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Greetings!
"Going Global" is a topic discussed in every corner of Duke University these days. Next Tuesday, Nov. 16 Pres. Brodhead and Greg Jones will host a Primetime town hall meeting on Duke's global ambitions; this month's Working at Duke includes an article about Duke's efforts toward internationalization; and Duke Magazine includes a recent article on Duke's growing presence around the world. DGHI is proud to be at the forefront of these discussions and to partner with many of Duke's schools to make this a truly global university.
DGHI is not only partnering with various schools on campus and institutions around the world, we're also partnering with neighboring campuses- UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State - for an innovative new course on One Health. Read our feature story on this new collaboration.. Geelea Seaford and Everyone at DGHI |
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Course Explores Cross-section of Human, Animal and Environmental Health
Photo by onehealthcommission.org | In an effort to inform health policy and improve global health care training and delivery and respond to student demand, an innovative new course is being offered this spring by faculty at Duke, NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill. The interdisciplinary course will explore the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health and is among the first of its kind in the United States.
The graduate-level course titled One Health (GLHLTH 371) will be taught by Duke associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases Chris Woods. It aims to be collaborative and participatory in nature, and it uniquely bridges disciplines and universities in the Triangle. The course is open to students from Duke, NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill who are enrolled in global health, public health, medicine, veterinary medicine or environmental programs.
"This course is really groundbreaking in that it brings together students from very different programs to learn about this exciting new approach to health. It will get students thinking about health in an entirely new way that encourages big-picture thinking and interdisciplinarity, and they will learn how to incorporate it into their professional lives," said Meredith Barrett, a teaching assistant for the course and a Duke doctoral student studying ecology.
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| Perkins, Medical Center Libraries Partner to Offer Global Health Resources
Photo by Duke University Libraries |
As global health gains momentum as a field of study, research and practice, Duke University's Perkins Library and Duke University Medical Center Library are working collaboratively to support the broad range of global health activities at Duke with a growing collection of high quality information resources. Faculty, researchers, staff and students have access to a wide array of electronic journals and books, global health databases such as PubMed and Web of Science, and can draw on the expertise of two global health librarians and a data/GIS specialist for help. The unique library services partnership between Perkins Library and the Medical Center Library complements DGHI's mission to work across disciplines to develop innovative solutions to global health challenges.
"The interdisciplinary nature of global health research requires knowledge and awareness of the hundreds of other resources available at Duke. That's why it's so crucial that there is a team offering library support to the Institute and those working within global health at Duke," said Megan von Isenburg, associate director for public services who serves as the liaison to Global Health and Graduate Medical Education at the Medical Center Library. "The partnership is a wonderful match to the interdisciplinary work being done at DGHI."
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| Faculty and Students: Become a member of the Global Health Council
The Duke Global Health Institute is proud to be an organizational member of the Global Health Council, the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. Our membership enables you to become an associate member of the Global Health Council at no charge. This free membership provides you with a number of benefits, detailed here.
By signing up you will be able to keep tabs on the latest events and news in global health. Add your voice to support improved global health. Sign up is quick and easy, so join today.
To register, go to this website and select "First Visit." To ensure your complimentary membership, select Duke Global Health Institute in the company drop down menu. After you provide basic information, click on "Sign up for Individual Membership" and "Activate Free Associate Membership."
Alumni: Duke Service Learning in Haiti
The Duke Alumni Association will partner with Durham-based Family Health Ministries to provide a service-learning experience in Haiti for Duke Alumni and friends in May 2011. This medical service-learning program is open to alumni and friends with both medical and non-medical backgrounds.
Kathy Walmer, Family Health Ministries' executive director and adjunct faculty member at the Duke Global Health Institute, will participate in the program. To learn more, click here.
For other ways to get involved in global health at Duke, visit DGHI's alumni page, and become a member of Duke's new global health affinity group. |
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Faculty Research
Enhancing capacity in human subject protections for Chinese research studies
John Falletta, MD |
Duke University Medical Center Institutional Review Board (IRB) Chair John Falletta has been awarded a one-year, $54,000 grant from the Fogarty International Center to develop new guidelines to ensure the safety, rights and welfare of human subjects who participate in research conducted through Peking University in China, one of DGHI's internatioanl partners. Issued under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the project aims to enhance the capacity of investigators in the People's Republic of China to meet both their national standards for protecting human research subjects and international standards so that their research data are accepted widely. The initial focus will be to develop a new IRB at the Peking University Clinical Research Institute (PUCRI), which can serve as a model for other human research review programs within Peking University and for other hospitals in China.
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Global Health Opportunities
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