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WPLN Features Work of VIGH Faculty Member 

This week, Nashville Public Radio featured the work of VIGH Faculty Member Martin Were, M.D., M.S. and his work with electronic health records in Kenya. Were developed a smartphone app called mUzima that allows users to access personal health information. Click to hear the interview. 

2018 Vanderbilt Global 
Health Case Competition

Participant registration for the Global Health Case Competition is now open until Friday, February 2.
The annual Vanderbilt Global Health Case Competition provides the opportunity for students to work together in order to develop solutions to global health problems. The competition is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students from all areas of study. The winning team will represent Vanderbilt at the 2018 International Emory Global Health Case Competition in March. Here are important dates to remember: 
  • Wednesday, February 7, 6 - 8 p.m., Sarratt Cinema/Gallery: Case Reveal 
  • Saturday, February 17, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., Featheringill Hall Auditorium and Atrium: Case Competition 
Lwala Community Alliance is seeking a monitoring and evaluation fellow. This is a year-long, stipened position is based in rural western Kenya. The M&E fellow will help with programming and conducting research in a field-based setting. 
Click for more information. 
Global Health Funding Opportunities
Alan J. Magill Fellowship
Application Deadline: February 14
World Health Organization (WHO): Available Positions 
Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core: 
Grant Announcement
Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Summer Program (VUSRP)
Application Deadline: February 16
Academic and Practice Linkages in Public Health Caucus
Abstract Deadline: February 23
Membership in Academy for Excellence in Education
Application Deadline: March 2
Sigma Theta Tau International Global Nursing Research Grant
Application Deadline: May 1
Global Health
Grand Rounds
Mondays at 11 a.m.
2525 WEA, 8th Floor
Feb. 5
Unique Partnership: How the Guyanese Fire Service Helped Shape Emergency Medicine
(flyer)
Zulfikar Bux, M.D.
Medical Director of Guyana Emergency Medical Service, 
Head of Emergency Department, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Guyana
Marlon Gentle
Chief Fire Officer (CFO)
Guyana Fire Service
Dr. Bux and Chief Gentle will be keynote speakers at the VU Global Health Case Competition on Februrary 17.
Feb. 12
"Paul Farmer and Religious Ethics: Countering Failures of Imagination in Global Health" 
by Alison Lutz, MDiv.,  Ph.D. candidate, Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University
Upcoming Events and Important Dates 
Feb. 1 | 12:00 p.m.
A-2200 MCN
ID Grand Rounds: "Bringing HIV Care to Rural Mozambique: Update & Future Directions" presented by C. William Wester, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Feb. 6 | 9 - 2 p.m. 
REDCap Day
For all REDCap users in the Vanderbilt/Meharry community (link)
Feb. 7 | 6-8 p.m. 
Sarratt Cinema/Gallery
2018 Case Competition Case Reveal
Feb. 9 | 12:10 p.m. 
Garland Hall 121
"Tracking A Killer: Using ancient DNA to Understand the Evolutionary History of Tuberculosis" presented by Anne C. Stone, Regents' Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University (flyer)
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