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Greetings!
Duke Global Health Institute welcomes the
class of 2012 to Duke. We hope that many of the newly arriving students, as
well as returning students, will take advantage of the many opportunities in
global health that Duke offers.
This newsletter introduces a few of these
opportunities, from free membership with the Global Health Council, to the
first University Seminar on Global Health by Mark Ottenweller, Global HIV/AIDS
Coordinator for HOPE Worldwide on September 3.
We also invite you to read more about DGHI's
work overseas, in this case, a short article about ongoing research in Tanzania on
using social networking to increase the number of people being tested for
HIV/AIDS.
As always, we also include
information on new research and education funding opportunities, calls for
abstracts, and upcoming events. If you have information you would like to see
included in this newsletter, please email Marsha
Green ( marsha.green@duke.edu).
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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW:
Using Social Networking to Fight AIDS
Nathan Thielman and his colleagues are testing the use of
social networking in the fight against AIDS. Not the newfangled networking of
YouTube and Facebook, but the old fashioned form of face-to-face referrals.
Read more about their recently funded research project titled: "VCT-PLUS:
Enhancing VCT to Improve Case Finding and Access to Care in Tanzania."
NEW: Health and Human Rights Journal Now Open-Access Online Format
Health
and Human Rights: An International Journal is now in an open-access online
format. The inaugural edition, under the editorship of Paul Farmer, is
available at www.hhrjournal.org/index.php/hhr/index.
University Seminar on Global Health
Mark Ottenweller, Global HIV/AIDS Coordinator for HOPE Worldwide, will
give the first University Seminar on Global Health for the 08-09 academic year
at 4:30 on September 3 at the John
Hope Franklin
Center.
In addition to the
4:30-6:00 seminar, DGHI is organizing "Global Health Conversations" -
one hour meetings designed to stimulate informal dialogue between the speakers
and students. Contact Michael Russell,
( michael.g.russell@duke.edu)
for more information and to join the mailing list. Space for "Global
Health Conversations" is limited. For more information about the
University Seminar on Global Health series, visit www.globalhealth.duke.edu/seminars.
IN THE NEWS Susan Yaggy is quoted in a Durham Herald Sun article about Durham Connects, a program that is reaching out to all parents of newborns in Durham County to mprove child well-being.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS & ABSTRACTS
PROPOSALS
Call
for Faculty Application for DukeEngage Programs
Deadline: September 15, 2008
Faculty interested in proposing global health-related programs are encouraged
to contact Sumi Ariely, Student Projects Coordinator (sumi.ariely@duke.edu) for assistance on
proposal development.
SSRI
Faculty Fellows Seminar Application
Deadline: September 19
This year-long faculty-in-residence program brings Duke faculty members from
multiple departments and schools together in a stimulating intellectual setting
to explore cutting-edge research questions.
Faculty participants are eligible for course release or other compensation, to
be negotiated among Department Chairs and Deans.
ABSTRACTS
NEW: Call for Manuscripts: The Journal of World Health and Population
aids2031
call for Abstracts: Mobilizing Social Capital in a World with AIDS
Deadline: September 30, 2008 Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
Deadline: September 5, 2008
CFAR
Fall Scientific Retreat (Sept. 27)
Deadline for Abstracts: August 29
Open to all pre- and post-doctoral trainees as well as faculty.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
New: Funding Opportunity: NIH/Fogarty international Clinical Research Fellows (ICRF) Program
Deadline: Dec. 5, 2008
Postdoc
and Undergraduate Programs at the Institut Pasteur in Paris
GAVI
New Vaccines Program
Deadline August 29, 2008
IHME
Post - Graduate Fellowship Program
Deadline Sept. 1, 2008
Modeling
of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Centers of Excellence
Deadline for Letter of Intent: Sept. 24, 2008
Fogarty
International Center Funding Opportunity: Non-communicable Chronic Disease
Research Training Program
Deadline: Sept. 28, 2008
Faculty interested in applying for this Millennium Promise Award are encouraged to contact Michael Merson (michael.merson@duke.edu)
Hartwell
Foundation - Individual Biomedical Research Awards
Deadline: Sept. 29, 2008
National
Institute on Aging Research on Social Neuroscience of Aging:
LOI Deadline Sept. 30, 2008
Roybal
Centers for Translational Research on Aging Grants
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2008
Carnegie
Humanitarian Fellowships in Africa
Deadline: Oct. 2, 2008
NIH FOA: Biobehavioral/Sociocultural
HIV Transmission and Infection Prevention Research
Deadline Oct. 5, 2008 Funding Opportunity: Duke-Durham Partnered Approaches to Health Problems in Durham County
Deadline Nov. 7, 2008
NSF
Ethics Education in Science and Engineering
Duke Internal deadline, March 1, 2009
Visit our website
for our full list of funding opportunities for Global Health Research or
Education
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ONLINE RESOURCE
Free Student Membership to Global Health Council
The Duke Global Health Institute has purchased an institutional
membership to the Global Health Council,
which offers benefits to Duke students affiliated with DGHI. The Global Health
Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by
improving health throughout the world.
Duke
students are eligible to become an "Associate Professional Member" of
the Global Health Council at no charge. This membership will provide access to
the GHC jobs database, weekly global health news updates, discounts to the
annual conference, and support from and networking opportunities within the
national University Coalitions for Global Health Resource Group, among other
things.
Students
can enroll online.
For more information, visit the Global Health Council web site or contact Lisa
Croucher, Assistant Director for Education and Training, at lisa.croucher@duke.edu. .
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The Duke
Global Health Institute is currently recruiting for the following faculty
positions:
Non-faculty positions currently open at DGHI include:
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Grants
and Contracts Specialist for DGHI
- Student Worker (10-15 hours per week)
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Administrative
Assistant to the Director, DGHI
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India Study Director in India
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Ethnographers in India
Other Global Health jobs at Duke:
For more details, visit the DGHI employment
page.
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| UPCOMING EVENTS
Check our Duke Global Health Institute Calendar regularly for more events.
August 20,
2008 » 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Part of Kaiser Family Foundation's series "Todays Topics in Health Disparities"
Live Interactive Webcast: Race and Genetics: The Future of Personalized Medicine
August 24, 2008 (George Washington University, Washington DC)
Mobilizing and Engaging Communities for Global Health 2008. August 29,
2008 » 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Searle Center
Welcoming
Reception (Fall 2008 ITEHP Seminar Series)
September
3, 2008 » 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
John Hope Franklin
Center - University
Seminar on Global Health
Mark
Ottenweller, Global HIV/AIDS Coordinator of HOPE Worldwide. Topic: Global
HIV/AIDS
September
5, 2008 » 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Searle Center
Personalized
Nutrition, Toxicology and Medicine: Do we have the Tools? (Fall 2008 ITEHP
Seminar Series) September 12, 2008 (George Washington University, Washington DC)
8th Annual Global Health Mini-University. A free, dayl-long forum
offering over 60 different sessions. Online registration begins August 25 at
http://www.maqweb.org.
September
17, 2008
Searle Center, Duke University
Duke
CFAR Fall Scientific Retreat
September
18, 2008 » 5:00 p.m.
Sanford Institute of Public Policy
2008
Kenan Distinguished Lecture in Ethics by Fiona Terry
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