Weekly News & Notes
from the Duke Global Health Institute
September 23, 2008
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| Greetings! |
Mark your calendars - the next few weeks have plenty of opportunities for learning about global health issues. The Universities Allied for Essential Medicine are hosting a Duke-UNC expert panel discussion on the issue of making university innovations available in developing countries on September 29. On October 2, Stephen Lewis, of AIDS-Free World, will be giving the University Seminar in Global Health, speaking on the burden of HIV on women and children in Africa. On October 1 and 2, the Duke community has the opportunity to hear Ezekiel Emanuel, chair of the Department of Bioethics at The Clinical Center of the NIH and others speak at the 2008 Boyarsky Lecture & Symposium about reforming the health care system in the U.S.
We also bring your attention to a paper to be published in tomorrow's issue of JAMA, co-authored by DGHI member John Crump and Johns Hopkins physician and ethicist Jeremy Sugarman. They address the need for guidelines to address the ethical challenges inherent in short-term global health training and volunteer programs.
As always, this newsletter also offers information on funding opportunities for research and education in global health, opportunities for service, and a calendar of other global health events. If you have information you would like posted in this newsletter, please email Marsha Green at marsha.green@duke.edu. | |
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| NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
2008 Boyarsky Lecture & Symposium on Health Care Reform
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Chair of the Department of Bioethics and the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health, examines the challenges of health care reform and proposes his own solution in this year's Boyarsky lecture and symposium on October 1 and 2. Read more>>
Ethical Considerations for Global Health Volunteer and Trainee Programs
John Crump (DGHI site director in Moshi, TZ) and Jeremy Sugarman, (of Johns Hopkins) have written a commentary in the September 24 issue of JAMA about the need for ethical guidelines for short-term global health training and volunteer programs. Read more >>>
Advancing Global Health: Making University Innovations Available in Developing Countries
Join Universities Allied for Essential Medicines on September 29 for a collaborative UNC-Duke expert panel discussion about how university innovations and technologies should be managed and traded. Speakers include Dr. Myron Cohen (UNC), Dr. Michael Merson (Duke), Dr. Anthony So (Duke), Dr. Robert Cook-Deegan (Duke), Mark Crowell (UNC), Dr. Robert Johnston (Duke), and Dr. Rose Ritts (Duke). Read more>>
WISERweek at Duke to include Stephen Lewis talk
The second annual WISERweek to raise money for scholarships to the WISER boarding school for girls in Muhuru Bay, Kenya, will be September 29 through October 3. The University Seminar in Global Health lecture by Stephen Lewis is just one of the many activities planned. Read more>>
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| RESEARCH & EDUCATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
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NEW: American Federation for Aging Research Invites Applications for Research Grants: Deadline: December 16, 2008
The American Federation for Aging Research is accepting applications for approximately fifteen grants of $75,000 each. The major goal of the program is to assist in the development of the careers of junior investigators committed to pursuing careers in the field of aging research.
NEW: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program: Application Deadline Nov. 14, 2008
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation's most comprehensive experience at the nexus of health science, policy, and politics in Washington D.C. The fellowship is an outstanding opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and health care policy.
Grant applications sought from applicant organizations to develop theoretically grounded approaches to prevention of HIV infection and transmission that incorporate biobehavioral approaches in studies that are culturally appropriate.
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship will select four medical students to spend three months working as fellows at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambarene, Gabon on clinical rotations.
Other approaching deadlines:
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
Collaborative Studies on HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa.
Deadline Oct. 16, 2008
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.
Duke-Durham Partnered Approaches to Health Problems in Durham County:
Deadline Nov. 7, 2008
Visit our website for our full list of funding opportunities for Global Health Research or Education. |
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| CALLS FOR ABSTRACTS & PROPOSALS |
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| ONLINE GLOBAL HEALTH RESOURCE |
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This website brings together students to assist in finding short-term medical mission trips. There is information on elective rotations, specialty training, and non-medical trips. This is a great resource for medical students that do not have the time to commit to a long-term trip.
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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES |
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NEW: Clinical Volunteer Opportunities in Liberia
Duke has been contacted by the Liberian Organization of the Piedmont regarding the acute need for medical volunteers to serve in Liberia. The immediate need is for physicians, dentists, and other health care personnel to provide care for at least one month in the central medical clinic in the capital city.
NEW:Medical Missionaries Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship in Global Health: Application Deadline September 29.
The Medical Missionaries Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship offers two recent college graduates the opportunity to gain experience in health care delivery in Haiti. This year's fellows, Nick Cuneo and Rita Baumgartner, are 2008 Duke graduates. The deadline for the preliminary application is September 29.
Other 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.
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| JOB OPPORTUNITIES |
DGHI Employment Opportunities - Faculty
Duke Global Health Institute Non-Faculty Positions
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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
September 25, 2008 » 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sanford Institute Fleishman Commons
"The Moral Imperative to Enhance Human Beings" - Sanford Inst. of Public Policy
September 25-28, 2008
The Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda
Uganda AIDS Conference
September 26, 2008 11:00 a.m.Michael Hooker Research Center, UNC Celebrate the renaming of the UNC School of Public Health
September 26, 2008 » 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Searle Center
The Toxico-Legal Interface: Use of Toxicological Science in Regulation and Litigation
(Fall 2008 ITEHP Seminar Series)
September 29, 2008 » 9:00 - 10:00 am
LSRC, Room A158, Duke Campus
"Evidence-based policies for global environmental health risks" by Majid Ezzati
September 29, 2008 » 7:30p m - 9:00 pm
Love Auditorium, LSRC, Duke West Campus
UNC-Duke Panel Discussion: Advancing Global Health: Making University Innovations Available in Developing Countries
October 1 - 2, 2008
Duke University
2008 Boyarsky Lecture & Symposium on Health Care Reform
October 1, 2008 » 12:15 - 1:05 PM
NC Statue University Room D - 236, College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street
NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine POPMed Forum: Meeting Emerging Challenges--Global Health at Duke
October 2, 2008 » 6:30 pm
Fleishman Commons, Sanford Institute of Public Policy - University Seminar on Global Health:
Stephen Lewis, AIDS-FREE WORLD
Topic: Burden of HIV on Girls & Women in Africa
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