Monthly Archives: March 2011

“Heels in the Field: Global Dentistry”

Title: “Heels in the Field: Global Dentistry” Date: April 15, 2011 Start Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: FedEx Global Education Center, Conference Room 2008/2010 Description: Rick Mumford, D.M.D., M.P.H. is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of … Read More

Our Favorite “P” Word

Read IGHID director Myron Cohen’s latest global health update column Read More

Friday ID Conference: “Adaptations of evidence-based HIV prevention interventions for drug-using women and sexual partners in South Africa: ten years later “

Title: “Adaptations of evidence-based HIV prevention interventions for drug-using women and sexual partners in South Africa: ten years later” – Wendee Wechsberg, PhD Date: April 1, 2011 Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Location: 1131 Bioinformatics Building Description: Wendee Wechsberg, PhD, … Read More

Friday ID Conference: “An update on malaria research in Southeast Asia”

Title: “Clinical Malaria Research at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand” – David Saunders, MAJ, MC, USA “Malaria in vitro Drug Resistance in Southeast Asia” – Stuart Tyner, MAJ, MS, USA Date: March 25, 2011 Start … Read More

CFAR Developmental Core announces 2011 seed grants

March 23, 2011 — The Developmental Core of the UNC Center for AIDS Research announces that seed grants of $5,000-$20,000 are available to faculty and investigators with terminal degrees. Junior and minority investigators in laboratory sciences, epidemiology, clinical sciences, and … Read More

Going to Malawi this summer?

Introduction to Malawi: A Workshop in Chichewa Language and Malawi Culture March 21, 2011 — The Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases announces its annual workshop on the language and culture of Malawi.  This four-part workshop will focus on … Read More

“Scars of a Nation: Gynecological Intervention and Ecuador’s Economy of Corporeal Care”

Title: “Scars of a Nation: Gynecological Intervention and Ecuador’s Economy of Corporeal Care” Date: March 24, 2011 Start Time: 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Location: Alumni Building, Room 205, UNC Campus Description: Elizabeth Roberts, PhD, is an assistant professor in … Read More

Global health summer practicum with Stop Hunger Now

The Office of Global Health in the Gillings School of Global Public Health and a locally-based international relief agency, Stop Hunger Now, seeks an MPH or PhD student for a formative research project to develop a process and impact evaluation design. … Read More

Call for Abstracts – Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy

The 2011 Water and Health Conference, to be held October 3-7 at UNC-Chapel Hill, is now accepting abstracts via the conference website. The conference is coordinated by the Water Institute and the Institute for the Environment at UNC.

New public-private partnership will improve health care delivery at more than 130 clinics in Malawi

$8.2 million initiative to improve maternal and child health Read More