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October 18, 2006
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Events
1) October 18, 2006: Kick-off Reception UW Social Work and Royal U of
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1) Kick-off Reception UW Social Work and Royal U of
You're invited to a kick-off reception for the Royal University of Phnom
Penh and UW School of Social Work Partnership. Come October 18th at
in the Commons (rm 305) to hear about this new collaboration between RUPP
and UW and meet the first cohort of students who are here attending the MSW
program from
college social work program in
funds are raised, a second cohort of students will come in the fall to also
attend the MSW program.
For more information, please go to http://depts.washington.edu/sswweb/rupp/.
2) African Studies Program Fall Reception
Location: Room 115 B & C,
Please mark your calendars for the annual Fall Reception of the African Studies Program at the
Please RSVP to Jana Wright at africa1@...
3) Kaiser Permanente Videoconference: HIV/AIDS at 25: The Global Pandemic
Please join Kaiser Permanente via video conference or webcast for a special educational forum entitled “HIV/AIDS at 25 – The Global Pandemic.” This forum, a 3-hour segment of our 29th Annual National Diversity Conference, will be presented on October 19 from
As you know, 2006 marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the virus that causes AIDS. Its devastating impact worldwide has not abated despite considerable progress in medical care and treatment. Domestically, the disease has migrated from a near exclusively gay, white male population to, largely, populations of color, and African Americans in particular. During this conference segment, we will convene two panels. One will focus on the status of the disease worldwide and profile models of care which have been particularly effective in treatment and prevention. This panel will feature:
Dr. José Zuniga, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC), who will share an
overview of the world-wide impact of HIV/AIDS, and education, prevention and treatment challenges;
Kabelo Ebineng, Chairman, Botswana Business Coalition on AIDS (BBCA) and Chief Executive of Associated Fund Administrators, Botswana
(AFA) will profile best practices in HIV/AIDS care from two health plans in Botswana that have yielded extraordinary results.
The second panel will focus on the domestic pandemic. This panel includes:
Phill Wilson, Founder and Executive Director, Black AIDS Institute who will discuss the “Browning” of the disease and its dramatic migration to
populations of color;
Debra Fraser-Howze, President and CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, will discuss a leadership model on HIV/AIDS
that includes commitment and involvement of multiple levels of the community;
David A. Walton, MD, Partners in Health, will share their successful culturally sensitive model, established in Haiti for AIDS care and prevention,
and replicated in Boston, Massachusetts;
Michael A. Horberg, MD, MAS, FACP, AAHIVS Director, HIV/AIDS Policy, Quality Improvement and Research Kaiser Permanente will
share the effective medical practices from Kaiser Permanente
We believe this domestically and internationally focused segment on HIV/AIDS will have enormous educational value for clinicians, health care administrators, medical and nursing students, public health professionals, church leaders and others engaged in the struggle to eliminate this deadly epidemic. Accordingly, we have arranged for live broadcast of this presentation to video-conferencing sites across the nation and to several international locations. We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to join Kaiser Permanente and a broad cross section of the health care community in this important effort to educate, share best practices, and increase our collective efforts to halt HIV transmission and improve care efficacy.
We are offering two, potentially, three ways for you to link to our broadcast. Please contact Tara Hutchisson at (510) 271-5669 or email tara.hutchisson@... by Friday, October 13 to register for this event.
1. Connect using your video-conferencing equipment from your local facility (Note: your location will need to be certified ASAP);
2. Connect from a public video-conferencing room in your local area;
3. Depending on demand, web cast to your desktop (video streaming via the Internet). Minimum 100 K video stream speed required for viewing.
As the nation’s largest, private-sector health care delivery system and the second largest cohort of HIV/AIDS patients, Kaiser Permanente is committed to improving the health status of our communities. This includes ongoing efforts to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly among populations of color where disparate rates of infection continue to widen. We are certain that you share our mission in this regard and look forward to you joining us on October 19 in this important educational forum.
4) World Health Cinema Series A Closer Walk (excerpts), a film by Robert Bilheimer and Sophia's Story, a short film by Wendy Johnson, Clayton Farr, and Mel Halbach
6:30p
Location: Bagley 131
Sponsored by the
A Closer Walk is the first film to depict humankind's confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic. Sophia's Story follows the life of a young woman in
5) 61st Annual United Nations Day Luncheon
Commemorating the founding of the United Nations
“Preventing Cervical Cancer Worldwide:
Personal Tragedies, Public Health Opportunities”
Speaker: Dr. Jacqueline Sherris
Senior Researcher and Program Director, PATH
With the discovery that cervical cancer is largely due to a viral infection, and the development of a vaccine to extend prevention and treatment, the door is opening for new interventions. If mothers die, the children and communities are left without the anchor that holds the social and economic structure together
Moderator: Camelia Ades, RN, MSN, MPH
To be followed by a response panel, then Q&A
$100 Patron - will be recognized at UN Day ¨ $150 Table of 4 ¨ $40 Individuals ¨ $20 Students
6) UWorld Global Lecture Series: HIV: In your Global Neighborhood http://go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/2006global_lectures/details.tcl
Location: Kane Hall Room 130, UW Seattle
Time:
Provost Distinguished Lecture
Introduced by Provost Phyllis Wise
In this series our expert faculty have shared their research results and opinions on the challenges and opportunities inherent in providing adequate health care to the people of the planet. This evening, as we consider solutions to improve conditions in the broadest sense, featured speaker King Holmes will be joined by William Gates Sr. to discuss the efforts of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in working toward better health conditions for humanity across the globe. More than any other single health issue, HIV/AIDS threatens the development and stability of many nations, disproportionately affecting those in developing countries. In this lecture, King Holmes discusses viable options for treatment and prevention, and the policy implications of those choices.
Special Introduction by:
William H. Gates Sr.
Co-chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Speaker: King Holmes
Professor of Medicine. Microbiology, Epidemiology
Director, Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington
Head, Infectious Diseases, Harborview Medical Center
7) Medical and Dental Student Research & Community Projects poster session
Medical Posters presented by RUOP, MSRTP, IHOP, and WRITE students & Dental Posters presented by second year SOD students
Light Refreshments will be served.
For more information please contact Lisa Tokita at ltokita@... or Phaedra Allen at pallen2@...
8) ¡Salud!, documentary film screening
You are invited to a free film screening of ¡Salud!, a documentary on
Medicine and the
2006
a Question and Answer session after the film with one of the Executive
Producers. Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in
attending.
About the film:
For those committed to health in rich and poor nations alike, ¡Salud! -- a
new feature documentary by Academy Award nominee Connie Field -- explores
the curious case of
'one of the world's best health systems.' And for 40 years,
it to the road, their doctors in demand by other struggling nations.
¡Salud! reaches into The Gambia, rural
villages,
often the first doctor a poor community has ever seen. In some nations,
Cubans staff entire health systems. In all, they take on the toughest
challenges, bringing with them the philosophy and experience of a
community-oriented, preventive, and universal health care model.
volunteer corps now posts 28,000 health professionals in 68 countries.
Cuban medical schools enroll 30,000 students from other developing areas,
an unprecedented undertaking for any country. ¡Salud! questions what
propels Cuban doctors to serve where others won't, and grapples with the
tensions their presence sometimes provokes. The film probes the
motivations of international students at
Medicine (
to public service. Through these stories and testimony from experts around
the world, ¡Salud! traces the opinions and competing agendas that mark the
battle for better global health. (83 minutes, 2006)
Sponsors:
Medicine and
For more information, contact Karen Hanson at 206-685-6699 or
klhanson@...
9) Human Rights Fellows Conference and Poster Session 2006
Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall,
UC Berkeley.
Sponsored by the
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 510 642-0965, hrc@... or visit www.hrcberkeley.org.
10) 2nd Annual
The Student Alliance for Global Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and
We will be most delighted to have GHEC members, as well as your students, in attendance. Registration fees are a low $10 for students and $20 for faculty and staff. CME is an additional $10.
See the complete schedule and register online: http://www.unmc.edu/isp (Click on the conference graphic).
11) Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 7pm
Author of Wizards of the Crow
Co-sponsored by Elliott Bay Book Company and the Global African Studies program at Seattle University Wednesday, November 8, 2006 7pm at Pigott Auditorium Seattle University*
From the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic-a magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African literature. In exile now for more than twenty years, Ngugi wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise. Informed by richly enigmatic traditional African storytelling, Wizard of the Crow is a masterpiece, the crowning achievement in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's career thus far.
This website has more details about the event:
http://www.cdforum.org/season/readings.php
This is what the site says,
$5 tickets can be purchased in advance at The Elliott Bay Book Company
located at
12) Celebrate SBRI's 30th anniversary
SBRI cordially invites you to an open house to celebrate our 30 years of achievements in global health. Featuring special guest Governor Christine Gregoire.
RSVP by Tuesday November 7 to jennifer.
SBRI has been at the forefront of global health for three decades—join us to help celebrate what we’ve accomplished and hear what we’re working towards: new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics for the world’s most devastating diseases.
13) Dr. Paul Farmer at Kane Hall
Dr. Paul Farmer discusses global health and his work. Q&A to follow. Advanced registration for the Dr. Farmer lecture has reached the capacity of Kane Hall. We're exploring other options for sharing this event with the UW community. Please check back for updates and other opportunities. If you are registered for the event, http://go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/200611commonbook_farmer/details.tcl
Advanced registration for the Dr. Farmer lecture has reached the capacity of Kane Hall. We're exploring other options for sharing this event with the UW community. Please check the UW Common Book site and the UW Alumni Association's Common Book page for updates and other opportunities. www.uwcommonbook.org
14) World Health Cinema Film Series : The Agronomist, a film by Jonathan Demme
6:30p
Location: Thompson Hall, Room 101
Sponsored by the Global
The Agronomist is a profile of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist, Jean Dominique. It includes: historical footage of
15) Research Symposium
The University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD will sponsor a
one-day research symposium on Wednesday, November 29, from 10am-4:30pm at
the Harborview Research and Training Building Auditorium, featuring
keynote speaker Sharon Hillier, PhD, Professor and Director of
Reproductive Infectious Disease Research in the Department of Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine. Her talk is entitled, "Attacking HIV at the Point of
Transmission: the Quest for Topical Microbicides".
We will also feature a panel discussion led by Laura Koutsky, PhD, MSPH,
with local distinguished faculty members on the topic "Implementation of
an HPV Vaccine: Challenges and Implications", and presentations by recent
recipients of Center for AIDS Research and STI-Cooperative Research Center
Developmental Awards, and pre- and post-doctoral fellows of the STD
training grant.
Registration is free and is requested, but not required. If possible, we
ask that you register by November 21 to get an accurate count for
refreshments and lunch. A reception will follow the program at
For more information go to this website:
http://depts.washington.edu/cfas/calendar/05.11.html. To register, e-mail
Susan Mello at spmello@....
16) World Health Cinema Film Series: Yesterday, a film by Darrell Roodt
6:30p
Location: Ethnic Cultural Center Theater
Sponsored by the Global
Yesterday tells the story of a young mother in
17) “Globalization and Regional Economic Development” Conference in
The Korea Economics and Business Association (KEBA),
You are cordially invited to submit papers for presentation in the conference. Papers related to the following issues, both theoretical and empirical ones, are most welcome.
- Globalization and its impacts on regional economies;
- FTAs and their impacts on regional economies;
- Regional innovation system and regional development strategies;
- Issues on local public finance, housing, and human settlements; and
- Case Studies of regional economic development.
Please send both Gwang-Lag Son <glson@...> and Kar-yiu Wong <karyiu@...> a draft of a paper or an extended abstract, 500+ words long, in English, with your name, affiliation, academic position, mail and e-mail addresses, and phone and fax numbers, by September 15, 2006. The final version of all papers for presentation will be due
18) 5th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference set for
Following on the success of the past events, PSPGH will once again sponsor the Western Regional International Health Conference here in
Save the date and check back later this month for more information on the PSPGH website, www.pspgh.org. Registration will be available on November 1.
19) 34th International Conference on Global Health: Partnerships Working Together for Global Health in
Regular abstract submission deadline:
The Global Health Council's 34th Annual International Conference is dedicated to partnerships: how they are built, what they have and can deliver, and how those living in poverty and disease can best benefit. These joint efforts are means to tackle and find solutions to complex health problems at all levels, and in so doing, improve the health of the world.
Abstracts are sought that detail the range of partnerships - among others, between NGOs, the private sector and governments; between and among service delivery, advocacy, research and academic organizations; among institutions based in the developing world (South-to-South), and between them and those based in industrialized countries; and among bilateral donors, multilateral institutions, and foundations, and those who implement programs. Key health issues include child health/survival; adolescent health; women's health; HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, and other infectious diseases.
For more information contact Global Health Council, E-mail: conference@...; or access the website: www.globalhealth.org/conference .
Funding/International Opportunities
1) Carole Davis Award
2) The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship For New Americans
3) Child Family Health International's Global Health Rotations
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6) IE3 - Pre-Med International Internships
7) IE3 - International Public Health Internships
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1) Carole M. Davis Scholarship
Applications are being accepted for two $500 scholarships to be given in February 2007 to honor Carole M. Davis, a founding member of GHEC. Carole M. Davis MSW served two terms on the Board of Directors, and along with Ron Pust and Christopher Krogh co-authored one of the organization's early publications, Preparing for International Electives: A Mini-Guide to Resources.
At the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Ms. Davis took the initiative to establish an elective in
GHEC is accepting applications to fund or supplement funding for projects that will take place between spring 2007 and spring 2008. These scholarships are given to students or faculty who are either GHEC members or from a school that is an institutional member* of GHEC. The names of scholarship recipients will be announced at the 16th annual GHEC conference to take place in
The awards are based on statements of no more than 1,000 words that describe the global health activities for which the applicants will use the funding. The project described in the application must take place within the ensuing 12 months of being recognized for the funds. Recipients are expected to provide a report describing the project upon its completion; and award monies are sent after approval of the report by the scholarships committee. Recipients are encouraged to submit an abstract of the completed project for presentation at the annual GHEC meeting of the following year. Priority will be given to projects that encompass GHEC's interest in learning or research activities in emerging countries or disadvantaged populations in
Include Within Your Application:
Curriculum Vitae
A letter of support from a supervising faculty member - if the applicant is a student or resident.
A letter of support from a colleague familiar with the applicant's body of work - if the applicant
is a faculty member.
A statement no more than 1,000 words describing the activity and indicating how the funds
will be used.
Include Within Your Statement:
Applicant's Background
Reason for the Global Health Activity
Learning Objectives
Anticipated Outcomes
Submissions must be received by
Word Documents, jpgs and pdf files may be emailed to:
info@...
Send applications and support documents to:
GHEC Secretariat
Carole M. Davis Award
305 West Broadway, #332
2) The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship For New Americans
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship For New Americans will support thirty individuals for up to two years of graduate study in any subject anywhere in the
Amount: $20,000 maintenance and half tuition.
Deadline:
Eligibility:
-- Student must be a "Green Card" holder or naturalized citizen or
have two parents who are naturalized citizens.
-- Applicants must be under the age of 30.
For details and to apply, http://www.pdsoros.org/
3) Child Family Health International’s global health rotations
*Participate in International Health Service-Learning with CFHI*
*We have a very comprehensive web site located at www.cfhi.org
<http://www.cfhi.org/>. The web site has detailed information about our
programs in
*Please call the office or email students@... to determine
availability for 2007 Spots…. or the few remaining winter 2006 spots!
*_2007 Spots_
*~ Sign up today, as our 2007 program spots are filling up! >>>>
http://www.cfhi.org/student_entry.php4
4) Citizens of the World
Nursing students who are considering study abroad should consider applying for a Citizens of the World (COTW) award from the SoN to help pay for for their airfare costs. For more information on the COTW award please see http://www.son.washington.edu/students/all_cotw_default.asp and speak to Josh Fliegel, Director of International Programs,
5)
I'd like to bring to your attention global health volunteer opportunities
currently available in
opportunity could be made available to your students.
Gwalior Children's Hospital/Help Children of India
http://www.gwalior.hospital.care4free.net/volunteers.html
http://www.helpchildrenofindia.org/howto.html
Volunteer opportunities are available for Doctors (GPs, specialists and
Consultants in all disciplines),Dentists, Nurses, Paramedics, Technicians--
Speech therapists, physiotherapists, Audiologists, Paramedics, Medical
physics etc. Students and trainees are welcome to join as volunteers and to
gain work experience. Medical, dental and nursing students are welcome to do
their electives.
Please direct questions to: anhdai@...
6) Opportunities for international internships for pre-med students
Apply by November 15th to spend spring term in an international internship. Gain valuable professional experience, earn academic credit on your home campus and apply financial aid. The internships below are current listings from the IE3 Global Internships website. Application information and many more internship listings are available at http://ie3global.oregonstate.edu/ie3/.
http://ie3global.oregonstate.edu/ie3/openings/india04.html - Mumbai Infectious Diseases program
http://ie3global.oregonstate.edu/ie3/openings/india05.html - Rural Himalayan Rotation
CFHI and IE3 Global Internships have partnered to offer special 10 week programs for pre-med students in Mumbai (
Language requirement: English (interns should have an interest in learning some Hindi prior to departure and while abroad).
For more information, contact Natanya Desai, Europe and
CFHI programs for pre-meds are also available in
Students are placed with one or more of the following organizations in
The
Additional international internship opportunities and complete application details are available on the IE3 website: http://ie3global.oregonstate.edu/ie3/.
7) International Public Health Internships
Apply by November 15th to spend spring term in an international internship. Gain valuable professional experience, earn academic credit on your home campus and apply financial aid. The internships below are current listings from the IE3 Global Internships website. Application information and many more internship listings around the world are available at http://ie3global.oregonstate.edu/ie3/.
EPES is dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of shantytown inhabitants through the training and organized participation of the residents themselves. EPES trains local residents, mostly women, about illness and health; together, these community health promoters study their own communities' needs and advocate for improvements. The emphasis is on confronting local health problems and the underlying conditions that cause them. Seeking public health and social work interns. Language requirement: 4th year university level Spanish or equivalent
MAMTA- Health Institute for Mother and Child initiated its work in a slum in
The
MESE is private Mexican non-profit social service organization currently working with nearly 300 destitute children and adolescents on the streets of
The
SENEGAL: The Group for Population Studies and Education (GEEP) http://ie3global.oregonstate.edu/ie3/openings/senega2.html
GEEP pursues education, information and research focused on educating young learners on adolescent sexuality and fertility issues in a manner suited to their needs. Language: 2nd-year French.
Additional international internship opportunities and complete application details are available on the IE3 website: http://ie3global.oregonstate.edu/ie3/.
Job/Internship Announcements
1) GHRC_jobs listserv
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1) GHRC_jobs listserv
To keep up with the information we receive here at the UW GHRC related to
global health-related employment in local and global organizations and
universities, we have created a new listserv/mailman list dedicated to
posting new jobs, fellowships or interesting internships announcements:
GHRC_jobs. Please send text descriptions and refrain from sending
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or in a daily digest. The list will be monitored by the GHRC to avoid
multiple postings of the same announcement, where possible.
To subscribe: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/ghrc_jobs
General Announcements
1) UW Common Book Study Guides
2) Graduate Certificate in HIV & STIs: Deadline is
3) Foreign Service Exam Study Guide
4) President Emmert's Blog from
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1) Dear Colleagues,
I am happy to announce the availability of study guides, Exploring "
Sincerely,
Sheila Edwards Lange, Ph.D.
Interim Vice President/Vice Provost for
2) Are you interested in a career in HIV & STIs? The Graduate Certificate Program in HIV & STIs, an interdisciplinary program at the UW that provides students with the conceptual knowledge and practical skills needed to work in the field of HIV & STIs, is accepting applications. All current UW graduate and qualified non-matriculated students are eligible to apply. The deadline for next year's program is
Overview: The program provides training and context for the global AIDS epidemic, arguably the most pressing public health issue of our time. It aims to equip future professionals in health and social science disciplines to address the complex interplay of biomedical, social, economic, gender, political and geographic factors that impact the spread and disease course of AIDS & STIs. Controlling these epidemics will require comprehensive strategies across sectors and countries; this program will provide a framework and interdisciplinary foundation for making this possible. In addition to providing education about the diseases themselves, students will learn about contextual issues surrounding the epidemic and individual, family, community and societal points of intervention. Various prevention and treatment approaches will be explored, with a focus on vulnerable populations (commercial sex workers, men who have sex with men, injecting drug users, adolescents, mother-to-child transmission). The program will examine these disease epidemics from both domestic and international perspectives.
Students will interact with professionals currently working in the field of AIDS & STIs in clinical, research, and program management capacities.
Housed in the Department of Epidemiology, this certificate program currently involves affiliated faculty and steering committee members from the Departments of Anthropology, Epidemiology, Health Services, Pathobiology and Psychology, and the Schools of Medicine and Nursing. We hope to expand collaborations to additional departments in the coming years in order to create a strong multidisciplinary foundation.
Coursework: Completion of the graduate certificate program requires a minimum of 15 course credits, 8 of which must be taken from selected core courses, 4from elective courses and 3 earned through the completion of a Capstone Project.
Capstone Project: Students will complete an individual capstone project or paper over the course of the program and present their work at a capstone seminar in the final quarter of their academic program. Students may provide technical assistance to ongoing HIV/STI research studies (development of study instruments, data analysis, field implementation, laboratory testing), complete an internship at an HIV/STI clinical site, write a paper exploring a contextual aspect of HIV/STI (intersections between gender and HIV, analysis of international AIDS policy, program evaluation of a STI treatment program), or develop a clinical case scenario.
For more information on capstone guidelines, courses, etc., please see the following website:
http://depts.washington.edu/cfas/training/grad_cert/
For more information contact:
E-mail: Sid Lewis -- sblewis@...
Voice-mail: (206) 731.3791
UW Center for AIDS and
Seattle, WA
3) Foreign Service Exam Study Guide - 2006
The 2006 Foreign Service Written Examination and Oral Assessment Study Guide has been purchased by the Evans School Career Services Office.
Evans students and alums: The study guide is available on JILeS under "resumes and resources" and the subcategory of "international search." IDCP students and alums: Please respond to this e-mail if you would like it sent to you as an attachment.
The exam was in April last year, but the date for 2007 has not been posted to the State Dept. website.
For more information on the Foreign Service, please see http://careers.state.gov/officer/join/index.html#reg
Eligibility:
The Foreign Service Written Examination is administered throughout the
1. Between 20 and 59 years old on the date of examination. Appointment to the Foreign Service must take place before the candidate's 60th birthday
2. A citizen of the
3. Available for worldwide assignment, including
4) President Emmert's Blog from
President Emmert and Law Dean Joe King have really interesting blogs coming from
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