News From Duke Global Health Institute

Weekly News & Notes
from the Duke Global Health Institute

September 9, 2008

In This Issue

News & Announcements

Research & Education Funding Opportunities

Calls for Abstracts & Proposals

Online Resource

Service Opportunities

Quick Links

Greetings!

September has brought amazing opportunities to learn more about global health.

We were delighted that more than 100 people were able to attend our first University Seminar on Global Health of the academic year last week. If you were not able to hear Mark Ottenweller's discussion of the challenges created by the epidemic of AIDS orphans in Africa, we invite you view a video of highlights on our website.

In the coming weeks, there are plenty of other opportunities to learn about global health, from the CFAR Fall Scientific Retreat on Sept. 17, to the Playmaker Theater's production of "In the Continuum," a performance about how AIDS affects two women in Africa and the US. Each performance of the play (Sept 10-14) will be followed by a community discussion. Here at Duke, there are opportunities as diverse as joining with students for the kick-off meeting of the Duke Global Health Working Group, or hearing Hermi H. Hewitt discuss the triumphs and challenges of nursing education in the Caribbean. Check out our full calendar of events below for more opportunities.

Here at DGHI, we have welcomed five faculty members who have been elected as new DGHI Members. We also join others at Duke in welcoming Sandy Williams as the new Senior Advisor for International Strategy. We are also delighted to share several items from our colleagues in Tanzania: a recently published research paper from Nathan Thielman and his colleagues arguing that monogamy is not as protective against AIDS as the "ABC" policy might suggest; and the extraordinary experiences of Grant Smith, a Hart Fellow who is grappling with the roll of westerners in Tanzania as he assists in launching the Duke-KCMC Women's Reproductive Health program.

We also draw your attention to some upcoming deadlines for funding opportunities - from the Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations, to the Provost's Common Fund.

As always, if you know of other events or opportunities that should be in this newsletter, please contact Marsha Green at marsha.green@duke.edu.

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

DGHI Elects Five New Members

Five Duke faculty have been elected as new members of the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI). These faculty, elected by current DGHI Members, have a strong professional interest in global health and are committed to the Institute's work and mission. Read more >>

R. Sanders Williams Named Senior Advisor for International Strategy

R. Sanders Williams, MD, one of the principal architects of the medical center's global expansion in recent years, will take on the additional role of senior advisor for international strategy for the university. Read more>>

Monogamy Less Protective Against AIDS Than Expected

Although "being faithful" is one of the three points in the "ABC" strategy of HIV prevention in Africa (abstinence, being faithful to your partner, and use of condoms), women reporting that they are in a monogamous relationship are roughly three times more likely than monogamous men to be infected with HIV. Read more >>

Hart Fellow Shares First Experience of Healthcare in Moshi, Tanzania

Grant Smith is a Hart Leadership Fellow spending a year in Moshi, Tanzania to assist with the Duke-KCMC Women's Reproductive Health program. In his first "letter home" he describes some of the physical and moral challenges he faces. Read more >>

Mark Ottenweller Outlines the Challenge of AIDS Orphans in Africa

Mark Ottenweller, Global HIV/AIDS Coordinator for Hope Worldwide, gave the first University Seminar on Global Health for the 2008-09 academic year on September 8. View highlights of the speech online. Read more >>

RESEARCH & EDUCATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

NEW: Gates Grand Challenges Explorations Round 2 Applications Accepted Sept 2 - Nov 2, 2008

NEW: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Competition: Deadline Oct. 20

Online application will be available in mid-September. Contact Nancy Hare Robbins (684-6454 or nancy.robbins@duke.edu) if you are interested in applying for the 2009-2010 award period.

NEW: Fellowship Opportunity: Jacqueline Anne Morris Undergraduate Mentored Social Policy Research on Children; Deadline Oct 15, 2008

NEW: National Poverty Center Small Grants Competition:
Deadline February 2, 2009

Other Upcoming Deadlines:

Common Fund Small Awards: New Funding Opportunity for Interdisciplinary Activities at Duke:
Deadline Sept 15, 2008

Fogarty International Center Non-communicable Chronic Disease Research Training Program:
Deadline Sept. 28, 2008

Hartwell Foundation - Individual Biomedical Research Awards:
Duke Deadline: Sept. 29, 2008

National Institute on Aging Research on Social Neuroscience of Aging.
LOI Deadline Sept. 30, 2008

National Institutes of Health - Advancing Novel Science in Women's Health Research (ANSWHR) (R03, R21)
Deadline: October 16, 2008

Collaborative Studies on HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa.
Deadline Oct. 16, 2008

Duke-Durham Partnered Approaches to Health Problems in Durham County:
Deadline Nov. 7, 2008

NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows (ICRF) Program:
Deadline: Dec. 5 2008

Lloyd Foundation Provides Grants for HIV/AIDS Research Deadline:
December 15

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

Postdoc and Undergraduate Programs at the Institut Pasteur in Paris:
Deadline December 2008

Visit our website for our full list of funding opportunities for Global Health Research or Education.

CALLS FOR ABSTRACTS & PROPOSALS

NEW: Call for Abstracts: aids2031 meeting on Sex, Rights and the Law: Deadline September 30, 2008 Abstracts are being solicited for a meeting in early 2009 entitled Sex, Rights and the Law in a World with AIDS.

Call for Abstracts: Unite for Sight Annual Conference, "Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation" to be held April 18-19, 2009 at Yale University. Deadline September 15, 2008.

Call for Abstracts: Medical Education for the 21st Century - Teaching for Health Equity
Deadline Sept. 15 for Conference to be held Nov 30-Dec 3 in Havana, Cuba

Call for Proposals: SSRI Faculty Fellows Seminar Application
Deadline Sept. 19

ONLINE GLOBAL HEALTH RESOURCE

The American Medical Student Association

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) has had more than half a century of medical student activism, and is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians in training in the United States. With more than 67,000 members, the medical, premedical, and physicians of AMSA are committed to improving medical training and advancing the profession of medicine. AMSA focuses on advocating for quality, affordable health care, global health equality, enriching medicine, and development and student well being. Visit their website for more information or to join the American Medical Student Association.

This year, AMSA is offering AMSA members a discounted annual subscription to the New England Journal of Medicine ($52, including online access to NEJM.org).

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

The Department of OB/GYN is planning the second annual BLUE JEAN BALL to support the new Duke-KCMC Women's Reproductive Health Program in Moshi, Tanzania. Anyone wishing to volunteer with the planning process should contact Sumi Ariely at sumi.ariely@duke.edu.

Unite for Sight

offers volunteer opportunities in hands-on clinical programs assisting eye doctors in India, Ghana, and Honduras.

Duke Global Medical Brigades is hosting two information sessions regarding a one-week medical mission to Honduras during the summer of 2009.

Duke Engage offers general information sessions in September and October for students interested in civic engagement opportunities.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

DGHI Employment Opportunities -- Faculty

DGHI Employment Opportunities -- Non-Faculty Positions

Other Positions in Global Health
RTI is currently recruiting for several global-health positions. Visit www.rti.org/careers and search for the following Job IDs:

Global Health Product Manager (11467)
Program Director, Indoor Residual Spraying Program (11531)
Sr. HIV/AIDS Program Leader (11412)
Applied Research and Evaluation Specialist (11491)

UPCOMING EVENTS

September 10, 2008 » 2:00 - 3:30 pm

McGabren Greenberg Building, Room 2301, UNC Campus

Dr. Elizabeth Pisani, author of Wisdom of Whores

September 10, 2008 » 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Duke University (West Campus) - Sanford Institute, Rhodes Conference Room

Ten Years after Welfare: A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty

September 10-14, 2008 » 8:00 p.m.

Kenan Theatre, UNC

In the Continuum, performed by the Playmakers Repertory Company

September 10, 2008 » 7:30 p.m.

John Hope Franklin Center Room 028

Global Health Working Group Kick-off Meeting and Dinner

September 11, 2008 » 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Clipp Building - 1017

Nursing and Nursing Education in the Caribbean: Triumphs and Challenges with Hermi H. Hewitt

September 12, 2008

George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

8th Annual Global Health Mini-University.

September 12, 2008 » 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Searle Center

Distinct functions of POT1 complexes at the telomere
(Fall 2008 ITEHP Seminar Series)

September 15, 20088 » 4:00 pm

Duke Hospital Room 2003

Duke Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds: Ann Marie Kimball of University of Washington

September 15, 2008 » 7:30 pm

West Duke Room 105, Duke University Campus

Volunteer Opportunity: Duke Global Medical Brigades

September 16, 2008 » 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Sanford Institute Lobby

"Love after Loss" - Sanford Inst. of Public Policy Exhibit Opening

September 17, 2008 » 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Searle Center, Duke University

Duke CFAR Fall Scientific Retreat

September 17, 2008 » 12:15-1:05 PM

D 236, College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street

So, you want to help save the world from Bird Flu?

September 18, 2008 » 5:00 p.m.

Sanford Institute of Public Policy - The 2008 Kenan Distinguished Lecture in Ethics

Doing Good and Doing Harm: The Paradox of Humanitarian Action
Lecture in Ethics by Fiona Terry

September 21-23, 2008

Virginia Beach, VA

TB Conference: The conference brings together leaders in host and pathogen biology, epidemiology, diagnostic development and use, and in basic and clinical research

September 25, 2008 » 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building Auditorium - Room 133

Acute HIV Infection Current Trends & Future Directions for Interventions