June 3, 2008
Duke Global Health Institute
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
RESEARCH & TRAINING FUNDING
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
ONLINE RESOURCE
UPCOMING EVENTS
Greetings!

This newsletter gives a taste of the many different ways that students and faculty are engaged in global health efforts. We share with you a reflection from medical student Nora Wilson Dennis on birth (and death) in Niger, a down-to-earth guide to life in Moshi, Tanzania, created by several of the Duke studens who have lived and worked their, and a 5-minute video about the Duke Global Health Institute that was shown at the Global Health Council International Meeting in Washington DC last month.

In addition, there are new opportunities listed for submission of abstracts for local and international conferences, and several new funding opportunities that we have become aware of. We hope this sort of information is useful to you. If you have other information you believe should be included in this newsletter, please forward it to marsha.green@duke.edu.

Please note that during the months of June & July, this newsletter will be published on a bi-weekly basis. In our next newsletter and during July, we will be highlighting some of the experiences Duke students are having in global health this summer. In August we will resume the weekly schedule.
 
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 

NEW: Amina's Baby - Reflections on a Birth, and Death, in Niger:
Duke medical student Nora Wilson Dennis Recounts her story of observing health inequality in childbirth in Niger.

NEW: Guide to Moshi:
Information on the DGHI field site in Moshi, Tanzania

NEW: Duke Global Surgery
Read the Duke's Department of Surgery Newsletter article on their new Duke Global Surgery program.

NEW: Global Health TV Features the Duke Global Health Institute
The Duke Global Health Institute was one of several organizations highlighted in videos during the Global Health Council International Meeting (Washington DC) this past May.  The five minute video features footage from Moshi, TZ and theDuke Campus.

PEOPLE

Congratulations to Josh Greenberg, a Duke undergraduate who presented a paper called "Policing the Womb" on May 30 at the joint Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association. The paper, co-authored with Michele Goodwin, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, contextualizes a rather unusual use of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis -- selection for disabilities -- against the backdrop of the past eugenics movement and other modern practices of assisted reproductive technology, and provides a new framework for evaluating this issue from ethical and legal perspectives. Greenberg recieved funding from DGHI to attend the conference.

IN THE NEWS

Modern Healthcare "Medical Migration" quotes Michael Merson and Jeff Moe on the internationalization of medical care.



DUKE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
 
NEW: Faculty Position in Health Systems Research

Other positions at Duke:
For all posted jobs in global health at Duke, visit our employment page.

NEW: Non-Duke Opportunity: RTI is currently recruiting for a Health Policy Analyst for the RTI Center for International Health.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

NEW: Lancet Theme on Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health

New: UNC Institute for the Environment Conference on Safe Drinking Water (Nov 5-6, 2008):
Abstract Deadline June 15, 2008

NEW:
2009 Keystone Symposia on Immunology
Abstract Deadline: June 23, 2008

NEW: 2009 Keystone Symposia on Cardiovascular Risk
Abstract Deadline: June 24, 2008

NEW: 12th World Congress on Public Health
Abstract Deadline: July 5, 2008 (Midnight, Pacific Time)

 
RESEARCH & TRAINING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

NEW: Duke CFAR Small Innovative Grants and Innovative Projects
Deadline: June 13, 2008

NEW: Indo-US Program on Contraception and Reproductive Health Research
Deadline: August 11, 2008

NEW: NIH Methods for Prevention Packages Program
Deadline: August 25, 2008

NEW: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA)
Deadline: December 16, 2008

NEW: Collaborative Studies on HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa
Deadline: May 7, 2011
 

Upcoming Deadlines for Research Funding Opportunities:

Duke Center for Comparative Biology of Vulnerable Populations:
Deadline June 15, 2008

CFAR/CC pilot studies in HIV-associated malignancies
Deadline: June 16, 2008

NIH Integrated Preclinical/Clinical Program for HIV Topical Microbicides
Deadline: June 17, 2008

NIH Gender, Youth and HIV Risk (R01, R21)
Deadline June 29, 2008

American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship to Conduct Research in India
Deadline July 1, 2008

RWJF Local Funding Partnership Call for Proposals
Deadline July 8, 2008

Helen Hay Whitney Foundation--Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research
Deadline July 15, 2008

NIH - Indo-US Program on Maternal and Child Health and Human Development Research (R03)
Deadline July 30

 
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES


Volunteers Needed To Sort & Pack Supplies

Now that many students have left for the summer, Duke's REMEDY program is in great need of volunteers to help with sorting and packing surplus supplies. Contact John Lohnes at john.lohnes@duke.edu or visit www.duke.edu/web/remedy for more information. You can also join the REMEDY email list at https://lists.duke.edu/sympa (search for "remedy" in the index).

ONLINE RESOURCE
 

Kaiser Fast Facts

http://facts.kff.org/
 
The Kaiser Family Foundation recently launched this new component to its website, featuring Quicktakes and Kaiser Slides, which provide quick and easy access to facts, data, and slides about the nation's health care system and programs.  This site also allows visitors to access fact sheets and online data/analysis tools that the Foundation created.


QuickTakes provides an overview of the US health care system, as well as information on a wide variety of topics including Medicaid, Medicare, minority health, the link between entertainment media and health, and public opinion.  It is a great tool to access health policy statistics without having to sift through several publications.  Links are also provided.


Kaiser Slides enables individuals to access hundreds of graphics and tables that illustrate health policy trends and statistics gathered by Kaiser and other institutes. 

 
UPCOMING EVENTS

Check our Duke Global Health Institute Calendar regularly for more events.


LOCAL EVENTS - click for archives

June 3, 2008 » 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
14th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health

Webcast and broadcast live at Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building Auditorium, UNC

June 4, 2008 » 7:15 am
Anesthesia Grand Rounds - Why Mothers are Dying in Africa
Room 2002 Duke Hospital

June 9, 2008 » 7:15 am
Reproductive Health in Southern Africa
Room 2002 Duke Hospital

June 12, 2008 » 8:30 am Start
RWJFC Field Hearing - Focus on Early Life Interventions
Raleigh, NC at the Marbles Kids Museum

June 25, 2008 » 7:15 am
Anesthesia Grand Rounds: Challenges of Medical Care in Tanzania and Zambia
Room 2002 Duke Hospital 

June 25-27, 2008
"Sprituality, Health and Human Flourishing: Meaning? Measurement? Implications?"

Durham, NC

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Events

 
June 11-14, 2008
The 2008 HIV Prevention Leadership Summit (HPLS)
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, MI


June 18, 2008
The Reproductive Health in Emergencies Conference 2008 will aim train professionals to ensure that refugees and internally displaced persons receive the reproductive health care they are entitled.


June 18-20, 2008
RAISE: Reproductive Health in Emergencies Conference 2008
Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda