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This Week in Global Health is a weekly newsletter published by the Office of Global Health in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Contact Us | More Information
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Weekly Feature
Funded Internships in India and Peru
The Office of Global Health has funded internships
for 4-5 graduate students in the Gillings School of Global Public
Health working with either the Society for Education, Action and
Research for Community Health (SEARCH) in Gadchiroli, India (2-3
students) or with the microfinance organizations Finca Peru and Freedom
From Hunger in Ayacucho, Peru (1-2 students).
More information.
Have a safe and happy holiday season and new year!
This will be the last newsletter until after the holiday break. We will resume publication on Monday, January, 4, 2010.
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Events on Campus and in the Community
Monday, December 7
"Challenges, Barriers, and Solutions: A North Carolina Latino/Hispanic Communicable Disease Update". Live Webcast. 8:30am-5:00pm, Reynolda Business Center,Winston-Salem. More Information and Registration.
Tuesday, December 8
Global Health Exchange: Elizabeth Kiboneka. "Management of Severe Malnutrition in HIV Infected Children." Dr. Kiboneka will present case studies from her work and general aspects of nutrition and HIV. 12:00-1:00pm, Trent Hall, Room 124, Duke University. More Information.
Wednesday, December 9
"Malaria and Pregnancy", Linda Kalilani-Phiri, PhD, University of Malawi College of Medicine. 3:15-4:15pm, Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium, Michael Hooker Research Center, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Sponsored by the Office of Global Health.
Thursday, December 17
Monthly TGHC Breakfast Discussion: "Validation of Clinical
Trial Results - the Clinician's vs Statistician's Interpretation of the
Thailand HIV/AIDS Vaccine Study". 7:30-8:30am, NC Biotechnology Center, RTP (Directions). Please RSVP to the Triangle Global Health Consortium by Friday, December 11.
Facilitators for the Breakfast are:
Ken Schulz, VP of Family Health International's Quantitative Sciences
Department and Author of the CONSORT Guidelines for Reporting Clinical Trials;
and Myron S. Cohen, J. Herbert Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine,
Microbiology and Immunology and Public Health at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Upcoming Spring seminars and events
Monday, January 12, 2010
Anne Goddard, President and CEO, ChildFund International. 3:15-4:15pm, Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium, Michael Hooker Research Center, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Sponsored by the Office of Global Health.
Saturday, January 17, 2010
Soweto Gospel Choir Performance. 7:30pm, Memorial Hall, UNC. For Tickets and More Information.
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Undergraduate Highlights
Center for Global Initiatives on Facebook and Twitter.
Summer Field Practicum in Public Health and Environment, Kenya
This program is a graduate-level field course open to both graduate and qualified undergraduates in public health, nursing, pre-med, medical and health sciences. This course will provide students with an international field study experience in environmental and community health in Kenya, specifically focusing on the indigenous Maasai community.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2010. Admission is not rolling - all completed applications will be reviewed after the deadline. More Information.
Freeman Indonesia Nonprofit Summer Internship Program. Internships and coursework will be arranged by IIEF in three cities: Jakarta, Bandung and Yogyakarta. All program-related costs will be covered. Open to sophomore and junior Undergraduates.
Deadline: February 15, 2010. More Information.
New Spring 2010 Course
GEOG 399: Political and Cultural Geographies of South Asia. Dr. Sara Smith. T/R 9:30 to 10:45am.
More Information.
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Announcements
Despande Foundation Sandbox Fellowship
A year-long, paid program for dynamic professionals or post-graduate school candidates. The concept allows for exchange improving and addressing the solutions that solve the developing world's most intractable challenges. Fellows work to address challenges at NGOs working in the fields of Agriculture, Livelihood, Education and Health. Deadline: January 4, 2010.
New Journal, Islamic Africa, Call for Articles
The new journal seeks to promote the scholarly interaction among Africa-based scholars and those located institutionally outside the continent. The first issue will appear in Spring 2010. Islamic Africa invites scholars to submit essays, or short pieces, notices, and reports on research in progress to be considered for publication. The material must not have been previously published, or be currently under review elsewhere. Submissions should be sent electronically in both Microsoft Word and PDF formats to: Gianna Mosser, Managing Editor, Islamic Africa, islamicafrica@northwestern.edu.
University of Oxford Global Health Summer School
July 5-9, 2010. The course is designed to introduce participants to topics central to
current global health research and to provide an understanding of the
principles, methods and practice of global health. More Information.
US Corps of Engineers - Moldova National Response Plan Workshop
Bill Gentry, Director, Certificate Programs, Health Policy and Management, has been invited by the NC National Guard to accompany two of their officers to Washington, DC, December 14 - 17, for the US Corps of Engineers - Moldova National Response Plan Workshop. He will be presenting on "State Responses to Emergencies - Interaction at the State and Local Level and How to Ask for Federal Assistance."
Call for Nominations - CDC Foundation Hero Award
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation Hero Award, established in 2005, recognizes an individual's significant contribution to improving the public's health by preventing and controlling disease, injury and disability. Nominations Deadline: March 15, 2010. More Information.
USAID's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
From November 25-December 10, USAID will join the global community in observance of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Beginning on the International Day of Eliminating Violence Against Women and ending on International Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign that advocates for greater prevention efforts to end gender-based violence (GBV). The theme of this year's campaign is Commit, Act, Demand: We CAN End Violence Against Women. More Information.
FHI-UNC Public Health Fellowship Program application now available. Fellowship program for current or prospective UNC public
health doctoral students and rising second-year residential master's students. Applications are due by 5pm, Friday, January 15, 2010 to ogh@unc.edu. More Information.
ASPH Global Health Core Competency Development Project Call for Workgroup Volunteers. Deadline: December 15, 2009. More Information. |
Conferences
Communication Policy Research South: Speaking Truth to Power, December 7-8, 2009. Negombo, Sri Lanka. More Information.
4th International Conference on Social Science Research. December 9-11, 2009. Gaylord Opryland Resort, Nashville, TN. More Information.
Global South-South Development Expo 2009. December 14-17, 2009. Washington, DC. More Information.
Fifth annual Prague International Health Sector Leadership Summit. "Population Aging and Chronic Diseases Management: Challenges for Health Reforms." April 25-27, 2010. Prague Marriott, Czech Republic. More Information.
Visit our website for a complete listing of upcoming conferences.
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Faculty Feature Acid Test: UNC Study Reveals Both Losers and Winners of CO2-Induced Ocean Acidification
As the world's seawater becomes more acidic due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, some shelled marine creatures may actually become bigger and stronger, according to a new study.
The finding, based on research by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill marine scientist Justin Ries, could have important implications for ocean food webs and the multi-billion dollar global market for shellfish and crustaceans.
Previous research has shown that ocean acidification - the term for falling pH levels in the Earth's oceans as they absorb increasing amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere - is likely to slow the growth or even dissolve the shells of such creatures.
However, the new study, published in the December issue of the journal Geology, suggests that sediment-dwelling marine organisms may exhibit a wider range of responses to CO2-induced acidification than previously thought: some may get weaker while others become stronger.
Researchers also found that creatures whose shells grew the most, such as crabs, tend to prey on those whose shells weakened the most, such as clams.
Such changes could have serious ramifications for predator and prey relationships that have evolved over hundreds of millions of years, said Ries, Ph.D., assistant professor of marine sciences in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences.
Full Story.
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Funding
Development Grants for HIV & Cancer (UNC). Deadline: December 17, 2009. More Information (word file).
UNC CFAR's Creative and Novel Ideas for HIV Research. Concept Proposals Deadline: December 22, 2009. More Information (pdf file).
USAID: Health Research Challenge for Delivery Project: Malaria Project. Deadline: December 31, 2009. More Information.
Duke Global Health Initiatives Postdoctoral Research Program- Call for Applications.
Deadline: January 11, 2009. More Information.
The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center
Student Small Grants Program. Deadline: February 14, 2010. More Information.
Gates Foundation Grand Challenges in Global Health: Point of Care Diagnostics. Deadline: February 16, 2010. More Information.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation/IIE Dissertation Fellowship (Africa). Deadline: March 5, 2010. More Information.
View additional upcoming global health research grant opportunities.
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Jobs and Internships
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Career resources at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health:
Membership in Global Health Council (FREE for UNC students and faculty!). More Information.
On page, select "First
Visit". Important:
Please be sure to select your organization (IGHID) in the company drop
down menu to ensure you receive the complimentary membership.
UNC Center for Global Initiatives: International Internship Database. |
IntraHealth International
Various opportunities worldwide.
Family Health International (FHI)
Various opportunities worldwide
MEASURE Evaluation
Various opportunities
Ipas
Data Analyst Coordinator, Chapel Hill, NC.
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health - New Global Water Institute
Graduate Research Assistant, Chapel Hill, NC. Deadline: December 12, 2009.
USAID
Summer Internship, Washington, DC. Deadline: January 22, 2010.
Duke Global Health Institute
Research Associate, Durham, NC
Program on Global Health and Technology Access, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Research Associate, Durham, NC.
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center
Faculty Position in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Moshi, Tanzania
Kaiser Family Foundation
Senior Policy Analyst - Global Health, Washington, DC
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Post-Bachelor Fellowship and Post-Graduate Fellowship, Seattle, Washington. Deadline: January 15, 2010.
International Center for Alcohol Policies
Program Coordinator, Washington, DC. Deadline: January 1, 2010.
Population Council
Fred H. Bixby Fellowship for Developing Country Nationals. Deadline: January 15, 2010.
Deshpande Foundation
Sandbox Fellowship (paid, 1-year fellowship), India. Deadline: January 4, 2010
FHI-UNC Public Health Fellowship Program.
Deadline: January 15, 2010. More Information.
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Finca Peru
UNC Public Health Graduate Student Summer Internship, Ayacucho, Peru. Deadline: January 15, 2010.
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and SEARCH
UNC Public Health Graduate Student Summer Internship, Gadricholi, India. Deadline: January 29, 2010.
View additional jobs from previous newsletters. |
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