The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Experience Applied Epidemiology Fellowship
Funded by a grant from Pfizer Inc, The CDC Experience Applied Epidemiology Fellowship at CDC provides medical students with an applied hands-on training experience in epidemiology and public health. Eight competitively selected medical students from around the country who are completing their second or third year of medical school will spend up to one full year at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. While at CDC, with the guidance of experienced CDC epidemiologists, they carry out epidemiologic analyses in areas such as birth defects, injury, chronic disease, infectious disease, environmental health, reproductive health and minority health. Training and work assignments provide opportunities to perform epidemiologic analyses and research, design public health interventions, assist in public health field experiences and report on findings through written and oral scientific presentations. By gaining an in-depth perspective of the role epidemiology plays in protecting the health and safety of both individuals and entire populations, The CDC Experience graduates will be better prepared to pursue careers in clinical medicine, clinical epidemiology, health services research, preventive medicine and public health. They will have the potential to become future physician leaders and to substantially contribute to the quality of the health care system. Fellowship Details 10-12 month fellowship in applied epidemiology and public health for medical students completing their second or third year of medical school Classes begin in late summer Stipend provided for living expenses Fellowship Activities Orientation to CDC and didactic training Monthly seminars Monthly journal clubs Hands-on training and work experience at CDC Participation in field experiences Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Annual Conference attendance Presentation of a culminating project
Application Information Fellowship Application Materials (PDF) Application materials for the 2009 fellowships must be postmarked by December 5, 2008. For more information about The CDC Experience, please e-mail cdcexperience@cdcfoundation.org.
Trainee Travel AwardsThe Trainee Affairs Committee established the travel awards in order to assist trainees with expenses to the ASA Annual Meeting.Types of Awards:The Thomas S.K. Chang Travel AwardEstablished in memory of Dr. Chang, who was a faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.The NIH Travel AwardEstablished by a grant from the NIH to encourage all reproductive biology Trainees to participate in the annual ASA meetings.Lonnie D. Russell Travel AwardEstablished in memory of Dr. Lonnie Russell, who was a faculty member at theSouthern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL.Lalor Foundation International Travel AwardEstablished by the Lalor Foundation to encourage young investigators from countries outside the US to present their work at the ASA Annual Meeting.For all above listed awards, the following criteria applies: * Trainee must have his/her abstract accepted for presentation at the ASA annual meeting. * Trainee must be the first and presenting author on the abstract. * The mentor must also submit an email letter of support, confirming that the trainee is in need of financial assistance to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology and is presenting an abstract as first author.Specific award criteria:Thomas S.K. Chang Travel Award: Trainee must be an active member of ASA or submit membership application and payment at the time of Award application. Application must be accompanied by 2 letters of support (mentor + one other).The NIH Travel Award: All Trainees who have abstracts accepted, are first and presenting author on the abstract, and need travel assistance to present their work are eligible for the NIH Trainee Travel Award, regardless of their membership in ASA. Underrepresented and minority trainees are given special attention for consideration under the NIH Awards. These awards are based on need and merit, with the emphasis on need.The Lonnie D. Russell Travel Award: Trainee must be an active member of ASA or submit membership application and payment at the time of Award application. Application must be accompanied by 2 letters of support (mentor + one other).The Lalor Foundation International Travel Award: All International Trainees (outside the US) who have abstracts accepted, are first and presenting author on the abstract, and need travel assistance to present their work are eligible for the Lalor Foundation International Travel Awards.Awards are considered reimbursement; therefore, trainees must attend the meeting and present their paper before the travel award is presented. Trainees will be notified of the award two months prior to the Annual Meeting. If you are not selected for the Chang, or Russell awards, you are still eligible for the NIH award.If you are interested in a travel award, you must EMAIL your completed application along with a copy of your accepted abstract to the committee chair Michael A. Palladino, PhD mpalladi@monmouth.edu. Application must be sent by January 15, 2009.
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Institutional Program Unifying Population and Laboratory Based Sciences
Application deadlines for 2010 awards: Letter of Intent: March 2, 2009 by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Full Application (by invitation only): May 15, 2009 by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time By electronic application only. Five-year institutional training awards provide $500,000 a year to bridge the gap between the population and computational sciences and the laboratory-based biological sciences. The award will support the training of researchers between existing concentrations of research strength in population approaches to human health and in basic biological sciences. The goal is to establish training programs by partnering researchers working in schools of medicine and schools (or academic divisions) of public health.
Eligibility Understanding human health will be a focal priority for the programs that are funded. There is ample room for building on institutional strengths to achieve this focus, for example: institutional interests in chronic diseases, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, genetic diseases, toxicology and environmental exposures, reproductive health, and other areas where questions relating to human health are ripe for exploration at both the population and molecular scales. Likewise, institutional strengths in applied mathematics and modeling, statistics, genomics, bioinformatics and other informatics and data-driven sciences including geography and demographics, and phenomic approaches could provide excellent foundations for programs which encourage such work, as would strengths in population biology; epidemiology; human or disease ecology, anthropology, econometrics, and other population-focused quantitative fields. Supported programs will train graduate students to the Ph.D. level, but programs may additionally propose giving training access to postdoctoral fellows, medical students, medical residents, masters students, undergraduates, or other kinds of trainees. Some examples of problems where such an approach would be beneficial include but are not limited to multifactorial disease processes evolution of and relationships between host, pathogen, vector, and reservoirs biomarker identification and validation effects of environmental exposure to toxins, allergens, and immunogens Proposals Degree-granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada may submit applications. Proposals must be driven by core components within medical and public health schools, but beyond those required components, departments or centers located within non-medical parts of a university, existing inter-institutional collaboratives, research museums, free-standing research institutes, and other non-profit institutions that provide advanced-level training are all acceptable as potential additional partners. Dental, osteopathic, and veterinary medical schools are appropriate applicants. Comparative medicine and animal science departments are advised to discuss their planned proposal with the program officer to ensure that their proposal will be human-focused enough to be competitive. Proposals that cross institutional boundaries are encouraged. Research groups working at national laboratories and within the federal government are allowable as partners, but funding to students doing research within these institutions must be channeled through an appropriate degree-granting institution. For-profit companies may not participate in the application, but could be valuable partners in such training programs. Proposals that may offer students access to research opportunities involving work in or data from the for-profit sector are welcome.
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