GHP Weekly NewsletterAugust 30, 2024We hope everyone's summer is wrapping up well! As we welcome new students on campus next week, we will be returning to our regular weekly newsletter schedule. Please keep reading for new community updates, events, publications, and open opportunities in GHP.
If there is anything you’d like to see included in subsequent issues of the GHP weekly newsletter, please reach out to us at ghp@hsph.harvard.edu. We’d love to hear from you!
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Doctoral Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Call for Input
The Doctoral Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging committee is recruiting participants for focus groups and interviews in August through October 2024! The committee is seeking to understand experiences of inclusion/exclusion, discrimination, and belonging among doctoral students at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, particularly focusing on the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability. Funded by the Dean’s Fund and in collaboration with the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, the study will offer concrete recommendations to the School for improving the campus climate for all students. Participants will receive a $35 gift card for participating. Complete the screener survey here and email dedib@hsph.harvard.edu with any questions.
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GHP Travel Course Information Sessions
Considered part of the spring semester, WinterSession is a special term at the Harvard Chan School that runs for three weeks each January. GHP’s WinterSession travel courses offer graduate students the unique opportunity to apply the academic frameworks and tools learned throughout the year in a dynamic and professional environment by simulating the work they may engage in after graduation. Interested students are invited to attend the following information sessions to learn more about January 2025 course offerings, the application process, and enrollment:
- GHP 542 Field Trip to Fortaleza, Brazil: Tuesday, September 10 / 1–2 pm / Kresge 502
- GHP 549 Field Trip to Fukushima, Japan: Wednesday, September 11 / 1–2 pm / Kresge 502
- GHP 297 Field Trip to Santiago, Chile: Friday, September 13 / 1–2 pm / Zoom
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Speakers will share their own perspectives; they do not speak for Harvard.
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Refining Nutrient Supplementation Strategies in Pregnancy in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesMonday, September 9 / 1:00-2:00 pm / FXB G-13 and Zoom
As part of the Nutrition and Global Health Seminar Series Wafaie Fawzi and Christopher Sudfeld will explore the latest evidence on nutrient supplementation strategies in pregnancy in low- and middle-income country settings. Highlights of the presentation will include recent findings from trials of calcium supplementation for the prevention of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and preterm birth in addition to new research on refining global prenatal iron and multiple micronutrient supplementation strategies.
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Open Calls for Applications
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High Quality Health Systems: Assessing Performance and Improving at Scale
This one-week course will run from October 21 to 25, 2024 and will review the conceptual frameworks of health systems and quality of care and discuss how these can be used to organize measurement and performance assessment. This course will be led by Margaret Kruk, professor of health systems, and Diana Bowser, associate dean for research and integrated science at the Boston College Connell School of Nursing. The application deadline is September 1, 2024. Visit the IHSP website to apply, and please reach out to ihsp@hsph.harvard.edu if you have any questions.
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2025–2026 HBNU Fogarty Global Health Fellowship
The HBNU Fogarty Global Health Training Program provides one-year mentored research fellowship opportunities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for PhD candidates, medical students, and postdoctoral candidates from the U.S. and LMICs. The program supports research in areas of interest including HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases, mental health, maternal and child health and nutrition, and more. Please visit the fellowship website to learn more, and if you have any questions, please contact coordinator Lizi Fine or PI Wafaie Fawzi. The application deadline is October 1, 2024.
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2025–2026 Takemi Program in International Health Fellowship
The Takemi Program recruits a small group of mid-career researchers and professionals to spend an academic year at the Harvard Chan School each year. The Takemi Program provides participants with the space, time, and flexibility to enhance their capacity for research and leadership, by providing two key resources: the weekly Takemi seminar series and expert faculty members. Applications are due by 11:59pm on December 31, 2024. Apply to the Takemi Program here. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to takemi@hsph.harvard.edu.
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FXB Center Child Protection Certificate Program
The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University is now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Child Protection Certificate cohort. This interdisciplinary program incorporates ongoing child protection research and practice grounded in field-based realities and takes into account the expertise of UNICEF, a University-wide faculty steering committee, and external child protection experts. Harvard graduate students across all schools and degree programs may apply, but admission is limited to 30 individuals. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but interested students are advised to apply early. Visit the certificate program website to learn more and apply.
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