Global health opportunities

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Global health opportunities

Select Global Health Positions
Upcoming Global Health Conferences and Calls for Abstracts
Global Health Research Funding Opportunities

Select Global Health Positions & Internships

Senior Technical Advisor, Training and Performance Systems, IntraHealth International, Chapel Hill, NC. (Posted November 19, 2009)

Advisor, Health Information and Analysis, Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO). (Posted November 19, 2009)
Deadline: December 22, 2009.

International Epidemiology Training Fellowship, Global AIDS Project - CDC/Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. (Posted November 19, 2009)

Community-based Family Planning Technical Advisor, USAID Global Health Fellows Program, Washington, DC. (Posted November 19, 2009)
Deadline: December 1, 2009

Post-Doc Fellows Program, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY. (Posted November 19, 2009)
Deadline: December 1, 2009.

(Water and Sanitation) Behavior Change Communication Technical Advisor, Population Services International, Liberia. (Posted November 19, 2009)

HIV Program Coordinator, American Refugee Committee - International, Uganda. (Posted November 19, 2009)

Policy Associate, IPAS, Chapel Hill, NC. (Posted November 19, 2009)

International Health Group Associate, Chemonics International, Washington, DC. (Posted November 19, 2009)
Deadline: November 23, 2009

Senior Technical Advisor for Hygiene, Communication and Behavior Change, University Research Co. (URC), Liberia. (Posted November 13, 2009)
Deadline: November 24, 2009.

Consultant Cold Chain and Logistics System Strengthening Specialist, UNICEF, Dakar Regional Office, Senegal. (Posted November 13, 2009)

Monitoring and Evaluation Associate, The QED Group, LLC, Washington, DC. (Posted November 13, 2009)

Community Engagement Director, The International Partnership for Microbicides, South Africa. (Posted November 13, 2009)

Knowledge Exchange Advisor, Management Sciences for Health, Accra, Ghana. (Posted November 13, 2009)

Technical Writer/Communications Coordinator, Global Campaign for Microbicides, PATH, Washington, DC. (Posted November 13, 2009)

Behavior Change Communications (BCC) Senior Advisor, Pathfinder International, Watertown, MA. (Posted November 13, 2009)

Program Analyst (Evaluation), Peace Corps, Washington, DC. (Posted November 6, 2009)

Program Coordinator, Nyaya Health, Bayalpata Hospital, Nepal. (Posted November 6, 2009)

Summer Internship, USAID, Jakarta, Indonesia. (Posted November 6, 2009)
Deadline: February 1, 2010.

Program Manager, Center for Health Information, Monitoring, and Evaluation (CHIME), John Snow, Inc., Rosslyn, VA. (Posted November 6, 2009)
Deadline: November 20, 2009.

Internship with Together for Health Project, John Snow, Inc., Kiev, Ukraine. (Posted November 6, 2009)

Program Assistant, United Nations Development Programme, HDEU, Nairobi, Kenya. (Posted November 6, 2009)

Project Director, IntraHealth International, Kigali, Rwanda (Posted October 29, 2009)

Senior Gender Equality Advisor, IntraHealth International, Chapel Hill, NC (Posted October 29, 2009)

Behavior Change Communications Senior Advisor, Pathfinder International, Washington DC.(Posted October 29, 2009)

Technical Writer/Communications Coordinator, Global Campaign for Microbicides, PATH, Washington, DC. (Posted October 29, 2009)

Program Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation Support Team, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland. (Posted October 29, 2009)

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Demography & Population Studies Program, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. (Posted October 29, 2009)
Deadline: November 16, 2009.

Education Project Coordinator, Duke Global Health Initiative, Durham, NC. (Posted October 29, 2009)

Project Specialist, University of Southern California Global Health, Los Angeles, CA. (Posted October 29, 2009)

Young Leader of Social Change Fellowship. Unite for Sight, New Haven, CT (Posted October 20, 2009)

Associate Director, ROADS Project. Family Health International (FHI), Tanzania. (Posted October 19, 2009)

Deputy Regional Director for Management Quality. Catholic Relief Services, Guatemala (Posted October 19, 2009)

International Development Fellows Program. Catholic Relief Services. (Posted October 19, 2009)
Deadline: December 1, 2009

Health Policy Fellowship. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Washington, DC. (Posted October 19, 2009)
Deadline: November 13, 2009

Internship Program. Africa Action, Washington, DC (Posted October 19, 2009)

Nutrition Program Manager.Clinton Foundation, Lima, Peru (Posted October 19, 2009)

Epidemiologist. World Health Organization (WHO), Lyons, France. (Posted October 19, 2009)
Deadline: November 6, 2009.

Program Coordinator/Doula Manager. Project Concern, San Diego, California (Posted October 19, 2009)

Africa Program Associate. IPAS, Chapel Hill, NC (Posted October 19, 2009)

Project Manager - Rwanda. EngenderHealth. (Posted October 15, 2009)

Internship, Global Health Council, Washington DC and White River Junction, VT. (Posted October 15, 2009)

Global Health Operations Manager. Drew CARES International, California. (Posted October 15, 2009)

Project Director, Partnership for Maternal and Neonatal Health, HealthRight International. Nepal. (Posted October 15, 2009)

Senior Technical Advisor, IntraHealth International. Chapel Hill, NC. (Posted October 15, 2009).More Information (PDF File)

Senior Program Manager, IntraHealth International. Chapel Hill, NC. (Posted October 15, 2009).
More Information (PDF File)

Program Specialist, IntraHealth International. Chapel Hill, NC. (Posted October 15, 2009).
More Information (PDF File)

Africa Volunteer Program, Tostan: Community-led Development. (Posted October 8, 2009)

Project Coordinator, Global Health Policy Team. Center for Global Development, Washington, DC. (Posted October 8, 2009)

International Organizer. Corporate Accountability International, Washington, DC. (Posted October 8, 2009)

Vice President of Philanthropic Development. Global Fund for Women, San Francisco, CA. (Posted October 8, 2009)

Albert Schweitzer Fellowship for Medical Students and Public Health Students, Lambar�n�, Gabon. Deadline: December 15, 2009. (Posted October 6, 2009)

Infectious Disease Advisor, Kenan Institute Asia, Bangkok, Thailand (Posted September 28, 2009)

Research Fellowships, Center for Global Development

Internships. Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), Washington, DC

Global Health Fellowship Program, USAID

Several positions available year round. More Information.

Additional Resources

ASPH PublicHealth Job Net Public health job database sponsored by the Association of Schools of Public Health. Includes opportunities for internships and volunteering.
Idealist.org is a good resource for jobs internships. You can set up daily searches which will send you an email with new jobs and opportunities.
Any student enrolled in a degree-seeking program in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is eligible to become an "Associate Professional Member" of the Global Health Council at no charge. Memberships includes: access to the GHC jobs database, weekly global health news updates, discounts to the annual conference, and support from and networking opportunities within the national University Coalitions for Global Health Resource Group.

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Select Upcoming Global Health Conferences and Call for Proposals

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NOVEMBER, 2009

Mosquito Biology and Biotechnology Conference. November 23-24, 2009, Durham, NC. More Information.

Public Health Impacts of Reducing Greenhouse Emission Gases. November 25, 2009. Washington, DC. More Information.

DECEMBER, 2009

CFAR 11th Annual HIV/AIDS Symposium. December 1, 2009. Room 136, Tate-Turner Kuralt Building, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC. More Information.

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.

JANUARY, 2010
Currently no conferences listed for this month yet.

FEBRUARY, 2010
Currently no conferences listed for this month yet.

MARCH, 2010
National Hispanic Medical Association 14th Annual Conference, March 25-28, 2010. "Health Care Transformation to Expand Prevention and Health Promotion for Hispanic Communities." More Information.

APRIL 2010
The Unite For Sight Global Health & Innovation 2010 Conference, April 17-18, 2010. Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut. Registration and Call for Abstracts.

The Geneva Health Forum: Globalization, Crisis and Health Systems-Confronting Regional Perspectives. April 19-21, 2010, Geneva Switzerland. Abstract Deadline: October 30, 2009. More Information.

University of California-San Diego 17th Annual International HIV Dynamics and Evolution Conference. April 25 - 28, 2010. Monterey, CA. Abstract Deadline: January 15, 2010. More Information.

12th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies (ICMAOI). April 26-27, 2010. National Institutes of Health, Besthesda, MD. More Information.

MAY 2010
INMED, Exploring Medical Missions Conference: "Serving the Forgotten." May 21-22, 2010. University of Missouri - Kansas City. More Information.

JUNE 2010
International Medicine Intensive Course, INMED - Institute for International Medicine. June 7-18, 2010. University of Missouri - Kansas City. More Information.

Global Health Council 2010 Conference: Global Health Goals and Metrics. June 14-18, 2010. Washington, DC. More Information.

World Conference on Disaster Management. June 20-23, 2010, Toronto Canada. Call for Presentations Deadline: December 6, 2009. More Information.

JULY 2010
Currently no conferences listed for this month yet.

AUGUST 2010
Currently no conferences listed for this month yet.

SEPTEMBER 2010
Currently no conferences listed for this month yet.

View a complete listing of upcoming Global Health conferences from the Global Health Council.

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Select Global Health Research Funding Opportunities

Developing Global Scientists and Engineers (International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) and Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP)). Multiple Deadlines. More Information.

CDC 2 year Postgraduate Competency-based Training Program. Furthers knowledge of public health informatics, systematic application of information and computer science, research, and learning. Fellows are also given the opportunity to lead one or more major projects during their fellowship. More information.

National Institutes of Health. Provides grant/fellowship opportunities for recent doctoral degree recipients (1200 laboratories available). More Information.

Fogarty International Center Directory of Grants and Fellowships in Global Health. Provides grant/fellowship listings for doctoral/graduate and post-doctoral students, health professionals, faculty and institutions. More Information.

NIH extramural Loan Repayment Program (LRP). Deadline: December 1, 2009. More Information.

Kellogg Health Scholars Program. Postdoctoral research opportunities. Deadline: December 2, 2009. More Information.

Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program. Open to advanced standing students in medicine, public health, osteopathy, dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, optometry, nutrition and pharmacy. Deadline: December 3, 2009. More Information.

Gillings Dissertation Award. Deadline: December 16, 2009. More Information.

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: Deadline 22, 2009. More Information (pdf file).

Global Research Initiative Program, Basic/Biomedical Sciences (R01). Deadline: December 18, 2009. More Information.

American Institute for Maghrib Studies Research Grants. Deadline: December 31, 2009. More Information.

NEWAID Foundation: Grants for Graduate Students to study neglected infectious diseases. Deadline: January 31, 2009. More Information.

NCHS/Academy Health Health Policy Fellowship. Hyattsville, MD. Deadline: January 4, 2010. More Information.

WARA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. Awardees will conduct research for a 2 to 3 month period during summer 2010 to 1) prepare a doctoral research proposal; or 2) carry out research related to the completion of another terminal degree program (e.g. MPH). Deadline: January 10, 2010. More Information.

UNC Entrepreneurial Public Service Fellowships (EPS). Deadline: February 8, 2009. More Information.

Benjamin H. Kean Traveling Fellowship in Tropical Medicine. Deadline: March 2010. More Information.

View undergraduate and graduate funding and internship opportunities and deadlines.

Last updated November 23, 2009