GHP Weekly NewsletterFebruary 23, 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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Today! 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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Facts, Fakes, and Fascism: On Mpox and Misinformation
Tuesday, February 27 / 1–1:50 pm / FXB G11 or Zoom / Lunch provided
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Brown Bag Seminar: A Primary Health Care–Based Approach to Migrant Health Rights: A Qualitative Study from Colombia
Thursday, February 29 / 1–1:55 pm / Zoom
Join us via Zoom for the next installment of GHP’s Brown Bag Series, featuring Stefano Angeleri, PhD, Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast and visiting scientist at the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights. Questions? Please contact Jessica Majano.
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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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Harvard Humanitarian Development and Health Diplomacy Student Association Happy Hour Friday, March 1 / 4–6 pm / Time Out Market, 406 Park Dr.
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Global Recommendations for Small Vulnerable Newborn Feeding: Moving Recommendations to Research and Practice
Monday, March 4 / 1–2 pm / Kresge 502 or Zoom
Join the Nutrition and Global Health Program for their next monthly seminar! Katherine Semrau, PhD, MPH, and Linda Vesel, PhD, MPH, will present the current challenges, global recommendations, and research priorities related to the feeding of small vulnerable newborns in low-resource settings. Katherine Semrau is the director of the BetterBirth Program at Ariadne Labs and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Linda Vesel is the scientific lead at the BetterBirth Program and a senior research scientist at Harvard Chan School.
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Effects of mint, menthol, and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes on tobacco withdrawal symptoms in adults who smoke menthol cigarettes: A laboratory pilot study, GHP alumni author: Alison Schulte, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
EXPRESS: Strengthening research capacity of early-mid career researchers: Implementation and evaluation of the Excellence in Non-Communicable REsearch (ENCORE) program, GHP author: G.K. Mini, published in Journal of Investigative Medicine
Health and economic growth: Reconciling the micro and macro evidence, GHP authors: David Bloom, David Canning, and Rainer Kotschy, published in World Development
Long-term consumption of six different beverages and cardiovascular disease–related mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies, GHP author: Buna Bhandari, published in Current Developments in Nutrition
Modelling the health and economic impacts of M72/AS01E vaccination and BCG-revaccination: Estimates for South Africa, GHP authors: Allison Portnoy and Nicolas Menzies, published in Vaccine
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Open Calls for Applications
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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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International Health Systems Program Course: Strengthening Human Resources for Health
This in-person, one-week program offers the necessary tools and skills to understand, assess, and formulate effective strategies aimed at enhancing human resources for health. Throughout the course, which will take place from May 1 to 7, 2024, participants will craft a strategic plan for human resources and crisis management tailored to their country or organization's needs. Addressing the critical need for skilled health workers across all levels and the strengthening of educational and management systems, this course employs a financial perspective to achieve these objectives. Applications are due April 1, 2024. For more information, please contact ihsp@hsph.harvard.edu.
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Academic PositionsStaff PositionsInternships and Internal Student Positions
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