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

Weekly News and Notes
From the Duke Global Health Institute
 
Greetings!
 
DGHI is proud to highlight the research, training and service activities of its Members. This week we bring you new research led by DGHI Member Chris Woods on how to detect the symptoms of the common cold before it strikes. Also this week, don't miss two events featuring DGHI Members, Anthony So on April 15 at 4:30 pm, and Jen'nan Read on April 16 at noon.   
 
There are many other global health events over the coming weeks.  I hope you'll make plans to attend one or all of them.
 
Until Next Week,
Geelea Seaford and Everyone at DGHI 
DGHI Member News
 
Catching a Cold: IGSP-led effort aims to predict common illness before symptoms strikeChristopher Woods, MD
 
Reprinted from the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Genome Life Issue 33 March/April 2009.  Article features research conducted by DGHI Member Christopher Woods. 
 
 
When most of us get sick, we can simply call off work for the day, or even two. But for others that's
not quite so easy - take, for example, soldiers out on
military operations that depend on each member of
the team to perform at their peak. There's no time for
a soldier to take a break for the common cold or flu,
and certainly no time for an epidemic of illness to
take hold and spread throughout the group....  Read full article
News and Announcements

  

Employment Opportunity

Duke Global Health Institute:  Publication Specialist/Writer
Read the description online and go to Duke HR to apply. Deadline to apply is April 17, 2009.

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Student Opportunities
 

New Fall 2009 course on refugees featuring human rights leader Fiona Terry
 
GLHLTH 280S.02/ ETHICS 280S (Ethics)
Special Topics
Refugees: Global Health and Ethics
Instructor:  Visiting Scholar Fiona Terry
This seminar examines the ethical and global health challenges posed by refugees and internally displaced persons in the contemporary era. 
 

Campus Involvement

See! the World: Uniting Study Abroad and Service Learning


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Faculty Opportunities

Funding
April 14, 2009
Moshi, Tanzania: Boys in remote Maasai village
In This Issue
DGHI Member News: Christopher Woods, MD
News and Announcements
Student Opportunities
Faculty Opportunities
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
 
April 15 » 4:30 PM
Rubenstein Hall, Room 200   Dr. Anthony So
Rethinking the Paradigm of Global Health Philanthropy: Innovation + Access
 
April 16 » 12-1 PM
Erwin Mill Building, Room A103, 2024 W. Main Street

Doubly Disenfranchised? How Race and Religion Shape Muslim American Politics by Jen'nan Read

 
April 16» 5:30-7 PM
Mary Lou Williams Center

Beyond Good Intentions: What really works in international aid?

 
April 16 » 8:30-9:30 AM
Room 143 Jones Building

Dr. Galit Alter
NK Cells: Friends or Foes?

 
April 17» 4:30-6 PM
Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center

African Ubuntu and South African Constitutionalism: Constructing a New Legal Culture

 
April 18 » 11 AM
Duke Campus

Nourish International Duke Durham Ben & Jerry's Memorial Global Poverty Awareness Pro-Am Ice Cream FUN RUN Race

 
April 20 » 5:30-7 PM  North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 15 T.W. Alexander Drive

One Health Intellectual Exchange Group
Climate and Disease

 
April 22 » 4 PM
International House, 2022 Campus Drive,

Global Intentions Local Results: How Colleges Can Create International Communities

 
April 23» 4:30-6 PM
Duke School of Nursing, Room 1014, 307 Trent Dr
University Seminar on Global Health
Peter Piot, former Executive Director, UNAIDS
The Transformational Nature of the AIDS Response

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