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COVID-19 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor Details SUSTAINING TECHNICAL AND ANALYTIC RESOURCES FELLOWSHIP TITLE:  COVID-19 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor HOST ORGANIZATION:   Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research, Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning, United States Agency for International Aid LOCATION:  Washington, DC POSITION LEVEL:  Technical Advisor ANTICIPATED DURATION:  One year INT-P3-133 TRAVEL:  no travel anticipated STAR PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR)  is a project of the Public Health Institute (PHI) in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). STAR is a Global Health talent hub. Through fellowships, internships, and strategic partnerships, STAR supports building the capacity of diverse global health professionals and organizations...

Want to make a difference and help with the COVID-19 pandemic response? Apply to Become a COVID-19 Laboratory Ass​ociate ​The COVID-19 Associate Program, sponsored by APHL and CDC, provides experience in laboratory-related aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Associates provide workforce capacity to the public health laboratory community in its response efforts. In turn, associates develop skills to prepare for careers in public health laboratory science. ​​COVID-19 Laboratory Associate Program Specifics The program is a temporary (up to 8 months), full-time working appointment for bachelor-, master- and doctoral-level scientists. Associates are placed in US local, state, and territorial public health laboratories to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic response. Appropriate training is provided as needed. Once in their host laboratories, associates are supervised by laboratory personnel and work on projects proposed by the host laboratory. In addition to laboratory-specific work, a...

Specialist I - Case Investigator (Temporary, part-time, hourly, 70-84 positions to be filled) APPLY HERE FLSA status Non-Exempt Hiring Salary $15.00 per hour (This is a temporary, part-time, hourly, non-benefits eligible position working 19 hours or less per week. Position is expected to end on or before 8/31/2021. This is a grant funded position. Continuation of the position is contingent upon continued funding.) Occupational Category Technical/Para-Professional Department Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (ORSP) Open Until Filled Yes Educational and Experience Requirement High School Graduate or G.E.D. equivalent. Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university is preferred. Experience in the field of public health, epidemiology, communicable disease control, or a related field preferred. Experience working in a health, human service, or community-based organization or institutional setting is helpful. A combination of education, experience, and tr...

COVID Rapid Response Team (General) Recruiters are standing by to review your resume. Complete your application today. Description: Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is seeking exceptional candidates for various positions related to the COVID-19 crisis. As the candidate of choice, you will join an interdisciplinary team dedicated to reducing the spread of COVID-19. This immediate short-term, full-time or part-time employment will provide the essential role of managing our regional community's exposure to COVID-19 during the national emergency. ORAU is a non-profit organization that provides innovative scientific and technical solutions for over 20 federal agencies and national laboratories to advance national priorities in science, health and education. We do this through our specialized teams of experts and a consortium of more than 100 universities. Currently, we are recruiting expertise to help solve the nation’s most critical issue, COVID-19. *This is a forec...

Emory Global Health Institute launches contest for children’s book to explain COVID-19 Jeff Koplan, vice president for global health at Emory, was inspired to launch a children’s book contest by the questions his three grandchildren, ages 5-11, have been asking him about the pandemic. While “social distancing,” “antibody tests,” “herd immunity” and “contact tracing” are common terms to public health and global health professionals, the general public has had a crash course in this new language thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the learning curve is steep for most adults, it is no doubt even more confusing for children. Recognizing this, the Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) has launched a COVID-19 children’s ebook competition to help address some of the questions that children may have about the pandemic and the behavior changes that have come with it. “In keeping with EGHI’s track record of marrying global health with other disciplines, including the arts, we thought spo...

Organization- UK-Med   Closing date 20 Apr 2020 Are you experienced in responding to outbreaks and ready for new opportunities? We are urgently seeking public health professionals including clinical staff, technical advisors and experienced logistic support to join our roster of people ready to respond globally to COVID-19. We have live opportunities immediately available for the right people. UK-Med have been responding to humanitarian emergencies for over 30 years. We played a key role in the Ebola response in Sierra Leone - recruiting, preparing and deploying health professionals. In the last few months our teams have undertaken outbreak preparedness and response activities around EVD, COVID-19 and measles across three continents. Our Outbreak Response Roster includes health professionals, logisticians and specialists in Epidemiology, IPC, WASH, community engagement, training, leadership/coordination and field support roles but we need more people to meet current global needs...

Calling for innovation related to coronavirus: data, diagnostics, tests, tele-health, or other solutions. Numerous Health Transformers in the StartUp Health community are working tirelessly on COVID-19 solutions that may be able to save lives in this and future outbreaks. Much more innovation is needed, which is why StartUp Health is looking to invest in innovators from around the world working on direct or indirect solutions for mitigating, managing, or treating coronavirus or future pandemics. StartUp Health is launching an open call for innovation as part of our Cure Disease Moonshot and putting the full support of the StartUp Health platform and network behind bringing your innovations to the world. Whether you have technologies that may help speed up the R&D process for finding treatments or you have solutions that can help with diagnostics, home care, hygiene or telemedicine, we want to meet you. This is a broad call for innovations that can aid the public, pati...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - COVID-19 Updated: March 16, 2020 Job ID: 215783 Status: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular Location: Silver Spring, MD, United States Join the HJF Team! HJF is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow - COVID-19 to support the Emerging Infectious Disease Branch (EIDB), located at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Silver Spring, MD. HJF provides scientific, technical and programmatic support services to EIDB. The incumbent will be responsible for initiating and carrying out scientific projects on the role of humoral immunity in coronavirus infection and vaccine development in support of the goals and objectives under the supervision of senior scientists. The position involves developing immunogenicity assays to evaluate antibody responses specific to SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the current Covid-19 outbreak. In addition, the incumbent will be responsible for isolating and characterizing of human monoclonal...

Evaluation Specialist (COVID-19) Peers and Partners, Inc. (Peers) is a management consulting and professional services firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA. We work with federal government and commercial clients to address some of today’s biggest health issues. Peers is focused on fostering idealistic experiences with our clients through shared exchanges in providing strategic communications, business process optimization/re-engineering, learning improvement and diffusion, research and health sciences, portfolio management, and supportive technology. We are more than Peers, We’re Partners ready to help! We are seeking an Evaluation Specialist who has experience supporting public and global health initiatives for the federal government, commercial, and non-governmental organizations. Considered candidates will have the opportunity to support our nation’s public health initiatives, develop and evaluate effective, appropriate communication efforts focused on Novel Coronavirus Disease-2019 (C...

Consultant - Public Health Advisor - Programming COVID-19 - Portland,OR  Mercy Corps Closing date 10 Apr 2020 Project Title:‌ ‌‌Consultant Public‌ ‌Health‌ ‌Adviser‌ -‌ ‌Programming‌ ‌COVID-19‌ ‌(Open to remote location) Background: ‌ ‌ Mercy‌ ‌Corps‌ ‌operates‌ ‌in‌ ‌over‌ ‌40‌ ‌countries‌ ‌worldwide‌ ‌and‌ ‌has‌ ‌5000‌ ‌staff‌ ‌worldwide.‌ ‌Our‌ ‌team‌ ‌travels‌ ‌frequently‌ ‌and‌ ‌many‌ ‌of‌ ‌our‌ ‌operations‌ ‌are‌ ‌in‌ ‌countries‌ ‌experiencing‌ ‌the‌ ‌effects‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌COVID-19‌ ‌outbreak.‌ ‌In‌ ‌the‌ ‌40+‌ ‌countries‌ ‌where‌ ‌we‌ ‌work, ‌ ‌Mercy‌ ‌Corps‌ ‌programming‌ ‌reaches‌ ‌households, ‌ ‌communities, ‌ ‌civil‌ ‌society‌ ‌Actors, ‌ ‌and‌ ‌private‌ ‌sector‌ ‌partners.‌ ‌As‌ ‌COVID-19‌ ‌changes‌ ‌how‌ ‌we‌ ‌travel‌ ‌and‌ ‌work, ‌ ‌it‌ ‌will‌ ‌also‌ ‌change‌ ‌how‌ ‌we‌ ‌program.‌ ‌ Purpose‌ ‌/‌ ‌Project‌ ‌Description:‌ ‌ As‌ ‌this‌ ‌outbreak‌ ‌continues, ‌ ‌Mercy‌ ‌Corps‌ ‌is‌ ‌establishing‌ ‌systems‌ ‌to‌ ‌ensure‌ ‌the‌ ‌safety‌ ‌of‌ ‌our‌ ‌staff‌ ‌and‌ ‌the‌ ...