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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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).
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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.
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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
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