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Greetings!
Welcome to a week
full of global health related events. This newsletter includes information
about a Candlelight Vigil for Kenyans on Feb. 7, additional information on new duke
policies and assistance for international travel and the sharing of information
and data across international borders, and a wide array of educational and
research opportunities.
We are also pleased
to include in this newsletter a link to our very first Duke Global Health
Institute podcast. This month's podcast highlights Dr. John
Bartlett's reflections on the importance of research in Tanzania. (Dr.
Bartlett will also be speaking about his research at the University Seminar on
Global Health on February 14.)
We hope you enjoy the
podcast and other news. If you have events, opportunities or ideas you would
like to see us highlight in this newsletter, please let us know by emailing marsha.green@duke.edu .
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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW: Listen
to the first Duke Global Health Podcast
Dr. John Bartlett, talks about the type of research being done in
Moshi, Tanzania, the types of relationships being built with grassroots organizations,
and the tangible effects on policy that research has had on health policy in
Tanzania.
NEW: Candlelight
Vigil for Kenyans
On
Thursday, Feb 7, from 7 - 7:30 p.m., The Duke WISER student group will hold a
candlelight vigil in solidarity with Kenyans who have lost their lives and
livelihoods during the recent ethnic conflict and those who are striving for
peaceful resolution. The service will include prayer by the Dean of Duke
Chapel, original poems from Kenyan schoolchildren, time for silent reflection
and the voices of the Duke Pitchforks by candlelight. Location: Duke Chapel
Steps.
NEW: Duke
Creates New Office of Export Control
This new office will help
faculty, staff navigate federal rules when they share their information and
technology
NEW: More
News about Duke's International Travel Policy
Read news article about Duke's International
Travel Policy
NEW: Continued
Violence in Kenya Likely to Cause Long-Term Health Problems
Jeff
Wilkinson, MD, reports on the possibility of the long-term health effects of
the violence in Kenya.
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DGHI IN THE NEWS
January 29,
2008 (marketwire) Dr. Richard Payne of Duke speaks at the Foundation for
Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa Hosts Congressional Briefing on Palliative and
End-of-Life Care and Global Battle Against HIV/AIDS. read more
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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Duke Engage Deadline for Group
Project Applications Feb. 15
DukeEngage has an overview of group projects opportunities
available on their website. The deadline for application for funding for group
projects if Feb. 15, 2008.
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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
NEW: Center on
Global Change Request for Proposals from Duke Faculty
Deadline
March 1, 2008
NEW: The national institute
of General Medical Sciences
(NIGMS) has announced that it intends to issue three funding opportunity
announcements to expand the MIDAS (Models of Infectious
Disease Agent Study) program. The National Advisory General Medical Science
Council approved in January a three-part program that builds in the current
MIDAS program. Funding opportunities will be available in late March for 1)
Research Project groups to develop computational models for the emergence,
spread and mitigation of infectious disease
2) Information Technology Resource that will provide data repository and
data services to the MIDAS network, and 3) Centers of Excellence. We will alert
you when these funding opportunities become available in March.
Research Funding Opportunity for complementary interventions
for HIV:
Deadline
February 25, 2008
Call for Proposals: Foundation of AIDS Research (amFAR) Grants in Biomedical or
Social & Behavioral Research:
Deadline Feb. 12, 2008
Provost's Postdoctoral Scholars Program:
Deadline:
Feb. 15, 2008
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EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
NEW: Burroughs
Wellcome Fund
New Award for Graduate Education Programs Unifying
Population and Laboratory Based Science. Deadline for Letters of Intent: March
3
NEW: Youth
Scholarship Competition for AIDS Walk Africa 2008 in Swaziland:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has
announced a new initiative to fund you (ages 18-25) to participate in their
annual AIDS Walk.Deadline for full scholarship application February 29, 2008
NEW: Harvard
Junior Research Fellows:
This 12-month program provides opportunities for recent
college graduates to train with Harvard Faculty and Senior Researchers on a
variety of global health related projects.Application Deadline March 15, 2008
Apply for the 2008-2009 Hart Fellowship in Global Health for University
Graduates. Deadline: February 8, 2008
Apply to Attend the Clinton Global Initiative University
Inaugural Meeting at Tulane
University March 14-16.
Deadline: February 18, 2008
STOP Hunger Scholarships to Recognize Students for
Community Service. Deadline: February 29, 2008
Apply to NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows Program:
Deadline April 30, 2008
Global Health Council Membership: Duke
students have can access many benefits through the Duke Global Health
Institute's membership in the Global Health Council.
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Call for Papers/Posters/Abstracts
NEW: Kenan Institute for Ethics Campus Grants Program: $500 to support initiatives that promote ethical or
moral reflection, deliberation, and dialogue at Duke and beyond. Deadline: February
15, 2008
Essay Contest. The Kaiser Family
Foundation offers a $1,000 prize for the winning 800 word essay on health
priorities for the new U.S.
administration. Deadline: March 17, 2008.
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ONLINE RESOURCE
Did
you know that February 7 is Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day?
The
goal of this national event, which is supported by CDC and sponsored by a
coalition of nongovernment organizations, is to mobilize blacks to become
educated, get tested, and become involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
February 7, 2008 marks the eighth year of this annual event. The theme of 2008
NBHAAD is "Prevention is Power".
To
learn more about Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and CDC's programs, visit the CDC website.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Check our Duke Global
Health Institute Calendar regularly for more events.
Ethical Issues in Global Short-term Medical Outreach: A
Symposium. This is a UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke collaborative event for the
medical community interested in the ethics of short term global health
experiences in the context of medical education.
February 5, 2008 - 7 - 9 p.m
Hock Plaza Auditorium.
North
Carolina in the Global Economy. "Wednesdays at
the Center" with Gary Gereffi, Professor of Sociology and Director of the
Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness at Duke University.
February 6, 2008, Noon
John Hope
Franklin Center,
Room 240
Advancing
Women's Access to Safe Abortion in Developing Countries: Dinner Discussion with
Dr. Janie Benson, IPAS
February 6, 2008 5:30
- 6:30
Duke South Hospital Purple Zone room 3031, Duke University
Gail
Ironson, MD speaks on "Spirituality, Spiritual Transformation, and Health
in People with HIV": The Spirituality,
Theology & Health Seminar. The talk is free and lunch is provided, but
registration is required. Call 660.7556 or email Elizabeth.alford@duke.edu for lunch
reservations.
February 7, 2008 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Duke Medical Center Board Room 1170B, Duke Clinic, Duke University
Candlelight
Vigil for Kenya
The Duke WISER student group will hold a
candlelight vigil in solidarity with Kenyans who have lost their lives and
livelihoods during the recent ethnic conflict and those who are striving for
peaceful resolution.
February 7, 2008 7:00 - 7:30
Duke Chapel Steps
Carolina and Duke Consortium Conference on Politics of Culture
in Latin America and the Caribbean. This includes a panel discussion on
"The Effects of Culture and Politics on health Care for Latino/as in Durham" at 3:15 on
Saturday, Feb. 9.
February 8-9.
Franklin Center
at Duke and FedEx Global Education Center at UNC Chapel Hill
UPCOMING
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
February
24-27, 2008
Microbicides 2008
Conference: "Striving for HIV Prevention", New Delhi, India
March
14-16, 2008
CGI U, a new project of the Clinton Global
Initiative (CGI), will hold its inaugural meeting March 14-16, 2008 at Tulane University,
New Orleans.
Applications
are due February 18, 2008.
March
10-12, 2008
Partnering for
Global Health Forum 2008 organized by BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH)
and the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and sponsored by the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation. Washington, DC
April
12-13, 2008,
Unite for Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference
"Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow"
with keynote Addresses by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Susan
Blumenthal, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim. Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut.
May 27 -
June 1, 2008
Global Health Councilhosts its annual
international meeting Washington DC
June 18-20, 2008
RAISE:
Reproductive Health in Emergencies Conference 2008, Munyonyo, Kampala,
Uganda. Deadline
for Abstracts, Jan. 31, 2008.
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