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Returning for 2019
The Steinberg Fund for Interdisciplinary Global Health Research is back!
The goal of the Steinberg Fund for Interdisciplinary Global Health Research is to catalyze innovative and impactful global health research at McGill & affiliated hospitals, by providing seed grants that can help launch new, interdisciplinary global health research projects and make them competitive for sustained external funding.
Areas of focus for the program are purposely forward thinking and aim to address global health issues that are emerging and will increase in importance over the coming decade. In some areas McGill already is a leader and in others GHP is pushing researchers to think about how they can contribute to building strength through research partnerships.
We are pleased to have additional funds from the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) for the 2019 call.
Seed grants for Wave 3 will be $50,000. Grants are non-renewable. Duration of the seed grant projects should be between 12 and 18 months. Five grants are expected to be funded this round.
The Wave 3 (2019) call is open to all global health topics and ideas that are not mentioned in the "Ineligible projects" section below. In partnership with the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) we are offering two co-funded grants for projects related to infectious diseases. The other three grants are open to all topics. In general, we are looking for strong research proposals with innovative ideas to address pressing global health needs and challenges.
*PI or co-PIs of active Steinberg Fund projects, fundamental (bench laboratory) research, research that is already funded, gap funding are ineligible for this opportunity.
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Global Health Legend Dr. Alfred Sommer to give the next Holmes Lecture
On May 27, Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS, known for his pioneering work in studying vitamin A deficiency which has helped save millions of children’s lives and eyesight will give the next Andrew F. Holmes Dean of Medicine Distinction Lecture entitled An Ophthalmologist Takes a Wrong Turn: Vitamin A, Blindness, and Child Survival. Space is limited so don't wait to RSVP!
Monday, May 27, 2019, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street, Montreal, QC
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Tenure-Track Faculty Position
The McGill School of Population and Global Health is looking to fill the following position:
Assistant Professor - Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Infectious Diseases in Indigenous Communities.
This position, originally posted on April 8, is one of three currently being filled in the area of Indigenous health and well-being at McGill University. These positions are aimed at improving individual and community outcomes and practices related to Indigenous well-being through culturally-responsive and community-engaged teaching and research in the fields of nutrition and environment, family medicine and infectious diseases.
English posting | French posting
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Registration now open for
1st Annual MI4 Scientific Symposium on June 3rd!
REGISTER now for the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) 1st Annual Scientific Symposium. Capacity is limited, and space is running out!
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Gerry Wright as our keynote speaker: a leading authority on bacterial and fungal antimicrobial resistance, and the Director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster University.
The Symposium brings together over 200 McGill researchers working towards the prevention, cure and elimination of major infectious and immune threats to human health.
This event is open to all members of the McGill community.
Monday June 3rd, 2019, New Residence Hall Ballroom, 3625 Avenue du Parc, Montreal, Quebec
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Volunteers needed for MI4 Scientific Symposium
We are looking for volunteers to help with the set-up, registration, poster fair, ushering of guests and take-down of the event.
If interested, please email Clara Tian at admincoordmcgilli4.med@mcgill.ca by Tuesday May 21, 2019.
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From the Global Health Community
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Global Mental Health Webinar series:
Expanding Youth Access to Mental Health Care:
Lessons from a School-Based Study in Haiti
The McGill Global Mental Health program cordially invites you to its upcoming webinar presented in English, French, and Spanish.
Dr. Mónica Ruiz-Casares of McGill University will moderate this unique discussion with speakers Père Eddy Eustache of Zanmi Lasante, and Dr. Anne E. Becker of Harvard Medical School.
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Special World Health Assembly side event
No UHC without Dx
(no universal health coverage without diagnostics)
McGill Global Health Programs is delighted to join FIND, the government of Botswana, the government of Switzerland, and the Global Health Center at the Graduate Institute Geneva in co-hosting a special side event of the 72nd World Health Assembly: No UHC without Dx (no universal health coverage without diagnostics) on Tuesday May 21.
Achieving UHC depends on the quality diagnosis that allows everyone to be linked to the care they need. But too often, fit-for-purpose diagnostics are not available, or affordable, where and when they are required. Ensuring quality and equality in diagnostic access is a global health priority, and the recent introduction of the Essential Diagnostics List affords the community an unprecedented opportunity.
Join us for this dynamic session, where a globally renowned faculty including governments, implementers and funders will discuss why and how diagnostics are one of the most important – yet often overlooked – enablers of UHC.
May 21st, 8-10AM CEST, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute, Maison de la Paix, Petal 2, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, Geneva, Switzerland
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Postdoc opportunities
- The McGill Institute for health and Social Policy is looking for either a postdoctoral fellow or a research associate specialized in machine vision and deep learning to apply their expertise to street and satellite imagery from diverse global cities to further a global environment and health agenda. The chosen candidate will join Pathways to equitable healthy cities, an international consortium that plans to use methods and tools from a range of disciplines to model the impacts of policy scenarios on the environment and health in cities in high- and low-income countries. This consortium has a particular focus on using emerging data and novel methods to characterize cities’ environment and health, with emphasis on within-city variations and inequalities.
Position to fill ASAP
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- Applications are invited from recent PhD or MD graduates for a one year, full-time postdoctoral fellowship in Tuberculosis & Private Provider Engagement, starting in Summer 2019. Depending on funding availability, the fellowship may be extended by another year.
The postdoctoral fellow will function as a junior investigator within the Pai Global TB group, participating fully in teaching, research and related scholarly activities and would be encouraged to apply for independent salary and research funding. Specifically, the fellow would contribute to research on Public-Private Mix and TB, private provider engagement, quality of TB care in the private health sector, and contribute to a learning network (i.e. community of practice) around private provider engagement and TB. Travel abroad will be required. Important note: This is NOT a laboratory-based (bench science) fellowship.
This position will be advertised until a suitable candidate is identified.
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- A postdoctoral opportunity is immediately available in the Prevention and Implementation (PRI) Group at the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC) in the field of health services research and more specifically in Shared Decision Making. Your activities will cover both research and project management to reach the target outcome, - online shared decision making tool for better decisions in breast cancer screening.
The postdoctoral opportunity is initially for 18 months, with a possible renewal in case of successful performance and funding availability. It will be tenable in Lyon (France).
Deadline June 7th, 2019
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McGill Global Health at Pint of Science
Happening next week: McGill Epidemiology PhD Candidate Sophie Huddart and Ingram School of Nursing Assistant Professor John Pringle will both present at the Pint of Science Canada Festival on May 22 at McKibbins!
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CIHR III meet the community event
J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases Associate Director Cedric Yansouni will be a speaker at the upcoming CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity (III) Meet the Community Event on Thursday, May 30th at 3:00 PM at the McGill New Residence Hall Ballroom. He will present the talk entitled: "Stopping Syphilis Transmission in Arctic communities through Rapid Diagnostic Testing: Moving beyond the standard of care".
May 30, 2019 3-6PM, McGill New Residence Hall Ballroom, 3625 av du Parc, Montreal
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Opportunities at the
McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy
Our friends at the Institute for Health and Social Policy are currently accepting applications from McGill undergraduate and graduate students for their Fall 2019 Internship Program. Students can apply to work on projects in global health and other fields.
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Global Health McGillians in the news
McGill International TB Centre Pricipal Investigators Marcel Behr and Dick Menzies recently wrote an op-ed about the necessity to address health and social conditions in Indigenous populations of Canada if we are going to successfully end TB in these communities. Read it now: Ending TB among Canada’s Indigenous peoples: treat the fundamental causes, not just the disease
McGill Global Health Programs Director Dr. Madhu Pai is one of the experts involved in the recently releases The Economist (Intelligence unit) report on TB entitled: It’s Time to End Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: The case for action
Read the related op-ed: Drug-Resistant TB: A Clear And Present Danger
The Community Health and Social Medicine (CHASM) Incubator, an initiative led by McGill medical students to support local community health initiatives targeted towards vulnerable communities was the recipient of the McGill University’s Award for Equity & Community Building in the Team category. Read more about CHASM's work and the other award recipients in the McGill Reporter. Also, CHASM has beenselected as a National Finalist of the OSEntreprendre Challenge, a major Québec movement that acknowledges the entrepreneurial initiatives of young people.
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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
Andrew F. Holmes Dean of Medicine Distinction Lecture
An Ophthalmologist Takes a Wrong Turn: Vitamin A, Blindness, and Child Survival
Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS, Professor of Epidemiology and International Health at the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Professor of Ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Dean Emeritus of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Monday, May 27, 2019, 4:30-6:00PM, McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street, Montreal, QC
Global Mental Health Webinar series:
Expanding Youth Access to Mental Health Care:Lessons from a School-Based Study in Haiti
Moderator: Dr. Mónica Ruiz-Casares, McGill University, Speakers: Père Eddy Eustache, Zanmi Lasante, and Dr. Anne E. Becker, Harvard Medical School.
McGill School of Population and Global Health
2nd Annual Victor Dzau & Ruth Cooper-Dzau Lectures in Global and Population Health
Thursday, May 30, 2019, 4:30- PM, The Charles F. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre Building - 6th Floor, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, Montreal, Quebec
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McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4)
1st Annual MI4 Scientific Symposium
Keynote speaker: Dr. Gerry Wright, Director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University
“Antibiotics in Crisis: How did we get here and what can we do about it?”
McGill Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases and Global Health
June 10-21, 2019, McGill University
More information | Courses | Apply
Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research Annual Conference
Honouring the Work of Michael J. Chandler
August 16, 2019, Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry, 4333 Cote-Ste-Catherine Rd., Montréal
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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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STI & HIV 2019 World Congress
July 14 - 17, 2019, Vancouver, BC
More information | Register
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Consortium of Universities for Global Health 11th Annual Conference
April 18 - 20, 2020, Washington, DC
More information | Register | Submit an abstract
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Internship opportunities at the Word Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently accepting application for its general internship roster. WHO offers internships globally in its country and regional offices, as well as at its Geneva headquarters.
Under the supervision of a technical expert in the respective area, interns are assigned a project based on agreed terms of references and in line with their skills set.
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Call for Proposals
Technical Support Centre – Research to Enhance the Adaptation and Implementation of Health Systems Guidelines (RAISE)
The WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research is seeking proposals to establish a Technical Support Centre to strengthen the work of six low- and middle-income country (LMIC) teams engaging in research to enhance the adaptation and implementation of health systems guidelines. This is not a call for research.
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