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Greetings!
As the Fall 2010 semester gets under way, we're pleased to bring you a new and improved DGHI News and Notes. The new format is intended to provide a fresh appearance while making it easier for you to navigate through the global health headlines. The "Read More" buttons provide easy access to the DGHI website for "the rest of the story."
Until next week,
Geelea Seaford and Everyone at DGHI
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| Winter Forum Pandemic 2011 is coming - Apply today!
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Winter Forum is a two-day event (January 9-11, 2011) that brings together 100 Duke undergraduates from around campus- with a special emphasis on international and engineering students and athletes - to explore a topic in-depth and from multiple disciplinary perspectives. During PANDEMIC 2011, students will explore how diseases spread, how and when vaccines are developed, the ethics of who receives treatment, how governments prepare and respond, and the role of the media in disseminating information during a crisis. This event is designed to appeal and be relevant to students in any program and department.
For details and application, visit the official Winter Forum webpage by the Office of Undergraduate Education. Application deadline is Sept 17. 100 students will be selected to participate. Students participating will receive a notation on their transcript.
Are you ready? Watch the video above featuring fellow Duke students, and click "read more" to see another video
featuring Winter Forum 2011 Faculty Director David Boyd.
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| MSc-GH Attracts International Students, Health Care Professionals
With childhood memories of the rapid spread of disease in his home country of Uganda, Edgar Asiimwe's early exposure to global health motivated him to improve health in his country. This fall, he is one of 21 students who make up the second cohort of DGHI's Master of Science in Global Health (MSc-GH) program, which has gained wide appeal around the globe with students from Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, India, Singapore and the United States.
"I remember not only having to queue up at the local dispensary during a bout of malaria, but also the numerous admonishing ads about the killer HIV/AIDS as well as the cholera epidemic of 1997.These unfortunate events were some of the motivating factors that piqued my interest in global health," said Asiimwe, who is interested in studying the epidemiology of infectious disease. "I am confident the MSc-GH will equip me with the desired skills to achieve my long-term goal of improving the health system in Uganda."
The Duke MSc-GH is among the first interdisciplinary, university-wide graduate programs in global health in the US, with faculty members and students that span the fields of sociology, medicine, microbiology, public policy, economics, environmental health and more. Aligning with Duke's initiative to expand its presence globally, DGHI has been able to bring together all corners of campus to study global health issues in underserved communities around the world.
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| New Global Health Courses Still Available This Fall
 The field of global health has grown dramatically in scope and size in the past decade. This growth in size and importance has brought with it tremendous opportunity for the next generation of global health leaders to understand the complex causes of health inequities and be able to respond to these challenges from a multi-disciplinary perspective. DGHI partners with many schools and departments across campus to bring students relevant, new courses each semester; here are a few highlights for Fall 2010.
Michael Miller, Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health
Giovanna Merli, Associate Professor of Public Policy
Marc Jeuland, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Global Health
Adedoyin Soyibo, Distinguished Visiting Professor in African and American Studies
Adedoyin Soyibo, Distinguished Visiting Professor in African and American Studies
Drop/Add ends Friday, September 10. For a complete listing of global health courses, click here. DGHI also offers global health independent studies each semester, and the option of graduating with distinction.
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Jen'nan Read | Faculty Research
Gender and Health Inequality
DGHI member and sociologist Jen'nan Read authored an article in The Annual Review of Sociology, which synthesizes gender differences in U.S. health and systematicallyexamines the attention that gender has received in the sociological literature on health disparities over the past three decades. Its goal is to map where we have been in order to identify new directions for sociological research. Co-author Bridget Gorman of Rice University.
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Global Health Opportunities
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