HSPH is hosting an open house on April 2 for students who have been admitted to the school for the next academic year.

The event features opportunities to attend classes, learn about the many resources and organizations available to students, and meet faculty, staff, and current students.

A reception is scheduled to follow the open house.

For more information, visit the web site at http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions/openhouse.shtml.

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Brinkmann Travel Fellowship Accepting Applications

Applications are now 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 $2,500 to support travel to a field research site and will be awarded to a doctoral student whose work exemplifies the interests and values of Brinkmann in bringing together the study of international health epidemiology and infectious diseases.

Interested HSPH doctoral students who have successfully passed their oral qualifying examinations should submit application materials to Barbara Heil, Department of Population and International Health, SPH I-1104, by Friday, April 23. The students should explain in a letter the proposed research project, how the travel funds will be used, and how the research will further the fields of international health, epidemiology, and infectious diseases. Also included should be a letter of recommendation from an academic advisor.

Brinkmann held appointments in three HSPH departments. He was a founding member of the multidisciplinary New Diseases Working Group. He died in June 1993 while conducting field research in Brazil.