This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in an Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) Joint Research Project (JRP) that took place in Rwanda. Over three weeks, we heard the stories of Rwanda’s recent history and plans for the future from a broad variety of individuals.
Justine Hardy has been a journalist for twenty-four years, many of those spent covering South Asia. She is the author of six books on the region. After the earthquake in Kashmir in October 2005, Hardy worked with a local NGO in Kashmir rebuilding homes, schools, and medical centers in some of the worst affected areas, as well as moving into conflict mediation. Having completed her training in conflict trauma therapy, she founded Healing Kashmir in 2008, an integrated mental health project addressing the debilitating mental health situation in the region.
September 27, 2012
Hall of Flags/Cabot 206 | 2:00pm3:30pm
Program:
Frank Rose
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Defense Policy
RECEPTION AND LECTURE SPONSORED BY ISSP and TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALLIES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 2:00 PM-3:30 PM HALL OF FLAGS/CABOT 206 RSVP http://missiledefense.eventbrite.com
Step 3: The IRB :: Institutional Review Board Website The IRB (Institutional Review Board) is a panel of Tufts’ faculty and staff, as well as at least one individual, that reviews all human subject research proposals to determine if they are assuring adequate protection of human participants. The composition and authority of this committee is established by the Code of Federal Regulations. Failure to obtain IRB approval or an exemption prior to beginning human subject research is considered noncompliance.
Sample questions for the different types of people you plan to interview
Sample proposals
Complete the online tutorial and print out/download the completion certificate - this will need to be turned into the IRB to demonstrate completion of the tutorial (the tutorial is more focused on medical/health issues in some areas but all of it is required to be completed) :: Online tutorial
Stop: Obtain approval of IRB proposal from Sherman or Heather before submission
Step 4: Submit IRB Proposal
The proposal should be submitted to the IRB at least two weeks before the IRB meeting :: IRB meeting schedule
Step 5: Contacts
List of confirmed contacts (with attached email correspondence) -- In the US and in the proposed travel region(s)
List of potential contacts (with initial correspondence) -- In the US and in the proposed travel region(s)
Step 6: Final Budget
Provide final budget with funding sources
Step 7: Visas and Vaccines
Do you need a visa for where you are traveling or for any countries that you are transiting through? :: US State Department visa information
If yes, provide paperwork that shows your application for the visa or that you can get one at the arrival airport
Do you need any vaccines for where you are traveling? :: CDC vaccine information
If yes, provide documentation for the vaccines that are required, that you have received or that you are scheduled to receive
Step 8: Contract and Permission to participate on an IGL-supported trip
Prepare final itinerary for the research trip including scheduled meetings
Prepare your contact information for research trip
Step 10: Prepare Final Research Proposal
20 page literature review on topic
Budget
Itinerary and contact information
List of contacts with short biographies (or descriptions if it is an organization)
IRB approval
Signed research abroad contract
Signed student waiver
Signed parents’ waiver
Visa and vaccine information
International SOS card copy
Parent contact information
Discuss Multimedia project with Jessie
Stop: Get final approval from Sherman
Step 11: Fill out research scholarship/grant forms: (Check voucher forms must be filled out at the Institute for Global Leadership at 96 Packard Avenue)
US Citizens: Check Voucher Form and W-9
Resident Aliens: Check Voucher Form, Section A of Alien Payment Form and W-9
Non-resident Aliens: Check Voucher Form, W-8 BEN and Alien Payment Form
Step 12: Complete final paper or project and submit signed IRB Consent Forms
Step 13: Presentation of research trip at the Tufts Undergraduate Research Symposium in March
Step 14: Prepare powerpoint presentation based on your research trip
Creating social change is an avowed goal of many Tufts students, and for some, photography — through the portrayal of narratives and conflicts — is an effective way of doing so. Such is the mission of the Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice (PNDP).
Every year, three to five million individuals contract cholera, an acute diarrheal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water that contains the Vibrio cholerae bacteria. Because cholera is a waterborne disease, it can be transmitted quickly in environments where infected waste easily pollutes the drinking water due to inadequate sewage and sanitation systems. The bacterium originates in brackish seawater; as a result, cholera is endemic in many coastal, developing countries. Observations suggest that most cholera outbreaks begin in coastal areas and progress inland.
"Two years ago, I didn't really know anything about nutrition, and certainly not iron deficiency," admits Matt Edmundson (A’05, EPIIC’04, Exposure’05, NIMEP’05). "I was shocked to learn that the WHO considers it a public health condition of epidemic proportions, one that especially harms pregnant women and their children."
