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End the Neglect Blog – Eric Lagally
Dr. Eric Lagally has posted an invited blog on the Millennium Development Goals on End the Neglect, the official blog of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies talk – Jerry Spiegel
Jerry Spiegel has been invited to speak at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in Washington, DC on Sept 21-22, 2010.
iCo Therapeutics Appoints Infectious Disease Experts to Scientific Advisory Board
iCo Therapeutics Inc. appoints experts to scientific advisory board for Kishor Wasan’s oral Amphotericin B project.
International Fellowship Training Program
New Global Pediatric Infectious Diseases (GpID), International Fellowship Training Program
See posting under Education/Training.
Richard Lester to speak at 2010 mHealth Summit
Dr. Richard Lester in the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases has been accepted to speak at the 2010 mHealth Summit in Washington, DC on November 9.
Accessible Science Initiative – UBC Students in Columbia
The Accessible Science Initiative team are back from Columbia and the trip was a great success. See the UBC Reports story for more details (link in main story).
NGDI-UBC in National Medical Journal of India
Originally published on July 16, 2010 The NGDI-UBC gets mention in the News from here and there, section of The National Medical Journal of India titled, Canada steps up the ante in neglected diseases.
VP Research & International Support for NGDI-UBC-Banaras Hindu University Initiative
Originally published on June 4, 2010 The NGDI-UBC has been awarded an International Research Collaboration Workshop Grant in the amount of $10,000 by the Office of the Vice President Research & International. This is support of a collaboration between NGDI-UBC and Dr. Shyam Sundar of Banaras Hindu University, India. Dr. Sundar is an expert on […]
NGDI Associate receives $300K funding for 3 year Dengue Study
Originally published on May 31, 2010 Principal Investigators Jerry Spiegel (UBC School of Population and Public Health), Jaime Breilh (Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Ecuador) and Efrain Beltrán (Universidada Técnica de Machala), are meeting capacity-building and scaling-up challenges to sustainably prevent and control Dengue Fever in Machala, Ecuador. The project aims to evaluate the effectiveness, cost […]
NGDI Associates call for “social offsets” to tackle neglected tropical diseases
Originally published on May 18, 2010 Which New Approaches to Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases Show Promise? Spiegel JM, Dharamsi S, Wasan KM, Yassi A, Singer B, et al. 2010 Which New Approaches to Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases Show Promise?. PLoS Med 7(5): e1000255. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000255 Public health and international development experts at the University of British […]