We are pleased to announce the next annual Career Development Institute for Psychiatry has been scheduled for April 5-9, 2014, at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Lasker Program 2013

The Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program provides 5+ years of full-time, funded research in the NIH intramural program for tenure-track level clinical investigators, followed by either continued research at the NIH, or a special opportunity for 5 additional years of NIH funds at an extramural medical center or research institute.  Lasker Scholars may be able to maintain an affiliation with their previous institution during their time at the NIH.  The deadline for applications is June 24, 2013, for positions that will begin in 2014.  More information can be found at our website, http://www.nih.gov/science/laskerscholar/ or by email at LaskerScholar@nih.gov

PLEASE JOIN US AT THE

FIRST CALIFORNIA-WIDE PSYCHIATRY
RESEARCH RESIDENTS RETREAT
HOSTED BY THE UCSF DEPARTMENT OF
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH RESIDENT
TRAINING PROGRAM

MEET OTHER RESEARCH RESIDENTS AND FACULTY,
DISCUSS RESEARCH PROJECTS, FIND OUT ABOUT
FELLOWSHIPS, PRESENT YOUR RESEARCH, GET
CAREER MENTORING

MAY 17, 2013

ALDEA CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO
9 AM TO 4 PM
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROVIDED
TRAVEL STIPENDS AVAILABLE FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING UP
TO $250 PER RESIDENT

PLEASE RSVP TO: JODY.WILLIAMS@UCSF.EDU

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RRTP retreat program

UC GLOBAL HEALTH DAY

Registration closes February 15, 2013. Admission is $50 general, $25 for students. UC Global Health Day will feature presentations by students and faculty from every UC campus. Attend the event to learn about the diversity of global health work they are doing around the world through exciting breakout sessions and poster presentations. Also, don’t miss two stimulating plenary sessions with our keynote speakers: Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD and Barbara J. Natterson-Horowitz.          Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD will present the morning plenary focused on priority-setting for global health. Dr. Emanuel will address the ethical dilemmas posed by setting global health priorities, and the tough choices policymakers need to confront. He will highlight some of the world’s most pressing public health challenges and assess some approaches we can take to promote health in developing nations. Dr. Emanuel is the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, and Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. The afternoon plenary will feature Barbara J. Natterson-Horowitz, MD, who co-authored the 2012 book “Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing” and spoke about her research in a recent interview with NPR. Dr. Natterson-Horowitz will discuss the exploration of diseases through a ‘species-spanning’ perspective to help bring physicians into long-overdue partnerships with veterinarians, public health experts, wildlife biologists and many others entrusted with the health of this planet’s patients. A cardiologist and psychiatrist, Dr. Natterson-Horowitz is a Professor of Medicine in the UCLA Division of Cardiology.

UC Global Health Day is a showcase for the research, training and outreach in global health being undertaken across the University of California. The goal of UC Global Health Day is to feature the rich diversity of global health work being done in different disciplines at all ten UC campuses.

This event is an opportunity for UC students, fellows, faculty, staff and visiting scholars to share their current work in global health. It features plenary sessions, posters and concurrent breakout sessions covering a broad range of global health topics.

Visit the 2013 UC Global Health Day website for info

Contact: ucghi@globalhealth.ucsf.edu

March 1  

Carol M and Pat A will talk about how to recruit, use, effectively supervise students/volunteers in your lab as research assistants

February 8  

Pat Arean will be talking about getting funding from NIH/AHRQ/PICORI/common fund opportunities, and also the review process.

The Mount Sinai Global Health Teaching Fellowship is a funded one or two-year program designed to provide post-graduate physicians with the knowledge and skills to become professionals in the fields of public health and healthcare for underserved populations. This fellowship has a unique focus on developing teaching strategies and techniques, so that the fellow can effectively build healthcare capacity and effect positive behavior change in settings with human resource shortages. While the teaching mission includes working with (local) clinicians to improve clinical skills, the scope is actually much broader because of the important role that paraprofessionals and the community members have in health status in the most impoverished settings. Capitalizing on the resources of the Mount Sinai Masters of Public Health program and the Mount Sinai Institute for Medical Education, the fellows will develop the necessary clinical, teaching, research, administrative skills to become effective global health teachers. Salary is commensurate with PGY level.

Applications can be submitted until January 2, 2013. Candidates will be notified by January 31st.

Here is a link to a full description of the fellowship. http://www.gh-training.org/training/fellows-2/fellows/

Here is the link to the application. http://www.gh-training.org/training/fellows-2/fellows/global-health-teaching-fellowship-application/

Register or apply to present at UC Global Health Day 2013

The 2013 UC Global Health Day will take place on Saturday, February 23rd at UC Riverside. A showcase for research, training and outreach in global health across the 10 campuses of the University of California, UC Global Health Day is a unique opportunity to hear from faculty, students and staff about the diversity of global health work they are doing around the world.

The day will feature plenary sessions, posters and several concurrent breakout sessions covering a broad range of global health topics.

Register now! $50 general admission; $25 for students. Agenda details to be announced soon. Registration closes Friday, February 15, 2013.

Call for Posters

Application cycle opens September 24, 2012 and closes December 2nd, 2012.
The UCGHI invites submissions of abstracts for posters. Preference will be given to posters featuring interdisciplinary and cross-campus collaborations. Topics may include, but arenot limited to: health policy, environmental health, bio-medical engineering, health disparities, social justice, medical and bio-ethics, women’s empowerment, migration and health, one health, non-communicable diseases, health economics, journalism, technology in global health, infectious diseases, and over- and under-nutrition. Students are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts for posters.

Call for Breakout Session Proposals

Application cycle opens September 24, 2012 and closes December 2nd, 2012.
The UCGH invites proposals for breakout sessions that best exemplify the breadth, depth and transformative nature of current global health research, program development, and field work being conducted across the UC system. Preference will be given to sessions featuring interdisciplinary and cross-campus collaborations. The review committee especially encourages submissions that propose new, creative and innovative session formats. Student-led sessions are strongly encouraged.

Keynote Speakers

The UC Global Health Institute (UCGHI) is proud to announce the keynote speakers for 2013 UC Global Health Day:

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD is the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, and Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Lecture Topic: Who Gets the Next Dollar in International Health Aid? Priority-Setting for Global Health

In a world where finite funding cannot address the entire global burden of disease, difficult decisions are unavoidable. How should we decide who gets the next dollar in global health aid? How should we establish priorities that enable us to put our limited international health resources to the best use? What should those priorities be? In this presentation, Dr. Emanuel will discuss the ethical dilemmas posed by setting global health priorities, and the tough choices policymakers need to confront. He will highlight some of the world’s most pressing public health challenges and assess some of the approaches we can take to promote health in developing nations.

Barbara J. Natterson-Horowitz, MD

A cardiologist and psychiatrist, Barbara J. Natterson-Horowitz, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the UCLA Division of Cardiology.

Lecture Topic: Species-Spanning Medicine: Healing All of the Patients on the Planet

Physicians take seriously the responsibility they have for the patient lying in the bed in front of them. But truly caring for an individual human patient requires an awareness of that patient’s environment and the health of his neighbors, both human and animal. It is essential that we increase physician awareness of the health challenges faced by animals in homes, oceans, jungles, and skies. Exploring diseases through this ‘species-spanning’ perspective will help to bring physicians into long overdue partnerships with veterinarians, public health experts, wildlife biologists and many others entrusted with the health of this planet’s patients.

Questions about UC Global Health Day? Email ucghi@globalhealth.ucsf.edu

Register or apply to present at UC Global Health Day 2013

The 2013 UC Global Health Day will take place on Saturday, February 23rd at UC Riverside. A showcase for research, training and outreach in global health across the 10 campuses of the University of California, UC Global Health Day is a unique opportunity to hear from faculty, students and staff about the diversity of global health work they are doing around the world.

The day will feature plenary sessions, posters and several concurrent breakout sessions covering a broad range of global health topics.

Register now! $50 general admission; $25 for students. Agenda details to be announced soon. Registration closes Friday, February 15, 2013.

Call for Posters

Application cycle opens September 24, 2012 and closes December 2nd, 2012.
The UCGHI invites submissions of abstracts for posters. Preference will be given to posters featuring interdisciplinary and cross-campus collaborations. Topics may include, but arenot limited to: health policy, environmental health, bio-medical engineering, health disparities, social justice, medical and bio-ethics, women’s empowerment, migration and health, one health, non-communicable diseases, health economics, journalism, technology in global health, infectious diseases, and over- and under-nutrition. Students are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts for posters.

Call for Breakout Session Proposals

Application cycle opens September 24, 2012 and closes December 2nd, 2012.
The UCGH invites proposals for breakout sessions that best exemplify the breadth, depth and transformative nature of current global health research, program development, and field work being conducted across the UC system. Preference will be given to sessions featuring interdisciplinary and cross-campus collaborations. The review committee especially encourages submissions that propose new, creative and innovative session formats. Student-led sessions are strongly encouraged.

Keynote Speakers

The UC Global Health Institute (UCGHI) is proud to announce the keynote speakers for 2013 UC Global Health Day:

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD is the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, and Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Lecture Topic: Who Gets the Next Dollar in International Health Aid? Priority-Setting for Global Health

In a world where finite funding cannot address the entire global burden of disease, difficult decisions are unavoidable. How should we decide who gets the next dollar in global health aid? How should we establish priorities that enable us to put our limited international health resources to the best use? What should those priorities be? In this presentation, Dr. Emanuel will discuss the ethical dilemmas posed by setting global health priorities, and the tough choices policymakers need to confront. He will highlight some of the world’s most pressing public health challenges and assess some of the approaches we can take to promote health in developing nations.

Barbara J. Natterson-Horowitz, MD

A cardiologist and psychiatrist, Barbara J. Natterson-Horowitz, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the UCLA Division of Cardiology.

Lecture Topic: Species-Spanning Medicine: Healing All of the Patients on the Planet

Physicians take seriously the responsibility they have for the patient lying in the bed in front of them. But truly caring for an individual human patient requires an awareness of that patient’s environment and the health of his neighbors, both human and animal. It is essential that we increase physician awareness of the health challenges faced by animals in homes, oceans, jungles, and skies. Exploring diseases through this ‘species-spanning’ perspective will help to bring physicians into long overdue partnerships with veterinarians, public health experts, wildlife biologists and many others entrusted with the health of this planet’s patients.

Questions about UC Global Health Day? Email ucghi@globalhealth.ucsf.edu

WHAT:  L’Oréal USA Fellowships for Women in Science (http://www.lorealusa.com/_en/_us/) (Women in Science tab at top of page)

SUPPORTED BY:  L’Oreal USA

PURPOSE: 

• To support women postdoctoral researchers in the U.S. who are pursuing careers in the life and physical/material sciences, as well as mathematics, engineering and computer science.
• Areas of Research:
  • Anthropology
  • Geosciences
  • Astronomy and Planetary Science
  • Materials Research
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Biochemistry
  • Microbiology/Immunology/Virology
  • Biology (Cell, Molecular, Development)
  • Nanoscience
  • Biology (Not Cell, Molecular Development)
  • Neuroscience
  • Chemistry (Bio Biochemistry)
  • Nursing Science
  • Computer Sciences
  • Oceanography/Marine Science
  • Ecology/Environmental Sciences
  • Pharmacology/Toxicology
  • Engineering
  • Physics
  • Genetics
  • Physiology
  • Plant Biology/Physiology

DEADLINES:

• Applications Open:  November 5, 2012
• Sponsor Due Date:  December 20, 2012

ELIGIBILITY:

• Must be female scientists, who will have completed their PhD and have started in a postdoctoral research position by September 1, 2013
• Must be American born, naturalized citizens or permanent residents
• Must be affiliated with a U.S.-based academic or research institution
• Must conduct their postdoctoral studies and research in the US
• Must be involved in life or physical/material sciences, engineering, technology, computer science or mathematics

AWARD AMOUNT AND PROJECT PERIOD:

• $60,000
• Recipients participate in a week of events that include an awards ceremony, professional development workshops, media training and networking opportunities