HSPH Researchers Receive Awards for New and Established Programs
Harvard International Bioethics Training Program
Richard Cash, lecturer on international health in the Department of Population and International Health, is among the first recipients of funding by the new International Bioethics Education and Career Development Award Program, sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). FIC gave out five awards, which help support training programs focused on research ethics and long-term bioethics training for investigators from low- and middle-income nations.
The award, worth more than $500,000, will fund the new Harvard International Bioethics Training Program in the Department of Population and International Health.
Cash will direct the program, which will allow four fellows from developing countries each year to take a series of courses and a 10-month seminar series on ethical issues in international health research. The fellows will spend one week at the Department of Clinical Bioethics of the Warren Magnuson Clinical Center at the NIH. They will also develop workshops and research projects to be completed in their home country. The fellowship culminates in a one-month workshop at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva. Individuals can apply individually or be nominated by organizations such as WHO. For more information, contact Barbara Heil at 617-432-1179 or bheil@hsph.harvard.edu.
The grants are funded by FIC; the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Eat Well and Keep MovingThe Dannon Institute recognized HSPH's "Eat Well and Keep Moving" program as one of the nation's seven most innovative programs in nutrition education and communication during ceremonies in Colorado last month.
Lilian Cheung, lecturer on nutrition in the Department of Nutrition, accepted the award.
"Eat Well and Keep Moving" represents a partnership between HSPH and the Baltimore City Department of Education in Maryland. The initiative was developed to improve the diets and physical activity of the city's 4th and 5th graders. To date, personnel in 65 elementary schools in Baltimore have been trained for the program, which is currently conducted in 40 schools citywide. Plans are underway to take the program statewide in Maryland and citywide in Boston.
For more information about "Eat Well and Keep Moving",
visit www.hsph.harvard.edu/prc/ewkm.html.
