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The Global Health Bulletin
Date: 2/18/2008 

Events (see all events)

Nurses Go Global! Passionate about going global in nursing or public health? Please join the School of Nursing for a student-led panel discussion and dinner with invited special guest speakers who have worked abroad as nurses or other health care professionals. Monday, February 18, 2008, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Location: School of Nursing, Rms 9 & 10, Lower level, Baltimore, MD. RSVP required by February 15 to jgarci24@son.jhmi.edu.

Seminar: Humanitarian Assistance in Burma in the Wake of the Saffron Revolution: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice," Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology and International Health and Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights, JHSPH. Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Location: Johns Hopkins (SAIS), Rome 200, Washington, DC. Hosted by: Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative, Johns Hopkins SAIS. RSVP required. Email for more information: globalhealth@jhu.edu

Infectious Diseases & Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Joint Seminar: A new model for hemoglobin ingestion and transport by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium faciparum, Theodore Taraschi, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson Univeristy, Philadelphia, PA. Thursday, February 21, 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Location: Wolfe St. building, W2030, Baltimore, MD. Hosted by: JHSPH.

Documentary Screening: King Corn with Q & A to follow with Director Aaron Wolfe. Thursday, February 21, 2008, 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Location: Wolfe St. building, Sheldon Hall W1214,  Baltimore, MD. Hosted by: International Health Student Group & Center for a Livable Future. Movie webpage: www.kingcorn.net

Framework Program in Global Health Lecture Series: Friday, February 22, 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Location: Wolfe St. building,   W3031, Baltimore, MD. Hosted by: Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health and Department of International Health, JHSPH. See complete schedule of speakers. On February 22:
1. Management of diarrheal disease in Ethiopian children, Rishi Mediratta
2. Health Communication Partnership Zambia: Community mobilization, leadership development, youth involvement & message harmonization, Deborah Sitrin
3. Mainstreaming emergency contraception in Ghanaian Post - Abortion Clinics, Andreea Creanga

Event: Socio-Economic Differences in Health, Nutrition, and Population Within Developing Countries, authors Davidson R. Gwatkin, Consultant, Health, Nutrition, and Population, World Bank; Shea Rutstein, Technical Director, Demographic and Health Surveys Project; and Adam Wagstadd, Lead Health Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank. Wednesday, February 25, 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Location: Washington, DC. Hosted by: Center for Global Development. More information: http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/15399/

Seminar: Invited Speaker John Bolton, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, will talk about his recent book, "Surrender is Not an Option: Defending America at the UN and Abroad." Wednesday, February 27, 6:00 p.m. Location: Shriver Hall, JHU Homewood Campus, Baltimore MD. Hosted by: Foreign Affairs Symposium. More information: fas@jhu.edu

Infectious Diseases & Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Joint Seminar: Virulence Shifts in the Biology of Toxoplasma Pathogenesis, Michael Grigg, PhD, Head, Molecular Parasitology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD. Thursday, February 28, 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Location: Wolfe St. building, W2030, Baltimore, MD. Hosted by: JHSPH. 

Call for Papers
 
The Hopkins All-University Seminar on Africa (HAUSA) brings together Africa-focused research from the University's varied disciplines and academic backgrounds. Faculty and graduate students are invited to present current Africa-related research on a variety of topics from the social sciences, health sciences, humanities, business, law, or other disciplines. Research focused on African themes and current issues, or based on African field research, is welcome.
   
This year's conference, on Friday, April 25, will be hosted by the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. SAIS is located near the Dupont Circle Metro station and has commercial parking (and some street parking) in the area. The conference will run all day, with different sessions devoted to themes and/or disciplines.
   
Paper proposals should be submitted by Friday, March 28.  Proposals should be sent to smjackson@jhu.edu.
 
Call for Abstracts
 
Population, Family & Reproductive Health: Research Day
Friday, April 11, 2008, 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

ABSTRACTS DUE: Monday, March 17, 2008

The Fourth Annual Population, Family & Reproductive Health Research Day will take place on Friday, April 11, 2008 from 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. and will include an oral session in Sheldon Hall followed by a poster session and cocktail reception in the Anna Baetjer Room (W1030).

Students, faculty, and departmental associates are invited to submit abstracts. The department will be offering two awards for best student paper and poster.

The process for submission and review of abstracts is as follows:
a. Abstracts should report substantive research (i.e., studies with interpretable results and conclusions, and preferably completed studies). Papers can be under review, but ideally should not be previously published material, unless the publication date was recent.
b. Abstracts should be organized into an Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Please contact Ange Joshi (ajoshi@jhsph.edu) for the NIH abstract form.
c. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Monday, March 17, but abstracts can be submitted at any time prior to that date. Early submissions will facilitate organization and are appreciated.
d. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to Ange Joshi (ajoshi@jhsph.edu) as an MS Word file, single spaced, no smaller than 12pt font.
e. Only one abstract will be accepted per person. You may be second author on an abstract submitted by another member of the department.
f. The Research Day Committee will review abstracts for quality and public health significance and prepare a final program. Contributors will be notified of the status of their submission in early April.
g. Accepted abstracts and the meeting schedule will be posted on the departmental website.
h. All abstracts will be published in a PFRH Research Day compendium.

Job Listings (see all job listings)

Junior Fellow, Global Health Macroeconomics, New York - Council on Foreign Relations: Provide research and expertise on global health macroeconomics. The fellowship is perfect for Doctoral candidates with an interest in foreign policy.  This is also a great opportunity to get a body of writing published. To apply for this position, please submit resume to globalhl@jhsph.edu.

Senior Policy Advisor (Geneva, Switzerland) - World Vision International: Provide advice on development of positions around key global health related advocacy issues, particulary in relation to World Vision's global campaign on child health; present policy and advocacy within the Global Health Unit. Deadline: February 22, 2008. More information: World Vision International

Communicable Diseases Director (DC or WA) - World Vision International: Work closely with regional health advisors to guide global programming in communicable disease and have significant representation roles in global policy meetings; liaise with lines of ministry around communicable diseases; integrate communicable diseases effectively with other key sectors in order to contribute its reduction where WV is operational. Deadline: February 22, 2008. More information: World Vision International

Maternal Child Health Director (DC or WA) - World Vision International: Provide partnership leadership for strategy, capacity building and global representation in area of maternal and child health, one of the critical areas of focus of the global health strategy. Deadline: February 22, 2008. More information: World Vision International

Partnership Nutrition Director (DC or WA) - World Vision International: Provide senior leadership, management and coordination of global nutrition programming, as team member of the Global Health Centre (GHC), managing the Global Center of Expertise for Nutrition, and coordinating with the regions. Deadline: February 22, 2008. More information: World Vision International

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