Seeking Participants for Qualitative Research Study

Upcoming Speakers for the Planetary Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group

Monday, March 28th Guilherme Ribeiro, MD, PhD will be speaking about Investigating Outbreaks based on the Brazil Experience from 12 PM to 1 PM in CNR 4001. You can also join via zoom here. The password is 976312.

Thursday, March 31st Tom Gilespie, PhD will be speaking as part of the Infectious Diseases Seminar Series at 8 AM. The talk will be held virtually. Access the zoom link here. The password is 222. 

If you have questions, please email morgan [dot] a [dot] lane [at] emory [dot] edu.

Professional Growth Through Public Speaking Webinar, March 22

This is a live webinar scheduled for March 22, 2022 at 12PM ET.

This session, featuring Gillian Landgraff, Senior Learning Consultant, Learning & Organizational Development, Emory University, is designed to introduce proven techniques to demonstrate confidence when speaking publicly, describe components of an effective presentation, recognize common errors in the use of A/V equipment, PowerPoint, and props, and identify ways to assess and gain control of the audience. Session discussions will focus on preparing participants with presentation techniques and the do’s and don’ts of being an effective presenter. By examining their skill gaps and opportunities for growth, participants can enhance presentation skills for career success. Participants will leave this session with strategies to build their skillsets to deliver the presentations with confidence while captivating the audience!  

Click here to access the training!

COVID-19: Where Are We Now and What Are the Future Trends?, March 16

Join us for a virtual interactive event on 16 March 2022 at 1:00–2:00 pm EST with experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), when they will survey the latest information as well as elaborate on the following issues.

Our guest speakers will offer their outlook on the current COVID-19 situation and highlight some upcoming trends. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the WHO, will provide an update on the global pandemic and highlight how science can contribute to a better future. Also, Dr. Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to the Director-General and Lead of the ACT Accelerator Executive Hub at the WHO, will discuss “The ACT-Accelerator: a pathway to equity and ending the pandemic” — how a transformed WHO, and partners, drove the fastest, most coordinated and successful global effort in history to develop tools to fight a disease. The discussion will be moderated by Stewart Simonson, Assistant Director-General at WHO’s New York UN office.

Among other issues covered will be: how is WHO helping to fight COVID-19 and why do we need WHO, and why should we be concerned about global vaccine inequity. The discussion will also look at unequal distribution of vaccines, treatments and tests around the globe, contributing to the emergence of new COVID variants, which could also undermine the global economic recovery.

Be sure to attend and find out how you can engage as well as support the COVID-19 response.

Click here for speaker information for this event

Click here to register for the webinar

EH Course Showcase, March 16

The EH Department is holding a Fall Showcase of courses on Wednesday, March 16 from 12-12:50 PM:

JOIN US TO LEARN ABOUT EXCITING NEW AND EXISTING GDEH FALL COURSE OFFERINGS BEFORE REGISTRATION OPENS ON MARCH 21ST. STUDENTS FROM ALL RSPH DEPARTMENTS ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!

QUESTIONS? EMAIL NATALIE DIONNE – NATALIE [dot] DIONNE [at] EMORY [dot] EDU

The Session will be held virtually via Zoom. Click here to join.

F.D.A. Grants the First Condom Approval for Anal Sex

Read this New York Times article about the first condom approved for anal sex. Rollins’s Dr. Aaron Siegler led the trial that resulted in this FDA approval and is quoted in the article. Congrats to Aaron and his team on this achievement!

GFEFA Deadline March 1

The Global Field Experience Financial Award (GFEFA) 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 scholarship was started to encourage students interested in global health to participate in supervised field training which will facilitate the transfer of classroom knowledge into practical experiences.

> View slides from 2022 GFEFA Info Session
> View recording of GFEFA Info Session
> View examples of previously funded Global Field 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.

MSPH and MPH students from all departments are eligible to submit a proposal for a GFE Financial Award and must be enrolled at Rollins for the semester prior to their field experience to qualify for an award.

Students can apply to receive a GFE Financial Award after they have completed 9 hours at Rollins.
To apply, students must develop and submit an application describing a project that is:

·         Well-defined, rational, and feasible

·         Integral to the student’s public health training

·         Of measurable value to the host organization/community, and

·         Based in a clearly articulated, mutually beneficial partnership

It is important to note that the GFE Financial Award on its own does not provide you with an Applied Practice Experience. Rollins School of Public Health has separate resources dedicated to Applied Practice Experience (APE).

GFEFA Student, Project and Site Eligibility and Exclusion Criteria

Student

·         The GFEFA applications are open to RSPH MPH and MPSH students pursuing summer fieldwork, usually between their first and second years. GFEFA is not available to accelerated MPH students.

·         The field experience must be a minimum of six weeks but average field experiences are between 10 ‐ 12 weeks.

·         Students must be enrolled at RSPH or Emory for the semester following their field experience to qualify for a financial award (and to meet award requirements).

Project

·         For the purposes of GFEFA, a field experience is defined as applying public health knowledge and skills in partnership with a community to advance the wellbeing of a population(s); this includes but is not limited to research projects.

·         Funding is not provided for student travel that can be categorized as medical- or public health-“tourism;” short term mission opportunities; or shadowing clinicians in settings abroad. Students are also warned not to fall prey to third-party companies that “sell” experiences in LMIC and call these APE even though they do not offer public health supervision nor a specific implementation/research partner. Such organizations often charge for a service such as tuition, enrollment or registration. If you are not sure if your site is eligible, please contact Dr. McFarland.

·         If a project will consist only of data analysis or lab-based work, the applicant will need to justify why those activities require a student to be in-country.

Site

·         The review committee gives priority consideration to eligible fieldwork that takes place in low- and middle-income (LMIC) nations as defined by the World Bank or within indigenous regions, e.g. tribal designated statistical areas (TDSAs), land base or reservations.

·         Consideration will be given to projects in the United States and other high-income countries for specific projects related to underserved or marginal populations, e.g. refugee populations in Belgium, post-hurricane environmental data collection in Puerto Rico or Zika virus education and surveillance in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

·         The review committee will not consider applications to countries with a U.S. State Department Level 4 warning at the time of application. Should the risk of a project site escalate after funds are awarded, additional criteria may apply and there is a chance the trip may not occur at all. In addition, travel to all countries under trade or economic embargoes by the United States government (OFAC) and Afghanistan require a specific endorsement by Emory’s international insurance carrier.

·         There will be modified site eligibility in summer 2022

Quantitative Bias Analysis: A Fireside Chat with Candice Johnson and Matthen Fox, February 22

We are excited to offer our members access to more live SPER events! Join us for our next webinar: “Quantitative Bias Analysis: A fireside chat with Candice Johnson and Matthew Fox”.

Settle down with a warm beverage and listen to our presenters discuss questions like: should quantitative bias analysis be required in (most?) epi studies? Should journals require it? Should peer reviewers ask for it? Should SPER emphasize it as a professional society? In what situations does it absolutely make a difference? This power point-free discussion will be open to questions from the audience, feel free to submit those in advance here: https://forms.gle/E74BNMijjt5EHbDs9.

You do not need to be an SPER member to attend these events, but registration is required to access the Zoom link. Registration is available here: https://sper.org/online-events/

A recording of the event will be available to SPER members.

If you have comments or suggestions – please join the digital engagement committee here.

Twin Memorials Project

Emory is committed to honoring and memorializing the untold experiences, stories, and contributions of enslaved individuals and their descendants who lived and worked on the university’s original campus in Oxford, Georgia. Emory’s Twin Memorials Working Group is creating a plan for twin memorials that articulates and interconnects the
shared histories of the Emory and Oxford campuses.

The first, and most important, step in this process is to hear from the community. In addition to Emory students, faculty, staff, and alumni, the university seeks input from descendants, neighbors, and local community members.

Emory has engaged the firm Baskervill to guide the community-engagement and design process. To learn more about the complex history of Emory’s founding and participate in conceptualizing a design for the memorials, please RSVP to the session below.

Through this work, and especially through your involvement, Emory begins the journey toward a more just and inclusive community.

Join us Friday, February 18, 2022
Emory Atlanta Campus Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional School Community
11:30am – 1:00pm
Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building,
Theology Room 360, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta

visit www.twinmemorials.com to learn more and RSVP
or share your thoughts at www.twinmemorials.com/share

Reading Groups and Author Visit: Véronique Tadjo

The Writers of Today Team is very pleased to confirm that Véronique Tadjo will do a talk in English on March 3^rd at 4:15pm, followed by a Q&A in French on March 4^th at 1pm.

Ther are also two related upcoming events organized by Writers of Today: we are holding two reading groups on Thursday, February 17^th (in English) and Thursday, February 24^th (in French) at 4:15 in Callaway Center at Emory, room 202. To attend these groups on zoom email tmessen [at] emory [dot] edu. Among other themes, we wish to delve into crucial questions of our contemporary world, such as epidemics and disease, post-genocidal memory, and human-nonhuman relationships. We have also asked members of the Emory community to provide 5-minute presentations on Véronique Tadjo’s works to introduce students and faculty to her wonderful multi-faceted work.

See the reading materials in English and French below.

Tadjo – Reine Pokou Laterite

Tadjo – En compagnie des hommes + L’ombre d’Imana

Tadjo – The Shadow of Imana + In the Company of Men