Public Health Informatics Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Public Health Informatics Fellowship Application Deadline --- December 14,
2007

CDC offers a 2-year postgraduate fellowship in public health informatics, the systematic application of information technology to public health practice, research, and learning. Fellows receive training in both informatics and public health, are assigned to teams involved in research and development of CDC information systems, and are given the opportunity to lead one or more major projects during their fellowships.

The deadline to apply for the fellowship period beginning July 2008 is December 14, 2007. Applications are available online at https://www.orau.gov/cdc/phip/login.asp. Additional information regarding the Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program is available by
telephone, 404-498-6219, or by e-mail, phifp@cdc.gov (subject line: Request info) and mph4@cdc.gov.

Lisbon, Portugal: Postdoctoral Research Positions in Epidemiology and several areas, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences

University of Lisbon / Faculty of Sciences

Postdoctoral Research Positions in several areas:

> Epidemiology
> Biophysics
> Neurobiology
> Biodiversity and Geodiversity
> Marine Sciences
> Earth, Environment, Energy
> Chemistry – BioChemical Remediation
> Information Technologies/Computer Science
> Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
> History of Science and Technoloy

For application conditions and deadlines please consult CIENCIA 2007-PostDoctoral positions at http://www.ul.pt
(follow the links to the official call announcements)

Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years postdoctoral research experience.

These positions follow the CIENCIA 2007 programme from the Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education and relate to a five-year job contract.

Base salary is c.a. 43k€ [Auxiliary Investigator, index 195 of Portuguese Research Career]. Includes a 14month-salary of 3.038,06€/month (before taxes) plus social benefits.

Contact Information:
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Campo Grande, Edifício C5
1749-016 LISBOA
Portugal
Email: carla.romero@sa.fc.ul.pt

North Carolina: Seven postdoctoral positions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA)

The USEPA 's National Center for Environmental Assessments has several post doctoral positions available:

Postdoctoral Research Participation Program
National Center For Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Project Description: Seven postdoctoral research projects are currently available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The appointments will be in the Environmental Media Assessment Group (EMAG). The participant will be involved in the review and evaluation of currently available scientific information for the purpose of developing integrated science assessment documents and communicating scientific information to other EPA program offices. Candidates should have received a doctoral degree in a field relevant to
environmental science, such as epidemiology, ecology, toxicology, biology, statistics, physics, chemistry, computer science or information management within at least three years of the desired starting date, or completion of all requirements for the degree should be expected prior
to the starting date. See project EPA-NCEA-RTP 2007-02.

The link with vacancy description and application instructions. http://orise.orau.gov/sep/needs/pdneeds.htm

Ila Cote, PhD, DABT
Acting Division Director
US Environmental Protection Agency
National Center for Environmental Assessment
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
cote.ila@epa.gov
919-541-4173 (office)