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Greetings!
Although
this newsletter generally focuses on events coming up in the next 7-10 days, we
want to highlight this week two exciting events that are taking place in
November.
On
November 1, Majid Ezzati will be our inaugural speaker for this year's University Seminar on Global Health. Ezzati is an Associate Professor of International
Health in the Department of Population and International Health and the
Department of Environmental Health, at the Harvard School of Public Health. His
research centers on 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. His talk on November 1, at
4 p.m. in the Breedlove Room of Perkins Library, will be on "Evidence-based
Technology management for Environmental Health Risks: Lessons from energy and
air pollution research in developing countries."
On
November 15, Duke will be hosting the first Triangle Malaria Symposium.
This symposium is the first major event of a fledgling group tentatively known
as the Triangle Malaria Consortium, intended to forge connections among
Triangle-area scientists and researchers. Even if you can't attend, you can be
included in the abstract book and directory -- and future consortium events --
by completing relevant sections of the registration. Topics will include
environment, economics, policy, and public health issues related to malaria, as
well as the biology/genetics of the parasite, the biology/genetics of the host,
the biology/genetics of the vector, and the interactions of all of these.
Please join us at these exciting events and others listed below. 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.
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NEWS
UNC School of Medicine Launches Institute for
Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Congratulations
to UNC on the launch of their Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. This institute, based in the School of Medicine,
builds on the university's current global health presence in about 50
countries.
Duke Human
Vaccine Institute Receives $7.6M Grant
"When
HIV patients in Tanzania
have lower CD4 levels than comparable patients in North Carolina, what does that mean?"
says Thomas Denny, MD, of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute. Denny is
the lead investigator for a project that has been awarded a $7.6 million
contract from the national institute
of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID) to expand its efforts to standardize and improve the quality
of a crucial blood test used in the treatment of millions of HIV patients
worldwide. Read more . .
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Sherman
James on Health Disparities
The disproportionate share of health problems borne by minorities is tied to
poverty in childhood, and is a reality Americans are morally obligated to
address, says Sherman James, professor of public policy at Duke. Listen to his
October 10 interview on WUNC's news.
'Delving
into health disparities in Durham"
Kate
Whetten, director of the Duke Global Health Institute's Center for Health
Policy, starts her editorial in the October 11 Duke Chronicle by saying "Duke University
has a beautiful campus full of relatively healthy students, staff and faculty.
Our community, Durham,
is not as healthy." Read the full article . This is the fifth article in a
series. Read all five articles on the DGHI web site.
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Each week, we introduce our readers to another online resource.
Ever
wondered what exactly CHAVI (Center for
HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology) does? An easy way to stay abreast of the vast
amount of research completed by this consortium (headquartered at Duke) is to read their quarterly
newsletters.
The most
recent newsletter, posted September 27, 2007, is available on the CHAVI web site.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW: Student
Intern Wanted:
The International Sector of the Health Inequalities Program is seeking a
student intern to help in the development of an MS Access database for
collection and analysis of research data on the Positive Outcomes for Orphans
Project. Student must have database and programming experience, preferably with
MS Access and Visual Basic. Please send resumes to Kate
Murphy-McMillan at murphymc@duke.edu.
NEW: 2007
Durham Health Summit: Listening to the Voices of Durham's Uninsured
Registration Deadline: October 30, 2007, No Admission Fee
Durham Civic Center,
201 Foster Street, Durham, NC
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
For more
information, contact Kimberly Monroe at 919/681-4041.
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.
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.
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EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
New Investigators in Global Health Call for
Abstracts
the Global Health Council International Conference is soliciting submissions
from students and new professionals in the fields of public health, public
policy and public administration on cutting edge topics in global health. The
conference is May 21-31 in Washington
D.C. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 28, 2007.
DGHI
offers support for students developing abstracts for this and other Global
Health conferences. If you need help developing your abstract or would like
feedback on an abstract in progress, please contact Sumi Ariely
(sumi.ariely@duke.edu).
NEW: 2008
Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition
College
and graduate students can enter a national business plan competition in which
students from around the world create commercially sustainable businesses that
address problems of poverty in the developing world. Competition organizers
have expanded the competition this year to include prizes for the best global
health plans. Deadline for preliminary
materials is Oct. 31.
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.
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
Child Health Family International is accepting applications for Spring 2008
Scholarships: Deadline November 15, 2007. 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. Overseas Fellowship in Global Health.NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program 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.
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: Gates
Foundation Launches Initiative for Innovative Global Health Research
The Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced the Fast-Track Grants Initiative for innovative global health research. Anyone interested in submitting a funding
proposal for an early-stage, creative research project is welcome to contact Dr. Michael Merson, Director of the Duke Global Health
Institute, at michael.merson@duke.edu. Grants will be awarded multiple times per
year on a rolling basis, beginning in the first half of 2008.
Duke Provost's Common Fund 2008-09 RFP
The Provost's Common Fund supports interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and
transdisicplinary activities at Duke
University. Deadline for
applications is Feb. 20, 2008.
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 internal review process deadline is October 23, 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.
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.
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.
NIH
- Planning Grants for International Malaria Clinical, Operational and Health
Services Research Training Programs. Deadline for letter of intent,
Dec. 12, 2007.
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Upcoming Local Events
October
17, 2007, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Eradicate
Poverty Day, hosted by the Duke Human Rights Coalition and Duke Millennium
Village Project.
BryanCenterPlaza,
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.
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. Sponsored by the Center for Child and Family Policy.
Rhodes Conference Room 223, Sanford Institute, Duke
October 18, 2007, 4:30 p.m. "A World Cut in Two: Global Injustice and the Traffic in Organs," by Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Chancellor's Professor of Medical Anthropology Director, Organ Watch University of California, Berkeley. Presented by Recycle, the 2007-08 John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Seminar and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and the History of Medicine.
Room 240 John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road
October
19, 2007, 1 - 2:20 p.m.
"Paging
God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine," presented by Wendy Cadge, PhD, Assistant
Professor of Sociology, Brandeis
University. Sponsored by
the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health. Lunch will be provided. For
more information or to register, contact Lisa Young by Oct. 17.
Zener Auditorium
(Sociology-Psychology Building Room 130, Duke West Campus)
October 19, 7:45 - 9:00 p.m.
William Perry, United States Secretary of Defense during the Clinton Administration, will give a lecture on "Global Security" in UNC's Global Education Building
October 20, 8:15 - 11:30 a.m. Panel discussion on global security with William Perry, UNC and Duke faculty. This event is free and open to the public.
UNC's Global Education Building
October
22, 2007, Noon - 1 p.m.
"The Tobacco
Pandemic: Ethics, Health, and History." This Merrimon Lecture is given by
Allan M. Brandt, PhD., Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine
at Harvard Medical School.
Reception follows lecture.
2204 Medical
Biomolecular Research
Building, UNC
October 22
- 25, 2007
WISER
WEEK. The Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER) is organizing
a boarding school for girls in Muhuru
Bay, Kenya.
The goal of the week is to fund raise in order to provide girls with full
scholarships to attend the school as well as to provide teachers with training.
The events include:
- Monday
22nd: BBQ and Steel Drum Band on Quad 4-7pm
- Tuesday
23rd: WISER Benefit Concert at Reynolds 7pm. Tickets are $5 dollars in advance
and will be sold at on the B.C
Plaza walkway and the
Market Place, $7 at the door
- Wednesday
24: WISER T-Shirt and Bake Sale
- Thursday
25: WISER, Delta Gamma, and AEPi at Shooters! ($5)
- Friday 26:
Students of the World Documentary and Guest Speaker Violet from Kenya 6pm
November
1, 2007, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
University Seminar on Global Health
November
15, 2007, 1:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Triangle Malaria Symposium
Nov. 29 -
Dec. 1, 2007
"Sub-Saharan African Health Labor Force Shortage: Private Sector Responses."
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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."
January 28 - February 15
Africa
Regional Workshop: Women's Leadership in HIV/AIDS
Nairobi, Kenya
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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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