This Week in Global Health

  • Nov. 10, Deadline for showing interest in having a poster at the Health Sciences Library traveling exhibit created by the National Library of Medicine entitled "Against the Odds: Making a Different in Global Health". Email Lisa Oberg at lisanne@uw.edu.
  • Nov. 11, Submission deadline for the Global Social Entrepreunership Competition
  • Nov. 13, John R. Hogness Symposium "Health Care Reform: The Real Story," 3:30-4:30 p.m., Reception to follow
  • Nov. 18, Domesticating Global Health: Part One of a Four Part Series, Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Assoc., 4-6 p.m, SBRI

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Department News

  • Winning Essay: A team from UW's Department of Global Health had one of the five winning essays for a contest in Academic Medicine answering the question: "How should academic medicine contribute to peace-building efforts around the world?" The question was posed by Dr. Steven Kanter, editor of Academic Medicine (the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges or AAMC). The entry from UW, "Gathering in Groups: Peace Advocacy in Health Professional Associations," by Amy Hagopian, Jirair Ratevosian, and Emily deRiel, is in the latest issue of Academic Medicine ( 84(11):1485, November 2009.) Scroll to the bottom of the table of contents.
    Emily deRiel will be attending the AAMC annual meeting in Boston in November to serve on a panel with the other four winning authors (including Barry Levy and Vic Sidel, authors of the text, War and Public Health). This is a great pre-cursor to the War & Global Health conference on campus in April.
  • Call for Posters: The Health Sciences Library will be hosting a traveling exhibit created by the National Library of Medicine entitled Against the Odds: Making a Different in Global Health. On display from November 23, 2009 through January 3, 2010, the exhibit will highlight six different aspects of global health: Community Health, Food for Life, Action on AIDS, The Legacy of War (landmines), Preventing Disease and Global Collaboration.For more information about this exhibit and its content see the National Library of Medicine's exhibit website.
    In addition to this exhibit, the Health Sciences Library is also interested in showcasing the UW's programs and other activities supporting and promoting global health. Interested departments and programs are invited to submit informational posters (36in x 56in, which will be displayed in the library simultaneously with the traveling exhibit. (Deadline: Nov. 20, 2009).  Brochures and other informational pieces are also welcome. Please let us know of your interest by Nov. 10, 2009.
    The Library is also interested in sponsoring other activities while the exhibit is on display including a brown bag film series and a book group discussion of Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder. They would be interested in listing any other events or activities on the library's exhibit website which may be happening while the exhibit is on display. Email Lisa Oberg at lisanne@uw.edu with any events you'd like included.
  • Global Health Agenda: Health Alliance International (HAI) was one of the co-sponsors of a media teleconference Thursday, Oct. 29 offering journalists a report identifying priorities and a price tag for Obama's Global Health Initiative, which was announced in May. The briefing included Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, UN Special Advisor on the Millennium Development Goals, Director of Columbia’s Earth Institute; Dr. Peter Mugyenyi, director of Uganda’s Joint  Clinical Research Center; and The Hon. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA). The media call preceded a Congressional hearings that morning on "Strategies for Global Health: Urgent Challenges, Comprehensive Solutions." HAI is one of several organizations helping to set global health priorities and ensure progress in global health. Great coverage of the event by various media outlets.
  • Fogarty News: The latest issue of Global Health Matters, a publication by the Fogarty Center, features an article, "Global Health on Campus Gains Enthusiasm," and a great photo of Fogarty grantee and UW graduate Dr. Patricia Garcia of Peru’s Cayetano Heredia University, with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass.

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If you have any news to share, i.e., publications, grant awards, other awards, etc., please let us know by emailing Bobbi Nodell, Communications Specialist, at bnodell@u.washington.edu.

Funding and International Opportunities

  • New: Global Opportunities/Fritz Scholarship.The Global Opportunities Scholarship provides funding for Husky Promise & Pell Grant eligible students to study abroad.  The Fritz Scholarship supports Social Sciences & Humanities majors to globalize their education.  Last academic year, we awarded scholarships ranging from $2,000-$5,000 to 150 UW undergraduates, many of whom had never traveled internationally before. Deadline: Nov. 5.
  • New: Glimpse Correspondents Program. Supported in part by National Geographic Society, The Correspondents Program is for especially talented students specializing in writing or photography. The program is open to anyone between the ages of 18 and 34 who will be working, volunteering, or studying abroad for at least 10 weeks. Correspondents receive a $600 stipend, a professional editor, career training in writing and photography, guaranteed publication on Glimpse.org, and potential publication in National Geographic platforms. Deadline: Nov. 8
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies Global Health Essay Contest. "What is the most important thing the U.S. can do to improve global health over the next 15 years?" Award: $1,000. Deadline: Nov. 20.
  • The Duke Program on Global Policy and Governance in Geneva, Switzerland, is accepting applications for its Summer 2010 cohort. Past program participants include graduate and professional students from all disciplines, including law, medicine, public policy, international affairs, business, environmental studies, and other students interested in issues of global policy and governance.  Joint degree students also welcome to apply! Deadline: Nov. 30.
  • The Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars and Fellows (FICRS-F) Support Center at Vanderbilt is offering a one-year clinical research training experience for graduate-level U.S. students in the health professions. Deadline: Dec. 3.
  • New: Lambarene Schweitzer Fellows Program of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. The program offers three-month fellowships in medicine and public health at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambarene, Gabon.  The medical fellowships are open to senior medical students to serve in pediatrics or adult medicine. Medical fellows work as junior physicians under the supervision of the Schweitzer Hospital medical staff. Fluency in French required. Deadline: Dec. 15.
  • Applications are invited from graduate students for the West Africa Research Association Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for research in West Africa during the summer of 2010. Funded through the bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department. Each fellowship will provide round trip travel to a West African country and a stipend of up to $3,500. Deadline: Jan. 10.
  • New: Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS). Incoming and current graduate and professional students from all departments and schools are encouraged to apply. FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education through eight National Resource Centers located in the Jackson School of International Studies: Canada, East Asia, Global (International) Studies, Middle East, Russia/East Europe/Central Asia (REECAS/Ellison), South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Europe. Summer 2010 awards will provide tuition up to $4,000, plus a living allowance of $2,500. Travel funds up to $1,000 are available with summer awards only. Academic Year 2010-11 fellowships, pending funding, will grant tuition up to $12,000, plus a stipend of $15,000. Eight campus-wide information sessions about the FLAS fellowship will be held in November and December.
    Deadline: Jan. 15.
  • The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), in conjunction with New Mexico State University, hosts a two-week field experience designed to expose graduate students to the challenges and triumphs of delivering health care and conducting research in communities with limited resources along the border. Deadline: Feb. 10.
  • New: The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation sponsors scholarly research on problems of violence, aggression, and dominance. The foundation provides both research grants to established scholars and dissertation fellowships to graduate students during the dissertation-writing year. Deadline: Aug. 1
  • Biomedical Ethics in Developing Countries Project-Scoping Travel Grants. Sponsor: Wellcome Trust. (Applications may be submitted at any time and should be sent to the trust at least two months before the proposed research is due to commence.)
  • Voluntarios Bolivia

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