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The Global Health Bulletin Events (see all events) Special Nursing Seminar. "Rwanda....Finding Hope through reconciliation after genocide." Bishop John Rucyahana from Rwanda returned from exile in Uganda to help with reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis after the genocide. Date: Monday, March 26 at 4:30 PM. Place: School of Nursing, Room 10. For more information contact Julia Hindmarsh JHIND@son.jhmi.edu Create World TB Day Panel. Jonathan Golub, PhD. Assistant Professor, Epidemiology. Date: Friday, March 23, 2007; 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM. Place: Public Health- 615 N. Wolfe Street Room: E6519. Sponsored by: CREATE, Johns Hopkins Center for TB Research, JHSPH, Jonathan Golub, 443-287-2969, jgolub@jhmi.edu Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health Wednesday Noon Seminar. “The Three-City Asian Study of Adolescents and Youth: Collaborative Surveys in Hanoi, Shanghai and Taipei.” Laurie Schwab Zabin, PhD, Professor, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health. Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007; 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM. Place: Public Health - 615 N. Wolfe Street Room: W2030. Sponsored by: Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, JHSPH, Allison Roeser, 410-955-3384, aroeser@jhsph.edu Announcements (see all announcements) New Congressional Line-up: With the switch to Democratic control of Congress, committees that affect NIH have new chairs and ranking minority members. Level (NIH] Budgets on the Horizon Next Fiscal Year. Task force tackles increased investment in the education and training of health workers in developing countries: A new international Task Force was launched under the auspices of the Global Health Workforce Alliance http://www.who.int/workforcealliance/en/ to tackle the global shortage of health workers. The Task Force is due to present its initial recommendations to the GHWA Forum in Autumn 2007. Notices (see all announcements) Announcing the NIH Director’s Bridge Awards: NOT-OD-07-056. This announcement describes the NIH Director’s Bridge Award (NDBA) designed to provide continued but limited funding for new and established grantees who have submitted a competing renewal grant application that describes a highly meritorious project. Lancet Call for Papers on Global Response to HIV/AIDS: (Link available only to JHU faculty, staff & students or others with an e-subscription) In July this year, the 4th International AIDS Society (IAS)Conference will take place in Sydney, Australia, with the aim ofexamining how scientific advances can inform the global response to HIV/AIDS. The Lancet is planning a special issue to co-incide with the conference and has issued a call for research papers on all aspects of HIV pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention. Manuscripts are due May 4, 2007. Opportunities (see all announcements) Physicians Needed for Medical Mission. A group of students from Philadelphia College of Osteophathic Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, and Drexel School of Medicine, is planning a medical mission trip to Khanh Hoa, Viet Nam this summer. The group is currently looking for three primary care physicians to join the mission from June 17- June 30 , 2007. For more information contact Nguyen Nguyen at nnguye17@jhmi.edu or Huy Do at huydo@pcom.edu. Project Funding (see all funding) B Cell Immunology for Protective HIV-1 Vaccines (R21): (RFA-AI-07-015) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Application Receipt Date(s): June 29, 2007 B Cell Immunology for Protective HIV-1 Vaccines (U01): (RFA-AI-07-014) Application Receipt Date(s): June 29, 2007 Integrative Prevention Research for Alcohol Users At-Risk for HIV/AIDS (R21): (RFA-AA-07-021) Application Receipt Date(s): May 09, 2007 Integrative Prevention Research for Alcohol Users At-Risk for HIV/AIDS (R01): (RFA-AA-07-020) Application Receipt Date(s): May 09, 2007 Scholarships (see all funding) Infectious Diseases Society of America Summer Scholarships for Medical Students: Students in any year of medical school are eligible for this award. The scholarship activity must focus on pediatric or adult infectious diseases and may involve either clinical or research activities. All applications must be received by April 2, 2007. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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