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Select Global Health Positions & Internships

Posted February 4, 2010:

Summer Research Internship UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Blantyre, Malawi.

Deadline: March 1, 2010.

Technical Advisor Level II: Demographic, Health Surveys, and Evaluation. USAID/Global Health Fellows Program, Washington, D.C.

Deadline: February 22, 2010

Technical Advisor Level II: Private Sector Technical Advisor, USAID/Global Health Fellows Program. Washington, D.C.

Deadline: March 1, 2010

Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Seattle, WA.

Social/Clinical Research Assistant, UNC School of Medicine.

"The nexus of drugs, sex networks, HIV and syphilis in young African American MSM." More Information.

CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship.
Open to Medical and Veterinary Students. Deadline: February 19, 2010. More Information.

Global Health Corps Fellowships.

Several Positions available in Burundi, Rwanda, and US. Deadlines vary. More Information.

Senior Advisor, Behavior Change and Communications International Division, University Research Co, LLC. Bethesda, MD.

Program Associate, NSV Project., EngenderHealth. India.

Technical Specialist for Family Planning, Reproductive and Maternal Health, EngenderHealth. Ghana.

Assistant Professor of Global Health. University of Washington, Department of Global Health

Deadline: April 30, 2010.

Program Associate-Global Health (Data Demand and Use), Futures Group International. Chapel Hill, NC.

Posted January 26, 2010:

Regional Project Manager - HIV/AIDS. CARE, Papua New Guinea.
Deadline: February 12, 2010.

Program Manager, Women in Leadership. Oxfam International, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Deadline: February 20, 2010.

Field Coordinator, International Medical Corps (IMC), Haiti.
Deadline: February 21, 2010.

Hazard and Community Adaptation Specialist. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal.
Deadline: February 12, 2010.

Regional Outreach Coordinator, Partners In Health, Boston.

Gender and Population Post-Doctoral Fellowship, International Center for Research on Women.

Volunteer and Practicum Opportunities, Village Volunteers (in Kenya, India, Ghana, Belize, and Nepal.) More Information.

Posted January 21, 2010:

UNC Summer Fellowship Program, IntraHealth International. Chapel Hill, NC.

Deadline: February 15, 2010.

Adolescent Reproductive Health Advisor. Management Science for Health, India.

Technical and Policy Advisor/Climate Adaption Coordinator.Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), New York, NY

Monitoring and Evaluation Summer Internship. The Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER), Durham, NC and Kenya.
More Information (Word File).

Research Analyst - Global Development Program, Policy and Advocacy. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA.

Program Manager, AED Center for Nutrition. AED. Hanoi, Vietnam.
and Various Positions worldwide (click "view all positions")

Project Coordinator-KariaNet. International Development Research Center (IDRC). Cairo, Egypt.

Head of Output Based Partnerships. Marie Stopes International. London, England.
Deadline: February 2, 2010.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Specialist. Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc.
Afghanistan.

Posted January 14, 2010:

Epidemiologist. CDC, The Arboviral Diseases Branch (ADB), Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID), Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Public Health Staff Associate (India), Earth Institute, Columbia University. New York, NY.

Project Administrator, Chemonics International, Kazakhstan.
Deadline: February 1, 2010.

Project Director, Global Program Operations, Jhpiego. Zambia.

PEPFAR Project Coordinator, Medical Care Development International (MCDI). KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

MEASURE Evaluation
Long-Term M&E Consultant. Mozambique
Program Associate-Data Demand and Use. Chapel Hill, NC.

Health Economist, Developing Countries, Futures Group International, Washington, DC.

UNC Public Health Graduate Student Summer Internship, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and SEARCH, Gadricholi, India.
Deadline: January 29, 2010.

2010-2011 Population Reference Bureau Fellows Program in Population Policy Communications.

Deadline: February 4, 2010.

Data Analyst Coordinator, Ipas, Chapel Hill, NC.

Part-time Data Technician, Duke Institute for Global Health. Durham, NC.
Graduate students are eligible. More Information. (Word Doc)

ASPH/EPA Fellowship
Deadline: February 11, 2010 .

Fellowship Program, The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington, DC.

Deadline: February 15, 2010

Posted November, 2009:

Legislative and Public Affairs V olunteer Student Summer Internships. USAID.
Deadline: February 15, 2010.

Deputy Director, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children, Washington, DC.

Senior Strategic Information/Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist for HIV/AIDS, CDC, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Senior Technical Advisor, Training and Performance Systems, IntraHealth International, Chapel Hill, NC.

International Epidemiology Training Fellowship, Global AIDS Project - CDC/Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.

Consultant Cold Chain and Logistics System Strengthening Specialist, UNICEF, Dakar Regional Office, Senegal.

Monitoring and Evaluation Associate, The QED Group, LLC, Washington, DC.

Knowledge Exchange Advisor, Management Sciences for Health, Accra, Ghana.

Behavior Change Communications (BCC) Senior Advisor, Pathfinder International, Watertown, MA.

Program Coordinator, Nyaya Health, Bayalpata Hospital, Nepal.

Program Assistant, United Nations Development Programme, HDEU, Nairobi, Kenya.

Posted October, 2009:

Internship Program. Africa Action, Washington, DC.

Program Coordinator/Doula Manager. Project Concern, San Diego, California

Africa Program Associate. IPAS, Chapel Hill, NC

Internship, Global Health Council, Washington DC and White River Junction, VT.

Africa Volunteer Program, Tostan: Community-led 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

January 2010	February 2010	March 2010	April 2010	May 2010	June 2010
July 2009	August 2010	September 2010	October 2010	November 2010	December 2010

JANUARY, 2010
Currently no conferences listed for this month.

FEBRUARY, 2010

"Health and Human Rights Education in 2010", Physicians for Human Rights National Conference. February 20, 2010, Boston University School of Medicine. More Information.

"Engaging Philanthropy to Promote Women Empowerment and Gender Equality." UN Economic and Social Council. February 22, 2010, 3:00-6:00pm, New York. More Information.

31st Annual Minority Health Conference: "Building Community in the Age of Information: Fighting Health Inequality in the Modern World." February 26, 2010. The William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center, Chapel Hill, NC. More Information.

MARCH, 2010

Sixth Central American Congress on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections. March 1-5, 2010. San Jose, Costa Rica. More Information (in spanish).

Women of Color and HIV: 3rd Annual Community Forum. March 5, 2010, 8:00-2:30. Durham Marriott Convention Center, Durham, NC. More Information.

16th Annual ISHEID HIV and Emerging Infectious Disease International Symposium. March 24-26, 2010, Marseille, France. More Information.

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

19th Annual Global Health Education Consortium Conference: "Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration." April 9-11, 2010. Cuernavaca, Mexico. More Information.

7th Annual World Health Care Congress. April 12-14, 2010. Washington DC. More Information.

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. More Information.

World Vaccine Congress 2010. April 19-22, 2010, Washington, DC. More Information.

International Summit on Cervical Cancer. April 21-22, 2010, Accra, Ghana. More Information.

"Faith, Culture, and the Politics of Belonging in Africa". The South Eastern Regional Seminar on African Studies (SERSAS) and the South East Africa Network (SEAN). April 23-24, 2010 at UNC-Chapel Hill. Call for papers deadline: February, 15, 2010. 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.

Centennial Retrovirus Meeting. April 29-May 5, 2010, Prague, Czech Republic. More Information.

MAY 2010

2010 Bio International Convention. May 3-6, 2010. Chicago, IL. More Information.

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

XVIII International AIDS Conference. July 18-23, Vienna, Austria. Call for Abstracts Deadline: February 10, 2010. More Information.

AUGUST 2010
Currently no conferences listed for this month yet.

SEPTEMBER 2010
Currently no conferences listed for this month yet.

OCTOBER 2010

2010 International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement Annual Conference: "International Perspectives: Crossing Boundaries through Research." October 28-31, 2010. Call for Abstracts Deadline: March 22, 2010. More Information.

NOVEMBER 2010
APHA 138th Annual Meeting and Expo: Social Justice. November 6-10, 2010. Denver, CO. More Information.

DECEMBER 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.

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. Deadline: January 29, 2009. More Information.

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

US Scholar Grant and Funding Opportunities sponsored by International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX). Applications due February 2, 2010. More Information.

UNC Entrepreneurial Public Service Fellowships (EPS). Deadline: February 8, 2010. More Information.

UNC Graduate Phillips Ambassador. Deadline: February 11, 2010. More Information.

Curriculum Development Grant (for UNC Faculty). Deadline: February 12, 2010. More Information.

Pre-Dissertation Travel Award for UNC graduate students. Deadline: February 12, 2010. More Information.

Peacock REACH Fellowship for UNC PhD students. Deadline: February 12, 2010. More Information.

The UNC 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.

NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) Short-term Mentored Career Development Awards in the Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences for Mid-career and Senior Investigators (K18). Letter on Intent Receipt Date: January 20, 2010. Deadline: February 18, 2010. More Information.

World Bank: Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund Grants for women from developing countries.
Deadline: February 18, 2010. More Information.

UNC Global Research Institute Faculty Fellowship.
Deadline: February 22, 2010. More Information.

Ronald W. Hyatt Rotary Public Service Awards. Deadline: March 1, 2010. More Information.

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

Independent Scientist in Global Health Award (K02). Deadline: March 1, 2010. More Information.

Pre-Application for the 2010 NIDA Avant Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research (X02). Deadline: March 1, 2010. More Information.

International Research Scientist Development Award (K01) Deadline: March 1, 2010 . More Information.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation/IIE Dissertation Fellowship (Africa). Deadline: March 5, 2010. More Information.

Internship Award for UNC students. Deadline: March 19, 2010. More Information.

Competitive Revision Applications (R01, R03, R15, R21, R21/R33, and R37) for HIV/AIDS-related Research through the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet). Letter on Intent Receipt Date: February 25, 2010. Deadline: March 25, 2010. More Information.

HIV/AIDS Funds for Competitive Revision Applications (R01, R03, R15, R21, R21/R33, R37) for HIV/AIDS-related Research through the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet). Letter on Intent Receipt Date: April 7, 2010. Deadline: May 7, 2010. More Information.

Department for International Development "Tackling the Neglected Crisis of Undernutrition." Deadline: April 23, 2010. More Information.

View undergraduate and graduate funding and internship opportunities and deadlines.

Last updated February 04, 2010