Friday Newsletter from the Secretariat
18th December 2015

Dear Centre Leaders,
Greetings from the INDEPTH Secretariat. We hope you have had a good week.

We have the following items for your attention:

1. Full scholarships for Master’s Degree in public health focusing on implementation research on the infectious diseases of poverty

The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon, is offering 10 scholarships for graduate education in public health for the academic year 2016- 17. Funding for these scholarships is from the Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical Diseases (TDR) hosted at the World Health Organisation in Geneva. Successful applicants will be part of a global network of fellows supported by TDR that includes students enrolled in 7 institutions worldwide. Application deadline: April 1, 2016 Link toonline graduate application: https://graduateadmissions.aub.edu.lb/
Please see attached for details.


2. Job opportunity in Malawi

The Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit is looking for an experienced Senior Programmer to work with an established team of data managers and programmers on a unique data resource in Malawi.

The Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (formerly known as Karonga Prevention Study, a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine research programme) has a large, complex database, encompassing millions of records of linked contacts on over 400,000 individuals, dating back to 1979, and including ongoing large population based studies.

The post will be based in our offices in Lilongwe, Malawi, with frequent visits to our rural Karonga site and to London to work with the LSHTM programmers. The position is available to start as soon as possible and is funded by the Wellcome Trust until 31 August 2017.

Applications should be made on-line via our website at http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk. The reference for this post is KPS05. Applicants should include a CV and the names and email contacts of 2 referees who can be contacted immediately if shortlisted. This post will close at 11 pm on Sunday 10 January 2016.

News from our member centres

1. icddr,b project helps working women in garments sector to optimally breastfeed

Working women will save money and be able to provide optimal nutrition for their young babies, as a result of a new project launched by icddr,b scientists and University of Toronto, Canada students in collaboration with Interfab Shirt Manufacturing Limited, a Dhaka-based garments company.

The project is called Mother’s Milk, and it aims to support women working in the ready-made-garments sector to breastfeed with a prototype breast milk pasteurisation machine that keeps breast milk safe for eight hours. The pasteurisation machine uses a low-cost, water-efficient heating process to sterilise the milk, which can be used to feed the babies while their mothers are at work or in the evening. Read more

2. Data Everywhere: A data visualisation portal for Africa Centre

Scientists and health researchers at the Africa Centre require useful, intuitive and intelligent tools to aid their work. Longitudinal studies such as those taking place at the Africa Centre are normally under-visualised. Visual analytics tools are used to integrate information and gain insight from massive, dynamic, ambiguous and often conflicting data. Visual Analytics is often referred to as a means for dealing with complex, large information sources that require human judgment to identify the expected and discover the unexpected. Data visualisation allows researchers to view their data in a new light. Read more

Thank you.

Have a restful weekend!

Becky Kwei

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