Health Educator – Northwestern University

Northwestern University is seeking qualified applicants for a Health
Educator, with special expertise in the areas of sexual assault
prevention and sexual health education.

Displaced New Orleans Residents Study

Part time employment opportunities are available for candidates in the New Orleans area. Interested candidates will perform listing, tracking and go door-to-door conducting in-home interviews for the Displaced New Orleans Residents Study (DNORS) conducted by the University of Michigan. Candidates will be trained on all aspects of the necessary tasks required to perform the job.

Conference on Service, Advocacy & Social Action

Join college students, administrators, faculty, national nonprofit organizations, and many others this spring in our nation’s Capitol for the largest national convening of campus community members involved in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other socially responsible work across philosophical and ideological lines.

Director of Community Partnerships and Program Placements

The Director of Community Partnerships and Program Placements for DePaul’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program will be responsible for directly supervising graduate students in their practicum, acting as liaison between the MPH program and various community and government agency personnel, and teaching the three-course practicum sequence (Fall, Winter & Spring quarters) for MPH graduate students.

Kellogg Health Scholars Program

The application deadline for the Kellogg Health Scholars Program’s 2009-2011 Call for Applications is on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 (11:59 p.m. Eastern). ONLY online applications are accepted, www.kellogghealthscholars.org.

Through this two-year postdoctoral program, scholars develop as leaders with research expertise to add to our knowledge about the nature of social disparities in health and interventions to reduce those disparities, the capacity to partner with communities in carrying out research and building policy advocacy and the skills to inform and support policy makers who seek to reduce and eliminate health disparities.

The program consists of two tracks and offers fellowships at eight training sites. The Community Track, which highlights community-based participatory research and relationships between academe, community and public health practice, has fellowships at Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University, the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The Multidisciplinary Track, which highlights a multidisciplinary approach to studying the social determinants of health disparities, has scholars training at Harvard University, the University of California-San Francisco, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Nine individuals will be selected for the 2009-2011 fellowship cycle – five in the Community Track and four in the Multidisciplinary Track. Each fellowship will provide a stipend of $62,000 in the first year and $63,000 in the second year, and an annual research fund and other benefits.

For specific tracks, contact:

Community Track
Saundra Bailey, voice 734-647-3065, fax: 734-936-0927 or email saundrab@umich.edu;

Multidisciplinary Track
Marie Briones-Jones, voice 202-387-2829, fax 202-387-2857 or email mbjones@cfah.org.

For more information on the Kellogg Health Scholars Program and the 2009 Call for Applications, visit www.kellogghealthscholars.org.

Kellogg Health Scholars Program

The Kellogg Health Scholars Program, a two-year post-doctoral program, is accepting applications for its 2009-2011 cohort. The application deadline is Wednesday, December 3, 2008 (11:59 p.m. Eastern). ONLY online applications are accepted. To access the online application, please visit www.kellogghealthscholars.org.

Through this program, scholars develop as leaders with research expertise to add to our knowledge about the nature of social disparities in health and interventions to reduce those disparities, the capacity to partner with communities in carrying out research and building policy advocacy and the skills to inform and support policy makers who seek to reduce and eliminate health disparities.

Academic Nutritionist, Ethiopia

University Research Company is looking for candidates for the position below that is part of a USAID proposal.
Academic Nutritionist Seconded to a University Masters Program
Location: Ethiopia

Evaluation of service for new parents

Position available to assist in the professional execution of a study evaluating a service program for new parents. Requires a B.A., B.S., in psychology or related field, M.A. preferred. Experience with data collection methods, Microsoft Word and Excel are required. Experience with children, observational coding, and/or families preferred. Applicant should have a strong sense of scientific integrity and enjoy working as a member of a team. Collaborative responsibilities will include training and supervising research assistants, interviewing couples and children, and applying observational coding systems.

Project Coordinator, CLAGS

Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)
Graduate Center, City University of New York
Position: Project Coordinator, International Resource Network, CLAGS
Application deadline: August 31, 2008.
CLAGS seeks a part time Project Coordinator for its International Research Network. The main task is to coordinate activities related to the IRN including…

Post-Graduate Fellowship at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is accepting applications for the Post-Graduate Fellowship program.