NEW FORMAT - News from Duke Global Health Institute

Dhaka, Bangladesh: These women are recent graduates of BRAC's Ultrapoor program.

Weekly News and Notes
From the Duke Global Health Institute

Greetings!

Welcome to the new and improved Weekly News and Notes from the Duke Global Health Institute. With this new format we hope to make it easier for you to find the "news you can use" related to global health activities at Duke and beyond. Thus, you will find a section dedicated to education and funding specifically for students, and one dedicated to faculty grants and opportunities. (Don't miss the new DGHI Calls for Proposals.)

As always, your opinions are important to us. We also welcome your ideas on the types of information we share in this email. Send your ideas and comments to gseaford@duke.edu.

Until next week,

Geelea Seaford and Everyone at DGHI

Merson comments on Bush legacy, PEPFAR in Vanity Fair
As quoted in the February issue of Vanity Fair, "An Oral History of the Bush White House" by Cullen Murphy and Todd S. Purdum:

Look, PEPFAR is the largest commitment ever made by any nation for a global health activity that's dedicated to a single disease. I mean, that's just not disputable. It has a prevention component, a treatment component, and a care component, but treatment is the centerpiece. The last number I've seen is that this initiative has led to treatment of more than 1.7 million people, most of them in Africa. Now, that's not all the people who need treatment, but it's a huge amount. PEPFAR at least tripled our aid flow to Africa-I'm talking about total aid flow.

Michael Merson, MD
Director, Duke Global Health Institute

Click here to read the complete Vanity Fair article

News and Announcements

Michael Merson Comments on UNAIDS
Michael Merson comments on the past 11 years of UNAIDS and what lies ahead for the agency and its new leader. Read the Special Report by Pam Das and Udani Samarasekera published in the Lancet. Read More (PDF: 455kb)

Save the Date: Managing Toxic Risks for Global Health Symposium, February 20, 2009
Co-sponsored by the Duke Global Health Institute and the Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program, this one-day symposium will examine the risks of chemical exposure and provide solutions for minimizing toxicity around the globe. Encompassing three vital themes common to us all, Clean Air, Pure Water and Safe Food, each segment will include a discussion of overall issues and current efforts to reduce toxic risk. To register and view the program>>

Construction Has Begun for WISER
Construction has begun for the WISER campus and community center in Kenya! While 120 girls wait for the school to be completed, hundreds of community members are pitching in to turn a dream into reality. Sweat equity takes on a new meaning when it involves turning boulders into gravel for a foundation, using only a hammer and chisel. Read more>>

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Student Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

DGHI Summer Fieldwork and Research Grants
Deadline: March 5, 2009

Duke students are eligible to apply for up to $5,000 in fieldwork and research grants.

Biomedical Informatics Study/Research Fellowship in Brazil Deadline: March 1, 2009
The fellowship is part of a student exchange program that provides U.S. and Brazilian students with one-semester fellowships to study and conduct research in the area of biomedical informatics and is therefore concerned with the collection, storage, analysis and applications of information relating to human health and disease.

Internship Opportunity: Aging Society Program Deadline: February 23, 2009

Other Opportunities

"Where's the Cure?" Photo Campaign Deadline January 31, 2009

A photo initiative dedicated to raising awareness of the need for research.

The Global Health Council's 2009 Photo Contest

Deadline: March 2, 2009

2009 John Hope Franklin Student Documentary Awards
Deadline February 28, 2009

Essay Contest: Reforming the Nation's Health Care System
Deadline March 2, 2009

Visit our website for more student opportunities.

Faculty Opportunities

Call for Proposals

DGHI Global Aging and Population Sciences Research Deadline March 9, 2009

DGHI Global Obesity Research, Deadline March 9, 2009

DGHI Faculty Fellows. All Duke faculty are eligibile to apply. Deadline March 2, 2009

To provide Duke faculty members dedicated time to immerse in a research project related to an important global health topic. Topics should align with a DGHI Signature Research Initiative and must be interdisciplinary in scope.

Call for Proposals: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity Deadline February 24, 2009

Funding Opportunities

Informatics Training for Global Health (ITGH) (D43): Deadline: April 3, 2009

International Research in Infectious Diseases including AIDS (IRIDA) Program (R01)

Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Planning Grants, Deadline February 2, for long-term higher education partnerships between African and U.S. institutions.

Evolution of Infectious Diseases Research Grant, First Deadline February 5, to study the evolutionary principles that underlie the emergence, spread, and containment of infectious disease.

Salud America: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Deadline February 6, for research on the epidemic of obesity among Latino children.

Request for Nominations

Global Health Council: 2009 Best Practices in Global Health Award Nominations, Deadline Feb 13, 2009

Visit our website for more faculty opportunities.

January 27, 2009