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Greetings!
Get your calendars out -- global health events are happening nearly every day here at Duke and in the region. We invite you to join us in the upcoming weeks for information sessions, University Seminars on Global Health, brown bag briefings and other events described below. We also hope you'll take advantage of other information posted here, from job opportunities to a review of the more than 700 articles published this week through the Council of Science Editors Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development (see the global health resource below). As always, if there is additional information you would like to see in this newsletter, email Marsha Green at or contact us through our web site at http://globalhealth.duke.edu.
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News
Duke Global Health Institute Information Sessions: Come learn about ideas for global health summer fieldwork opportunities, DGHI funding and grants, and other ways to get involved in global health. Information sessions held on Oct. 29, Oct. 30 and Nov. 1.
Duke researchers collaborating with colleagues in Tanzania report on findings suggesting that efforts to provide free medication to HIV-infected patients and to promote social coping may increase the chances that patients will continue taking medications.
Duke researchers report in the Archives of Internal Medicine that
while national
HIV testing efforts in the U.S. have been expanded to include lower risk populations,
there is still untapped potential to increase testing rates among high-risk
individuals.
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Announcements
NEW: Call for Posters: The Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 conference "African Health Care Worker Shortage: Forum on Private Sector Responses" will be kicked off by student poster presentations and a keynote address by Francis Omaswa, Executive Director of the Global Health Workforce Alliance of the World Health Organization. We are currently looking for undergraduate and professional students to present posters or multimedia projects on any aspect of health care or community capacity building in Africa, particularly those involving the private sector. For application and more information, email Geelea Seaford. NEW: The School of Nursing Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives (OGACHI) invites you to a Brown Bag Briefing on the recent conference they co-sponsored with the Pan American Health Organization in Barbados on "Managing Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly." Come join colleagues who participated and facilitated at the conference on Friday, Oct. 26 at noon in room 1026 of the School of Nursing.
NEW: Call for Applications for for faculty- and staff-organized DukeEngage Programs. The DukeEngage program provides funding for Duke undergraduates to pursue a summer or semester long intensive civic engagement experience anywhere in the world. One of the most important avenues for Duke student engagement will be to participate in programs that are built by Duke faculty and staff. Applications are due by Nov. 30.
NEW: Malaria Research Assistant Needed: Professor Randy Kramer (Nicholas School) is seeking an undergraduate research assistant for 5-10 hours per week for an environmental health research project addressing malaria control strategies in Africa. Students interested in applying should send a resume to kramer@duke.edu.
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.
University Seminar on Global Health launches the 2007-2008 academic year with a lecture by Majid Ezzati, from 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 Nov. 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.
Register now for the first Triangle Malaria Symposium, scheduled for Nov. 15 from 1 - 7 p.m.
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Education Opportunities
NEW: Spring 2008 Global Health Courses: Check out the updated list of GLHLTH designated and cross-linked courses for Spring 2008, including a link to courses that have been approved for the Global Health Certificate offered in the spring.
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).
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.
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. |
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NEW: National institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is soliciting Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications to conduct International Research Collaborations to Study HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse. Deadline: Nov. 28 for letters of intent.
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 supports interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and trasndisicplinary activities at Duke University. Deadline for applications is Feb. 20, 2008.
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.
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| Upcoming Local Events
Oct. 22 - 26: 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 fundrise 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
October 23, 2007 3:00 p.m.
The Concilium on Southern Africa and the Duke Law School's AIDS and the Law Clinic Present "The Legal Struggle for Affordable AIDS Medicines" by Fatima Hassan, former Deputy Head of the AIDS Law Project in South Africa.
Room 405, Duke Law School
October 24, 2007 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Science to Service Speaker Series presents "William T. Grant Foundation Programs and Funding Opportunities" by Edward Seidman, Program Senior Vice president for the William T. Grant Foundation.
Registration required.
Sanford Institute for Public Policy, Lecture Hall 05
October 24, 6:30 p.m.
Showing of Hepatitis B documentary film, "Another Life" and a lecture by Dr. Paul Hayashi, Medical Director of Liver Transplant at UNC. Sponsored by TeamHBV
McClendon Media Room, McLendon Tower, 2nd Floor Keohane, Duke West Campus
October 24, 7 p.m.
UNC Student Global Health Committee and UNC's International Health Forum sponsor a screening of "Motherland Afghanistan"
Aycock family Medicine Building Auditorium
October 25, 2007 Noon - 1 p.m.
"The Politics of HIV," by Andrew Fullem, director of the Center for HIV and AIDS, John Snow, Inc.
241 Rosenau Hall, UNC
October 25, 6:30 p.m.
Showing of Hepatitis B documentary film, "Another Life" Sponsored by TeamHBV
Bell Tower Media Room, Duke East Campus
October 26, 2007 Noon School of Nursing Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives (OGACHI) Brown Bag Briefing on recent conference in Barbados on "Mnaging Cardiovascular Disese in the Elderly" Room 1026, School of Nursing Building
October 27, 2007
AIDS Climb at Hanging Rock State Park. AIDS Climb (a collaborative effort between UNC-CH and Duke to raise money for local and international organizations that address AIDS issues) will host a day hike at Hanging Rock State Park on October 27. Visit http://www.aidsclimb.org to register for the hike and to learn more about the project.
October 28, 2007, 1 - 4:30 p.m.
UNC GuluWalk 2007 to raise awareness about the plight of child soldiers and displaced persons in war torn regions of Northern Uganda. More information at www.guluwalk.com/chapelhill.
October 29, 2007 6-7 p.m.
Global Health Institute Information session.
McClendon Media Room, 2nd Floor of McClendon Tower, Duke Campus
October 30, 2007 Noon - 1 p.m.
Global Health Institute Information session.
Multicultural Center Lounge, Bryan Center, Duke Campus
November 1, 2007 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
"Social Relationships in Communities of Faith and Health in Late Life," by Neal Krause, PhD, Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education and Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Presented by the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health.
Lunch is provided. Registration required.
Duke University School of Nursing Room 1026 Classroom 1C
November 1, 2007, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
University Seminar on Global Health presents Majid Ezzati, of Harvard, speaking on "Evidence-based Technology Management for Environmental Health Risks: Lessons from energy and air pollution research in developing countries."
Breedlove Room, Perkins Library
November 1, 2007 6 - 7 p.m.
Global Health Institute Information session.
Multicultural Center Lounge, Bryan Center, Duke Campus
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National & International Conferences
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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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