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Greetings!
The Duke Global Health Institute is pleased to announce the return of the University Seminar on Global Health lecture series, co-sponsored by the Institute and the Duke University Center for International Studies. The first lecture in the series will be given by Majid Ezzati, of the Harvard School of Public Health on November 1. His research is centered around understanding the determinants of, and risk factors for, health and disease at the population level, especially as they change through technological innovation and technology management.
The lecture will take place on Thursday, Nov. 1 from 4-5:30 in the Breedlove Room of Perkins Library at Duke.
This is just one of the many exciting events and opportunities happening in global health on the Duke Campus. The remainder of this e-newsletter offers a quick list of other upcoming events and opportunities both locally and farther afield.
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.
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NEWSNEW: Nursing Faculty Blog from Barbados
Yesterday (Oct 8) was the start of a three-day conference in Barbados -- 'Managing Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly.' This
conference is co-sponsored by the Duke School of Nursing's Office of
Global and Community Health Initiatives (OGACHI) and the Pan American
Health Organization - Office of Caribbean Program Coordination.
10 Duke faculty from various departments and schools are attending the meeting. Four faculty members
from the School of Nursing plan to blog from the conference, sharing their views of how this conference might help health
care professionals in the Caribbean cope with a rapidly aging
population and an increase in cardiovascular disease. Check on the School of Nursing Website to follow the blog.
NEW: Obesity is a problem globally and
locally. On October 5, Sarah Armstrong, a pediatrician and director of the
Healthy Lifestyles Program at Duke, discussed the issue of the obesity
epidemic in North Carolina on WUNC's The State of Things. This show was part of WUNC's North Carolina Voices: Diagnosing Health Care. From Oct 4 - 16, this series explores the connections between health, and
health care, in North Carolina.
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Each week, we introduce our readers to another online resource. This week, we're highlighting the revamped Carolina for Kibera website.
The Duke Global Health Institute is collaborating with Carolina for Kibera to help place volunteer Duke students in CFK's core programs and initiatives. These opportunities will include a 1-month rotation for medical students and residents at the Tabitha Medical Clinic, a community-based medical clinic that provides healthcare in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.
Carolina for Kibera is an international, nongovernmental organization based in the Kibera. In the United States, CFK is a 501(c)(3) charitable
corporation and is an affiliated entity and program of UNC-CH, based at the Center for Global Initiatives.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW: Call for Papers -- Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development. Deadline for article pitches: October 21, 2007; Submission deadline: November 11, 2007; Publication date: December 29, 2007
NEW: Social Science Research Institute Listserve
Duke's Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) has recently updated their listserve. If you would like to learn more about social science research through SSRI and its affiliates, you can subscribe to the listserve.
2008 Spring FOCUS Cluster Deadline Oct. 20
First-year FOCUS students at Duke can participate in the Global Health or
Muslim Cultures clusters. Sophomores can participate in the Global Health,
Muslim Cultures and Global Climate Change clusters. Apply now! Deadline: October
20, 2007
African Health Care Worker Shortage: Forum on Private Sector
Responses, Nov. 29 - Dec.
1 at Duke University. Registration fee is waived for Duke students. Scholarships are available
for others. Register today at www.afhcconf.com. Greenwall Foundation 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.
Job
Opening: Hubert Yeargan Center for Global Health is looking for a Program
Manager. Job description available at http://www.hr.duke.edu/jobs/ Requisition number: REQ#
400142308
Call for Abstracts for the 7th Annual East-West Center International Graduate Student
Conference on the Asia Pacific Region. Deadline: Nov. 1, 2007
Global Health Council seeking abstracts
from New Investigators in Global Health (NIGH). Open to all students currently
enrolled in a degree-seeking program in a health-related field or new
professionals who have graduated in or since May 2006. The program provides the
opportunity to make a presentation at its major international conference May
27-31, 2008 in Washington D.C. Deadline for NIGH abstracts is November 28, 2007.
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EDUCATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESNEW: Child Health Family Internationalis accepting applications for Spring 2008 Scholarships: Deadline November 15th
'07. Scholarships are to be used toward the
program fees for any of CFHI's 17 socially responsible, financially just,
global health education programs in Bolivia,
Ecuador, India, Mexico,
Nicaragua, or South Africa.
NEW: Call for Applications for 2008 Duke Global Health Fellows. Global Health Fellows spend the summer in Geneva in global health policy positions. The program is part of Duke university's Program on Global Policy and Governance. Deadline is Nov. 15, 2007.
NIH Fogarty International Clinical
Research Scholars Program - Overseas Fellowship in Global Health. Offers
one-year clinical research training to students in medical, osteopathic or
dental school, or doctoral level students at U.S. schools of public health,
optometry, nursing, pharmacy or veterinary medicine.
National Science Foundation - East Asia and Pacific Summer
Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students. For students in science and engineering to
work in Australia, China, Japan, Korea or Taiwan. Deadline, Dec. 12, 2007.
Luce Scholars Program (for Study in
Asia). Stipends and internships from
the Luce (Henry) Foundation for 18 Americans to live and work in Asia. For
scholars in any field other than Asian studies. Deadline for nominations: Dec.
3, 2007.
Winston Churchill Foundation
Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in engineering, mathematics, or the
environmental and life sciences at Churchill College, Cambridge, England.
Deadline: Nov. 12, 2007
Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program for College Seniors - Deadline Dec. 14. Funded
by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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RESEARCH FUNDING
NEW: Duke Provost's Common Fund 2008-09 RFP
The
provost's Common fund was established to support interdisciplinary,
multidisciplinary, and trasndisicplinary activities at Duke University.
Deadline for applications is Feb. 20, 2008. NIH - Planning Grants for International
Malaria Clinical, Operational and Health Services Research Training
Programs. Deadline for
letter of intent, Dec. 12, 2007.
CDC DASH Grant Opportunity for Improving Health and Education
Outcomes of Young People. Approximately $32,025,000 will be
available in fiscal year 2008 to fund approximately 85 awards. Closing date for
applications: Nov. 21.
Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation's African Health Initiative.
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.
Letters of Interest are due to the foundation on November 15, 2007.
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.
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Upcoming Local EventsOctober 9, 2007, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
"Health literacy and clinical interventions" by Dr. Daniel Lee, UNC School of Public Health. Part of the Implementation Theory Series, sponsored by the Center for Clinical Health Policy Research. RSVP to mysha.sissine@duke.edu
Suite 650 Wachovia Plaza, 2200 West Main Street, Durham
October 9, 2007, 10-11 a.m.
"Getting Supplies Where They're Needed: Supply Chain Management in Global Health" by Kim Beer, MBA, Strategic Development Consultant. Sponsored by the UNC Student Global Health Committee Education Subcomittee
Hooker Room 2005, UNC
October 10, 2007
"Workship on Good Clinical Laboratory Practices (GCLP): Guidelines for International Clinical Trials -- Interpretation and Implementation" Sponsored by the North Carolina Chapter of the Society of Quality Assurance
Raleigh, NC
October 11, 2007, 12:30 - 2 p.m.
"Finding Funding for International Projects: Opportunities for International Internships, Projects, and Research" with Susan Gramlin, GrantSource Library. Sponsored by the UNC Student Global Health Committee Education Subcomittee
McGavran-Greenberg Room 1304, UNC
October 11-12
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics Symposium "Photonics in the Translational Era: Science and Technology for a Purpose"
FCiemas Building, Duke University
October 15, Noon - 1:15 p.m.
The Concilium on Southern Africa at Duke University presents: "Abdulla Ibrahim and 'Mannenburg': Icon and Anthem" by John Mason, Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia. For more information, contact Katie.joyce@duke.edu. (RSVP by 10/11/07 if you would like to eat lunch.)
John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240, Duke
October 17, 2007, 11 a.m.
"Intra-couple communication about HIV risk behaviors among injecting drug users and their sexual partners in northern Vietnam" by Dr. Vivian Go. Part of the Narratives of HIV series sponsored by the UNC School of Public Health
Rosenau 324, UNC School of Public Health
October 17, 2007, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
"Contextual Dimensions Associated with Adolescent Substance Use" by Dr. Dorene MacKinnon, Postdoctoral Research Associate. This lecture is presented by the Child and Family Research Seminar Series, sponsored by the Center for Child and Family Policy.
Rhodes Conference Room 223, Sanford Institute, Duke
For more events, visit the calendar on Duke Global Health Institute's website.
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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL 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.
November 3-7, 2007
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
This year's theme is "Politics, Policy & Public Health."
More information at
Washington DC
January 28 - February 15
Africa Regional Workshop: Women's Leadership in HIV/AIDS
Nairobi, Kenya
NEW: July 17 - 19, 2008
"Bridging Local, National, and International Perspectives"
2008 Nursing Ethics and Health Care Policy Conference
New Haven, Connecticut
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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.
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