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Greetings!
We are delighted to report in this newsletter that John Bartlett, MD, has been appointed Associate Director of Research for the Duke Global Health Institute. For those of you who don't know John, you can view a video of his February 14 University Seminar on Global Health about his research in Moshi Tanzania on our website.
Our next University Seminar on Global Health (March 6) will be given by Bob Einterz of Indiana University. He will come to Duke just days after visiting Kenya, where he helps direct AMPATH (Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS).
This newsletter also includes information about new funding opportunities from RTI, new internship opportunities for undergraduates and graduates, opportunities for volunteering at the International Conference on Global Health in Washington DC in May, and much more.
Keep reading for more information about global health activities at Duke. And as always, if you have items you think we should cover, let us know by emailing marsha.green@duke.edu.
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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
NEW: Mellon Undergraduate Awards for Summer Research
Funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provide opportunities for Duke Undergraduates to work with research in Latin America and the Caribbean. Deadline: March 7, 2008
DUCIS Graduate Awards for Research and Training
Deadline: Mar. 5, 2008
Presolicitation for US-China Global Climate Change Partnership Program
USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) plans to issue a Request for Applications (RFA) on technical assistance activities in China relating to global climate change.
NICHD and NIMH Soliciting Research Applications on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
Deadlines: Mar. 10, 2008 (letters of intent); Apr. 10, 2008 (applications)
Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life Research Grants Program
Awards of up to $15,000 for faculty or postdoctoral fellows at Duke, UNC-CH or NCCU.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences Funding Opportunity for MIDAS
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EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
NEW:Summer Internships with Program
on Global Health and Technology Access
These three
internships will provide an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students
to contribute meaningfully in global health research and policy work in three
areas of the Program on Global Health and Technology Access (GHTA): (1)
pharmaceutical policy leadership training program; (2) access to essential
medicines and antibiotic resistance; and (3) the political economy of tobacco
control.
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Call for Papers/Posters/Abstracts
NEW: Health, Development, and Equity - call for papers for LANCET
From November 17-19, 2008, a Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health will be held in Bamako, Bali in an attempt to link discussions on health research with the broader science and technology community. The Lancet is going to produce a theme issue on research for health, development, and equity and would like papers addressing the core themes of the conference.
Deadline: June 2, 2008
NEW: It's Your [Sex] Life
MTV is hosting a campaign to spread awareness and promote testing for HIV/AIDS. They are seeking original poems and lyrics from people 13-25 years on the importance of getting tested for HIV. The winning lyrics will be performed by Common on MTV.
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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
NEW: Helping Handz Volunteer Program
Students and professional volunteers are needed to assist in a number of pre-conference and onsite conference administrative duties for the 35th Annual International Conference on Global Health.
DGHI Projects for Summer 2008
There are still positions available for fieldwork opportunities this summer in:
Vulnerable Children Research and Care in Rwanda
Nutrition and Disease in South Africa
Hospital Services in Uganda
Please apply as soon as possible.
Local Volunteer Opportunities
Check out the new list of local volunteer opportunities, including "TAKE IT BACK", an event on March 4 with the Durham Public Schools centered on keeping youth free from the influence of alcohol.
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ONLINE RESOURCE
Each week, we highlight a website of interest to those involved in global health. In light of the looming presidential election, this website is of general interest.
The next president of the United States will have great implications for the world. More than one million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS and that number continues to grow; the biggest burden is on the developing world, particularly Africa. The presidential candidates vary in the extent they have covered the global health issues relating to global health: some have directly discussed plans for addressing HIV/AIDS, while others have written or spoken but not offered their own proposals. This is an Issue Spotlight discussing each candidate's position on global health.
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| UPCOMING EVENTS
Check our Duke Global Health Institute Calendar regularly for more events.
The Impact of Poverty, Culture and Environment on Minority Health
February 29, 2008 (Keynote lecture broadcast from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.) at William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center, Chapel Hill
"Recent Evidence of Ozone's Impact on Human Mortality" by Michelle Bell, Yale
February 29, 2008 - Noon - 1:30 p.m.
The
Eighth Annual Tuberculosis Symposium: The Many Faces of Tuberculosis
The Duke Division of Infectious
Diseases and International Health presents the Eighth Annual Tuberculosis
Symposium
March 14, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Duke University
Registration Deadline March 3
"Is Healthcare a Spiritual Practice?" - 6th Annual David B. Larson Lecture in Religion and Health
March 4, 2008 - 6:00-7:30 PM - Hock Plaza Auditorium, 2424 Erwin Road, Durham, NC
University Seminar on Global Health: Update on HIV/AIDS in Kenya: the Power of Academic Medical Partnerships by Bob Einterz
March 6, 2008 - 4 p.m. - John Hope Franklin Center
Dr. Adrienne Stauder Talk on Health Problems in Central and Eastern Europe
March 7, 2008 - 9:30-11:00 AM - Medical Center Board Room
Duke University Cancer Center Annual Meeting
March 10, 2008 - Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University
UNC Office of Global Health Seminar Series - Godfrey Woelk
March 28, 2008 - 12:30 p.m. - UNC School of Public Health
UPCOMING NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
March 10-12, 2008
Partnering for Global Health Forum 2008 is an international partnering meeting focused on accelerating the development of medicines for neglected diseases of the developing world.
Washington, DC
March 14-16, 2008
CGI U, a new project of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), will challenge college students and universities to tackle global problems with practical, innovative solutions. Applications are due February 18, 2008.
Tulane University, New Orleans
April 3-5, 2008
The 17th Annual Global Health Education Consortium Conference will be held from April 3-5, 2008 in Sacramento, CA. The program cover practical applications to multicultural health issues in the form of sessions and workshops, exhibits, roundtable gatherings and forum speaking panels.
Sacramento, CA
April 10-13
University Conference on Human Rights (NUCHR) is proud to announce a national student conference on "Globalization and the Universality of Human Rights," which will examine the impact of globalizing forces on the tension between cultural relativism and the universality of human rights. Northwestern University, Evanston, Il
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.
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