Center for Health Policy PI Receives Two New Grants To Study HIV/AIDS Services in the Rural South.

Duke Chronicle Global Health Series continues with Hunt Willard and Shubha Chandrasekharan's article on "Genomics: making a world of difference."

Don't miss the final fall Duke Global Health Institute Information Session, Thursday, Nov. 1, 6 - 7 p.m. in the Multicultural Center Lounge, Bryan Center, Duke

Call for Faculty and Staff Applications for DukeEngage Programs. Deadline is Nov. 31, 2007.

Call for Student Posters on healthcare or community capacity building in Africa for Nov. 29 conference at Duke: "African Health Care Worker Shortage: Forum on Private Sector Responses". For application and more information, email Geelea Seaford.

DGHI offers support to students wishing to develop abstracts for 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).

Call for abstracts for the Bangkok International Conference on Avian Influenza 2008. Deadline for abstracts, Oct. 31.  Deadline for pre-registration, Nov. 15.

Registration still open for two conferences being held at Duke in November:

    Triangle Malaria Symposium (Nov. 15)

  African Health Care Worker Shortage: Forum on Private Sector Responses   (Nov. 29-Dec 1)

For a full list of announcements, visit our web site.

Each week we highlight an online resource for global health. If you've ever been looking for statistics about health in the U.S., you may want to check out the Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts site.  This recently redesigned and updated site provides the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation and budgets. 

NEW: Do You Know What Global Health Courses are Offered at Duke?

NEW: Engineering World Health Offers One-Year Internship in Africa 

NEW: Applications for Engineering World Health 2008 Summer Program Being Accepted.

OTHER APPROACHING DEADLINES

2008 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition for college and graduate students. Deadline for preliminary materials is Oct. 31.

Call for Applications for 2008 Duke Global Health Fellows. Participants spend the summer in Geneva in global health policy positions. Deadline is Nov. 15, 2007.

Child Health Family International is accepting applications for Spring 2008 Scholarships: Deadline November 15, 2007.

NEW:  RFI: NIH Soliciting Ideas on Priorities in Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research  that may offer potential for improving and accelerating health research and its impact on the health of the nation. Response Date: Monday, November 26, 2007

NEW: Call for Abstracts for the 9th Annual Women's Health Research Day at UNC (April 1-2, 2008). Looking for unpublished research. Deadline, Dec. 3, 2007.

New: Call for Abstracts for the Geneva Health Forum: Strengthening Health Systems and the Global Health Workforce (May 25-28, 2008).

NEW: London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine is accepting applications for a 2-year research position to work on the epidemiology and control of HIV in Uganda.

OTHER APPROACHING DEADLINES

The Social Science Research Council is seeking proposals for 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.

NIH - Planning Grants for International Malaria Clinical, Operational and Health Services Research Training Programs.  Deadline for letter of intent, Dec. 12, 2007.

October 30, 2007 Noon - 1 p.m.

Global Health Institute Information session, Multicultural Center Lounge, Bryan Center, Duke Campus

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

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. For more information call 919-660-7556.
Duke School of Nursing Room 1026 Classroom 1C

November 3, 2007 8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

2007 Durham Health Summit: Listening to the Voices of Durham's Uninsured. Register online.
Durham Civic Center

November 5, 2007  6 - 7;30 p.m.

"A Global Value Chains Approach to Food, Healthy Diets, and Childhood Obesity," by  Gary Gereffi, Director of the Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness. This talk is part of the Social Science Research Institute's Monday Seminar Series.
Erwin Mill Building, A103, Durham

November 7, 2007 Noon - 1 p.m.

"DukeEngage: A Pilot Program in Yemen," presented by Eric Mlyn, Director of DukeEngage, and Dr. Mbaye Lo, Instructor of Arabic. For more information, contact Pamela Gution.
John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road, Room 240

November 7, 2007 Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Science to Service Speaker Series presents "Nicotine Dependence, Smoking and ADHD," by Scott Kollins, Duke ADHD Program. Sponsored by the Center for Child and Family Policy and teh Duke Transcidciplinary Prevention Research Center. Registration required.
Sanford Institute for Public Policy, Lecture Hall 05

November 9, 2007 Noon - 1:15 p.m.

International Scholar Brown Bag Lunch Series Presents "Reflections of the Professional Life of an Accomplished Nigerian Medical Doctor and Researcher" featuring Emmanuel Okocha, MD, medical doctor from Nigeria and current Research Associate at Duke Medical Center. For more information, contact Seun Bello Olamosu at seun.olamosu@duke.edu or call 919-684-2512.
International House, 2022 Campus Drive, Durham

November 10, 2007 Noon - 10:30 p.m.

2nd United Nations Association Film Festival. Sponsored by the UNA West Triangle Chapter