Announcements
Opportunities available for international research training program
The AAMC is seeking applicants for an international clinical research training fellowship for graduate level health professions students. The program is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Fogarty International Center, in partnership with the Ellison Medical Foundation. The AAMC and the Association of Schools of Public Health manage the program. The one-year program provides students with mentored research training at top-ranked, NIH-funded research centers in a diverse group of countries. Applications are due Dec. 8.
Information: Go to http://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/overseasfellowship
Baylor Shoulder to Shoulder trip to Honduras
Baylor Shoulder To Shoulder Program - Honduras
October 25 – November 6, 2008
Unite For Sight®
Unite For Sight® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness. Local and visiting volunteers work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access, with the goal of creating eye disease-free communities.
Information: Go to http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/others/
The Lancet Global Health Network
Welcome to The Lancet Global Health Network. As a leading independent journal of global medicine, The Lancet is committed to advancing health for all people around the world. We publish research aimed at changing medical practice and adding informed analysis and opinion to scientific and policy debates. The aim of this site is to bring together international scientific and public health experts. The network will synthesise evidence, conduct new analyses, devise programmatic recommendations, and formulate proposals for action in international health and development.
http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/index.php
Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health
Supercourse is a global repository of lectures on public health and prevention targeting educators across the world. Supercourse has a network of over 42500 scientists in 174 countries who are sharing for free a library of over 3232 lectures in 26 languages. The concept of the Supercourse and its lecture style has been described as the Global Health Network University and the Hypertext Comic Books .
For more information: Go to http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/
CDC Foundation
CDC, in collaboration with the CDC Foundation, announces that the O.C. Hubert Student Fellowship in International Health for 200 7 –200 8 is now accepting applications (deadline, May 1 5 , 200 7 ). This fellowship , endowed by the O.C Hubert Charitable Trust, provides an excellent opportunity for third- and fourth-year medical and veterinary students to gain public health experience in an international setting.
Fellows spend 4–12 weeks in a developing country working alongside CDC staff on priority health problems. As many as seven fellows will be selected from eligible applicants. Fellows receive a $3,000 stipend (total) to cover travel and related fellowship expenses.
Applications must be postmarked no later than May 15, 2007, and selections will be announced by June 15, 2007.
For additional information and complete application materials, please visit http://www.cdcfoundation.org/fellowships/ochubert/index.aspx or contact:
Sara Sandlin
CDC Foundation
Telephone: 404-653-0790
E-mail: SSandlin@cdc.gov