The Global Health Bulletin
Date: 2/12/2007
Education/Training (see all education)
Leadership in Strategic Health Communication: Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases, HIV/ AIDS and Reproductive Health: The course, offered by the Center for Communication Programs, responds to changing health needs around the world and provides for a more need based course content incorporating some of the latest thinking on leadership development and applies them to strategic health communication planning. The workshop is scheduled for June 4-22, 2007.
NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration: Reminder! Registration is still open for the seminars.
Events (see all events)
MMI Thesis Defense Seminar: "Helminth-induced changes in pulmonary immunity: Alternatively activated alveolar macrophages and modulation of responses to allergen challenge." Joshua Reece, PhD Candidate. Date: Thursday, February 15, 2007; 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Place: SPH, 615 N. Wolfe Street Room: W2030. Sponsored by: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, JHSPH, Tylis Cooper, 410-614-4232, tycooper@jhsph.edu
Student Partnership Worldwide. Student Partnership Worldwide is an international development charity that recruits and trains adults as Peer Educators to lead programs that address urgent health and environmental issues in Africa and Asia. Come learn of current and future opportunities available to students. Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2007; 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM. Place: SPH, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room W3008. Sponsored by: Career Services, JHSPH, Tomeka Chance, 410-955-3034, tchance@jhsph.edu
Graduate Seminar on Injury Research and Policy. "Social Norms and intimate partner violence." Karen McDonnell, PhD. Assistant Professor, George Washington University. Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2007; 12:10 PM - 1:20 PM. Place: Hampton House -B14B. Contact: Diane Reintzell, 410-955-2079, dreintze@jhsph.edu
Mental Health Seminar. "Questioning an axiom: better prognosis for schizophrenia in the developing world?" Alex Cohen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, Harvard Medical School. Date: Thursday February 15, 2006, 12:15-1:30. Place: Hampton House, suite 391. Contact: Toni Harris, 955-3908, asharris@jhsph.edu
Clinical Pharmacology Noon Conference. "Indenoisoquinolines as anti-trypanosomal drugs: to be or not to be." Rahul Bakshi, Ph. D, Clinical Pharmacology. Date: February 14, 2007, 12:00. Place Osler 526. Contact Latasha Simms lsimms7@jhmi.edu
Johns Hopkins Malaria Day 2007: The bienniel Malaria Day Conference features presentations and posters by JHMRI faculty, pilot grant recipients and students. Registration is free and includes breakfast, lunch and a post-conference reception/poster session. For information and registration go to the JHMRI web site: http://malaria.jhsph.edu/
Project Funding (see all funding)
Global Research Initiative Program, Behavioral/Social Sciences (R01): (PAR-07-328) Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): September 21, 2007.
Administrative Supplements for U.S. - India Bilateral Collaborative Research on the Prevention of HIV/AIDS: (NOT-AI-07-022) Letters of Intent Due: March 1, 2007. Supplement Application Due: April 18, 2007.
Diversification of Family Planning Activities in Pakistan: (From USAID.) Current Closing Date for Applications: March 16, 2007. For more information see full announcement.
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