Weekly News & Notes
from the Duke Global Health Institute
October 21, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Greetings! |
Activities
at Duke in October continue to highlight the international expansion of the
University. This newsletter not only highlights the visit of Duke President
Richard Brodhead and other leaders to India, but offers a multitude of ways for
students to get involved in international fieldwork and studies, from
participating in DukeEngage week, to applying for internship opportunities in
the Philippines with the Hubert Yeargan Center for Global Health, to the list
of summer 2009 fieldwork opportunities being offered by DGHI.
We also
announce several new funding opportunities for research and education, for
every level from undergraduate to faculty.
If you have
other information you would like to see posted in this weekly e-newsletter,
please email marsha.green@duke.edu.
| |
|
|
| NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
|
Bioengineering
Applications to Address Global Health
Sign up now
for the Nov. 6-7 conference that will bring
together biomedical engineers, healthcare professionals and representatives
from industry to address issues of technology, therapeutics, diagnostics and
drug delivery in the developing world. Non-Duke students who register before 5
pm October 23 (EST) are eligible for one night free accommodation at the
Millennium Hotel. Read more >>
Duke President
Richard Brodhead Speaks of Global Health in IndiaPresident
Richard H. Brodhead and other Duke officials traveled to New
Delhiand Mumbai on Oct. 9-16, 2008, to build upon the university's
many existing ties with India.Read
more >>
DukeEngage Week
Information
sessions, a special photography exhibit and a "show and tell" fair will
converge as part of DukeEngage Week, Oct. 20-24. Read
more >>
Duke Global Health Residency Applications for July 2009:
Deadline Extended to Nov. 1
The deadline is drawing near for the 2009 class of Duke Global Health
Residents. Information about eligibility and application is available on the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health website. Read more >>
DGHI Supports Duke Global Health Fellows Program in Geneva
DGHI
will sponsor two Duke students accepted to the Sanford Institute of Public
Policy's Global Health Fellows Program in Geneva,
"Health Policy in a Globalizing World." Applications to the program
are due November 21. Read more>>
|
| SUMMER 2009 OPPORTUNITIES
|
Engineering World
Health Accepting Applications for Summer 2009 Fieldwork
The
Duke chapter of Engineering World Health is accepting applications for
fieldwork in Tanzania, Honduras and Nicaragua for the summer of 2009.
Participants do not need to be engineers. Read more >>
Hubert-Yeargan Center (HYC) for
Global Health Internship Opportunity in Philippines
HYC
is again offering a Summer Internship Opportunity in the Philippines for a Duke student with
interest in education, global health or service. Duke undergraduates as well as
recent graduates are welcome to apply. Read more
>>
DGHI Fieldwork
Opportunities
DGHI is accepting
applications for fieldwork projects for the 08-09 academic year and summer
2009. The current list of projects includes:
- Women's
Health Initiative, Durham,
NC
- Comprehensive
Rural Health Project, Maharashtra,
India
- Care
Group, Hyderabad/Nagpur, Hyderabad/Nagpur, India
- Microfinance
Investment Fund, Multiple Countries, TBD
- Mental
Illness Education and Community Awareness Program, Moshi, Tanzania
- Wake
County Human Service, Raleigh,
NC
- Carolina
for Kibera (CFK), Nairobi,
Kenya
Application
instructions available on the DGHI website.
|
IN THE NEWS |
|
Dr. Dennis
Clements (DGHI Member) is quoted in this article from the Barbados Daily
Observer about cardiovascular and chronic diseases in the Caribbean.
Read
Online (PDF 1.7 MB)
Duke's
investment in global health is mentioned in this article from the San Francisco
Business Times: "UC system prepares to advance in global
health." Read
Online
|
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
|
NEW: Funding
Opportunity: Neuroimaging in Obesity Research (R01): Deadline: March 18, 2009
NEW: Applications
Invited for Brookdale Leadership in Aging Fellowship Program: Deadline:
November 6, 2008
NEW: L'Oreal
USA Announces Call for Applications for Women in Science Fellowship Program:
Deadline: Oct 31, 2008
NEW: Duke
University Graduate School International Fellowship and Research Travel Awards:
Deadline, Nov. 3, 2008
NEW: Duke
University Center for International Studies Summer Overseas Travel Research
Awards for Undergraduates: Deadline March 2
NEW: National
Science Foundation International Research Fellowship Program: Deadline
September 2009
Other
approaching deadlines:
amfAR Request for Proposals to support MSM Initiative in
Africa:
Deadline October 29, 2008
HIV Research Trust Scholarship for researchers in resource-poor
countries:
Deadline: October 31, 2008
W.M. Keck Foundation - Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical
Research:
Duke Deadline October 31, 2008
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate
Fellowship Program:
Deadline November 1, 2008
Gates Grand Challenges Explorations Round Two Applications
Accepted Sept 2 - Nov 2, 2008
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program:
Application Deadline Nov. 14, 2008
NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows (ICRF)
Program:
Deadline: Dec. 5 2008
|
| CALLS FOR ABSTRACTS & PROPOSALS |
|
|
| UPCOMING EVENTS |
October 21,
2008 » 4:30 p.m.
Rhodes conference room, the Terry Sanford Institute
Discussion
of the new book Philanthropcapitalism
October 21,
2008 » 5:30 p.m.
UNC Chapel Hill Health Sciences
Library: 5th Floor Conference Room, Room 527
DUKE/UNC
Collaborative Speaker Series: "Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic
of 1775-82 "
October 22,
2008 » 11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Tate Turner
Kuralt School of Social Work, Room
136, UNC Campus
Intersection
of Local/Global Health Initiatives: Public Policy as a Tool for Eliminating
Inequalities -- Kate Whetten
October 22,
2008 » 12:00 pm
2204 Medical
Biomolecular Research
Building, UNC-Chapel Hill Campus
Duke
School of Medicine: Annual Merrimon Lecture "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The
Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks"
October 23,
2008 » 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
UNC Gillings
School of Global Public
Health, McGavran-Greenberg Room 1301
Jane
Roberts, Founder of 34 Million Friends of the UNFPA
October 24,
2008 » 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Searle Center
Quantitative
health risk assessment of tobacco products (Fall 2008 ITEHP Seminar Series)
October 28,
2008 » 5:00 - 6:15 p.m.
John Hope
Franklin Center, Room 240
Trent
Center Colloquium Series: The Challenge of Unrealistic Optimism in Early Phase
Oncology Trials
October 29,
2008 » Noon - 1:00 pm
Duke Hospital Room 2002
Humanities
in Medicine Lecture Series: "The Moral Brain: Healthy and
Pathological" by Jesse Prinz, PhD
October 29, 2008 » 4:30 - 6:00 pm
John Hope
Franklin Center, Room 240, 2204 Erwin Road.
Free parking is available across the street in the Pickens Lot.
University Seminar on Global Health: Katia
Koelle, Duke Dept. of Biology and Alun Lloyd, NCSU Dept. of Biomathematics
Topic: Addressing Dengue
November 3,
2008 » 3:00 pm
John Hope
Franklin Center, Room 240, 2204 Erwin Road.
Free parking is available across the street in the Pickens Lot
University Seminar on Global Health: Ellen
Piwoz, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation:"Undernutrition: a Neglected Global
Health Priority
November 6-7,
2008
Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
Conference:
Bioengineering Applications to Address Global Health
|
| UPCOMING CONFERENCES
|
October 25 - 29, 2008
San Diego, CA
APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition: At this Public Health
Educational Forum, learn from the experts in the field, hear about cutting edge
research and exceptional best practices, discover the latest public health
products and services, and share your public health experience with your peers.
November 5-6, 2008
UNC Chapel Hill, NC
Sustainable and Safe Drinking Water in Developing and Developed
Countries: Where Science Meets Policy: This conference will discuss up to
date information about water resources world wide and show what can be done to
help solve the pressing challenges of providing a sustained supply of safe
drinking water to the world's population.
November 5-8, 2008
Hotel Nacional - Havana, Cuba
Medical Education for the 21st Century - Teaching for Health
Equity: This conference will bring together health professional and
researchers in the fields of medical and health sciences, education, public
health, and social sciences to exchange thoughts on education.
December 1-5, 2008
Merida, Mexico
International EcoHealth Forum 2008: This forum will promote
research, theory and practice internationally to consolidate the growing
community of researchers, policy-makers, and civil society representatives.
View all upcoming national and international
conferences here..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
