 or email trent-center@duke.edu.

 

NEW: September 27, 2007

"Public Health is Global Health: An Innovative Approach to Fighting Disease in Uganda"

UNC Pubic Health Grand Rounds Broadcast

Airs from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EST.

To register for this free program, go to www.publichealthgradnrounds.unc.edu.

 

September 27, 2007

"Development Aid"

Sponsored by the Globalization Equity and Democratic Governance section of the Duke University Center for International Studies (DUCIS)

5:30 - 7:00 p.m., Breedlove Room, 204 Perkins Library


NEW: December 12-13, 2007

Fifth Annual "One Medicine" Symposium: "Globalization and Emerging Risks: A One Medicine Approach to a Changing World"

This two-day conference will highlight the "one medicine" approach between human and veterinary medicine for effective response to terrorism, disease and natural disasters.

Registration fee: $50

Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Durham, NC

More information and registration details at www.onemedicinenc.org.

 

For more calendar items, visit the DGHI website at http://globalhealth.duke.edu/calendar

 
Other Conferences

October 18-20, 2007

Women Deliver: A Global Conference

A landmark global conference that will focus on creating political will to save the lives and improve the health of women, mothers and newborn babies around the world.

ExCel Centre in London.

For more information or to register, visit http://www.womendeliver.org.

 

November 3-7, 2007

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting

This year's theme is "Politics, Policy & Public Health."

More information at http://www.apha.org

 

January 28 - February 15

Africa Regional Workshop: Women's Leadership in HIV/AIDS

Nairobi, Kenya
The Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) was founded in 2006 as a University-wide institute that works to reduce health disparities both in the local community and worldwide. Recognizing that many global health problems stem from economic, social, environmental, political, and health care inequalities, the DGHI brings together interdisciplinary teams from schools and departments throughout Duke University to work with partners to solve high priority global health problems and to train the next generation of global health scholars.