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Global Field Experience Award, RSPH

Category : News/Events

The Global Field Experience (GFE) Financial Award  is a unique scholarship offered by the Rollins School of Public Health. GFE Financial Awards provide supplemental funding to support Rollins student summer field experiences in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage students interested in global health to participate in supervised field training which will facilitate the transfer of classroom knowledge into practical experiences.

The total amount of funding awarded each cycle will be based on availability of funds in a given year, the number of students who apply and the quality of the applications.

The GFE Financial Award Application is now open and will be due on February 28, 2025. For more information and application instructions, visit the posting linked here.

Advancing Health Equity in Maternal Health Symposium, Medical College of Georgia

Category : Student Opportunities

The Medical College of Georgia Advancing Health Equity in Maternal Health Symposium is an inaugural educational, community-focused conference to be held on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the J. Harold Harrison, MD Education Commons, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA from 8 AM to 3 PM. The conference is dedicated to addressing maternal health disparities, health equity efforts and community initiatives to improve maternal health outcomes in the CSRA, Georgia, and beyond. The Symposium will host several expert speaker sessions, including topics ranging from preeclampsia to public health approaches in maternal health, as well as community member booths, student poster presentations, networking, and more.

Interested students from undergraduate and graduate programs alike are invited to submit an abstract for poster presentation here.

 

Research Opportunity, Emory University School of Medicine Division of Colorectal Surgery

Category : Student Opportunities

Project details:
  • Title: Financial costs of cancer survivorship among patients with anal cancer and underlying perianal Crohn’s disease
  • Principal Investigator: Seth A Rosen, MD
  • Department: Department of Colorectal Surgery
  • Database: IBM MarketScan
  • Objectives:
    • Compare the financial costs of anal cancer survivorship in patients with and without a history of perianal Crohn’s disease, including post-operative complications.
    • Identify demographic and clinical factors associated with high financial cost in anal cancer patients with history of perianal Crohn’s disease.
The team is looking for an MPH student interested in assisting with data handling and analysis. While the analysis itself is relatively straightforward, IBM MarketScan is an insurance claims-based data source that involves complex data handling before it can be analyzed. The selected student will receive authorship on any resulting publications.
 
If interested, students can reach out to at uwaqar [at] emory [dot] edu.

 

 

 

Full Time Field Work Positions, Taimaka

Category : Alumni

Taimaka is an NGO that implements highly cost-effective acute malnutrition treatment for children in Northeastern Nigeria. They are expanding their work over the next three years to reach 75k children with severe acute malnutrition with the support of GiveWell. 

Taimaka is hiring for a few positions (in program design, M+E, and research) based in Gombe, Nigeria, to help drive their expansion. An ideal candidate will be smart, tenacious, and hungry early/mid career global health people to fill those jobs – people who want to live proximately, dig into the details, and get their hands dirty. Because Taimaka is a smaller, start-up style organization, the team believes these will be really great roles for people to grow in and gain field experience, because each role will touch on multiple streams of work.

For more information and application instructions, visit the job descriptions linked here.

Epi Scholars Program, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Category : APE/ILE Student Opportunities

Since 2007, the Epi Scholars Program has provided rigorous training in applied epidemiology to stellar graduate and professional epidemiology and biostatistics students at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). 

This program is a full-time, paid, 10 – 12-week summer internship program for top graduate epidemiology and biostatistics students at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Scholars receive supplemental training from senior researchers including training in theory, methods, and public health practice to enhance their understanding of the root causes of disease.  

The Epi Scholars program is accepting applications for the Summer 2025 session until February 15th, 2025. For more information and application instructions, visit the posting linked here. Feel free to contact epischolars [at] health [dot] nyc [dot] gov with any questions.

Critical Care Medicine Research Coordinator, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Category : Alumni

Children’s of Atlanta is looking for a recent graduate or future graduate (with the potential for part time work until they graduate in May) for this position. They will be working in the Pediatric ICU with key focus on consenting and collecting data on an array of NIH and privately funded studies. They will talk with patients and families in difficult situations/cases, so the candidate must be prepared for these experiences. Studies include focuses on traumatic brain injury, intubations, PARDS, asthma, quality improvement initiatives, and ECMO.

If any questions arise, feel free to contact Natalie [dot] jordan [at] choa [dot] org. For more information and application instructions, visit the job posting linked here.

Graduate Student Research Scholarship, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

Category : News/Events

The APIC Graduate Student Research Scholarship supports research and quality improvement efforts that advance infection prevention and evidence-based implementation science. The award is given to a student seeking to complete a master’s or doctoral degree.

The application for this scholarship is due February 15th, 2025. For more information and application instructions, visit the posting linked here.

Data Science Webinar, NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Kidney Diseases

Category : News/Events

 

The NIDDK Central Repository is excited to announce the new Data Science and Meet the Expert Webinar Series that aims to accelerate data science and AI-driven biomedical research by fostering collaboration between biomedical researchers and experts in the field.

This session is geared towards all researchers wanting a deeper understanding of the data science process and techniques within each step, such as:

  • Data Science Process
    • Problem Statement
    • Data Acquisition
    • Exploratory Data Analysis
    • Data Preparation
    • Modeling
    • Data Visualization
    • Taking Action
  • Supervised, Unsupervised, and Deep Learning Techniques
  • Specialized data science topics, including computer vision, natural language processing, and time series
  • Data science in practice

This session will feature presentations by experts in data science at the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) 4.0 Data Science Learning Program.

This webinar will be on February 27th, 2025 from 3-5pm. For more information and registration instructions, visit the event posting linked here. 

Tips for Crushing Finals Week

Category : PROspective

As we wrap up the semester’s classes and dive into finals week, it can feel like pushing through the final stretch of a marathon. We have already put in countless hours on homework, projects, and note taking, and now it is time to put our newfound skills to the test. Here are a few tips to manage stress levels and make the most of your study sessions this finals week:

  1. Practice healthy habits: although it is tempting to put your healthy habits on the back burner in favor of some extra study minutes during finals week, holding on to them can actually improve academic performance. Be sure to eat nutritious foods, exercise, and get enough sleep at night. I really enjoy breaking up my study time with short walks to get exercise without throwing my schedule off.
  2. Try out different study methods: consider mixing up the method that you use to study. Sometimes, it can be hard to stick to the same exact thing for hours (or days) on end. Trying a new method (like the ones linked here or others) can help keep you engaged and to retain material more effectively. My favorite is the Pomodoro method, where I break up my studying into chunks of time so that I can incorporate short breaks.
  3. Consider putting your phone in another room: when your phone is sitting on your desk right next to your textbook, it can be hard to resist the urge to pick it up when your mind starts to wander. It has been found that the mere presence of your phone can be distracting and have negative impacts on memory (even if you manage to resist the urge to pick it up). Placing your phone in another room or in an out-of-sight location can help mitigate these effects.
  4. Connect with friends and family: if feelings of stress related to finals week get overwhelming, don’t be afraid to reach out to friends and family to chat. Socialization can have positive impacts on mental health and is important to incorporate into our finals week routines. 
  5. Take advantage of university resources: check the Emory University Center for Student Wellbeing for mental wellbeing resources. These are here for you to utilize, so do not hesitate to explore them. Remember that your performance this finals week does not define you and that your mental health comes first! 

Techstars Emory Founder Catalyst, The Hatchery

Category : News/Events

In partnership with the Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Hatchery is offering this intensive 10-week program focused on helping for-profit startups achieve investment-readiness. Click here to learn more and submit an application (deadline is January 17, 2025).

Participation in this program is open to the entire Emory community including students, faculty, staff, and alumni; at least one Emory community member per team qualifies the entire team.

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