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Two weeks left to apply!
Global Health Scholars
(Undergrad and Grad Students)
Global Health Outreach Projects
Are you an undergraduate student looking for a first global health research experience?
Through the Global Health Scholars Program for undergraduate students, Outstanding McGill undergrads will have the opportunity to conduct global health research under the mentorship of a faculty member and receive funding up to $5,000 CAD.
Students from any faculty can apply to work on one of 21 local, Northern Canada, or International projects in a wide variety of fields including social work, psychiatry, social studies of medicine, management, policy and environmental health.
For the fourth round of applications, we have added info sessions for students to learn more about its specifics including one tomorrow Friday February 1st, 2019 at noon at the Mac Campus. ***Attendance to any of the sessions (including those held on January 15 and 25) is mandatory to apply. ***
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RSVP |
| February 1 |
12:00-1:00PM |
Mac Campus - Raymond Building Room 4-047 |
Register here |
| February 4 |
12:00-1:00PM |
Arts Building Room 150 |
Register here |
| February 13 |
5:30-6:30PM |
McIntyre Medical Building Room 208/209 |
Register here |
Read about the Global Health Scholars Program in McGill News!
Are you a Masters or Doctoral candidate doing research internationally in a low or middle income country (LMIC) or in Northern Canada and looking for extra funding?
The McGill Global Health Scholars program for graduate students is designed to support McGill graduate students (Masters and PhD) from any faculty engaged in global health research projects. Selected students will receive up to $3,000 CAD to cover travel costs, dissemination costs, and a small stipend.
Are you looking to report on global health or lead a global health publication?
The McGill Global Health Outreach Projects offer all McGill students (undergraduate or graduate) the chance to to either report on an overlooked global health story and receive a $3,000 US stipend as a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Student Fellow or become Editor-in-Chief of the Perspectives on Global Health Blog or Editor-in-Chief of the Prognosis student global health journal and receive a $2,000 CAD stipend.
Deadline for all three programs: February 17th, 2019 11:59PM
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Attention McGill Nursing Students
Apply now for travel awards just for you!
Undergraduate and graduate nursing students planning a clinical internship in a low resource setting should consider applying for the Gail Carson Award and the Global and Indigenous Health Nursing Travel awards worth up to $2,500.
Deadline February 14, 2019, 11:59PM
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Launching tomorrow:
The McGill International TB Centre Travel Awards are back
Trainees at the McGill International TB Centre have the opportunity to apply for funding of up to $1,500 to cover travel fees (flight, registration, etc.) to present their own research at national and international scientific meetings and conferences.
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Don't wait to register for the Summer Institute
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Take up to four courses on various topics on infectious diseases and global health! New this year, are courses on Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century and on Quality of TB Care.
When: June 10-21, 2019
Where: McGill University, Montreal, QC
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From the Global Health Community
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Roll Call: Who will be at CUGH this year?
Let us know! We are hoping to do a meetup for the McGill community while in Chicago and we want you to be there! Contact us so we can keep you informed.
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The Prognosis is looking for a layout editor!
The Prognosis is recruiting a design/layout editor for the 2018-2019 edition of the journal! The Prognosis is an annual McGill student-run and peer-reviewed publication that features student research and articles on topics at the intersection of social, biomedical, environmental, global, and local perspectives on health.
The journal is supported by McGill Global Health Programs. Layout editors will assist in compiling the final version of the journal and organization of articles for online and hardcopy publication. We invite students of all departments with strong skills in layout and design to apply.
Also, don't forget we are also recruiting for the 2019-2020 Prognosis Editor-in-Chief!
Deadline: February 28th 2019
Apply | About the Prognosis
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Happening tomorrow
Borderless World Volunteers to host
Global Development Forum
The 2019 BWW Global Development Forum will focus on global health and feature speakers Theresa Gyorkos, Frances Aboud, and Tarek Razek.
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Deadline tomorrow!
International Internships from the
Institute for Health and Social Policy
The McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP) is pleased to be offering international summer internships through the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee scholarship program. It is an opportunity for senior undergraduate and graduate students at McGill to undertake summer internships aimed at: exploring innovative and promising approaches to addressing key challenges to health and equity across the Commonwealth.
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Deadline today!
Summer Opportunities for students at IDRC
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is recruiting summer students for full-time summer work in 2019!
You are encouraged to apply, if you:
- are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident of Canada or hold a student visa with a work permit
- are enrolled in and pursuing full-time post-secondary studies following your employment with us
- can provide an official transcript, if selected for interview
All student positions are full-time (37.5 hours per week) and four months in duration.
More information
Deadline: January 31st 2019 at 11:59 PM EST
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Call for Abstracts: Interprofessional Research Symposium
The McGill Association of Students in Healthcare (MASH) and the McGill Journal of Medicine (MJM) are hosting the second edition of the Interprofessional Research Symposium which will include poster presentations from students in various healthcare-related disciplines and a panel discussion on mental health.
Top abstracts submitted for either a poster or panel presentation will be selected for publication in the MJM.
Here is your chance to showcase your amazing research and communicate it with fellow students!
Submit your abstract for either 1) Poster Presentation on any healthcare-related topic; or 2) Oral Presentation on the topic of Mental Health.
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Now accepting applications:
Grand Challenges 2019 Summer Student Program
Gain meaningful, hands-on experience in the diverse, interdisciplinary field of global health through Grand Challenges Canada’s Summer Student Program.
Each summer, Grand Challenges Canada welcomes passionate and driven students from a variety of disciplines to work as part of our team, through the Summer Student Program.
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The McGill Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry is back for its 25th year!
Registration for the McGill Summer Program in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry is now open. Since 1995, the program has provided conceptual background for research and clinical work in social and cultural psychiatry to students, trainees, researchers and professionals in the field.
The summer program forms part of the training activities of the Montreal WHO Collaborating Centre and is endorsed by the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology.
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Global Health McGillians in the spotlight
- McGill Alumni Association Magazine McGill News featured the McGill International TB Centre and its investigators in its latest edition.
Read it here: Confronting a killer.
- Harriet Kuhnlein, Professor Emerita at the McGill School of Human Nutrition and Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment was one of the commissioners of the Lancet commission on Obesity
launched earlier this week.
Read the Report: The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report
Four Burning Questions for Harriet Kuhnlein, Professor Emerita, Commissioner, Lancet Report on Obesity from the McGill Newsroom
- Dr. Marcel Behr has been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. The Academy, the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology, recognizes excellence, originality, and leadership in the microbiological sciences, and his election to this group is a mark of distinction.
Read more here
Press release: 109 Fellows Elected into the Academy
- The McGill Centre for Global Surgery recently signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the National Trauma and Orthopedic Research Center of Mongolia this month.
Read the press release here.
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Bordeless World Volunteers
2019 Global Development Forum
February 1, 2019, Carrefour Sherbrooke, 475 Sherbrooke Ouest Montréal, QC
More information | Tickets
McGill Association of Students in Healthcare (MASH) and the McGill Journal of Medicine (MJM)
Interprofessional Research Symposium
March 20th, 2019, 5-8PM, Bellini Life Sciences Complex (Atrium)
More information | Submit an abstract Deadline: February 22, 2019
Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry
25th Annual Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry
May 7 - June 28, 2019, McGill University
More information | Register
McGill Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases and Global Health
June 10-21, 2019, McGill University
More information | Courses | Apply
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2019 CUGH Conference:Translation and Implementation for Impact in Global Health
March 8-10, 2019, Chicago, IL
More information | Register Early bird registration ends today! | Attending? Let us know!
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Global Health & Innovation Conference
April 13-14, 2019, New Haven, CT
More information | Register
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Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS
May 9-12, 2019, Saskatoon, SK
More information | Register
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Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference
July 1-2, 2019, Keble College, Oxford, UK
More information | Register | Submit an abstract
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Call for papers
5th Edition of the International Conference on Project & Logistics - ProLog 2019
The fifth ProLog Conference to be held in Metz, France at the IAE School of management will have a track dedicated to Humanitarian Logistics and Disaster Response and is inviting abstracts for papers and presentations.
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Global Health Equity Research Fellowship
The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine is seeking a post-doctoral fellow for the two-year Global Health Equity (GHE) Research Fellowship. The fellow will conduct high quality research on health needs and program implementation and support a broader research capacity building program and the mentoring of junior researchers in research methods and results dissemination.
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There's Something in the Water:
A Book Launch and Community Talk on Environmental Racism & Land Dispossession in Canada
The McGill School of Environment, PGSS McGill and QPIRG McGill are among the partners behind this unique discussion on environmental racism and land struggles in Indigenous, black and other marginalized communities in Canada.
February 18th, 2019, 5-9PM, UQÀM, Pavillon Sherbrooke, Salle polyvalente (SH-4800), 200 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal (Québec)
More information
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Accepting applications for the 7th EqualHealth Social Medicine Course:
Beyond the Biological Basis of Disease
This three-week course is open to health professionals and graduate-level health profession students and includes field visits, classroom-based presentations and discussions, group reflections, student presentations, films, and bedside teaching.
July 7-27, 2019, Haiti Central Plateau
More information | Apply
Priority deadline: February 1, 2019. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis afterwardsuntil all spots are filled.
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