DGHI Calendar

Dateline 2010: Global Health Goals & Metrics

2010-06-14T04:25:00+00:00

June 14 - 18, 2010:

The Global Health Council has announced the date for its 2010 Annual Conference. 2010 will be a milestone year in terms of meeting the MDGs and other global health related goals. Join international health leaders and experts for spirited discussion and debate.

Check the website soon for 2010 details.

University Seminar on Global Health: Gina Dallabetta

2010-04-12T15:44:00+00:00

April 14, 2010:

For more information on Gina Dallabetta and other public seminars, visit the seminars web page.

University Seminar on Global Health: Youfa Wang

2010-03-18T16:26:00+00:00

March 17, 2010:

Youfa Wang, MD, MS, PhD
Associate Professor of International Health and Epidemiology
Department of International Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

NIH: Science of Dissemination and Implementation

2010-03-15T22:17:00+00:00

March 15-16, 2009:

The *3rd Annual NIH conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation * will be held on March 15-16, 2010 in Bethesda , Maryland . The annual conference is a large scientific forum for information-exchange and networking among researchers working in the newly emerging fields of dissemination and implementation research. The theme of this year’s conference is *Methods and Measurement *. There was very high turnout (indeed oversubscribed) at the conference last year and the organizers expect an even larger turnout this year. The conference is free and if you wish to attend we suggest you sign up early through the website : ttp://conferences.thehillgroup.com/obssr/DI2010/registrationform.cfm

This conference is an excellent opportunity for Fogarty grantees to learn about the latest advances and research in dissemination and implementation science. While the conference largely focuses on research in the United States and Canada, last year Fogarty played a critical role in higlighting the importance of implementation science research in low- and middle-income countries. You can *submit an abstract through *http://conferences.thehillgroup.com/obssr/DI2010/abstracts.html. Please see the attached the Call for Proposals (or click on the website above), which has information on the conference, registration, and instructions for abstract submission. On page 3, you will see that *international implementation science research (bullet 5 and 6) * is one of the domains of interest to the conference. The deadline for submission is *November 6, 2009. *

To make full use of the knowledge and expertise that will be present at the 3rd Annual NIH Dissemination and Implementation Conference, *Fogarty will host a one-day satellite networking meeting entitled “ Implementation Science and Global Health” * immediately following the main conference on *March 17 *. This meeting will focus on (but not be limited to) the implementation science research, training and curriculum development projects of Fogarty Grantees and Trainees. At this point, we are in the early planning stages for this meeting and would like to hear from you, the grantees, about areas of dissemination and implementation research you would like to see showcased.

Examples include:

Training international implementation science researchers – what are the skills and tools needed to equip researchers for implementation science work?
The application of implementation science research methods in resource-constrained settings.
Strategies to build and linkages between in-country implementation science researchers with PEPFAR and PMI program implementers to strengthen service delivery and health outcomes.
Working with national and local governments to bridge the research to policy gap.

University Seminar on Global Health with Kirk R. Smith

2010-02-18T11:55:00+00:00

February 17, 2010:

Kirk R. Smith
Director, Global Health and Environment Program
Professor, School of Public Health
University of California - Berkeley
Topic: TBD

Light refreshments served.

University Seminar on Global Health: Harley Feldbaum

2010-02-02T16:57:02+00:00

February 2, 2009:

University Seminar on Global Health: Harley Feldbaum

Annual Lecture on Global Health: "The Millennium Development Goals: Will Developing Countries Meet Them by 2015?" - Gary Cohen

2010-01-21T16:31:00+00:00

January 21, 2010:

Annual Lecture on Global Health featuring keynote speaker: Gary Cohen, Executive Vice-President, Becton, Dickenson & Company

University Seminar on Global Health: Jeffrey Sonis

2010-01-21T12:02:00+00:00

January 20, 2010:

Jeffrey Sonis
Assistant Professor of Social Medicine and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Light refreshments served.

Global Health Journal Club Meeting

2009-12-15T12:51:00+00:00

December 15, 2009:

The monthly brown-bag journal club meeting sponsored by the Duke Global Health Institute to discuss current (and sometimes controversial) articles related to global health research, policy, current events, initiatives, methods, and findings.

All are welcome! Duke faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, residents, trainees, and students (graduate & undergraduate).

Global Health Exchange: Elizabeth Kiboneka

2009-12-08T18:08:00+00:00

December 8, 2009:

This is part of the Global Health Exchange Series.

DGHI-DuPRI Seminar: Geoff Garnett, Imperial College

2009-12-04T17:06:00+00:00

December 3, 2009:

DGHI-DuPRI Seminar: Geoff Garnett, Imperial College

Conference: Consortium for Mosquito Functional Genomics

2009-11-25T17:00:00+00:00

November 22 to 24:

Conference: Consortium for Mosquito Functional Genomics

Mosquito Biology and Biotechnology Conference

2009-11-23T15:28:00+00:00

November 23-24, 2009:

The “Mosquito Biology and Biotechnology” Conference at Duke University will focus on mosquito biology, molecular biology, field interventions, and policies that help individuals to access health biotechnology. Please take a moment to review this website, which highlights the speakers, objectives and goals of the event.

View the website for more information.

European Healthcare Policy and Politics

2009-11-20T15:52:18+00:00

November 20, 2009:

The Duke Center for European Studies welcomes you to join us for a conference on European Healthcare Policy and Politics on FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2009. In collaboration with the UNC Center for European Studies, we invite all Duke and UNC faculty and students to attend the conference for any or all speakers. The conference will take place in the Rhodes Conference room in the Sanford Building at the Terry Sanford School of Public Policy from 830am to 430pm.

As any observer of recent healthcare reform debates in the U.S. can attest, Europe has probably never gotten so much attention for its healthcare policy. Unfortunately, much of the public debate on this topic has been ill informed, based on caricature and divorced from the real strengths and real weaknesses of European healthcare. While hardly free of problems, there are many lessons we can learn from how Europe organizes healthcare. Moreover, the history and politics of European healthcare can teach us a great deal as well. The conference aims to inform scholarly and public debate on healthcare politics and policy as well as deepen our understanding of contemporary Europe.

We have been fortunate to invite a multi-disciplinary set of academics who are actively involved in research on European healthcare. Specifically, the conference will feature the following guests:

Sigrun Olafsdottir, Boston University, Sociology: “Successful Health Care Systems? Variations in and Determinants of Public Attitudes in 33 Nations” http://www.bu.edu/sociology/faculty/olafsdottir.html
Julia Lynch, University of Pennsylvania, Political Science: “On Death and Taxes: The Politics of Regional Health Inequalities in Europe.” http://www.polisci.upenn.edu/~jflynch/research.html
Mauricio Pabon, Harvard University, Public Health: “Wealth and Health in Europe and the United States: Are wealthy Americans healthier than poor Europeans?” http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/research/mauricio-avendano-pabon/
Paul Dutton, Northern Arizona University, History: “Voices from the Past: Health Care Reform in France and the U.S. Debate” http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/pvd/
Kieke Okma, New York University, Healthcare Management: “European Healthcare Reform” http://kiekeokma.nl/index.html Each guest will give a presentation of approximately 35 minutes, and will be followed by a commentary of a local discussant, and discussion. Please join us on November 20 for a stimulating intellectual debate on European healthcare policy and politics. If you will be able to attend, we would appreciate that you RSVP to Sharon Peters at sharon.peters@duke.edu by noon on Monday November 16. This will allow us to order sufficient food for the lunch. Of course, we would be happy to have you in attendance for any part of the event. Feel free to just show up for whatever you can.

SSRI/DuPRI~ Seminar Series: Joe Hotz, Duke University

2009-11-19T18:49:00+00:00

November 19, 2009:

“Game Theory and Children” The Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI), an affiliate of SSRI, is dedicated to the conceptual unification of the demographic sciences. We host a regular Thursday afternoon speaker series presenting innovative research during the academic year that all members of the Duke community are invited to attend.

The Mary Junck Research Colloquium Series at UNC

2009-11-19T18:48:00+00:00

September 3 to November 19, 2009:

More information at:

http://www.unc.edu/~cmalik/Colloquium/fall2009.html

Global Health Exchange: Panel Discussion: Innovative Approaches to Improving Health and Promoting Peace in Africa

2009-11-19T16:59:34+00:00

November 19, 2009:

“Panel Discussion: Innovative Approaches to Improving Health and Promoting Peace in Africa”

Co-sponsored by Duke Divinity School, Duke Fuqua School of Business, and the Duke Global Health Institute. Lunch will be provided.

Leaders from Kenya, Sudan and Uganda in the fields of health, education, and reconciliation will discuss the innovative ways they are strengthening health systems and promoting peace by bridging disciplines, ideologies, and faiths in communities torn by ethnic and religious violence.

Surgery and Global Public Health: The Malawi Surgical Initiative

2009-11-18T16:02:47+00:00

November 18, 2009:

Background on UNC Project - Malawi

More than twenty years ago, faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were invited by the Malawian government to help the country develop STI treatment protocols. UNC has been working in Malawi ever since.

In 1999 UNC partnered with the Malawi Ministry of Health to establish the UNC Project-Malawi

, a research, care and training facility in the capital city of Lilongwe.

Like much of sub-Saharan Africa, Malawi faces significant healthcare-related challenges. Malawi has only 2 physicians per 100,000 people, and the average life expectancy is 39 years. There is a high burden of HIV, malaria, TB and other infectious diseases straining the country’s limited healthcare infrastructure.

Mission in Malawi

The mission of UNC Project-Malawi is to identify innovative, culturally acceptable, and relatively inexpensive methods of reducing the risk of HIV/STI and infectious disease transmission through research; strengthen the local research capacity through training and technology transfers; and improve patient care for the people of Malawi.

For more information on UNC Project - Malawi: http://www.med.unc.edu/wrkunits/2depts/medicine/id/malawi/

For more information on Dr. Charles: http://www.med.unc.edu/trauma/faculty/charlesag

For more information on UNC IPRC: http://www.iprc.unc.edu/

Defying Uncertainty: Changing the Future of Healthcare

2009-11-17T16:59:00+00:00

November 17-18, 2009:

This year’s conference, titled “Defying Uncertainty: Changing the Future of Healthcare” will address important forces impacting healthcare in the wake of the current healthcare reform.

Specifically, the conference will dissect important topics such as:

· The role of Healthcare IT in today’s economy

· Strategies for cost containment in the Provider/Payor space and

· Commercialization, given diminishing reimbursements in the Medical Device and Pharmaceutical sectors

View the website for more information and to register.

Global Health Journal Club Meeting

2009-11-17T12:50:00+00:00

November 17, 2009:

This month’s topic: “Violence against women: can economic empowerment be a solution?”

Feel free to read these relevant articles on the subject:

Understanding the Impact of a Microfinance-Based Intervention on Women’s Empowerment and the Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa

The Economic Costs of Violence Against Women in the Developing World

All are welcome! Duke faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, residents, trainees, and students (graduate & undergraduate).

Annual North Carolina International Leadership Conference for Students

2009-11-15T01:07:01+00:00

November 14-15, 2009:

The planning committee for the North Carolina International Leadership Conference for Students is happy to announce that the registration for the 2009 conference is underway. This year’s conference will be held at Appalachian State University in Boone from Saturday, November 14th to Sunday, November 15th. The conference will bring together international students, returning study-abroad and serve-abroad students, and students specializing in the field of international and global relations. A major goal of the conference is to introduce leadership principles and community service through targeted workshops and a hands-on service project during the conference.

The registration form and hotel information are included below. Registration is only $25. There are also travel grants available - the application form is included here. Please note that the scholarship application needs to be turned in by October 2nd.

View the website for more information.

Robert C. Gallow: A Personal Journey with Viruses and Blood Cells: A Reflection on a Career in Medical Science

2009-11-13T17:37:47+00:00

November 13, 2009:

Robert C. Gallo, M.D. is a Professor and Director, Institute of Human Virology and Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He will speak on, “A Personal Journey with Viruses and Blood Cells: A Reflection on a Career in Medical Science.”

A reception will follow immediately in the Von Canon Room.

View the flyer for more information.

Duke University's Leading Health Care Scholars Discuss Reform Proposals

2009-11-12T20:42:13+00:00

November 12, 2009:

Fixing the Health Care System: Duke University’s Leading Health Care Scholars Discuss Reform Proposals

Leading figures from the Duke University Community will gather to discuss current issues in healthcare reform.

Panelists will include Dr. Kevin Schulman, a professor of medicine who is also director of the Health Sector Management Program at the Fuqua School of Business, Professor Clark Havighurst, a law professor who has written extensively on the health services industry, and Professor Don Taylor of the Sanford School of Public Policy who has been a leading commentator on the health care debate. The event will be moderated by Professor Barak Richman. Lunch Provided.

SSRI/DuPRI~ Seminar Series: Elizabeth Thomson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2009-11-12T18:48:00+00:00

November 12, 2009:

“Family Disruption in Sweden: New Possibilities and Preliminary Results from Administrative Registers” The Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI), an affiliate of SSRI, is dedicated to the conceptual unification of the demographic sciences. We host a regular Thursday afternoon speaker series presenting innovative research during the academic year that all members of the Duke community are invited to attend.

World Response Conference on Global Outbreak H1N1 and H5N1

2009-11-12T16:57:00+00:00

November 12 - 13, 2009:

The purpose of this event is to create an Ad Hoc multi-sector Crisis Management Consortium during the event, to be studied as a model by communities worldwide. It is the first world event to invite leaders representing every sector of society, Government Officials, Health Experts and Medical Professionals, Emergency Management Experts, First Responders, Military, Justice, and Law Enforcers, Shopping Centers and Establishments, Human Resource, Facilities Representatives, Information Technology Guru, Media as well other experts to model a community process to help prepare, respond, and recover from a localized outbreak, as well as broader pandemic.

Simulation exercise, compelling case studies-scenarios, global partnerships, and health management emergency structure on H1N1 & H5N1 Influenza will be presented over the two-day forum, offering new important findings on headline-grabbing incidents of H1N1 & H5N1 influenza, their cost to society, and how they have impacted local and global prevention, preparedness, response and recovery processes.

SPEAKERS: (Please refer to http://www.eve-ex.com for update)

James J. James, MD, DrPH, MHA
Director
Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response
American Medical Association (AMA)

Priscilla D. Keith
Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County
General Counsel
American Bar Association(ABA)

James Jerry Gibson, MD, MPH
State Epidemiologist and Director
Bureau of Disease Control
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

James G. Hodge, Jr
Executive Director
Centers for Law and the Public’s Health
Johns Hopkins University

Jim Watson, D.V.M.
State Veterinarian
Mississippi Board of Animal Health

Topics to be covered in this timely 2-day event include:

* Balancing Leadership, Authority, & Accountability on Influenza Pandemic

* Assignment of Military, Courts, & Information Technology on Pan Flu

* 2009 H1N1 flu guidance on current Investors, Policies & Regulations

* Peer networking of Government, Suppliers, Contractors

Jennifer Hawkins: What is Expoitation and Can We Avoid It in Clinical Research in the Developing World?

2009-11-11T17:48:46+00:00

November 11, 2009:

As part of the Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series, Dr. Jennifer Hawkins will speak on, “What is Expoitation and Can We Avoid It in Clinical Research in the Developing World?” Many clinical trial designs used in the developing world would be inappropriate here in the developed world. Despite the claims of some critics, use of these trial designs need not be exploitative of poor, uneducated subjects. It all depends. This talk explores what distinguishes cases where such designs are exploitative from cases where they are not. Jennifer Hawkins, PhD, is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. In January of 2010, she will join the Duke faculty with a joint appointment in Philosophy and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine. She is the co-editor with Ezekiel J. Emanuel of Exploitation and Developing Countries: The Ethics of Clinical Research (Princeton University Press, 2008). She writes about research ethics, the nature of coercion, informed consent, the nature of individual decision-making and also about hard to define concepts such as well-being and quality of life. She is currently writing a book about well-being.

Global Health Exchange: Eve Puffer

2009-11-10T18:03:00+00:00

November 10, 2009:

Eve Puffer will be talking about Risk and Protective Factors Related to HIV Risk Behavior Among Youth in Rural Kenya. She will be sharing initial research results from her recent work in the Nyanza Province of Kenya where I conducted qualitative interviews and surveys to identify the factors related to youths’ HIV risk behaviors. She will also discuss future plans for beginning HIV prevention work in this community that will be based on these research results.

Model Projects Addressing Gender Based Healthcare Issues

2009-11-10T16:29:00+00:00

November 10, 2009:

This is the fourth and final lecture in our series on Global Women’s Health, sponsored by Pfizer and in conjunction with our sister council in Hartford, CT. Panelists include Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, vice president, technical leadership and innovation and medical director, Jhpiego, and Gannon Gillespie, director of operations, Tostan. Panelists will be broadcast from New York. Guests will participate in Q&A and follow-up discussion locally. This event is ideal for healthcare professionals, students, and anyone interested in global women’s health issues.

Event is open to the public. There is no cost and no RSVP required.

Read more about International Affairs Council events here.

APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition

2009-11-07T17:05:00+00:00

November 7-11:

The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the premier Public Health Educational Forum! Learn from the experts in the field, hear about cutting edge research and exceptional best practices, discover the latest public health products and services, and share your public health experience with your peers. The world of public health is in continual motion, and there is no better time to stay abreast of the research and learn about emerging issues.

The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists. APHA’s meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. APHA has a world of public health in store for you.

View the website.

University Seminar on Global Health: Marian Jacobs - "Child Rights & Child Health in South Africa"

2009-11-06T16:55:00+00:00

November 5, 2009:

University Seminar on Global Health: Marian Jacobs

2009 AICR Research Conference on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity & Cancer

2009-11-05T16:35:00+00:00

November 5-6:

The theme of the 2009 American Institute for Cancer Research Conference is: Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity & Cancer.

Check the website for more information.

Faces of a Healthy Future: National Conference to End Health Disparities II

2009-11-04T02:20:00+00:00

Nov 3-6, 2009:

More than 800 healthcare providers (physicians, nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals), educators, researchers, policymakers, supporters, consumers and business and community leaders are expected to attend during this three and half day conference. Exhibiting at this conference will provide a great opportunity for your organization to reach researchers and funding agencies who may be interested in collaborations and partnerships. This will be an opportunity for you to share results from your initiatives and research projects. Also this will be an opportunity to meet face-to-face with colleagues who are investing time and effort in eliminating health disparities.

The program agenda includes a mix of keynote speakers, panel dialogue, working groups, student colloquia and concurrent paper sessions. Invited keynote speakers include Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Senior Medical Correspondent for Health and Medicine at CNN, Dr. David Williams, Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Professor at Harvard medical School, and Dr. Cornel West, the Class of 1943 Professor at Princeton University.

Please visit the Center at http://www.ceehd.com.

The 2009 NC Latin American Festival

2009-11-02T17:41:38+00:00

November 2-22, 2009:

The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-CH and Duke is pleased to present the 2009 NC Latin American Festival.

with screenings at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, NCSU, Durham Tech, NCCU, UNC-G, Guilford, the Holton Career & Resource Center (special collaboration with Durham City Parks & Recreation) and the Carolina Theatre in Durham.

Visit the festival web site at http://latinfilmfestivalnc.com/
Click on “Program” for the complete schedule, including descriptions of each film.
Click on “Venues” for directions to each of the venues.

This year’s festival will host at least 8 filmmakers who will present their work, in addition to a number of other guest speakers. Some of the films will be screened more than once and at various venues to give you more chances to see your favorite films. Also note that on some nights there will be more than one screening, in different cities.

The festival is made possible through funds provided by the US Department of Education and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Film Festival Committee would like to thank the following sponsors for their cooperation, contributions, and enthusiasm: The Institute for the Study of the Americas at UNC-CH; the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Program in Arts of the Moving Image, Screen/Society, the Center for Documentary Studies, Student Action with Farmworkers, and the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, all at Duke; the Witherspoon Student Center and the Department of Foreign Languages at NC State; the Department of Foreign Languages at NC Central; the Department of Spanish at Durham Tech; Foreign Languages and International Studies at Guilford College; the Spanish Department at UNC-Greensboro; the Carolina Theatre of Durham; and the City of Durham Parks & Recreation.

Community Health and Activity Mapping Project: NYU's Eric Green

2009-10-20T17:36:01+00:00

October 27, 2009:

Dr. Eric Green, a postdoctoral researcher at the Program for the Survivors of Torture at New York University, will speak at Duke on his recent work in East Africa.

Green has done extensive social mapping work in northern Uganda with refugee populations and is now researching the impact of microfinance programs on women internally displaced by war. Green’s visit is hosted by ISIS’s Tech and New Media Program, which highlights how technology is being used in new ways to understand or address social challenges.

Community Health and Activity Mapping Project (CHAMP):
Characteristics of the social and physical environment — the social ecology — can positively or negatively influence the health and well-being of adolescents, including their ability to avoid contracting HIV and other diseases. This environmental/structural view suggests that risk for disease cannot be solely explained by characteristics of individuals, such as knowledge of HIV transmission or attitudes towards risky sexual behavior. The broader social ecology — from micro-level influences such as household resources, neighborhood disorder, and social networks to macro-level factors such as laws and policies — can restrict or enhance individual agency to avoid risk. Thus in developing prevention interventions, it is necessary to understand and address social-ecological factors that influence health in a particular context. This talk will examine the use participatory mapping and geospatial technologies to understand the context of disease and to inform the development of a setting-level HIV prevention intervention in Muhuru Bay, a small fishing village on the shore of Lake Victoria in western Kenya.

Global Health Caucus Congressional Briefing

2009-09-17T15:29:00+00:00

September 16, 2009:

Global Health Caucus Congressional Briefing. More information at smartglobalhealth.org.