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 1. Duke University Job Opening: Associate in Research
Program on Global Health and Technology Access
The Program on Global Health and Technology Access (GHTA) at Duke University is now recruiting for the position of Associate in Research. We hope that you can pass along this exciting opportunity to talented candidates who could fill the position well. We are looking for the exceptional team player, with strong writing and policy analytic skills, a track record of academic and extracurricular excellence, outstanding initiative and organizational skills, and demonstrated interest in the Program's areas of work, especially innovation and access to medicines, either globally or in the U.S. context.
The Associate in Research would play a critical role in the program's work to explore alternative policy models and strategies of R&D that would advance innovation and access to essential medicines, especially for those in low- and middle-income countries; examine collaborative R&D approaches for U.S. pharmaceutical innovation; investigate patterns of the ownership and sharing of knowledge to improve innovation of such health technologies; and organize policy convenings of key stakeholders on these issues. Program staff also are engaged in working on projects we have with partner organizations, ranging from ReAct-Action on Antibiotic Resistance for which GHTA serves as the Strategic Policy Unit and the UN Development Programme to the World Health Organization. There may also be opportunities to support the Program's teaching efforts, both through a graduate seminar on "Designing Innovation for Global Health" and with the Duke Global Health Fellows Program in Geneva each summer.
Applications are Due Sept. 1
Click Here for Full Job Description
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2. IHME and World Bank Present: Regional Global Burden of Disease Reports
Initially released in December 2012, GBD 2010 produced more than 1 billion estimates of levels and trends in health conditions as far-reaching as road traffic accidents and hearing loss. The new regional reports estimate levels and trends in health conditions in six world regions and compare countries within those regions.
For more information on the reports click here
You can join the World Bank and IHME on Sept.4 for a live webcast of a presentation on the new reports by Tim Evans, Director, Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank, and Christopher Murray, Director of IHME.
For more information on the webcast click here
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This series of reports examines donor nations and multilateral organizations involved in addressing different global health challenges in recipient countries worldwide. The reports seek to provide perspective on the geographic presence of global health donors, and to enable more effective coordination and delivery of services globally and within individual recipient nations.
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4. Lean LaunchPad Educator's Program
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovator's Alliance (NCIIA)
Sept. 25-27, Columbia University, New York City
The Lean LaunchPad Educators program is a 2.5 day workshop designed for entrepreneurship faculty. You will learn the proven Lean LaunchPad process and acquire the tools to create a curriculum you can put to immediate use. Led by Steve Blank and Jerry Engel with team of experienced entrepreneurs and educators, this program will challenge you to rethink your approach to teaching entrepreneurship.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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5. World Bank 2013 Youth Summit and Competition
Youth Entrepreneurship: Cultivating an Innovative Spirit to Alleviate Global Youth Unemployment
October 3, 2013 - Washington, DC
The 2013 Youth Summit is an event championed by the Junior Professional Associates (JPA) Program in collaboration with other units at The World Bank Group (WBG), held on October 3, 2013. The theme for the event is "Youth Entrepreneurship: Cultivating an innovative spirit to alleviate global youth unemployment".
The summit will feature notable panelists of the development community, and will provide a forum for young people from around the globe to share innovative ideas and solutions to current development challenges to create opportunities for youth employment and job creation.
The summit will address three areas: Youth Employment, Education, Millennial Communications - the use of social media and technology for development. Before the summit, a Development Case Study Competition aims to provide youth with the opportunity to propose innovative solutions and business products for real development issues that the WBG and external partners are striving to solve.
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Friday, Dec. 6 - New Haven, CT
You are invited to attend the Social Entrepreneurship Institute on Friday, December 6, 2013, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. Presented by Unite For Sight, the Social Entrepreneurship Institute provides mentoring, guidance, and successful strategies for participants to apply to their work in global health, social entrepreneurship, and international development.
In addition to unique interactive sessions by leaders in global health and social entrepreneurship, the Institute also includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner networking receptions with the speakers. Space is limited, and we encourage early registration. We are also offering a very reduced early bird registration rate through the end of August.
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7. NIH Job Opportunity: Stadtman Investigators
Intramural Research Program
Apply by Oct. 15
The National Institutes of Health, the nation's premier agency for biomedical and behavioral research, is pleased to announce it will initiate a new call for top-tier tenure-track candidates to become "NIH Stadtman Investigators" beginning August 1, 2013.
We are looking for creative and independent thinkers eager to take on high-risk, high-impact research. Regardless of your expertise -- in the field or in the lab (wet or dry), within a discipline well established or on the frontiers of science -- please consider the NIH for your career development.
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