Category: Front Page News

  • COST NEWS May 2016

    The May 2016 edition of COST news can be found at:  https://api.7sheep.net/api/v1/tracking/6accb98e03e2c2d17d00f59ef56bbcb7

    Articles include:

    COST Highlights

    • Dr Ronald de Bruin, next Director of the COST Association
    • Annette Borchsenius elected Vice President of the COST Association
    • Montenegro hosts COST General Assembly April meeting
    • Open Call infographic – Submit your proposal by 1 December

    Science & Technology Focus

    • A different take on prostitution could improve policy effects locally
    • Research network helps set up online course on urban agriculture entrepreneurship

    COST Events

    • Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) 2016, 23-27 July 2016 | Manchester
    • The COST Roadshow continues in Croatia
    • COST at European Conference on Networks and Communications – EuCNC 2016.
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme – Ireland (Webinar Fri 13th May)

    The Irish Research Council is delighted to announce its new IRC Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme entitled CAROLINE – ‘Collaborative Research Fellowships for a Responsive and Innovative Europe’.

    The Council will be hosting a webinar on Friday 13 May 2016 at 10am. Prospective applicants, Research Officers, as well as representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and international organisations (IOs) are invited to attend the webinar. To register, please visit here.

    The initiative will provide experienced researchers with an opportunity to obtain a prestigious research mobility and career development Fellowship. Successful candidates will carry out research either in Ireland or abroad and will gain inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary exposure through this programme.

    CAROLINE will attract experienced researchers from any discipline to conduct research relevant to the themes of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for shared economic prosperity, social development, and environmental protection.

    A key feature of the programme is collaboration between the academic sector and non-governmental organisations and international organisations.

    There will be two types of Fellowships:

    • International Fellowships (Three Years duration), 30 in all
    • Irish Fellowships (Two Years duration), 20 in all

    There will be two calls under the CAROLINE programme. The first call will open in September 2016 and the second call will open in May 2017. There will be 25 fellowships awarded in each call.

    Find out more at: http://www.research.ie/funding/caroline-mcsa-cofund-postdoctoral-fellowship

  • One Health, One Medicine: An Ecosystem Approach

    Free online course
    Free to audit; $50 for certificate and CPH credit. 4 CPH credits.

    Date(s): 5th June – 9th July 2016

    Summary: Humans, companion animals, food animals, and the environment all coexist on this earth; broad global health tools are needed to ensure the health of communities. In this free online course, students will be exposed to relevant areas of One Health, One Medicine with special emphasis on ecosystem health issues. Diseases of global health importance will be covered as well as their linkages to environmental determinants. Join a community of health leaders in learning and discussing what makes our global health system tick.

    What you’ll learn:

    • The unique characteristics of how humans, animals, and the ecosystem interact to positively and adversely affect each other.
    • The broad global health tools needed to solve health problems with an environmental emphasis.
    • Communication strategies for different audiences in the context of human, animal, and environmental health.
    • How to describe a health issue of global significance in terms of determinants, magnitude, prevention, and control.
    • How to communicate One Health ecosystem health information to all audiences, including medical professionals.

    Further details can be found on the course website: http://online.sgu.edu/courses/course-v1:SGU+OHOM2+2016/about

  • One Health Newsletter (Vol 9 issue 1)

    The latest quarterly One Health newsletter (Volume 9 Issue 1) by the University of Florida dedicated to enhancing the integration of animal, human, and environmental health for the benefit of all by demonstrating One Health in practice is now posted on the OHNL website and the One Health Initiative website.