Student Volunteers Needed for Maywood Fine Arts Events!

 Student volunteers are needed for:

Friday Fun Nights

• Sept 18th
•  October 30th
•  January 22nd
• February 19th

and

Fall Fitness Testing

• Tumbling - Tuesday September 22nd & Saturday September 26th
• Dance - Monday October 12th and Tuesday October 13th

Contact Dr. Amy Luke (aluke@luc.edu) for more information and to get involved!

Physical Activity and Cancer: The Evidence Step by Step

A research conference at UIC for clinicians, researchers, fellows, and students. 
Thursday, October 8, 2015 • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Click here for more information.

Information Sessions for the Summertime International Service Immersion trips

For students interested in participating in service trips sponsored by Campus Ministry next summer there will be 4 upcoming information sessions.

These are:

• Sept 10 at 12:30 pm in SSOM 345
• Sept 14 at 11:00 am in SSOM 460
• Sept 14 at 5:00 pm in SSOM 460
• Sept 17 at 12:30 pm in SSOM 345

Border Justice Engagement

October 2 (evening) through October 7 (evening)

The Border Justice Engagement is an interprofessional educational immersion at the US-Mexico border that provides diverse informational sessions and direct engagement to students, faculty, and staff from health professions at Loyola. This experience presents two primary objectives: 1) introduce participants to the first-hand realities of border health and justice, and 2) provide an interprofessional cohort with a shared experience in immigration that serves as a point of entry to advocate for social justice and human rights in the Chicagoland area. The immersion takes place in Tucson and Nogales, Arizona. All meetings are held in the United States; the trip does not cross into Mexico. BorderLinks (www.borderlinks.org) serves as the educational broker, scheduling all programming and organizing all meals and transportation. Group reflection activities are also coordinated by BorderLinks; HSD Ministry leads reflections that seek to locate the experience within our identity and mission.  The reflection sessions serve as the cornerstone of the experience.

Trip participants: The eligible student, faculty, and staff member is interested in interprofessional education, has shown ongoing commitment to health disparities and the underserved, and feels comfortable adopting a stance of cultural humility and presence. Before travel, each student is responsible for communicating with all necessary individuals regarding permission and alternative arrangements required for 1-2 days of missed class and/or program requirements.

Composition of the trip: 12-13 total participants, ideally 2 students and one faculty/staff member from each school. Composition varies somewhat depending on interest and expertise of participants.

Application: Each student will apply through their school/program of study (School of Nursing, Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, Center for Human Rights of Children) by the internally assigned application deadline.

Funding: The overall cost of the trip is roughly $1200-$1500. ($800-1000 program fees and lodging, $300-$500 for flights) Each school will communicate the corresponding levels of sponsorship to student, faculty, and staff participants.

Trip preparation: The group will meet 1-2 times before departure in order to meet one another, set goals for the trip, and to determine individual interests in conjunction with the development of a group agenda. Suggested readings will be offered.

Post-trip requirements: Each school will require a post-trip project or presentation. The trip group will present 1-2 times to the larger Loyola community. Trip participants will be invited to continue work in immigration and in immigration health issues in the local community.

Please direct questions within your program, or to Ginny McCarthy, Director, University Ministry, Health Sciences Division: vmccarthy@luc.edu.

Climate Health Summit: Creating Health Leaders on Climate Change

 Join hundreds of health professionals on Sept. 20-21 (Sun/Mon) in Washington D.C. to learn about the health threats of climate change and how to achieve the health benefits of climate solutions. Engage with expert speakers in fields of climate impacts on health, health impacts of fossil fuels as well as solutions. 

 

You’ll learn the best communications strategies to educate your legislators about the Clean Power Plan – an EPA Rule recently endorsed by the AMA along with other actions to take in your hospital and community. CME/CNE application pending. You won’t want to miss this event!  Find out more and register here. Co-sponsored by APHA, American Lung Association and many others.

 

Center for Community and Global Health Upcoming Events

Topics in Global Health: Ethics of Short-term Medical Trips

Led by CCGH and University Ministry

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

3:00 - 4:00p

SSOM 460

Careers in Global Health: Caring for Patients at the US-Mexico Border

Presented by Carolyn Quigley, MD

Stritch Class of 2013 Graduate and Global Health Scholar

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

12:00 - 1:00p

SSOM 360

Global Health Honors Interest Session (M1s)

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

10:30 - 11:30a

SSOM 460

Topics in Global Health: Health Literacy and Education

Presented by Celine Woznica, PhD

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

2:00 - 3:00p

SSOM 150

M3 Global Health Honors Programming Meeting

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Time TBD

SSOM 190

Careers in Global Health: International Emergency Medicine

Presented by Theresa Nguyen, MD

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

11:30 - 12:30p

SSOM 460

Visiting Student Presentation: Ghana and the US – Medical Education and Healthcare

Friday, October 2, 2015

12:30 - 1:30

SSOM 360

Mission of Our Lady of the Angels Health Fair

Saturday, October 3, 2015

7:00a – 10:00a

Kelly Hall

3808 W. Iowa St, Chicago, IL, 60651

Topics/Careers in Global Health

Presented by Toni Lullo, MD

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

3:30 – 4:30p

SSOM 360

Poverty Simulation

Saturday, October 17, 2015

9:00a - 12:00p

St. Eulalia Parish, Maywood

Careers in Global Health

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

3:30 - 4:30p

SSOM 360

Topics in Global Health: Ebola and Partners in Health

Presented by Krutika Kuppalli, MD

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

11:30 - 12:30p

SSOM 460

Careers in Global Health: Correctional Medicine

Presented by Elizabeth Feldman, MD

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

12:00 - 1:00p

SSOM 360

Topics in Global Health: TB- Practical Diagnosis

Presented by Carrie Cox, MD

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

12:00 - 1:00p

SSOM 360

  

Center for Community and Global Health

Loyola University Chicago

Stritch School of Medicine

Room 276

http://hsd.luc.edu/global_health/

Lara Dugas, PhD, physical activity researcher with LUC MPH

Temporary position available - Downtown Chicago

TEMPORARY POSITION AVAILABLE – DATA MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY – DOWNTOWN CHICAGO CAMPUS

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SOCIAL SCIENCES

Position: Temporary Full-time Data Management Specialist

Hours: This is a full-time position (40 hours per week/M-F)

Campus: Chicago

Approximate start date: ASAP

Approximate end date: 12/31/15

Northwestern University is seeking a temporary Full-time Data Management Specialist for the Chicago campus.

Temporary Job Description:

The temporary Data Management Specialist position is housed in the Developmental Mechanisms Program in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University and will work across several large datasets. Additionally, the temporary Data Management Specialist responsibilities include:

Cleaning of complex survey data using SAS programming language by reviewing data input for accuracy, addressing skip patterns, coding, and other information under the direction and guidance of the Data Documentation Supervisor.

Assisting in maintaining Qualtrics database where research participants complete online surveys, including monitoring to ensure completeness of surveys.

Providing technical assistance to research participants who are having difficulty using the Qualtrics surveys.

Maintaining the tracking database which is housed in REDCap, making adjustments and creating reports as needed.

Qualifications Required:

At least 2 years of college or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience;

Basic programming skills in statistical software (STATA, SAS, R, SPSS);

Excellent documentation skills and habits;

Experience working with survey data and REDCap is a plus;

Detail-oriented, responsible, punctual, flexible, and collegial;

Experience working in a team environment with in-house and remote members with excellent communication skills.

Software Required:

MS Office suite 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook);

Basic programming skills in statistical software (STATA, SAS, R, SPSS).

Please apply through the Northwestern University Careers website (Job ID: 26165)

http://www.northwestern.edu/hr/careers/

Public Health Job Opportunity

Project Manager - LUCENT Primary Care Training Program

LUCENT: Leadership for Urban Primary Care Education and Transformation

The purpose of this newly funded program is to create, implement and evaluate a new multidisciplinary primary care leadership training program at the University of Chicago. The goal of
the program is to develop effective leaders for primary care transformation across two levels of
training, including primary care residents and faculty development. Transforming primary care
clinics into high performing patient-centered practices requires building cohesive teams,
improving clinical operations, effectively using Electronic Medical Record (EMR), promoting
patient self-management, and linking patients to community resources to support healthy
lifestyles. Leading primary care transformation requires a robust understanding of health systems
and new models of care, patient centered practices, and data-driven population health
management. A diverse, well prepared workforce is needed to care for our increasingly diverse
patient populations. In addition, primary care leaders need strong skills for working with multidisciplinary teams, aligning incentives, leading quality improvement, change management, and
building collaborative networks.

SUMMARY
Working with the program leadership, the LUCENT Project Manager will oversee the following
main program components:

• Develop and manage a multi-disciplinary primary care track in internal medicine, pediatrics, medicine-pediatrics, and family medicine residency programs
• Design and manage the faculty development program,
• Helps implement Primary Care symposia, including engaging speakers, publicizing schedule, and tracking evaluations. 
• Manages internal and external program communications to publicize LUCENT program events to UC trainees, staff and faculty and to community primary care practice leaders
• Coordinate all aspects of the LUCENT training program, including:
• Assists with recruitment, selection, tracking and support of program trainees
• Scheduling didactics, events, and resident rotations
• Supporting recruitment and evaluation process
• Managing travel and reimbursement
• Maintaining regular communication with partner-site administrative staff
• Coordinating with other Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Medicine-Pediatrics, and Family Medicine Residency activities
• Assist with partnership development, participant recruitment, program building, and program evaluation
• Develop strong professional relationships with leadership and administrative staff of allcore residency training programs and departments.
• Develop and manage program budget, including:
• Preparing annual operating budget
• Ensuring that funds are spent according to budget while maintaining fiscal compliance with all applicable institutional and grant requirements

Job Description – LUCENT Program Manager 2

• Reviewing and submitting all invoices and reimbursements for payment
• Preparing annual report(s)
• Manage LUCENT program administration, including:
• Developing and monitoring of work plans, managing team priorities, and forecasting upcoming needs
• Working with the GIM Section Administrator to manage human resource and space issues
• The Project Manager performs complex program execution and tracking tasks.
• Collects, records and analyzes program data.
• Conducts relevant literature reviews.
• Participates in writing reports and manuscripts.
• Ensures compliance with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures,
• directives, and mandates.
• Responsibilities may include the following duties: 
• transcribing and coding program data;
• developing data collection instruments; presenting program findings at staff meetings,
• seminars, and scientific conferences; assisting with building databases.
• Provide as-needed support across a range of activities

Interested applicants can apply online at
http://jobopportunities.uchicago.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=228997