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Alma Mata Careers Day 2008

30th November 2008 Tickets are now available for doctors interested in a career in global health to attend our latest Careers Day. Join a group of like-minded colleagues and inspirational expert speakers for a day of talks, workshops and discussion at UCL's Institute of Child Health, London, UK. The Careers Day website is here . Click here to directly book tickets securely online.

Latest Articles


Out of Programme Experience - Article in BMJ Careers

24th September 2008 We encourage our members to read Emily Spry's article on the practicalities of taking time out to work overseas in the context of the recent changes to UK postgraduate changing.

AM Conference & Global Health Careers Fair 2007 - Commercialisation and Health

November 24th and 25th 2007. Alma Mata's third global health conference - Commercialisation and Health - was a great success. Recordings of the main plenaries, two of the workshop sessions and the concluding debate on postgraduate training in global health are available here in mp3 format. The conference website has now been archived.

The conference was followed on Sunday by AM's first international health careers fair and a debate on the future of postgraduate training in global health. We would like to once more thank all our speakers, contributors and delegates who helped make the weekend so productive and enjoyable. For those of you who wanted to help with the running of Alma Mata, please visit the working group page and email us!

Crisp Report: Alma Mata research informs government policy

Results of surveys of Alma Mata members have been used by Lord Crisp in his report "Global Health Partnerships: The UK contribution to health in developing countries." and by the Faculty of Public Health when considering novel membership options. Please help Alma Mata continue to inform global health policy by keeping an eye out for our online surveys appearing at the lefthand side of the page.



20% discount on Oxford University Press: new titles
Discount OUP Books

Don't forget all Alma Mata members have access to discounted OUP titles in our online book club. Follow the link to see what's new in global public health.









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  • Features on careers, education and training,
  • interviews with individuals working in global health
  • profiles of global health organisations
  • analysis of the latest developments in global health and
  • update on Alma Mata activities.



Training Courses

Short training courses in Global Health and International/Humanitarian related topics for the coming year have been added to the Careers and Education page. If you have been to a useful training course, send an e-mail here and we will add your comments to the site.
For longer courses, see our Postgraduate education sections.