Announcements

Call for Abstracts: GH/Innovate 2010

Global Health & Innovation Conference, Presented by Unite For Sight, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010

Training in the Clinical Management of HIV Disease

We are pleased in 2010 to again offer the HIV training/educational program launched in 1996 by the Arthur Ashe Endowment here at Cornell. For 2010, the program will be offered in April, May, October and November.

Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt - Funding Opportunities

The Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt is offering seed-funding opportunities for faculty in the humanities and social sciences who specialize in the Americas.

Call for Applicants: 2010 APHA Public Health Fellowship in Government

It is my pleasure to announce that the 2010 APHA Public Health Fellowship in Government is now open and accepting applications. This is the third year that APHA has offered this fellowship. APHA is looking for candidates with strong public health credentials who wish to spend one year in Washington, D.C. working in a congressional office on legislative and policy issues related to health, the environment or other critical public health issues.

Live Webcast on U.S. Strategy for Combating the Global TB Epidemic

On Tuesday, September 29 at 1 p.m. ET, the Kaiser Family Foundation will hold a live, interactive webcast from its Washington, D.C., studio featuring an expert panel discussing the U.S. strategy for combating the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic.

Call for Application: African HIV Prevention Research Advocacy Fellowship

Are you interested in advocacy for new HIV prevention options? Would you like to spend a full-year working on a project that you get to design?

Vanderbilt International Office (VIO) Grants Program

All full-time faculty, staff, and graduate/professional students are eligible to participate in exchanges, but the Vanderbilt project director and submitter of the proposal must be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member (or the equivalent at Blair School of Music).

Graduate Certificate in Global Health

The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine announces the new Graduate Certificate in Global Health. The certificate program comprises an 18 credit-hour course of study that is open to all degree-seeking graduate level students and professionals at Vanderbilt.

INMED now accepting applications for International Intensive Courses

This June, INMED is offering a two-week low-cost International Medicine Intensive course for healthcare professionals and students.

Vanderbilt joins global consortium to fight tuberculosis

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is participating in an international consortium to improve treatment of, and hopefully eliminate the scourge of, tuberculosis.

Global Health Electives for Vanderbilt/Meharry Students

The Institute has posted dates and times for theVanderbilt-Meharry Program in Global Health.

Celebration of Cultures

On Saturday, October 3rd, the Celebration of Cultures will be bringing people together to embrace the cultural diversity of Nashville. This year’s festival will showcase the dance, music, visual arts, cuisine and traditions of more than 40 cultures through the Global Village, World Market, children’s area and food area. Entertainment will be provided on five different stages throughout the park.