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Dear marsha,
Global health efforts at Duke have received lots of media attention this week, as you can see from our News section.
In addition, we are pleased to let readers know that we are now beginning to post presentations from speakers and events on our web site. Thus, if you missed last week's University Seminar on Global Heatlh with Majid Ezzati, or Gary Gerrefi's presentation on obesity at the Monday Evening SSRI seminar, you can find their presentations on our website.
As always, if you know of any news, announcements or activities that should be included in this newsletter, please email Marsha Green. |
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Global Health Resource
Each week we introduce an online resource for people working in the field of global health.
This week, we highlight TropIKA.net, a web portal to help people identify and use vital information related to infectious diseases that was launched October 30 at the annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research.
TropIKA.net is run by the Tropical Disease Research Program (TDR), an independent global program of scientific collaboration co-sponsored by the United Nation's Children's Fund, the United Nation's Development Programme, the World Bank and the World Health Organization.
TropIKA.net aims to improve access to scientific information on infectious diseases of poverty and provide health researchers and decision makers with a comprehensive resource about best practices and authoritative summaries of research findings that have implications for their efforts to meet the challenges of infectious disease control.
Explore it at http://www.tropika.net/
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| Educational Opportunities
NEW: Do you have questions about global health courses or global health fieldwork opportunities at Duke? Send them to gh-courses@duke.edu or gh-fieldwork@duke.edu for answers.
OTHER APPROACHING DEADLINES:
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. NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program offers one-year clinical research training to students still enrolled in medical and nursing school or a doctoral-level program in health.
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Research Opportunities
NEW: The Office of the Provost invites applications for its new Postdoctoral Scholars Program, which offers annually two competitive postdoctoral research appointments for two years each in any field of study at Duke University, including the Medical Center. Deadline, Feb. 15, 2008.
Previously listed opportunities:
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's African Health Initiative. Letters of Interest are due to the foundation on November 15, 2007.
- RFI: NIH Soliciting Ideas on Priorities in Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Response Date: Monday, November 26, 2007
- 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.
- NIH - Planning Grants for International Malaria Clinical, Operational and Health Services Research Training Programs. Deadline for letter of intent, Dec. 12, 2007.
- Call for Abstracts for the Geneva Health Forum: Strengthening Health Systems and the Global Health Workforce (May 25-28, 2008).
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Upcoming Local Events
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 at p.gution@duke.edu.
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 the Duke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center. Registration required.
Sanford Institute for Public Policy, Lecture Hall 05 November 9, 2007 11:40 a.m.
"Meeting the New Drinking Water Standard for Arsenic: Occurrence, Implications and New Technological Solutions for Treatment" by Dr. Malcolm Siegel from Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. This is part of the Nicholas School of the Environment's Water Seminar Series.
Love Auditorium (B101), Levine Science Research Center (LSRC)
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. This festival screens documentaries about topics such as human rights, women's issues, racism, disease control, universal education, etc. Free and open to the public. Film schedule available online. Sponsored by the UNA West Triangle Chapter (http://www.una-westtriangle.org )
Richard White Auditorium, Duke East Campus
November 14, 2007 Noon - 1 p.m.
Wednesdays at the Center presents "Recycle: Appropriations of Cultural Products." Sponsored by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute. For more information, visit www.jhfc.duke.edu or email Pamela Gution at p.gution@duke.edu
John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road, Room 240
November 15, 2007, 1 - 7 p.m.
Triangle Malaria Symposium, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Science and technology at Duke, and the Duke Global Health Institute.
Duke University Searle Center
November 15, 2007, 4:14 - 5:30 p.m.
CFAR Seminar presents Seth Kalichman, PhD, Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut, speaking on "Sex, Drugs and Viral Load: Integrating HIV prevention with treatment here and abroad"
Duke South Medical Amphitheater
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Upcoming National & International Events
November 3-7, 2007
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
This year's theme is "Politics, Policy & Public Health."
More information at
Washington DC
December 26-28, 2007
Reducing Health Disparities Through Culturally Competent Nursing Education
Las Vegas, NV
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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