Australian Rotary Health is a multi-district project for Rotary in Australia

Australian Rotary Health is a multi-district project for Rotary in Australia, with over 1,150 Rotary Clubs and 38,000 Rotarians supporting it. Australian Rotary Health has channelled more than $24 million in Australian research projects over its 29-year history. Australian Rotary Health’s emphasis has been on community health. Australian Rotary Health has previously invested in research projects looking at Cot Death, Adolescent Health, Family Health as well as the Ross River Virus, Malaria, Bowel Cancer screening, First Aid and Emergency Care Research. Australian Rotary Health’s Funding Partners Program has invested in over $1 million in the best and brightest minds in fields as diverse as Motor Neuron Disease, Child Wellbeing, Suicide, Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s and most of the Cancers. Read the rest of this entry »

OAK HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP AT COLBY COLLEGE

2011 OAK HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP AT COLBY COLLEGE*

Nomination Deadline: *November 1, 2010*
Application Deadline: *December 15, 2010*

The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2011 Oak Fellowship. We seek one front-line human rights activist working outside of the U.S. and who works on problems created by or associated with poverty. In this call for applications, we highlight our concern about the physical and emotional violence, the potential loss of security and dignity, often associated with deprivation. Our 2011 Oak Fellow will Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Tokyo – Graduate School of Medicine Teaching staff on Global Health Policy Department of Global Health Policy

Teaching staff on Global Health Policy
Department of Global Health Policy
The University of Tokyo – Graduate School of Medicine

Salary: Starting at 38,500GBP

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Type: Full time: experienced

Required education: Doctorate

Closing Date: 31 August 2010

Job Description:

1. The University of Tokyo is establishing a new teaching course on global health policy. And Associate Professor and Assistant Professor are vacant. The course is funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Government of Japan. Duration of this non-degree course is one year and it is intended for doctor level students including those from overseas. The course comprises of a series of lectures in global health, diplomacy, economics, management etc, internship in various public and private organizations, and student projects including policy development. It is intended to produce prospective global leaders in this field. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Sydney – Project Management Graduate Programme Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (2 positions)

Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (2 positions)
Social Network Dynamics in Complex Project Coordination
The University of Sydney – Project Management Graduate Programme

New South Wales, Australia

School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & IT

Reference No. 1155/0410

The University of Sydney is Australia’s first university with an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence, and employs over 6,800 permanent staff supporting over 46,000 students.

Applications are invited for the appointment to two continuing (tenure track) positions at Associate Professorial level/Senior Lecturer/and or Lecturer in Project Management Graduate Programme or PMGP at the School of Civil Engineering, within the Faculty of Engineering and IT. college education Read the rest of this entry »

Computational Developmental Biology Cardiff University – Cardiff School of Biosciences

Research Associate
Computational Developmental Biology
Cardiff University – Cardiff School of Biosciences

A position is available for a Research Associate to join an exciting new international project iSAM: Integrative Systems Modelling of the Shoot Apical Meristem in Prof. Jim Murray’s group in Molecular Biosciences at Cardiff School of Biosciences.

Funded by an ERA-NET grant (http://www.erasysbio.net/ERASysBio_PLUS_Projects), you will work together with a biologist to develop and test models relating cell cycle control and growth to the spatial development of the plant shoot. The computational biologist will be involved in the development of models linking cell growth and division to spatial changes of the shoot tip and the generation of predictions that will be tested by the collaborating biologist. Image processing of 3D and 4D confocal images resulting from experimentation will also be involved. Read the rest of this entry »