GHP Weekly NewsletterMarch 15, 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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Call for Abstracts: Global Health Week Poster Day
We are collecting abstracts for the Global Health Week Poster Day! Current Harvard students and postdoctoral fellows are invited to submit a poster presentation on global health and population studies. We particularly encourage submissions with topics related to population and development issues; however, we welcome submissions from many different disciplines and schools at Harvard University. For submission requirements and details, please see the call for abstracts. All abstracts must be submitted via email to ghp@hsph.harvard.edu by 11:59 pm ET on Sunday, April 7. Accepted abstracts will be presented as part of the Global Health Week symposium and poster awards will be announced at the symposium on April 26. One of the authors must be present at this session. If you have any questions, please contact ghp@hsph.harvard.edu.
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Marcia Castro Participates in S20 Conference
On Monday, March 11, and Tuesday, March 12, the academies of science from 19 countries, the European Union, and the African Union came together in Rio de Janeiro for a Science 20 (S20) conference in advance of this fall's G20 Summit. S20 is a G20 group focused on science and technology, and this year's conference was organized by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) with the theme of "Science for World Transformation." At the conference, Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population and Andelot Professor of Demography Marcia Castro presented on "Demography and Health Challenges in the G20." She discussed the health challenges posed by aging populations and increased migration, as well as opportunities for policy changes to positively affect change and promote healthier lifestyles, emphasizing the need for intersectoral and international collaboration. To watch Marcia's presentation, visit the ABC's YouTube recording of the event.
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Ana Langer Featured in NIH Newsletter “In Focus”
Ana Langer, MD, professor of the practice of public health emerita, was featured last week in the National Institute of Health (NIH) newsletter “In Focus” from the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health. In this issue of the newsletter, which examines global women’s health and celebrates International Women’s Day, Ana was interviewed about the shift in focus regarding women’s health; successes and challenges in reproductive, sexual, and maternal health; and the importance of recognizing and advancing women’s work. To learn more, read the “In Focus” article (PDF).
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Stéphane Verguet Featured in Harvard Chan School News
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Takemi Program in International Health Weekly Seminar
Thursday, March 19 / 1:30–3 pm / Building 1, Room 1208
Join Veronika Wirtz and Jesse Bump for a discussion about Wirtz’s research. Veronika Wirtz is an associate professor of global health at Boston University School of Public Health, where she teaches courses in health systems, pharmaceuticals in public health, and non-communicable diseases. To get the most out of this seminar, please be sure to arrive on time.
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QuEST Network Research Seminar: Receipt of Core Antenatal Care Components and Associated Factors in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis
Wednesday, March 20 / 8–9 am / Zoom
Join the QuEST Network for their next research seminar! This research seminar is open to all QuEST Centers, affiliate researchers, faculty, and students. Please share with and encourage your teams to join! To be added to the QuEST Network’s distribution list and learn about the monthly research seminars, please contact project coordinator Kayleigh Lawson.
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Monitoring Population-Level Mental Health and Well-Being: Countdown Global Mental Health 2030
Wednesday, March 20 / 1–1:50 pm / FXB G12 & Zoom / Lunch provided
Join the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness for a seminar with Shekhar Saxena, professor of the practice of global mental health. This seminar will provide the conceptual background for monitoring population-level mental health and well-being, followed by the methodology developed in the Countdown Global Mental Health 2030, an initiative of a consortium including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as partner agencies.
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Weatherhead Research Cluster on Migration Seminar: New Fellows Presentation
Thursday, March 21 / 12–1 pm / Zoom
Join the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Migration for presentations from two of their new fellows! Reed Morgan, PhD candidate in history, will present "Migration and the Cultural Transformation of the Post-Roman World: New Insights from Ancient DNA." Shreya Tandon, PhD candidate in political economy and government, will present "Workplace Amenities and the Labor Supply of Migrant Women: Evidence from India's Garment Sector."
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Brown Bag Seminar: The Impact of Violence on Community Health Workers/Agents in Brazil: Policy Implications
Thursday, March 21 / 1–1:55 pm / Building 1, Room 1208 & Zoom
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How Leaders Communicate Effectively and Build Trust
Thursday, March 28 / 1–1:50 pm / Kresge 502 & Zoom / Lunch provided
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Digital Safety DiscoTech
Thursday, March 28 / 5:30–7:30 pm / FXB Atrium / Dinner provided
This interactive workshop will provide attendees with the space and instructions to take action to protect their digital safety. Attendees will rotate through tables that will assist them in taking steps to protect themselves, such as making data deletion requests. This event will be led by Sam Mendez, who recently launched the Center for Health Communication’s new digital safety kit.
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Ensuring Nutrition Equity for Women and Children Within the Context of Food Systems Transformation
Monday, April 1 / 1–2 pm / Kresge 502 & Zoom
The UN food systems summit in 2021 galvanized significant interest in supporting low- and middle-income countries to transform their food systems. In this talk, Shibani Ghosh, PhD, will examine the current status of maternal and infant nutrition and the evidence linking nutrition, health, and agri-food systems in relation to supporting optimal nutrition for these vulnerable populations and what are likely to be challenges in achieving equitable nutrition outcomes. Shibani Ghosh is a research associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University.
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Career Trajectories in Public Health: Public Health Outside the U.S.
Friday, April 5 / 1–2 pm / Zoom
Join us for a conversation featuring Nadeem Alduaij, MD, MPH, and Henry Mwebesa, MBCHB, MPH, moderated by Rashad Massoud, MD, MPH, FACP, visiting faculty. Nadeem Alduaij is the co-founder of Baraka Impact Finance and Henry Mwebesa is Director General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health, Uganda. Nadeem and Henry will share their experiences working in public health outside the U.S. and hold a Q&A with attendees. We hope to see you there!
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Confronting State Violence Across the Globe
Friday, April 5 / 1–6:30 pm / 110 Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA & Zoom
Join this free, hybrid conference fostering cross-border, interdisciplinary dialogues examining the mechanisms and manifestations of state violence experienced by racialized communities across the world and identifying pathways for enacting reforms in law, policy, and practice that center on principles of justice, intersectionality, and racism. This constitutes the FXB Center Roma Program’s 12th Roma conference marking the annual International Roma Day celebrated worldwide every April 8. This conference aims to interrogate the genesis and sources of power and the mechanisms and manifestations of state violence experienced by racialized communities across the world. It will unpack the concept of “ungrievable lives”; the narratives of the Other, the Oriental, or the Oriental within; and the politics of death that validate state-sponsored violence and injustices. Discussing lives deemed ungrievable will be this year’s keynote speaker, Cornel West.
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Predatory Extractivism: Brazil’s Mining Catastrophes in a Global Context
April 11 & 12, 2024 / Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, Cambridge, MA
What happens when millions of cubic tons of mining waste engulf entire communities and ecosystems? You are invited to join DRCLAS for a panel series that will focus on Brazil’s worst environmental and humanitarian disasters, both resulting from the collapse of mining tailings dams: the Samarco-operated Fundão dam in 2015 and Vale’s Córrego do Feijão dam in 2019, located in the state of Minas Gerais. Cases from other countries dealing with the harms of predatory extractivism will provide a wider view of the global issue beyond Brazil. Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography and chair of GHP, will moderate several panels. This event is presented in collaboration with DRCLAS, the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Extractives@Clark, and the Center for International Development.
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Open Call for Applications
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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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