Earth Day Festival at BUMC is happening on Thursday, April 16 from 11a-2:30p on Talbot Green
Save the Date:
Earth Day Festival at BUMC is happening on Thursday, April 16 from 11a-2:30p on Talbot Green.
Come get a free sustainability@BU travel mug and visit the City Hall Van to go for many civic services including paying your parking ticket, get a dog license, paying your property tax, get something notarized, register to vote, get recycling bin stickers, sign up for Renew Boston, and much more.
Be sure to bring us your...
Old work clothes: Join BU in Goodwill's Put Your Clothes to Work drive
Hard to recycle items: Batteries, ink & toner cartridges, styrofoam
We'll also feature partner vendors from Save That Stuff, ZipCar, Office Depot, and Urban AdvenTours. The BMC Marathon Team will feature free food and giveaways.
Calestous Juma from the Harvard Kennedy School will deliver the annual Pardee Distinguished Lecture next Tuesday, April 14
Calestous Juma from the Harvard Kennedy School will deliver the annual Pardee Distinguished Lecture next Tuesday, April 14. Calestous will be available from 1 to 4 pm that day for BU faculty or grad students who are interested in meeting with him one-on-one (or in small groups, possibly) here at the Pardee Center. We will fill in the schedule below as responses come in.
Please contact me (barakatt@bu.edu), if you would like to meet with Calestous at any of the following times:
Tuesday, April 14 -- meeting with Calestous Juma at Pardee House, 67 Bay State Road
The Fenway Institute is Recruiting Participants for a New Study Around the Use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis within the Context of a Relationship
The Fenway Institute is recruiting participants for a new study around the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within the context of a relationship. Known as the Couples PrEP study, this study is setting out to interview male-male couples about their relationships in order to better our understanding of how relationship dynamics play a role in HIV prevention. Read more: http://fenwayfocus.org/2015/04/fenway-institute-recruiting-for-couples-prep-study/
Partners in Health seeks Mental mHealth Technical Advisor in Haiti, for summer practicum
Partners In Health / Zanmi Lasante Mental mHealth Technical Advisor
Location: Mirebalais, Haiti, with initial training in Boston, MA, USA
Partners In Health and Zanmi Lasante Background: Partners In Health (“PIH”), headquartered in Boston, MA, is an internationally recognized non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. Through its service delivery, training, advocacy and research, PIH works globally to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need and to serve as an antidote to despair. PIH operates sites for clinical care, research and training in 10 countries (Haiti, Peru, Russia, Boston, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Dominican Republic) and has a growing network of affiliated organizations and initiatives in several other countries, including Nepal, Burundi, Mali, Liberia, Guatemala, and Togo. Zanmi Lasante (ZL) is PIH’s sister organization in Haiti.
ZL Mental Health Program Overview: Partners In Health/Zanmi Lasante (ZL) was awarded a Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) grant to develop a community-based mental health system in Haiti’s Central Plateau/Artibonite region. The program emphasizes depression screening and treatment, largely in response to an acute need in the
wake of the 2010 earthquake. The mental health program will be rolled out into 11 health centers, including a staff of 1 clinical psychologist lead, 2 psychologists at the Mirebalais University Hospital (HUM), 30 mental health community workers (including 4 located at HUM), and 2 supervisors for the community health workers. Community workers supplement the physicians through community follow up, new patient registration, interim screening, and referral of acute cases. All physicians and providers use some form of a standardized depression screening tool.
mHealth and Mental Health: As a part of the GCC Project, the ZL Mental Health Team will pilot a mobile depression tool for use by community health workers and psychologists to improve screening and diagnosis, clinical care, referral and data collection. A prototype depression screening application for community health workers was developed in early 2014 through a partnership with the Mobile Health course at the International Health Department at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). The application was modeled after the paper-based screening tool and workflows provided by the ZL/PIH mental health team.
During the course of this project, community health workers at selected pilot sites will transition to a mobile phone-based screening tool to improve standardized care, facilitate referrals and follow up. Data automatically collected on the phones through client registration and screening can facilitate supervision and structured quality improvement activities. Mobile phones have also been shown to improve community health worker motivation and may promote worker retention and engagement.
For the full job description and details on applying follow the link.
Global Health Council hosting “The Future of Global Health” conference on April 16th. Register now at a discounted rate!
Global Health Council (GHC) is hosting its second annual The Future of Global Health (#TFGH15) “unconference” on April 16, 2015 at The Hamilton in Washington, DC. Last year this exciting event brought together more than 400 young leaders in global health, current practitioners and advocates to discuss and explore themes emerging around The Future of Global Health. It would be great if students from Boston University’s School of Public Health could attend TFGH15 and continue the conversation this year!
A little more about TFGH15: The Future of Global Health 2015 (TFGH15) is an event for global health unlike any other. It is a unique opportunity to step outside the usual panel discussion format and engage in meaningful conversation with peers and potential mentors. The goal of TFGH15 is to foster connections and increase knowledge through conversations among new and established members of the global health community. This year's event will focus on the global health workplace - the challenges, solutions and skills needed to advance progress on the global health issues of our time. The breadth of sectors - private, non-profit, government, academic and donor - will be represented among the event's discussion group leaders, mentors and attendees.
This event includes:
- Small group conversations with others passionate about global health
- Networking and mentoring opportunities
- Refreshments
- A fun Thursday night, focused on a topic you’re passionate about!
Registration link: www.tfgh15.eventbrite.com. Please note that there is a special discount code for students and professors -- student15 -- which gives you $10 off the original ticket price.
Partners In Health – Rwanda seeks Director of Monitoring and Evaluation
New employment opportunity with you at Partners In Health-Rwanda: We are accepting applications for the head of the monitoring and evaluation department at Partners In Health-Rwanda. The M&E Director reports to the Chief Knowledge Officer, and is responsible for leveraging routinely collected M&E data to inform IMB programmatic and organization-wide strategic planning.
The ideal candidate would have a strong technical foundation in monitoring and evaluation or a quantitative public health discipline, and two-three years of management experience in a resource-limited setting.
The job posting can be viewed here. If you or any friends are interested in applying, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Women in Global Health Panel
Join global health professors and other experienced women in global health to engage in a formative discussion about the social, political, cultural, and economic factors affecting women’s positions in society and their contributions to global health and innovation.
Only 15 spots available per session—first come first serve!
(priority will be given to those who have not attended previously)
Thursday, April 23rd from 6 to 8:00 p.m. in CT305
Contact Chase Crossno for more information – ccrossno@bu.edu
