Regents’ Lecture on Global Health with Lord Nigel Crisp – February 19th

Nigel Crisp, a prominent leader and advocate of public health from the UK, will be giving a Regents’ Lecture on global health at UC Berkeley onFebruary 19, 2014. He is a member of the House of Lords, was previously Chief Executive of the National Health Service and a former Permanent Secretary of the UK Department

CEND PhD/postdoc fellowships – due February 1, 2014

CEND is now accepting applications for our $5,000 Wiesenfeld and Miller graduate fellowships (UC Berkeley PhD students only) as well as our $10,000 Science and Engineering for Global Health fellowship (UC Berkeley PhD students or postdocs only). These fellowships can be used for laboratory supplies, conference travel, or international field experience related to infectious diseases.

USAID GHFP-II internships for summer 2014 are open!

The Global Health Fellows Program II (GHFP-II) is pleased to announce its upcoming Summer 2014 internships with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, DC. USAID is home to a wide range of world-renowned global health experts working on projects of international scope and importance. The internships are based in USAID’s Global Health

New! UC Berkeley Global Health Reporting Internship – due February 18, 2014

About The UC Berkeley Center for Global Public Health and UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism are excited to offer a new joint internship for a summer global health reporting project in 2014. A $6,000 stipend will be awarded to a UC Berkeley graduate student in journalism or public health to cover expenses involved in

Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study Call for Proposals – due February 1, 2014

The Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study supports collaborative research and scholarly exchanges between researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and researchers at eight participating Norwegian academic institutions. The Center is launching it’s second annual funding competition and invites faculty across the campus to submit proposals for grants. It is expected that the Center

Bay Area Global Health Seminar Series – January 27, 2014

Global HIV/AIDS at the Crossroads: Where do we go from here? Inaugural Seminar January 27, 2014 2:30pm – 4:00pm (reception to follow) Genentech Hall Auditorium UCSF Mission Bay Campus 600 16th St., San Francisco, CA Join us for a new quarterly series of moderated salon-style discussions featuring scientific experts from UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley,

Tsinghua-Berkeley Fund Call for Proposals – due March 3, 2014

The Tsinghua-Berkeley Fund is pleased to announce its first Call for Proposals, for grants of up to $25,000 to seed original, collaborative research between Berkeley and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Proposals are accepted in all fields. Fund requests may include a living stipend to supplement a sabbatical spent at Tsinghua. The Tsinghua-Berkeley Fund was

2014-2015 Population Reference Bureau Policy Communication Fellowships

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is now accepting applications for its 2014-2015 Policy Communication Fellows Program. The program is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). It is open to individuals from developing countries currently enrolled in academic institutions pursuing doctoral programs and who are between their 3rd and 5th year of studies.

Assay Development Intern (graduate)

Safe-h2o, a waterborne pathogen diagnostics startup out of QB3@953 is looking for interns to assist with assay development. Background Safe-h2o is an early stage non-medical diagnostic company focused on cost effective, portable systems enabling water authorities to rapidly detect pathogens like E coli Giardia and Cryptosporidium. Our lab-on-CD system has disposable microfluidic disk kits capable

NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (R01) – due January 3, 2014

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is soliciting proposals for the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01). Only one application per school or college within a university will be accepted. For example, within a university, one application can be submitted from each of the schools of medicine, public health, arts and sciences,

World Bank panel and book launch with Richard Scheffler, UC Berkeley Professor of Health Economics and Public Policy

“The Labor Market for Health Workers in Africa: A new look at the Crisis ” – Monday, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:30 PM in J1-050 (World Bank, DC) CHAIR Punam Chuhan-Pole Lead Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank Ms. Chuhan-Pole is Lead Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist of

CGPH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM 2013

Catch what you missed! The CGPH Annual Symposium, “The Future of Global Healthy Food: From Science to Policy”, took place on October 18, 2013. Photos and video clips from the event are available. The keynote speaker was the notable author of “Food Politics”, “What to Eat”, and the new “Eat, Drink, Vote”, Dr. Marion Nestle.