The Global Health Bulletin
Date: 12/7/2006
FYI
Children of Agape Choir: Come and be entertained by this beautiful choir of South African children orphaned by HIV/AIDS as they perform their mix of contemporary, spiritual, and traditional Zulu songs and dance. Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2006; 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Place: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hurd Hall.
Meetings/Conferences/Seminars (See all events here)
Epidemiology Global Health Seminar: Speaker: Dr. Alfred Sommer. Topic: "Global Health: Our Micronutrient Agenda." Date: Monday December 11, 2006; 12:15-12:20. Place: Public Health W4030.
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance 2007: The deadline for reduced-price registration for IMED 2007 is December 22, 2006. The meeting will be held in Vienna, Austria on February 23-25,2007. For registration: http://imed.isid.org/Registration.shtml
13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID). The next ICID has been announce for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. June 19-22, 2008.
Microbial Immunity And Vaccine Development Research Seminars: "Modulation of vaccine induced immunity to leishmaniasis following transmission by sand fly bites." David Sacks, PhD. Lab. Parasitic Diseases, NIAID/NIH. Date: Friday December 8, 2006; 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM. Place: 615 N. Wolfe Street Room: W2030. Sponsored by: Departments of Molec. Microbiology and Immunology and International Health, JHSPH, F. Zavala, 443-287-1769, fzavala@jhsph.edu.
UNICEF 2007 State of the World’s Children Report: Speakers: Robert Gass, MPH, MA, Project Officer, HIV/AIDS Care, Support and Treatment, United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, N.Y. Andrea Ruff, MD, Associate Professor, Department of International Health. Christine Sarbanes, Director, UNICEF, Baltimore. Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2006; Noon-1:15 p.m. Place: Wolfe Street Building, Sheldon Hall. For more information, contact Catherine Christie, catchris@jhsph.edu.
Dean’s Lecture Series. "And You Thought the Research Was Difficult? Challenges in Translating Findings into Policy: Experiences from the Rakai Program, Uganda." Maria J. Wawer, MD, MHSc, Professor, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health. Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2006; 4:00 p.m. Place: Sheldon Hall (W1214). Reception to Follow in the Courtyard. For questions, please contact the Dean’s Office at 410-955-3540.
Notices
NIH Director's Council of Public Representatives (COPR): The NIH Director is seeking applicants to fill appointments to the Director's Council of Public Representatives. The COPR advises the NIH Director on cross-cutting issues related to medical research and health issues of public interest that ultimately promote individual, family, and community health. Applications are due December 15, 2006 and are available online.
Project Funding (See all funding oppportunities here)
The Genes, Environment, and Development Initiative (U01): This announcement launches the Genes, Environment, and Development Initiative (GEDI). This initiative will support research that investigates interplay among genetic, environmental, and developmental factors in the etiology of substance abuse and related phenotypes in humans. Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): February 15, 2007; Application Receipt Date(s): March 15, 2007.
NIH-NSF Ecology of Infectious Diseases Program: A Joint Program for Multidisciplinary Research. The purpose of the Ecology of Infectious Diseases (EID) Program is to provide support to transdisciplinary teams to develop predictive models and discover principles that govern relationships between environmental changes and transmission of infectious agents to humans and other hosts. For more information: Full Proposal Deadline Date: January 29, 2007.
The Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use: This project has been launched with funds from Michael R. Bloomberg. As part of the Initiative, a competitively awarded grants program will support projects to develop and deliver high impact tobacco control interventions in low- and- middle-income countries. The grants program is being managed by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. For further information about the grants program, including the Call for Proposals and instructions on how to apply for a grant, visit http://www.tobaccocontrolgrants.org/.
NICHD International Site Development Initiative: NICHD, via Westat, is seeking Latin American and Caribbean clinical centers interested in participating in multicenter, prospective, observational perinatal HIV-uninfected and/or pediatric HIV-infected studies as part of an initiative entitled, "NICHD International Site Development Initiative." The goal of this initiative is to describe the demographic, clinical, immunologic and virologic characteristics of HIV-infected pregnant women, their HIV-exposed, uninfected children, and HIV vertically-infected children at clinical centers in Latin America and the Caribbean. Centers will submit one proposal for either one or both of two prospective observational studies. Notice of Intent Due Date: December 15, 2006. Proposal Due Date: January 31, 2007.
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