[Ghrcmail] Global Health Resource Center mail: November 5, 2006

[Daren Wade]

November 5, 2006

Global Health Resource Center Mail

Newsletter Layout

-Events

-Funding/International Opportunities

-Job/Internship Announcements 

-General Announcements 

 Events
1)      November 6, 2006: Brown-Bag lunch with World Neighbors

2)      November 6, 2006:Dr. Keith McAdam Lecture

3)      November 7, 2006: UNFPA Film screening Water  

4)      November 8, 2006 - Ngugi wa Thiong'o

5)      November 8, 2006  Ambassador Mark Dybul, US Global AIDS Coordinator

6)      POSTPONED: "What I did last summer," panel of participants from international exchange programs, see November 15, 2006

7)      November 10, 2006 : Celebrate SBRI's 30th anniversary with Gov. Gregoire

8)      November 13, 2006 - Dr. Paul Farmer at Kane Hall, UW Common Book

9)      November 13, 2006: Shaping Globalization: The Other Side of the Globalization Debate-Is a "Flat World" Safe for America?

10)  November 13, 2006: brown bag lunch with Ralph L. Erickson, COL, MC, Director, DoD Global Emerging Infections System

11)  November 14, 2006: World Health Cinema Film Series The Agronomist

12)  November 15, 2006: "What I did last summer," panel of participants from international exchange programs

13)  November 29, 2006: Research Symposium Sharon Hillier, PhD

14)  November 29, 2006: 2006 AIDS & STD Research Symposium 

15)  December 5, 2006:World Health Cinema Film Series: Yesterday, a film by Darrell Roodt

16)  December 15-16, 2006: "Globalization and Regional Economic Development" Conference in Gyeong Ju, South Korea

17)  February 16-18, 2007: REGISTRATION OPEN! 5th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference: Jim Yong Kim Keynote!

18)  April 14-14, 2007: Public Health and International Development Conference at Stanford

19)  May 29-June 1, 2007: Global Health Council Conference, Washington, DC



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1) Brown-Bag session with World Neighbors 

 

November 6, 12pm - 1:30. 
To be held in Parrington Hall, on the third floor in the Forum room. 

This is a great opportunity to meet World Neighbors staff and hear about some of the exciting health and development work they're doing around the 
world. Their website is: www.wn.org 

The Monday Brown-Bag session is a chance to meet representatives from the field office in Nepal, ask questions about the organization or simply be a part of the conversation. 

Look forward to seeing many of you there for this unique opportunity! 
Questions? 
triciavl at u.washington.edu

 

2) Department of Global Health Lecture Series 


Monday, November 6, 2:30-3:30, K 069 
Dr. Keith McAdam 
Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala 
"Human Evolution Driven by Infectious Diseases"

 

3) Americans for UNFPA invites you to attend: WATER a film by Deepa Mehta

 

After losing her husband to illness, an 8-year-old is forced to live out the rest of her days in a temple for Hindu widows. But it's through the trials of another widow, a beautiful
prostitute, that she learns the true restrictions of widowhood. 

After the movie join a discussion of the issue of child brides in Nepal and India.

Discussion following led by Gopal Nakarmi
Nepal Director, World Neighbors

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
6:00pm - Reception 7:00pm - Movie

Northwest Film Forum / 1515 12th Avenue, Seattle

$15/person - $5/student

Purchase tickets online at
www.americansforUNFPA.org or
call (206)282-4706

"Water" is cosponsored by:
World Neighbors, Planned Parenthood of Western Washington, PATH,
Aradia Women's Health Clinic, International Health Program University of
Washington, King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence,
Global Health Resource Center University of Washington.

Americans for UNFPA
For the health and dignity of women everywhere

UNFPA is the United Nations Population Fund, the largest international
organization providing
healthcare and promoting the rights of women around the world.
www.americansforUNFPA.org


4) Ngugi wa Thiong'o

 

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 7pm 
Author of Wizards of the Crow 
Co-sponsored by Elliott Bay Book Company and the Global African Studies program at Seattle University Wednesday, November 8, 2006 7pm at Pigott Auditorium Seattle University* 


>From the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic-a magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African literature. In exile now for more than twenty years, Ngugi wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise. Informed by richly enigmatic traditional African storytelling, Wizard of the Crow is a masterpiece, the crowning achievement in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's career thus far. 


This website has more details about the event: 
http://www.cdforum.org/season/readings.php 
This is what the site says, 
$5 tickets can be purchased in advance at The Elliott Bay Book Company 
located at 101 S. Main Street, Pioneer Square Seattle or call 206-624-6600.

 

5) DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH Lecture Series:

 

Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, US Global AIDS Coordinator

http://www.state.gov/s/gac/about/38490.htm 

"Global HIV/AIDS and the US Government Response:  Have We Reached the
Tipping Point?"

 

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

5:30-6:30p

Health Sciences Building, Room T439

All welcome, light refreshments

 

Co-sponsored by the Department of Global Health, Global Health Resource Center, Jackson School of International Studies and the Office of Global Affairs

 

 

6) WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER PANEL POSTPONED UNTIL NOV 15

 

7) Celebrate SBRI's 30th anniversary 

 

SBRI cordially invites you to an open house to celebrate our 30 years of achievements in global health. Featuring special guest Governor Christine Gregoire.

 

Friday November 10, 2006

9:30-11:00 am

SBRI Building 

307 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle

RSVP by Tuesday November 7 to jennifer.

 

SBRI has been at the forefront of global health for three decades-join us to help celebrate what we've accomplished and hear what we're working towards: new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics for the world's most devastating diseases. 

 

8) Dr. Paul Farmer at Kane Hall

 

Dr. Paul Farmer discusses global health and his work. Q&A to follow. Advanced registration for the Dr. Farmer lecture has reached the capacity of Kane Hall. We're exploring other options for sharing this event with the UW community. Please check back for updates and other opportunities. If you are registered for the event, http://go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/200611commonbook_farmer/details.tcl

Advanced registration for the Dr. Farmer lecture has reached the capacity of Kane Hall. We're exploring other options for sharing this event with the UW community. Please check the UW Common Book site and the UW Alumni Association's Common Book page for updates and other opportunities. www.uwcommonbook.org 

 

9) Shaping Globalization: The Other Side of the Globalization Debate-Is a "Flat World" Safe for America?


Featuring Barry Lynn, Author and Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
Time:                                          7:00-8:30pm
Location:                                   Town Hall (Downstairs) at Eighth and Seneca (1119 8th Avenue, Seattle)
Cost:                                        $10 Members & Students with ID; $15 Non-members
Registration:                              Please pre-register via the online Calendar of Events at www.world-affairs.org or by calling the Council at (206) 441-5910.
For more information:     http://www.world-affairs.org/calendar.cfm?eventID=734&action=eventDetails

As the forces of economic globalization and international trade become more pervasive worldwide, corporations are playing an increasingly important role in global affairs. What is the place of multi-national corporations (MNCs) vis-à-vis nation-states in the world? What are the issues surrounding global supply chains and our increasing dependence on goods, services, and labor from around the world? Is our new global economy more vulnerable to catastrophic shutdown? 
The World Affairs Council presents Barry Lynn, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C., to speak on the role of multi-national corporations (MNCs) in shaping globalization as part of the 2006 Globalization Series. Audience members will have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session following the lecture. 

About the Speaker
Barry Lynn is an expert in the organization of global manufacturing operations and how it affects international security, the interests of investors, and the development of middle-income nations. He recently published the book End of the Line: The Rise and Fall of the Global Corporation, which received strong praise from The Washington Post, USA Today, and Salon. In addition to his current research at the New America Foundation, an independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy institute, Lynn has served as executive editor of Global Business magazine and his expertise on global manufacturing has been sought by leaders in the U.S., France, India and various other nations. Earlier in his career, he worked as a reporter for the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse in South America and the Caribbean. His writing has been featured in Harper's, The Financial Times, and the Harvard Business Review.

 

10) Brown bag lunch with Ralph L. Erickson

 

Come join a special brown bag lunch discussion! 

 "Global Emerging Infectious Diseases; A Strategic Overview"

 Ralph L. Erickson, COL, MC
Director, DoD Global Emerging Infections System
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

 

Monday, November 13, 2006 12 noon

 Room F348, Health Sciences Building

Dean's Conference Room, 

School of Public Health and Community Medicine


Sponsors: Fogarty Frameworks for Global Health and the Global Health Resource Center

 

11) World Health Cinema Film Series : The Agronomist, a film by Jonathan Demme

 

November 14, 2006

6:30p

Location: Thompson Hall, Room 101

Sponsored by the Global Health Resource Center; International Health Program, School of Public Health and Community Medicine; UW Libraries; and the Department of Communications

The Agronomist is a profile of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist, Jean Dominique. It includes: historical footage of Haiti's vivid and tumultuous past; interviews with Dominique, himself and with Michele Montas--his heroic wife, life-long love, and extraordinary partner; and incorporates footage shot before Dominique's assassination on April 3, 2000.

 

12) What I Did Last Summer 

Panel of student participants in international research and study abroad programs

 

Thinking about traveling, studying, or doing research abroad this summer?  It's never too early to start planning!  The Global Health Resource Center 's, Global Health LINKS (Leaders IN Knowledge and Service) Program invite you to join us for a panel discussion called, "What I did last summer," featuring undergraduate, graduate and professional students from all sorts of departments and programs.  You'll hear all about their experiences as you learn where they went, what they learned, and how they got themselves there. Learn also about the GHRC and the resources available to students on and off campus.  Open to all! 

The panel will be held on
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
5:30-7:00 pm
Health Sciences T733

Hope to see you there!

 

Organized by Julia Robinson, Social Work intern, Global Health Resource Center, juliarob at u.washington.edu 

 

13) Research Symposium Sharon Hillier, PhD

 

The University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD will sponsor a 
one-day research symposium on Wednesday, November 29, from 10am-4:30pm at 
the Harborview Research and Training Building Auditorium, featuring 
keynote speaker Sharon Hillier, PhD, Professor and Director of 
Reproductive Infectious Disease Research in the Department of Obstetrics, 
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh 
School of Medicine.  Her talk is entitled, "Attacking HIV at the Point of 
Transmission: the Quest for Topical Microbicides".

We will also feature a panel discussion led by Laura Koutsky, PhD, MSPH, 
with local distinguished faculty members on the topic "Implementation of 
an HPV Vaccine: Challenges and Implications", and presentations by recent 
recipients of Center for AIDS Research and STI-Cooperative Research Center 
Developmental Awards, and pre- and post-doctoral fellows of the STD 
training grant.

Registration is free and is requested, but not required.  If possible, we 
ask that you register by November 21 to get an accurate count for 
refreshments and lunch. A reception will follow the program at 4:30pm. 
For more information go to this website: 
http://depts.washington.edu/cfas/calendar/05.11.html.  To register, e-mail 
Susan Mello at spmello at u.washington.edu.

 

14) 2006 AIDS & STD Research Symposium

 

The University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD will sponsor a one-day research symposium on Wednesday, November 29, from 10am-4:30pm at the Harborview Research and Training Building Auditorium, featuring keynote speaker Sharon Hillier, PhD, Professor and Director of Reproductive Infectious Disease Research in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Her talk is entitled,  "Attacking HIV at the Point of Transmission: the Quest for Topical 
Microbicides". 

We will also feature a panel discussion led by Laura Koutsky, PhD, MSPH, with local distinguished faculty members on the topic "Implementation of an HPV Vaccine: Challenges and Implications", and presentations by recent recipients of Center for AIDS Research and STI-Cooperative Research Center Developmental Awards, and pre- and post-doctoral fellowsof the STD training grant. 

Registration is free and is requested, but not required. If possible, we ask that you register by November 21 to get an accurate count for refreshments and lunch. A reception will follow the program at 4:30pm. For more information go to this website: http://depts.washington.edu/cfas/calendar/05.11.html. To register, e-mail Susan Mello at spmello at u.washington.edu.

 

15) World Health Cinema Film Series: Yesterday, a film by Darrell Roodt

 

December 5, 2006

6:30p

Location: Ethnic Cultural Center Theater

Sponsored by the Global Health Resource Center; International Health Program, School of Public Health and Community Medicine; UW Libraries; UW Chapter of AMSA, the Office of Undergraduate Education Diversity Working Group; UW African Studies; and the International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation

Yesterday tells the story of a young mother in South Africa who has been diagnosed with AIDS, but is determined to live long enough to see her young daughter go to school.

 

16) "Globalization and Regional Economic Development" Conference in Gyeong Ju, South Korea

 

The Korea Economics and Business Association (KEBA), Research Center for International Economics (RCIE), and Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) are jointly organizing a conference on "Globalization and Regional Economic Development". It will be held in Gyeong Ju, South Korea on December 15-16, 2006. 

You are cordially invited to submit papers for presentation in the conference. Papers related to the following issues, both theoretical and empirical ones, are most welcome. 

  a.. Globalization and its impacts on regional economies;
  b.. FTAs and their impacts on regional economies;
  c.. Regional innovation system and regional development strategies;
  d.. Issues on local public finance, housing, and human settlements; and
  e.. Case Studies of regional economic development.
Please send both Gwang-Lag Son <glson at yumail.ac.kr> and Kar-yiu Wong <karyiu at u.washington.edu> a draft of a paper or an extended abstract, 500+ words long, in English, with your name, affiliation, academic position, mail and e-mail addresses, and phone and fax numbers, by September 15, 2006. The final version of all papers for presentation will be due November 15, 2006. For more information, please visit its web site: http://faculty.washington.edu/karyiu/confer/GJ06/index.htm

 

17) REGISTER NOW!  5th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference set for February 16-18 2007

 

http://depts.washington.edu/pspgh/lecsem/conf07_register.php?s=UOFWCONT 

Following on the success of the past events, PSPGH will once again sponsor the Western Regional International Health Conference here in Seattle on the University of Washington campus. Set for February 16-18, 2007, the conference theme will be "Global Health Through Different Lenses: Reflections, Perspectives, and Visions for the Future."  Dr. Jim Yong Kim, of Harvard University and Partners in Health will be our keynote lecturer!

Save the date and check back later this month for more information on the  PSPGH website, www.pspgh.org.  

18) Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global Goals
Unite For Sight's Fourth Annual International Health Conference

 

APRIL 14-15, 2007 

STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CALIFORNIA, USA
Learn From More Than 300 Renowned Speakers - An Energizing Weekend of Ideas and Exchange of Best Practices to Achieve Global Goals and to Make a Difference
http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2007/index.php

Register Today For A Reduced Rate! (Current Rate is $55 Students/$75 All Others - EARLY BIRD RATE INCREASES AFTER NOVEMBER 15
http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2007/index.php

When: April 14-15, 2007
Where: Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
Theme: "Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global Goals"
Who should attend? Anyone interested in eye care, international health, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, international service, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, or microenterprise
Conference Goal: To exchange ideas across disciplines about best practices in public health, medicine and research, and international health and development.  Conference topics range from "The Right to Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in Latin America" and "Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developing World" to "Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella" and "Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana"

  a.. Join over 1,500 leaders, doctors, professionals, and students from 5 continents 
  b.. More than 300 speakers about eye care, public health, international development, entrepreneurship, microfinance, policy and advocacy, bioethics, and medicine 
  c.. Exchange ideas about best practices to achieve global goals in health and development 
http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2007/index.php
19) 34th International Conference on Global Health: Partnerships Working Together for Global Health in Washington, DC

Regular abstract submission deadline: October 17, 2006.

The Global Health Council's 34th Annual International Conference is dedicated to partnerships: how they are built, what they have and can deliver, and how those living in poverty and disease can best benefit. These joint efforts are means to tackle and find solutions to complex health problems at all levels, and in so doing, improve the health of the world.

Abstracts are sought that detail the range of partnerships - among others, between NGOs, the private sector and governments; between and among service delivery, advocacy, research and academic organizations; among institutions based in the developing world (South-to-South), and between them and those based in industrialized countries; and among bilateral donors, multilateral institutions, and foundations, and those who implement programs. Key health issues include child health/survival; adolescent health; women's health; HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, and other infectious diseases. 

For more information contact Global Health Council, E-mail:  conference at globalhealth.org; or access the website: www.globalhealth.org/conference .



Funding/International Opportunities

 

1)      FLAS fellowship applications are available

2)      Seattle Community Colleges Global Impact program is seeking program leaders for Belize and Vietnam programs

3)      NIH International Research Scientist Development Award

4)      Long-term International Fellowship Opportunities for Graduates

5)      Master of International research bioethics

 

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1) FLAS fellowship applications are available 

Apply now for Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships 

Application packets for Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships 
are now available for students to pick up from the Jackson School of International Studies, 
Office of Student Services in Thomson 111. Graduate and professional students from all 
departments and schools across campus are encouraged to apply. The deadline is 
January 16, 2007. 

M.A and Ph.D. students, who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and will be 
studying modern foreign language*, in combination with area or international studies or 
international aspects of professional fields, are eligible for Academic Year awards. 
Summer fellowships are granted to those who will be engaged in intensive foreign 
language study in the U.S. or abroad. 

FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education through eight 
National Resource Centers located in the Jackson School of International Studies: 
Canada, East Asia, International Studies, Middle East, Russian/East European/Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Europe. 

Summer 2007 awards will provide tuition up to $4,000, plus a living allowance of $2,500. Academic year 2007-08 fellowships will grant tuition up to $12,000, plus a stipend of $15,000. 
Graduate appointee health insurance is paid out of the tuition amount. 
Please publicize the fellowship by forwarding this letter to students, staff and faculty 
in your department. Students may assemble the information needed to apply by 
downloading materials from http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/advise/catalog/flasapp.html . 
If you have questions about fellowship requirements or the application process, please 
contact me at 616-8679.  I am also available to attend meetings or classes to explain the fellowship and will gladly bring application materials. 

*2007-08 FLAS award languages:  Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Chinese, 
Czech, Danish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, 
Indonesian/Malay, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian, 
Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek, and Vietnamese.

 

2) Seattle Community Colleges Global Impact program is seeking program leaders for Belize and Vietnam programs

 

http://www.seattlecolleges.edu/international/default.asp?page=globalimpact

 

Just a reminder of the approaching deadline if you are applying to lead one of the two Summer 2007 projects,  Belize or Vietnam.

 

The application is on the website.    www.seattlecolleges.com/globalimpact

 

3)  International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) [K01]
 Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): December 15, 2006; December 14,
 2007, December 16, 2008.
 Application Receipt Date(s): January 16, 2007; January 16, 2008;
 January 16, 2009
 The program announcement can be found at
 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-014.html
 This program supports U.S. postdoctoral biomedical, epidemiological,
 clinical, social and behavioral scientists in the formative stages of their careers to conduct research in developing countries. These awards will provide the successful candidates with a three- to four-year period of intensive mentored research, leading to an
 independent research career focused on global health. This research must be directly linked to an established collaboration between a U.S.  mentor/sponsor and a leading developing country scientist at an internationally recognized research institution in a developing country. Collaborations are expected to lead to advances that will
 reduce the impact of global health problems and narrow the gap in health disparities between developed and developing countries.


Awardees who obtain a tenure track position may submit a competitive renewal application for up to three years of additional mentored career development support. The total amount to be awarded is expected to be $250,000 - $500,000 and the anticipated number of awards is two to five. Applicants may request salary and fringe benefits for the
Principal Investigator and support for travel and research development. This program will use the NIH career development (K01) award mechanism. The application may be submitted on behalf of the candidate (Principal Investigator) by any domestic non-profit, public or private institution, such as a university, college, hospital, or laboratory. Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or individuals lawfully admitted for U.S. permanent residence, who have earned a doctoral, dental or medical degree within seven years of the application receipt
 date.

 

4) The Seeds of Sustenance Fellowship Program *

*Gain Experience in **Organization** **Capacity** **Building** and 
Community Training Management in *

*Sub-Saharan **Africa** or **Southeast Asia*

The Seeds of Sustenance (SOS) Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for international development and public health professionals to gain valuable international experience through their work as fellows assigned to development organizations in sub-Saharan Africa or Southeast Asia. SOS Fellows help to improve the managerial and training capacity of participating NGOs and CBOs in developing nations focused on providing community support and sustainable training programs to vulnerable 
populations in the following areas: HIV/AIDS prevention and care, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, food security, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), and drug and alcohol abuse prevention.

Professionals with at least a Masters Degree are selected as Visiting Fellows to participate in the SOS Fellowship's four-week, intensive cross-sectoral training. Visiting Fellows are paired with counterpart Local Fellows representing local Participating Organizations (POs). Following the SOS Training Program, the fellow pairs spend five to 
eleven months working together in the field offices of their respective POs as program managers and Trainers of Trainers (ToT) supporting and coaching staff members and community organization facilitators in order to increase their leadership and participatory community training abilities.

The initial four-week SOS Fellowship Training Program focuses on program development, project management, and ToT theory and practice. Technical  aspects of the training program vary depending on the specific needs of  the region and POs


  *SOS* Program History

Since 1993 Global Service Corps (GSC) has provided assistance to organizations in five developing countries throughout Latin America,  Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa in the areas of: natural resource conservation, public health, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), youth education, sustainable agriculture, nutrition and HIV/AIDS prevention education. Since 1994, GSC international volunteers, interns and partners have worked on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care training and food production campaigns to assist rural communities and people living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya and Tanzania. The GSC Thailand program was founded in 1995 with programs in EFL, international health and Buddhist Immersion. In 2004, the SOS Fellowship Program was launched by GSC to help international development NGOs and CBOs address the growing need for 
training and development resources in urban and rural communities throughout rural Africa. The first SOS Program in Southeast Asia, jointly supported by GSC and the Population and Community Development Association (PDA), is scheduled to launch in April, 2007 in Thailand. GSC headquarters are located in San Francisco, California, with offices in Arusha, Tanzani and Singburi, Thailand.

*For more information, please contact:*
Hannah Reid, SOS Program Administrator
Global Service Corps
300 Broadway Suite 28 San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 788-3666 x.128 sos at globalservicecorps.org 
<mailto:sos at globalservicecorps.org>* *
or visit our website at *www.globalservicecorps.org 
<http://www.globalservicecorps.org/>*

 

5) Master of International research bioethics

[Five fee scholarships and stipends are available to students from developing countries in the Asia/ Pacific region].

Master of International Research Bioethics

Master of International Research Bioethics3 semesters full-time + 6 semesters part-time
Study mode and course location On-campus (Alfred Hospital, Melbourne)

Course description
This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, is an interdisciplinary program covering comparative moral theory, research bioethics in an international setting, quantitative and qualitative research methodology, critical appraisal techniques and relevant law. Particular emphasis is given to ethical issues associated with research in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Students will gain a strong theoretical framework, significant experience with ethics committees and considerable involvement with local organisations concerned with the development of bioethical policy and its implementation. This course is currently funded by the Fogarty Institute of the US National Institutes of Health.

Course objectives
The overall objectives for the course cover four main themes:

1. Basic moral theory, bioethics and the application of bioethical principles and law to research in both domestic and international collaborative contexts
2. Quantitative and qualitative methodology for international health programme planning and evaluation
3. Special issues in international health 

4. Practical application of theory and knowledge

Fees:
In recognition of the fact that people from both NGOs and from developing countries may wish to undertake this program, we have a special fee policy for this program. Fees are AUS $19,785 for Australian students and AUS $22,650 for international students.

In addition, five fee scholarships and stipends are available to students from developing countries in the Asia/ Pacific region.

We are particularly interested in sponsoring students who are appropriately qualified from Thailand and Vietnam
Applicants need to have a TOEFL score of at least 8 to be eligible.

Please contact
Dr Deborah Zion
e-mail: <deborah.zion at arts.monash.edu.au>

 

 

Job/Internship Announcements

1)      TA needed--Emerging Infections of International Health Importance

2)      GHRC_jobs listserv

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1) We have a TA position available for our Winter Emerging Infectious Disease of International Public Health Importance course...this course meets winter M,W at 08:00 (so you gotta have the passion!!). It will be an exciting course which focuses on both the challenges of emergent infections and transnational infections as well as the solutions. 

This will a 20 hour per week job, and interested students are encouraged to send me a one page letter of interest and CV for consideration before November 6. As always this is definitely an equal opportunity.



Ann Marie Kimball, MD,MPH,FACPM

 

2) GHRC_jobs listserv

To keep up with the information we receive here at the UW GHRC related to 
global health-related employment in local and global organizations and 
universities, we have created a new listserv/mailman list dedicated to 
posting new jobs, fellowships or interesting internships announcements: 
GHRC_jobs. Please send text descriptions and refrain from sending 
attachments. Members can choose to receive those announcements individually 
or in a daily digest. The list will be monitored by the GHRC to avoid 
multiple postings of the same announcement, where possible.
To subscribe: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/ghrc_jobs

 

General Announcements

1)      Med 560 Course: Advanced Topics in Global Health

2)      Reminder: 11/8 Deadline for proposals to the Simpson Center for the Humanities

3)      New Globalization Resource for Students and Teachers

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1) Winter 2007, Med 560 Advanced Topics in Global Health

SLN 14990

Friday 8:30-11:20a

Open to all graduate and professional students

 This course is intended to provide an opportunity for students of the allied health sciences, especially those in public health and medicine, to study selected topics in Global Health.  Not everything that is germane to understanding the field of Global Health can be covered in a single elective course, so these topics have been selected because they 1) are currently under discussion by policy makers in a variety of global and national settings, 2) illustrate a scientific methodology that is pertinent to public health and/or medicine more broadly, and 3) have a significant impact on global health. 

2) Reminder: 11/8 Deadline for proposals to the Simpson Center for the Humanities

Faculty and graduate student proposals for Simpson Center 2007-2008 research fellowship and project funding are due Wednesday, November 8, 2006. Project proposals that involve course release for 2007-2008 must be received and reviewed in the November funding round. This includes all faculty proposals for Society of Scholars (SOS) research fellowships and Associate Professor Crossdisciplinary Incentive Awards.

The Simpson Center invites project submissions in the following categories:

  1.. Research Fellowships (Society of Scholars) and Summer Residency Dissertation Fellowships (see below) *November submittal only 
  2.. Associate Professor Crossdisciplinary Research Initiative *November submittal only 
  3.. Full Professor Crossdisciplinary Conversation Awards 
  4.. Crossdisciplinary Graduate Seminars *November submittal only for course buy-outs 
  5.. Symposia, Colloquia, and Conferences 
  6.. Crossdisciplinary Research Clusters 
  7.. Large-Scale Collaborative Research, Teaching, and/or Public Projects 
  8.. Proposal Writing Incentive Awards 
  9.. Public Humanities: Engaging the Community 
  10.. Solomon Katz Distinguished Lectureship in the Humanities *November submittal only 
  11.. Other 
Please refer to the Apply for Support link on Simpson Center's website (www.simpsoncenter.org) for submission guidelines and reference tools for preparing proposal budgets and narratives.

Graduate students should note the following correction to the posted guidelines: to be eligible for Society of Scholars fellowship consideration, graduate students must have advanced to candidacy by Autumn 2007.

Graduate students, please also note: All graduate student applicants for Society of Scholars Research Fellowships will automatically be considered for Summer Residency Dissertation Fellowship Awards. Newly authorized and announced, this award does not appear independently in the posted guidelines. Summer Resident Dissertation Fellows receive $4500 to support their work on their dissertations and office space in the Simpson Center for the term of June 18 through August 24, 2007. The application procedures for both awards are the same except that applicants need to have advanced to candidacy by Summer 2007: no additional action is required of applicants. 

3) New Globalization Resource for Students, Teachers

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has recently launched Globalization101, an online resource for students and educators. The site includes tools and information dealing with the dilemmas and trade-offs of globalization.

http://www.globalization101.org/index.html

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