Around The School April 3, 2009

REMINDER: “Book It” Room Reservation System Now Live

HSPH now has an online room reservation system called “Book It.” Go to the Book It Website to review which rooms are available and how to reserve one.

Uwe Brinkmann Fellowship Accepting Nominations

Applications are being accepted for the annual Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Fellowship, which is awarded each year to an outstanding doctoral student conducting field research in international health epidemiology at HSPH.

The Fellowship will provide an award of $2,500 to support travel to a field research site. Applicants must provide proof of having successfully passed or scheduled their Oral Qualifying Examination. Applicants should submit the following materials:

• a three-to-five page proposal that explains the planned research project, how the travel funds would be used, and how the research would further the fields of international health, epidemiology, and infectious diseases;
• a letter of recommendation from an academic advisor.

The materials should be submitted to Barbara Heil, Department of Global Health and Population, SPH I-1108, by Friday April 24, 2009.