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CPHI Events & Opportunities
| 11/5 thru 11/20 Open 9a-5p weekdays |
Trauma, Trash, and Triumph: Images from the Health of Philadelphia Photo-documentation Project Location: Fox Art Gallery, Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 South 36th Street Creative Action: The Arts in Public Health |
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| 12/3/09 @ 9-4:30p Thursday |
2009 Annual CPHI Retreat |
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| 12/3/09 @ 5:30p Thursday |
"Righteous Dopefiend" - A Photo-Ethnography Speaker: Philippe Bourgois, PhD (PennSAS/Med) & Jeff Schonberg (photographer) Location: Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut St. Creative Action: The Arts in Public Health **Exhibit Open: December 3-31 (Slought Foundation) More Information |
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| 12/7/09 @ 5-6:30p Monday |
MPH Open House for Prospective Students Location: BRB 253 MPH Faculty, Students & Staff will be on hand to discuss the program and answer questions. Light Refreshments will be served. RSVP: kakelly@mail.med.upenn.edu |
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| December 3 | 2009 Annual CPHI Retreat Sustainability in Public Health: Food Systems, Housing, & Comnmunities Location: Amado Recital Room, Irvine Auditorium (3401 Spruce Street) |
| April 7-10, 2010 | Penn-ICOWHI 18th International Congress on Women’s Health “Cities and Women's Health: Global Perspectives" Location: Philadelphia, Pa |
| May 10, 2010 | College of Physicians Public Health Poster Session |
Call for Proposals, Abstracts, Posters, etc. |
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Fellowships - Scholars Programs - Internships |
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| December 2 Deadline |
Kellogg Health Scholars Program Sponsor: Center for the Advancement of Health Through the Kellogg Health Scholars 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 highlights community-based participatory research and relationships between academe, community and public health practice. The Multidisciplinary Track highlights a multidisciplinary approach to studying the social determinants of health disparities. |
| December 15 Deadline |
Albert Schweitzer Fellowships (see below for Greater Philadelphia Fellowship) |
| January 4, 2010 Deadline |
NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship Sponsoring Orgs: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This program brings visiting scholars in health services research related disciplines to NCHS where they will conduct their research and work collaboratively with NCHS staff on projects of interest to policymakers and the health services research community using NCHS data systems. Student applicants must be doctoral students who have completed course work and be at the dissertation phase of their program. |
| February 1, 2010 Deadline |
Greater Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellowship Program Are you a graduate student interested in improving the health and well-being of vulnerable Philadelphian communities? - Design & implement an innovative 200 hour service project addressing a community’s unmet health and/or human service needs (with the guidance of a mentor) - Join an interdisciplinary group of like-minded Fellows dedicated to making a difference - Plan public health symposia and service days - Become a lifelong Fellow - Fellows receive a $2,000 stipend For more information, contact: Nicole M. Cobb at 215-955-9995 or nicole.cobb@jefferson.edu |
Trainings - Institutes |
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| January 6-8, 2010 | CPHI 2010 Winter Institute on Qualitative and Mixed Methods Location: UPenn Campus Hosted by: The Center for Public Health Initiatives This comprehensive institute is designed to develop skills that are useful in qualitative and mixed methods research, including: * one-on-one interviewing * focus groups * participant observation * field notes * IRB issues unique to qualitative research * use and application of NVivo software |
| January 20, 2010 Deadline |
Built Environment Assessment Training (BEAT) Institute The Institute of Medicine and other key organizations have identified environment and policy changes as the most promising strategies for controlling obesity and improving diet and physical activity. There are now a variety of measures that can be used by researchers and practitioners to plan and evaluate changes to the built environment. The BEAT Institute is designed to train participants to use these measures. Goals: 1. Prepare investigators and practitioners to use both observational and self-report measures of nutrition and activity environments and related behavioral assessments through lectures, fieldwork, hands-on skills, group work and individual consultation with BEAT faculty. 2. Increase the number of professionals qualified to conduct built environment assessments for nutrition and physical activity. Funding through: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2007-55215-17924 Co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Schools of Medicine and Nursing and the San Diego Prevention Research Center |
| February 22, 2010 Deadline |
Minority Training Program in Cancner Control Research Location: University of California - San Francisco and Los Angeles The purpose of the Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research (MTPCCR) is to increase ethnic diversity in the field of cancer control research by encouraging minority students in master's level health programs as well as master's trained health professionals to pursue a doctoral degree and a career in research. |
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Scholarships |
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| February 1, 2010 Deadline |
NEHA/AAS Scholarship program The purpose of the NEHA/AAS Scholarship program is to encourage early commitment by students to a career in environmental health and to stimulate past and present graduates to pursue post graduate studies in environmental health sciences and/or public health. The program offers financial assistance to individuals with a demonstrable need, and serves to introduce adequately trained professionals into the environmental health workforce. |
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| May 31, 2010 | 2009-2010 Public Health Research Paper Competition |
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Job Listings |
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