[Ghrcmail] Global Health Resource Center mail: May 30, 2006

[Daren Wade]

May 30th, 2006

Global Health Resource Center Mail

 

Newsletter Layout

-Events

-Job/Internship Announcements 

-General Announcements 

 

Events:

1.) May 31st, 2006: UW/GTTL Annual Conference 5/31/06- Global Energy Issues  

2.) May 31st, 2006: ANTI-APARTHEID COMBATANT TURNED PEACE ACTIVIST Yazir Henri to address Seattle community

3.) June 1st, 2006: Doctors Without Borders Recruitment Evening in Salt Lake City  

4.) June 10th, 2006: Ballard Art Walk

5.) June 15th, 2006: Silent Auction to Benefit Haitian Health Allies: TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!

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1.) May 31st, 2006: UW/GTTL Annual Conference 5/31/06- Global Energy Issues  

 

The topic for this year's annual conference is Global Energy Supplies: Scarcity, Dependency, Alternatives, and the Challenges for International Commerce. This is a timely topic, and should be a very interesting event.

The conference will be held on the UW campus in Kane Hall's Walker-Ames room on May 31st from 2:30 until 5:30, with reception. We will send out a more detailed invitation closer to the conference date. There is no attendance fee.

Thank you for your interest and support, and as always, please pardon any double-postings. We appreciate your help in spreading the word.

 

Greg Shelton, Director 
Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies (GTTL) 
313 Loew Hall, Box  352193 
University of Washington 
Seattle, Washington 98195-2193 
(206) 616-5778 
Web Address: http://depts.washington.edu/gttl/ 

 

 

2.) May 31st, 2006: ANTI-APARTHEID COMBATANT TURNED PEACE ACTIVIST Yazir Henri to address Seattle community

Anti-apartheid combatant turned peace activist and scholar, Yazir Henri will address the questions: how does one make the decision to take up arms in a political struggle?  And, once the armed struggle has ended, how does one forge a peaceful life among former enemies?  



WHO: Yazir Henri

WHEN:   7:00 pm, Wednesday, May 31

WHERE: Kane Hall, Room 210, University of Washington, Seattle



This lecture is FREE and open to the public. It is part of the Veterans of Inter-communal Violence seminar series, sponsored by the Clowes Center for Conflict and Dialogue Studies and the Comparative History of Ideas Program at the University of Washington. 



DETAILS:

Yazir Henri is the co-founder and director of the Direct Action Centre for Peace and Memory in Cape Town, South Africa. Since 1997, the centre has worked with former combatants, torture survivors and political prisoners. Henri joined Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Conference at age 16, when the apartheid government still held power over South Africa.  He received military training in Angola and the Soviet Union, and returned to South Africa as an MK officer, only to be imprisoned for terrorism and treason.  Henri emerged from the hands of the police, and from an ambivalent testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to re-define himself as a poet, writer and peace activist. 



SERIES AND SPONSOR INFORMATION:

The Clowes Center was formed in 2004 in order to provide a forum within which students, faculty and members of our communities (both local and international) can develop projects, programs, events and research that explore specific efforts to create and sustain dialogue across social and political, and national boundaries.



This seminar will be the first in the Veterans of Inter-communal Violence series, sponsored by the Clowes Center.  These seminars will illustrate different ways that groups come to adopt violent means for change, and different ways that such people can transform their worlds towards peaceful ends.



For more information, or to schedule an interview with Mr. Henri, please contact Theron Stevenson at 206-427-2212 or at theron at u.washington.edu.

 

 

3.) June 1st, 2006: Doctors Without Borders Recruitment Evening in Salt Lake City


Put Your Ideals into Practice: Dr. Christopher Reveley in Liberia.  Please join Doctors Without Borders' aid worker, Dr. Christopher Reveley, as he shares his recent experience working as an anesthesiologist in war-torn Monrovia, Liberia. After Dr. Reveley's presentation, aid worker Molly Sweeney, RN and recruiter for the organization will be on hand to answer questions about getting involved with Doctors Without Borders'
medical humanitarian work.



RSVP (212) 847-3151 - for more information visit, www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Mary Vonckx
Public Education Assistant
Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres
333 Seventh Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001
ph: 212-763-5705
fax: 212-679-7016

 

 

4.) June 10th, 2006: Ballard Art Walk

Time:   6:00 - 9:00 PM

Location: Artwalk ~ Downtown Ballard
PATH photography ~ Brazillis, 5404 22nd Ave

Cost: Free and open to the public

Photography from PATH staff member, Mike Wang's trip to Bolivia will be available for viewing and purchase at Brazillis boutique.

Artist Statement:

The Bolivia Project took place under the aegis of PATH. Dr. Matthew Steele, an anthropologist with PATH, requested that I join his team investigating the progress of a new rapid-result test for Chlamydia, in rural and urban clinics. My role in the investigation was to visually capture the importance of reproductive health in a developing nation.

During our time in Bolivia, we traveled to diverse areas interviewing and photographing those truly impacted by our work at PATH. From the doctors and nurses at the clinics to the women and children they serve, I saw a nation replete with laughter, work, illness, the boredom of long stays in waiting rooms, and the excitement of an election day.

One day I took photographs of twelve children in a tiny, unfurnished house. Amidst their shyness and high spirits I found the culmination of all my photographic experience. All I knew of people, of light, of expression and composition was applied to a new place and purpose. All along it had been there in me, and it was all made new again.

 

 

5.) June 15, 2006 Silent Auction Benefit for Haitian Health Allies 

 

Thursday, June 15, 2006, from 6pm-10pm at Phinney Community Hall

 

Contact: Marie-Florence Shadlen, MD

(mshadlen at u.washington.edu)

 

The book chosen for all incoming UW freshmen to read this fall is Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains. This riveting account of Dr. Paul Farmer's work in Peru, Cuba, Russia, and the Central Plateau of Haiti is a call to action for promoting health equity beyond our borders. 

 

In the Nov. 17, 2005 issue of University Week, Dean Ingebritsen said that this book "speaks to the values of the campus and to two leaders- the president and the provost- who have come to the campus to move us in a direction centered around (global education)." 

 

As a natural extension of Harborview Medical Center's mission to serve the most vulnerable members of the local community, a group of its employees formed a non-profit organization named Haitian Health Allies (www.haitianhealthallies.com). Their work was featured in the July 7, 2005 issue of University Week.

 

Haitian Health Allies will provide a festive evening in support of improving the lives of orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in Southeast Haiti. The event entitled "Caribbean Fantasy" will include a silent auction, raffle, light food, and live music and entertainment. 

 

The UW community is welcomed to attend this fundraiser on Thursday, June 15, 2006, from 6pm-10pm at Phinney Community Hall (6532 Phinney Ave N, 98101). Call Florence Shadlen (206) 612-3083 to purchase tickets at $25 each. 

 

"We are a community-based organization," said Marie-Florence Shadlen, MD of Haitian Health Allies. "With the support of individual contributors, we have been the only provider of stipends for AIDS orphans in Southeast Haiti to cover some of the costs for sanitation, nutrition, and transportation to health facilities. Attendance at the "Caribbean Fantasy" silent auction provides a fast and easy way for the Seattle community to support our work." 

 

Haitian Health Allies works with its 501©3 non-profit fiscal agent Fonkoze USA to bolster Southeast Haiti's ability to respond to unmet needs for nutrition, education, basic health care, and social support among persons living with HIV/AIDS. For further information contact: haitianhealthallies at msn.com.

 

 

 

Job/Internship Announcements

 

 

1.) SAWSO, Health Program Officer - Alexandria, VA

2.) Summer RA-ships available

3) Director, MGH Center for Global Health and Disaster Response

 

1.) SAWSO, Health Program Officer - Alexandria, VA

 

The Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO) is seeking a Health Program officer to support its USAID-funded child survival projects and other international community health programs.  The primary purpose of this position is to provide technical, administrative and managerial support to Salvation Army field staff to assist in the accomplishment of development activities, specifically in maternal and child health programming. Minimum qualifications include a Master's degree in international public health, three to five years experience in community health and development, knowledge of USAID processes and programs, understanding of and sympathy with The Salvation Army's aims and purposes, fluency in English, strong cross-cultural communication skills, and excellent writing ability.  The position is based in Alexandria, VA, with extensive international travel.  This is a full-time position with benefits, and salary is dependent on qualifications.   

Please send cover letter and resume to the attention of Major Patricia Kiddoo, Assistant Director, 615 Slaters Lane, PO Box 269, Alexandria, VA 22313 or via email to sawso at usn.salvationarmy.org and include "Health Program Officer" in the subject line.

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Claire Boswell, MHS
Health Program Officer
Salvation Army World Service Office
615 Slaters Lane
Alexandria, VA  22313
(703) 299-5548

 

 

2.) Summer RA-ships available

 

Two summer RAships are available to qualified students:
1) Curricular assistance, Fogarty Frameworks case based Global Health-10 hours/week. Experience as a TA will be helpful.
2) APEC/EINET newsletter compilation, writing and review--10 hours/week. A background in Infectious Diseases will be helpful for this APEC/EINE position.
If an outstanding student is found who is interested in both of these opportunities, they might be combined for 20 hours/week. Both positions require high level writing skills. Please send letters of interest and a current Curriculum vita to Emi Mizuki by June 7, 2006, emizuki at u.washington.edu.

 

 

3) Director, MGH Center for Global Health and Disaster Response

 

Overview

The work of the MGH Center for Global Health and Disaster Response is accomplished by responding to disaster situations, providing a full continuum of care for widely varied populations, and maintaining strong alliances with governmental, non-governmental and academic agencies/institutions to aid victims of disease and disaster both nationally and internationally.   Reporting in a matrix structure to the Senior Vice President for Patient Care and Chief Nurse and to the Executive Committee for the MGH Center for Global Health and Disaster Response, the Director will work to develop short- and long-term operational goals for The Center.  S/he will create and implement an infrastructure to further MGH's mission of improving the health of the world's vulnerable and crisis-affected populations through care delivery, education and research. 

The Director will work with MGH stakeholders who are global health leaders and experts in their field. The Director will be accountable for creating and implementing a strategic plan that is in alignment with the MGH Center for Global Health and Disaster Response's mission.  Components of The Center's mission include: disaster response, global health care delivery and education, professional training and education, world-wide consultation and research.  The Director will function as the MGH liaison to promote cooperation between MGH and the government and non-governmental organizations involved in global health and disaster response. The Director will develop collaborative relationships and establish a network to identify funding sources. The Director will provide expertise and direction to the work of the participating MGH entities currently active in national and international humanitarian response while initiating and expanding new programs. 

The Director will promote the continued development of MGH as an academic center of excellence serving the needs of vulnerable populations. The Director will communicate and promote the work of the MGH Center for Global Health and Disaster Response internally and externally, locally, nationally and internationally. The Director will develop and manage the Center's annual budget while exercising supervision over the Center's operations and staff.

 

Requirements-

o          Respected and credible leader with vision, passion and a commitment to the mission of the MGH Center for Global Health and Disaster Response. 

o          Demonstrated ability to be effective at all levels of an organization along with an understanding of the workings of an academic medical center.

o          Creativity in his/her strategic thinking and ability to be persuasive in promoting The Center's mission.

o          Field experience in the global health arena

o          Track record in fundraising, grant activity and expanding revenue sources.

o          Sophisticated interpersonal, team-building and negotiation skills and judgment.

o          Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

o          Previous supervisory experience, strong management, operations and program development skills.

o          MD or RN preferable; MPH or MBA preferable

 

Applications and resumes to: mcbrown at partners.org

Megan Brown

White 14

Massachusetts General Hospital

55 Fruit St

Boston, MA 02114

 

 

General Announcements

 

General Announcements

1) SPHCM Career Services Website

2) Uplift International: Earthquake in Indonesia, We need your help.

3) PHPDA has a new website!

 

1.) SPHCM Career Services Website

The School of Public Health and Community Medicine has launched a NEW career
services website to assist students and alumni to prepare for and achieve career success. This site contains regularly updated job listings, career development resources, and links for students, alumni, and employers.  Please visit the site at: http://sphcm.washington.edu/careers

If you have questions or comments, please contact Stacy DeLong at stacyd3 at u.washington.edu.

Stacy DeLong

MPH Student
Community-Oriented Public Health Practice
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
University of Washington

 

2) Earthquake in Indonesia -  We Need Your Help

As you may have already learned, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Yogayakarta, Indonesia today at dawn while most people were still in bed.  Early reports from the scene and Uplift International staff in Indonesia indicate that thousands have been killed and many more have been injured.  We are mounting a response to aid the survivors.  Many of you supported our efforts to bring aid to the survivors of the t! sunami in Indonesia and you know how quickly and effectively we respond to disasters like this.

In an earthquake situation, doctors are desperately needed to save lives.  Our long time partner in Indonesia, the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI), represents over 58,000 doctors and we are working with them to mount an effective response.  The Indonesian doctors are ready and prepared to help their own people in Yogakarta by volunteering to diagnose and treat the wounded in hospitals and clinics.  Together with emergency supplies, the doctors will care for the wounded and save the lives of men, women and children.

IDI and Uplift International have done this before.  Together, in response to the tsunami that devestated Aceh, we place over 300 doctors in the field for five months to care for survivors.  We also sent 25 tons of medcines and medical supplies.

We need your support in the effort to help the Indonesian doctors do what they do best - help their own people in a time of crisis.

Please donate to our emergency efforts www.upliftinternational.org or send your check to:

Uplift International
Suite 200
4010 Stone Way North
Seattle, WA 98103
(206)985-9888 phone
(206)985-2110 fax

Thank you for your compassion and generosity.  Please forward this email to your family, friends and co-workers.

Sincerely,

Mark Schlansky
Founder & CEO

 

3) PHPDA has a new website!

The Pacific Hospital Preservation & Development Authority (PHPDA) 
is pleased to announce its new web site: www.phpda.org

Please take a look at what we do for the community.
Rosemary Barker Aragon
Executive Director
Pacific Hospital Preservation &
Development Authority (PHPDA)
1200 12th Ave S, Quarters 2
Seattle, WA 98144
206 325 1357
(Fax) 206 325 1376
r.aragon at phpda.org

 

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