Fundamentals of HIV Prevention Counseling Training (FHPC), 6/27 – 6/28

The Prevention Science Core of the Center for AIDS Research at Emory University is offering the Fundamentals of HIV Prevention Counseling Training (FHPC). This opportunity is geared to individuals interested in becoming proficient in HIV counseling. The training will be conducted on Thursday, June 27 (9am – 4:30 pm) and Friday, June 28, (9 am – 3p,). The exact location to be determined. Attendance on both days is mandatory to successfully complete the course.

The fee for this training is $70 per person with a minimum of 11 students. Subsidies are available for students, CBOs and government employees.

Click HERE to register. Space for the training is limited. Registration closes, Fri., June 14, 2019.

Course Overview

This course focuses on the six-step HIV prevention counseling protocol, conducted in both conventional and rapid testing situations.

Participants will receive training in:

Counseling concepts and basic counseling skills
HIV prevention counseling and how to conduct the six-step HIV prevention counseling protocol in the context of conventional and rapid testing
Delivery of both conventional and rapid test results
A basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS/STIs and risk-reduction methods is a prerequisite for conducting and attending this course, as an “HIV/AIDS/STI 101” component is not included.

For questions or additional information contact: Brandi Williams 404.712.8591 | bwill41 [at] emory [dot] edu

National LGBTQ Health Conference Volunteer Opportunity, 5/30-6/1

Emory University is the proud host of the National LGBTQ Health Conference May 30-June 1.  We have many opportunities for volunteers to help with the conference and would love to have you join us.

We would love to have the EPI Department out in full force!  This is great way to be able to attend some/all of the conference.

If you would like to volunteer, please sign up for specific times and duties by clicking HERE.  All opportunities are on a first come basis.  You’ll get a great shirt and if you volunteer during the days of the conference, you can stay for the other half to attend (no lunch though, sorry). Additionally, most of the volunteer spots during the conference will assign you to a room where you will get to watch all of the presentations.

Please sign up soon to make sure you have a spot.

Thanks in advance for your support and I hope to see many of you there.

Networking Nights 6/24 & 7/8, SMASH Morehouse

SMASH Morehouse 2019 is looking for current and future STEM professionals to volunteer this summer at our Networking Nights on June 24 and July 8. This summer, they’ll have around 85 rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors from the metro Atlanta area living on Morehouse’s campus for 5 weeks where the students take Biology, Chemistry, Math, Computer Science, Design Thinking and many other STEM and Social Justice courses.

The Networking Night event allows scholars the opportunity to interact with university students and professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math, allowing them insights into the fields and the paths that lead to them. In addition, scholars get the chance to practice their social skills by informally mingling with STEM professionals like yourself. Time commitment: ~2 hours (7-9 pm), Dates: June 24 and July 8.

If you or any of your colleagues and students would like to volunteer for this opportunity, please sign up using this form. SMASH will reach out in the weeks leading up to their event to confirm and provide details regarding location and preparation. If you have questions before then, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me for more details.

Thank you for helping to prepare SMASH scholars for the STEM careers of tomorrow!

Maternal & Child Health Epidemiology GRA Summer Opportunity

Dr. Kramer is hiring a part-time GRA to provide data management and data analysis support for several MCH-oriented projects using large secondary datasets. The position is 15-20 hours/week and will go through the summer, with the possibility of extending into Fall 2019. The projects primarily concern racial and geographic variations in preterm birth, very preterm birth, infant mortality, and maternal morbidity and mortality.

JOB DUTIES

Identify, download, and clean/harmonize data from various sources to create analytic datasets
Validate, clean, and merge large administrative datasets in SQLServer environment
Work with geospatial modelers to extract and summarize results from Bayesian spatiotemporal models
Support qualitative data collection and summarization from focus groups related to projects
Search literature, and write summary and synthesis of target areas

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

Current MPH or PhD student
Completed 1+ year of EPI Methods and BIOS
Prior experience with spatial data (Intro GIS or other experinece)
Experience working in R
Detail oriented
Experience with relational databases and SQL queries (OPTIONAL)

To apply through Handshake, click HERE.

Graduate Assistant, Georgia Hurricane Response Hub (HRH)

DESCRIPTION

The Georgia Hurricane Response Hub Technical Assistance Center (HRH TA Center), located at the Rollins School of Public Health, has an opening for a graduate assistant. The Georgia HRH TA Center will serve as one of five regional technical assistance centers for the Hurricane Response Hub (HRH) initiative led by the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI). Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this national program is designed to enhance disaster-related surveillance and environmental and occupational health recovery efforts in areas impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria by building disaster-related public health workforce capacity. The Georgia HRH TA Center will partner with the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) to lead public health workforce capacity building activities in disaster-related surveillance, environmental, and occupational health needs.

The selected graduate assistant will assist the Georgia HRH TA Center team (including staff working on strategic planning, training, communications and evaluation) with all aspects of the center work including attending workgroup meetings, development of training, and evaluation of project activities. Specific tasks may include, but are not limited to, assisting various members of the team with:

• Analysis of hurricane After Action Reports (AARs) to identify key findings, trends, and training needs.

• Environmental scans of training resources

• Development of training and curriculum plans

• Preparation and implementation of in-person and online trainings

• Summary reports of training evaluations

• Data collection and management

• Communications efforts such as newsletter, websites, social media, or e-blasts

Interested students should apply as soon as possible, as applications are reviewed and considered in the order they are received. Please apply by sending your cover letter, resume, and a writing sample directly to Laura Lloyd at lmlloyd [at] emory [dot] edu.

Salary Level: $12.00 per hour with an increase to $13.50 on September 1, 2019

Approximate Hours per Week: 15 – 20

Note: The Georgia HRH TA Center is a federally-funded program which has a citizenship requirement. To be eligible to apply for this position, you must be either a U.S. citizen, a non-citizen U.S. national, or a foreign national having in your possession a visa permitting permanent residence in the U.S.

QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will preferably be an MPH student willing to start the position by late April or May and continue through the 2019-2020 academic year. Candidates should have excellent organizational and communication skills, including both oral and written skills. Candidates must also have excellent computer skills, specifically in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Google Apps. Experience with MailChimp, SurveyMonkey, WordPress and Cvent would also be helpful.

LOCATION Atlanta, Georgia

CONTACT INFORMATION Laura M. Lloyd, MPH, MCHES® lmlloyd [at] emory [dot] edu

Associate Director, Georgia Hurricane Response Hub Technical Assistance Center

Emory University – Rollins School of Public Health https://georgiahrh.org/

Vote for EPI TA of the Year!

VOTE FOR OUTSTANDING EPI TA!

Was one of your Epidemiology teaching assistants (TA) from the Fall or Spring term this year truly outstanding?  Please let us know what a great job your TA did by nominating her or him for the 2^ndAnnual Epidemiology Program Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.  Nominations can be submitted individually or as a group using this link:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQpTH9mmBhrKhRXD1o6SF5yi4uQGP0yC3vO68lq3bK-rKSSQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please submit your nomination by 04/29/19.

Thank you for taking the time to support your TAs!

Penny

Graduate Research Assistant, 2019 Summer Term

Data Science Fellowship

The Data Incubator is a Cornell-funded data science training organization. We run a free advanced 8-week fellowship (think data science bootcamp) for PhDs looking to enter industry. A variety of innovative companies partner with The Data Incubator for their hiring and training needs, including LinkedIn, Genentech, Capital One, Pfizer, and many others. The program is free for admitted Fellows – see the FAQ below for more information.

Program: The Data Incubator is an intensive 8 week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is free for Fellows and supported by sponsorships from hundreds of employers across multiple industries. In response to the overwhelming interest in our earlier sessions, we will be holding another fellowship.

Who Should Apply: Anyone who has already obtained a masters or PhD degree or who is within one year of graduating with a masters or PhD is welcome to apply. Applications from international students are welcome. Everyone else is encouraged to sign-up for a future session

Fellows have the option to participate in the program either in person in New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, New York, Washington DC, or online.

Early Deadline: 2019-04-15.
Regular Deadline: 2019-04-22.
We are assessing and interviewing candidates who apply for the Early Deadline first and then based on remaining availability, will take candidates who applied for the Regular Deadline on a first-come first-serve basis.

For more information, click HERE.

4 Essential Resources for International Students During the FY 2020

Rethinking the Academic Poster?

Written by Chrystelle Kiang

Poster sessions are a requirement for our MPH/ MPSH students and part of almost every scientific conference, yet making a poster can be a stressful. Research posters are a concise way to showcase your work and allow more creativity in presenting results. They allow people who may not be experts on your topic to gain an idea of current research and new findings in the field.

What tends to happen though, is that people take sections of a write up of their results and re-arrange them around some old template. Don’t get me wrong- a template is useful, especially when a reader only has a few minutes to spend on a poster. However, the large chunks of text defeat the purpose of the poster. May as well hand out copies of the original paper. Mike Morrison, a PhD student in Industrial and organizational psychology at Michigan State, is on a mission to fix academic posters. He made a video explaining the current problem and proposes a bold new template with focus on the main finding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RwJbhkCA58

We’ll see if this takes off, but is something to consider when making your next poster.

Mike is on twitter (@mikemorrison) and his template can be found at https://osf.io/6ua4k/ .