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Greetings!
DGHI faculty and students are keeping the fieldwork blog hopping this summer. Don't forget to subscribe to the blog to follow along their journeys.
We're pleased to announce two new funding opportunities for Duke faculty:
2) The Duke Africa Initiative is offering grant funds to Duke faculty to engage in multidisciplinary research and projects related to Africa. Applications are due August 1.
Until next time,
Geelea Seaford and Everyone at DGHI
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DGHI Partners with Mahidol University to Offer Global Health Short Course in Thailand
 | | Duke has collaborated with Mahidol University on research topics like medical tourism. |
Thirty health professionals, students, policy makers and practitioners across Southeast Asia will have the opportunity to enhance their careers in a new global health short course being offered this summer at Mahidol University (MU) - a premiere university in Thailand that has a longstanding history of public health training and programs.
Recognizing that global health requires a global and collaborative approach, the innovative two-week short course in Bangkok will offer participants an intensive study of health disparities, key challenges and solutions in the 21st century. Program participants will gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of global health and explore strategies for improving health outcomes.
The short course is co-led by David Boyd, faculty director of international education at DGHI and associate professor of the practice of global health at Duke, and Araya Phonghanyudh, deputy dean for academic affairs at Mahidol University.
Duke faculty members teaching in the short course are David Boyd (DGHI), Larry Helfer (Law), Joanna (Asia) Maselko (Psychiatry), Manoj Mohanan (Public Policy) and Cecilia Oh (DGHI adjunct based in Thailand). Mahidol faculty include Kanittha Chamroonsawasdi, Suphot Denduang, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Nonglak Pancharuniti and Lawan Thanadsillapakul.
"I am excited that DGHI and Mahidol University have partnered to create this Short Course on Global Health. Mahidol is a leader in public health in Thailand and draws students from all over the world," said Boyd. "Our strengths combined with Mahidol's allows us to create an intensive short course that will provide training in global health to meet the needs of both graduate students and professionals in Thailand and other countries in the ASEAN community. I am particularly pleased that our Duke faculty will be drawn from units all over the university: global health, medicine, public policy and law."
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DGHI Launches Biostatistics Core to Support Global Health Faculty Research
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A new initiative is in full swing at the Duke Global Health Institute that integrates biostatisticians specialized in global health into all aspects of research.
With the goal of building long-lasting collaborations in global health research, biostatisticians Liz Turner and Alyssa Platt bring expertise to DGHI as part of the new DGHI Biostatistics Core. Turner and Platt are now collaborating with DGHI faculty and affiliate members across the research spectrum, from formulating the research question and developing study design to analyzing and communicating research findings.
"Research is a critical part of what we do here at the Duke Global Health Institute," said Turner. "Good research not only relies on appropriate statistical methods, but on well-designed studies that produce valid and reliable data. As biostatisticians, we are here to work with faculty members at any and all stages of their research."
"As the Institute continues to grow, as more grants are written and more research projects get under way, we hope this collaboration will be a great added benefit to our faculty," said John Bartlett, DGHI associate director for research. "We are excited to have Liz and Alyssa join our team."
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The George Institute and DGHI Train Students in China
By The George Institute
The China International Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and The George Institute for Global Health, China held a series of training sessions at the School of Public Health at Xi'an Jiaotong University as part of the 4th Annual Chronic Disease Forum the Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases and the Health Policy Roundtable.
Experts from The George Institute for Global Health and Duke University provided training to students and professionals on topics ranging from process and economic evaluations to ethics.
Lynne Messer from Duke University and the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) kicked off the training sessions by discussing the importance of process evaluations. She highlighted how process evaluations allow researchers, program developers, and other key stakeholders understand the relationship between the context of a pro  | | Duke MSc-GH student Matthew Sebranek working with a student. |
gram and whether that program is actually doing its job. Economic evaluation training was held over two days. Eric Finkelstein from Duke University Graduate Medical School Singapore covered the types of economic evaluations and how to interpret the findings of economic evaluations. Dr. Finkelstein presented real world applications and how decisions are often made based on the information gathered from these types of evaluations. |
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 What Are Poverty Statistics Missing?
New video with DGHI affiliate member Anirudh Krishna of the Sanford School of Public Policy highlights the pathways into and out of poverty.
Krishna, associate professor of public policy and political science at the Sanford School of Public Policy, leads a collaborative project involving multiple scholars and institutions in the United States, India, Kenya, Uganda and Peru.
Blue Devil of the Week: CHPIR's Kimberly Walker
By Duke Today
Name: Kimberly Walker
Position: Associate Director, Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research (CHPIR)
Years at Duke: 7 What I do at Duke: I serve as a link between staff, Human Resources and faculty. I represent the Center across the university and places outside of Duke where we have opportunities to form relationships and perform interdisciplinary work together. I also oversee several projects focusing on HIV, including one on teen pregnancy and HIV prevention. If I had $5 million, I would: Do some traveling. I'd love to take my family to many different places like Spain because I really to go to Barcelona, or Greece. I've always wanted to visit and experience different cultures. I'd also want to help family members jumpstart their dreams. My husband is really interested in opening a cigar lounge, and my sister loves to sing and she would love to make a CD and to have the opportunity to take more music lessons. |
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Global Health Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Joint Faculty Position in Global Cancer Research, Duke Cancer Institute and Duke Global Health Institute
Interviewer, SLAM DUNC, Duke Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research
Upcoming Conferences
Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, June 20-22, Brazil
2012 International AIDS Conference, July 22-27, Washington, D.C.
APHA Annual Meeting, Oct. 27-31, San Francisco, CA
Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, Beijing, China
61st Annual ASTMH Conference, Nov. 11-15, Atlanta, GA
Faculty
Duke Africa Initiative Call For Proposals - due Aug. 1
DGHI Global Cancer Research Request for Proposals - due Sept. 1
Fogarty HIV Research Training Program - due June 24/July 24
Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases & Disorders Across the Lifespan (Fogarty Award) - due Aug. 21/Sept. 21
The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award - due Aug. 31
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