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The Global Health Bulletin Funding Luce Scholars Program: The Luce Scholars Program provides stipends and internships for fifteen young Americans to live and work in Asia each year. Independent Scientist Award (K02): From NIH. Deadline: October 1, 2006. Contract Notice - Training Courses for Communicable Disease Outbreak Investigation: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has a requirement for training courses for communicable disease outbreak investigation. ECDC wishes to engage the services of two or three companies specialised in training in field epidemiology to assist the centre in implementing its training strategy. Researcher Exchange Programme (RXP): The Researcher Exchange Programme (RXP) i aims to promote the development of scientific cooperation and contact between the United Kingdom and other countries. Open to researchers from an institution outside of the UK that wants to develop a link with a research partner in the UK. http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/101924 PAHO/WHO Fellowships (WHO Member States Outside the Americas): Fellowships are available to citizens of member states of the World Health Organization (WHO). Fellowships provide opportunities for advanced study in public health fields that are not customarily available in the fellow's home country. They are intended to promote the international exchange of scientific knowledge and techniques related to health. Candidates' proposed field of study must be directly related to the public health strategy and programs of the candidate's home country. http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/14940 <>PAHO/WHO Fellowships (Americas excluding United States and Canada). Fellowships are available to citizens of member states of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Fellowships provide opportunities for advanced study in public health fields that are not customarily available in the fellow's home country. They are intended to promote the international exchange of scientific knowledge and techniques related to health. Candidates' proposed field of study must be directly related to the public health strategy and programs of the candidate's home country. FYI Speech Interface Designed for Community Health Workers: Jahanzeb Sherwani, a 4th year PhD student in the Computer Science department at Carnegie Mellon University has just begun work on a project called HealthLine. HealthLine investigates the use of spoken language telephonic interfaces for community health workers across Pakistan who need updated and reliable health information. Jahanzeb is interested in finding colleagues with similar interests and/or potential collaborators. Interested parties may contact him at jsherwan@andrew.cmu.edu. Neglected Diseases Funding -- It Takes Two to Samba: (From the NIAID Funding News) Recently, Brazil's public and private sectors have begun stepping up efforts to combat infectious diseases affecting that country's population. This may present opportunities for US collaborators. Notices Position Sought.A laboratory scientist with a Masters degree in Biochemistry and experience in a wide variety of laboratory methods including virology, and HIV work is seeking a position. She has had experience in a number of studies abroad. Henriette Kenfack is a native of Cameroon but is residing in Baltimore and is elible to work in the US. Anyone interested may contact Henriette directly at henriette_kenfack@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you have colleague who might wish to receive these announcements? Have them send a message to rdunning@jhmi.edu requesting subscription to the CGH list. This message must come from the subscriber's e-mail address; the subscriber should give their full name. The CGH welcomes any and all comments you might have about our services: rdunning@jhmi.edu. |
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