Professor Elodie Ghedin speaks at NUIM

NUI Maynooth's Biology Department is pleased to announce Professor Elodie Ghedin (Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh, USA) will give two seminars on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27.

Thursday's seminar will take place at 3 PM in CS1, 'The Filaria/ Brugia Malayi/ and its Wolbachia endosymbiont: mapping of host-parasite interactions'

Friday's seminar will take place at 1 PM in SLT, 'The Genesis of Influenza Virus Diversity'

Both venues are in the Callan Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth, and all are welcome to attend.

Promoting Child Survival through Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

'Promoting Child Survival through Water, Sanitation and Hygiene' is a one day conference to mark World Water Day aimed at highlighting recent developments in the contribution of water and sanitation to child survival and the Millennium Deveopment Goals. The conference will take place on Saturday, March 21st 2009 at the Irish Aid Volunteering & Information Centre in Dublin.

The conference is hosted by the Irish Forum for Global Health, UNICEF Ireland, Irish Aid and the Environmental Health Officers Association.

Download the fulltimetable and registration form here.

Suas Global Issues Seminar Series: 6-week courses in Cork, Dublin, Galway and Maynooth

Warning: This is NOT a lecture!

You know those great conversations you have with someone about an issue such as climate change and it ends up being a light hearted yet highly interesting debate?!That's what our Global Issues courses are like!

It's a great way to meet other people interested in these issues and at the same time you have the opportunity to learn about Global Issues from leading experts in the field.

Each weekly session lasts for two hours and is a mixture of presentation and an interactive component such as a group exercise or discussion.

Our facilitators have a wide range of work and academic experience. Here are some examples of the type of people you'll have access to:

Dr. David Weakliam (AIDS/HIV): Consultant in public health medicine for the HSE, Advisor to Irish Aid, RCSI Lecturer in the International Health and Tropical Medicine department.

Michael Doorly (Child Labour/Child Soldiers): Head of the Active Citzenship for Concern.

Sadhbh Coyle (Education): Educational Psychologist for the Department of Education: Former Suas Partner Support for India, Kenya and Haiti.

Kieran O'Brien (Childhoon Inequality and Introduction to Development Education) Advocacy Officer in UNICEF.

For more information e-mail Ciara (Ireland Programme Co-ordinator)at ciara@suas.ie or education@suas.ie or visit the Suas website.

Suas is supported by Irish Aid.