Global Health Lecture Series: Visions for Change THIS WEEK!

Mauricio Hernandez Avila, MD, MPH ScD, Deputy Minister of Health for Mexico
We invite you to attend the lectures and enjoy an evening with the man internationally recognized for his leadership in controlling the H1N1 outbreak in Mexico and fighting the rising obesity epidemic in the country.

Fighting  the H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
Oct 21: UPC Davidson Conf. Center

The Rising Epidemic of Obesity in Mexico: Causes, Costs, and Control
Oct 22: HSC Aresty Auditorium

Both lectures will be held from
5:00pm-6:30pm and followed by a reception.
Hosted in partnership with the Center for Public Diplomacy
RSVP to the event!

The USC Africa Health Initiative Benefit Auction
USCAHI will be hosting a magical night of food, fun, and auctioning! All for a good cause!  Help 12 students venture to a rural village in Mali, Africa to help build a bridge, study abroad, and foster cross-cultural connections! The night will include:
• Nourishment & Libations
• Live Music
• Entertainment
•Live & Silent Auction
On October 30th 2009, 7:00 – 11:00 pm
At USC Fisher Museum of Art
For RSVP and more information, please go here!

 Upcoming Global Health Lecture
 Ruth Levine, PhD, Senior Fellow, Center for Global
 Development
 
 Compassion, Conscience and Common Interest
 November 9: HSC Aresty Auditorium
 November 10: UPC Town and Gown Ballroom

2010 Global Health Awareness Week
Planning has begun for the 2010 Global Health Awareness Week that will be held from April 5-9. Email us to get inovlved and join a planning committee.

Shake Out Drill a Success at USC
"Approximately 300 volunteers participated in a USC earthquake drill held on the Health Sciences campus on Oct. 15. Coordinated by USC Fire Safety and Emergency Planning, the drill was part of a statewide emergency preparedness initiative called the Great California ShakeOut..." Read More

USC Professors Join the Institute of Medicine
"USC professors Mark Humayun and Dana Goldman have been named to the Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine..." Read More

Job Opening
The USC Institute for Global Health is currently hiring a project specialist to assist in futhering the dynamic growth of projects and programs for the Institute. The project specialist will dedicate his/her time to grant writing, research assistance and developing program ideas to expand the Institute's global reach.

To learn more and apply for the position, please visit the USC Employee Recruitment Service page and search for Requisition Number 002410 : Apply Here.
 

GlobeMed at USC: Join the Movement, Be the Change!
GlobeMed at USC is participating in the Imagine 2030 Facebook Giving Challenge that will take place from 10/13 to 11/6. Their goal is to get as many $10 donations in order to win $50,000 that will go straight to their health projects around world. http://www.imagine2030.org/donate

For more information please email usc@globemed.org

 Join Global Health Council Today for FREE!
University of Southern California’s Institute for Global Health is pleased to be an organizational member of the Global Health Council, the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. Our membership enables you to become an individual member of the Global Health Council at no charge. This free membership provides you with a number of benefits which are outlined here.

Add your voice to the fight for improved global health. Sign up is quick and easy, so join today. For more information, please visit our Opportunities page!

Global Health T-Shirts
Support a student, buy a cool T-Shirt! Global Health Trojan T-shirts are on sale for $25 and all funds go to support our student programs and fund international travel for global health research. Order a Global Health Trojan T-Shirt!

Alexander Nguyen, MPH Candidate, traveled with the USC Global Impact Program to develop large scale puppet shows incorporating issues of health and hygiene to empower the community through entertainment and the arts. Alex and the USC team worked with an NGO and local teachers to cast local children and start a drama club to facilitate the health promoting puppet shows. The group immersed themselves in the culture and learned first hand what global health is all about. To learn more visit the team's blog: http://globalimpactpuppets.blogspot.com/

Robert McCann, Associate Professor at Marshall School of Business, is coordinating a Global Health & Business competition as part of Marshall's Communication Strategy in Business class (BUAD 302). Through the competition, students will organize and deliver a persuasive team presentation by integrating global health knowledge for a chance to win $2,500. The competitive student presentation project brings together CIBER (Dr. Richard Drobnick), Marshall’s Center for Management Communication (Dr. Robert M. McCann, Dr. Yolanda Kirk, Dr. Steve Werber, and other interested faculty), and USC’s Institute of Global Health (Dr. Jonathan Samet and Dr. Heather Wipfli).

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