GHP Weekly NewsletterFebruary 9, 2024Welcome back to another edition of the GHP weekly newsletter! Please keep reading for new community updates, events, publications, and open opportunities in GHP.
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Arnaud Iradukunda Launches Mentorship Program
In December 2023, Takemi Fellow Arnaud Iradukunda launched a 6-week mentorship program in Burundi, targeting medical doctors, students, and other health professionals. The mentorship program, which focused on research methods, was carried out as a collaboration between ARNECH Research and Consulting, InciSion Burundi, and the United Nations Center for Information. At the program’s certification day on February 2, 2024, Arnaud took the opportunity to highlight the Takemi Program and its impact on the global research environment. Thank you, and congratulations, Arnaud!
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Esias Bedingar Featured in Field Education and Practice Blog
Esias Bedingar, a third-year PhD candidate in GHP, was featured in the Field Education and Practice blog this week as part of the “Continued Stories of Rose Service Learning Alumni” series! Esias was awarded the Rose Service Learning Fellowship in spring 2022 to support his research on HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention among Chadian youth. Esias was also recently appointed as special advisor to the Prime Minister of Chad. Congratulations, Esias! To learn more about his journey and other Rose Service Learning alumni, check out the Field Education and Practice blog post.
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Brown Bag Seminar: Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) Health Surveys: Measurement for Primary Healthcare Reimagination
Thursday, February 15 / 1–1:55 pm / Zoom
Join us via Zoom for the next installment of GHP’s Brown Bag series, featuring Kathryn Andrews and Jigyasa Sharma, health economists at the World Bank. Questions? Please contact Jessica Majano.
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2nd Annual Africa Health Conference
Friday, February 23, and Saturday, February 24 / Harvard Chan School
The Africa Health Conference, presented by the Harvard Chan Africa Health Students Forum, is an annual event that brings together experts, researchers, practitioners, and students from across the world to discuss and explore pressing health challenges in Africa. This year’s event will explore the theme “Mapping Changemakers Transforming Health in Africa.”
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Career Trajectories in Public Health: Public Health Entrepreneurship
Friday, March 1 / 1–2 pm / Zoom
Join us for a conversation featuring Karen Zeribi, MHS, and Katie Donohue McMillan, MPH, moderated by Rashad Massoud, MD, MPH, FACP, visiting faculty. Karen Zeribi is the founder of Shift, a collaborative improvement organization dedicated to accelerating social change, and Katie Donohue McMillan is the CEO and founder of Well Made Health, LLC, a digital health company founded in 2020. Karen and Katie will share their experiences working in public health entrepreneurship and hold a Q&A with attendees.
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Open Calls for Applications
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Intensive Summer Course on Migration and Refugee Studies in Greece
The FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, in collaboration with the Refugee and Migration Studies Hub at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and with the support of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece and the U.S., is offering a three-week intensive, interdisciplinary course on migration and refugee studies. The course will be taught in English and organized around a multidisciplinary, rights-based curriculum that draws on legal, medical, environmental, and broader social science approaches to migration policy and practice. The course will take place from July 5 to 28, 2024, in Athens, Nafplio, Ancient Olympia, and Lesvos. The application deadline is February 10, 2024. For additional information on the program or application process, please contact Vasileia Digidiki. Please find the application form for Harvard-affiliated applicants here, and the form for non-Harvard-affiliated applicants here.
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Global Health Delivery Intensive
The Global Health Delivery Intensive (GHDI) at Harvard Chan School is a virtual, three-week program that addresses how to design and manage programs that improve health care delivery and outcomes in low-resource settings. The course will take place from July 9 to 26, 2024, and the application deadline is February 15, 2024. Applicants should be mid-career professionals who have a demonstrated commitment to health equity and experience in health organizations. Practitioners, policy leaders, and administrators are all strong candidates, and international candidates are encouraged to apply.
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Call for Abstracts: 16th Arab Conference at Harvard (ACH) Research Symposium on Healthcare
The ACH24 Research Symposium, part of the larger Arab Conference, is a collaborative platform for celebrating and sharing research focused on the Arab world or conducted by Arab students. This year, the symposium, themed “Bringing Best Healthcare Practices Back,” emphasizes addressing health equity. The deadline for abstract submissions is February 28, 2024, and participants will be notified of acceptance by March 14, 2024. Please reach out to Heba Mohamed with any questions.
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The Trinity Challenge to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesA new innovation competition with a grand prize of up to £1 million is currently accepting submissions. The Trinity Challenge on Antimicrobial Resistance is specifically calling for data-driven solutions focused on low- and middle-income countries to help mitigate the global crisis of antimicrobial resistance. The Challenge was launched with a webinar featuring tips and discussion from the Trinity Challenge team and their partners MIT Solve, plus questions from participants on topics like the Challenge’s community data focus and the application process. You can watch the recording here. Submissions are due February 29, 2024.
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HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) has opened applications for the 2024–2025 HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship for junior faculty members across the University. There are two categories of awards. The research award provides $75,000 to conduct foundational research that prepares the junior faculty member to be an independent investigator or conduct exploratory work on groundbreaking questions seldom supported by traditional funding sources. The curriculum development and teaching award provides $25,000 to apply innovative pedagogy to course development and teaching, particularly at the undergraduate level. All application materials are due by 5 pm on March 8, 2024. More information can be found on the HGHI Burke Fellowship website.
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Academic PositionsStaff PositionsInternships and Internal Student Positions
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