Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows Program for 2009-2010

The competition for the Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows Program for the 2009-2010 fellowship year is open.

For more information on fellow eligibility, specific aspects of the fellowship award and an application, please visit http://www.fogartyscholars.org/fellows.

Also, on the Fellows page, you can find information regarding the thirty-six sites that were pre-approved as suitable for ICRF. As mentioned on the website, please contact us if you would like to change any information regarding your site (This information is similar to what is being posted on AAMC's website).

Applications are due electronically to Catherine Lem, Program Manager, by 5 PM EST on December 5, 2008 at c.lem@vanderbilt.edu. If you are unable to submit electronically, please contact Catherine before November 10th to make alternate arrangements.

France: Postdoctoral Fellowship program (infectious disease research), Pasteur Foundation

The Pasteur Foundation announces the deadlines for the upcoming two calls for applicants to its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

Fall deadline: September 5, 2008 and Winter deadline: February 13, 2009

Please click here for application guidelines and further information: www.pasteurfoundation.org

Background: These three-year fellowship positions are open to U.S. citizens not currently in France wishing to work in the laboratories of the Institut Pasteur. Located in Paris and founded by Louis Pasteur in 1887, the Institut Pasteur is one of the world's leading private nonprofit centers for infectious disease research. With 2500 people of over 70 nationalities, its 130 research labs are devoted to the basic science of improving global public health. The first step is to identify a host lab; a complete list of labs may be found by visiting:

www.pasteur.fr/ip/easysite/go/03b-000017-000/recherche/departements-scientifiques

Fellowship Package: $55,000 plus $15,000 per annum for 3 years.

The Pasteur Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Charitable contributions made in support of its activities are tax deductible.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Post-Doctoral Associate (psychosomatic medicine, behavioral reearch), University of Minnesota Medical School

Post-Doctoral Associate
Job Code: 155145 POSTED: Aug 01

Salary: Open Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Employer: University of Minnesota
Type: Full Time - Experienced
Category: academic / research
Required Education: Doctorate

Description
The Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, located in Minneapolis, MN, has a full-time post-doctoral position available beginning in the fall of 2008 for a research scientist with training/interest in psychosomatic medicine and/or biobehavioral research. This opportunity will provide exceptional mentored training with an opportunity to develop research skills and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of investigators including psychologists, physicians, epidemiologists, and statisticians. A primary focus of ongoing investigations is the study of stress and psychosocial factors that influence chronic disease outcomes. The position is expected to be a 2-3 year appointment with a flexible start date, competitive salary, excellent resources for career development, and liberal benefits, such as health, dental, and disability insurance, and a tuition benefit through the Regents Scholarship Program.

Requirements
Eligible candidates should have a doctoral degree in psychology, epidemiology, behavioral science, health education, sociology, or a related discipline. Applicants should have strong training in applied research

http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2950856

CDC: Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) fellowship

[Epidemic Intelligence Service Application Deadline - September 15, 2008]

The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is a 2-year, postgraduate program of service and on-the-job training for health professionals interested in the practice of epidemiology. Each year, EIS provides approximately 90 persons, who have been selected from around the world, opportunities to gain hands-on experience in epidemiology at CDC or state or local health departments. EIS Officers, often called CDC's "disease detectives," have gone on to occupy leadership positions at CDC and other public health agencies nationally and internationally. However, the experience also is useful for health professionals who want to gain a population health perspective.

Persons with a strong interest in applied epidemiology who meet at least one of the following qualifications may apply to EIS:

· physicians with >1 year of clinical training;

· persons with a PhD, DrPH, or other doctoral degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, the social or behavioral sciences, natural sciences, or the nutrition sciences;

· dentists, physician assistants, and nurses with an MPH or equivalent degree; or

· veterinarians with an MPH or equivalent degree or relevant public health experience.

Applications are now being accepted for the July 2009–June 2011 EIS Program. Information about the new online application and EIS Program details are available at http://www.cdc.gov/eis/applyeis/toapply.htm; by telephone (404-498-6110); or by e-mail (eisepo@cdc.gov).

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Post-doctoral Fellow (Mental Illness), VA Ann Arbor/Univ. of Michigan

Post-doctoral Fellow
Job Code: 1000 POSTED: Aug 12

Salary: Open
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Employer: VA Ann Arbor/Univ. of Michigan
Type: Full Time - Experienced
Category: academic / research
Required Education: Doctorate

Description
The VA National Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC) and affiliated Department of Psychiatry Mental Health Services Outcomes and Translation (MHSOT) Division seek a full-time Postdoctoral Candidate to work within a mental health services research program to conduct healthcare and community-based studies and dissemination/implementation research, design clinical and services interventions, and/or conduct large prospective database studies related to clinical and policy-relevant outcomes and translational research. The position is for 2 years.

NOTES: US Residents Only. Negotiable

Requirements
Ideal candidates for this position have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in health services, health policy, sociology, epidemiology, psychology, economics, anthropology, or related field, a record of peer-reviewed publications, and experience and interest in one or more of the following fields: behavioral interventions, quality measurement/improvement, organizational behavior/operations research, clinical epidemiology, chronic disease management , sociology, health economics, anthropology, and/or health information technology.
Salary will be determined by the successful candidate's experience. Start date is negotiable, starting no later than September 2009. Applications, including curriculum vitae and bibliography, summary of past accomplishments, and the names and email addresses of three references, should be sent to:

Frederic C. Blow, Ph.D. Director, National VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC) Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan VA Ann Arbor HSRD/SMITREC (11H) 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: 734-232-0404; Fax: 734-845-3249 Email: fredblow@umich.edu; Fred.Blow@va.gov

For more information, please visit: http://www.psych.med.umich.edu/MentalHealthServices/

Cambridge, UK: Bioinformatics/Biostatistics Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge

Bioinformatics/Biostatistics Post-doctoral fellow
Department of Oncology
University of Cambridge
£34,793-£44,074

Limit of tenure applies*

The Department of Oncology is seeking to recruit a Bioinformatics/biostatistics postdoctoral fellow who will be based in the laboratory of Professor Carlos Caldas at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, on the Addenbrooke's Hospital site.

The successful candidate will have prior experience in analysis of genomic data for identification of prognostic and predictive signatures.

Further information about the research group (Functional Breast Cancer Genomics) and the CRI can be found at www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/.


Completed applications consisting of a PD18 form (downloadable from http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/pd18/), CV and the names and addresses of two referees should be sent to Claire Harries via email: claire.harries@cancer.org.uk or to her at the CRUK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Box 278, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE.

* Limit of tenure: 31 August 2011.

Closing date: 15 September 2008.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Postdoctoral fellow, environmental public health indicators, Epidemiology and Biomarkers Branch, EPA

Post-doctoral Project Detail
EPA

NHEERL Post-doctoral PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Project Number:
HSD-08-08-08-176

Division:
Human Studies Division (HSD) View all projects for HSD

Branch:
Epidemiology and Biomarkers Branch

Geographical Location of position:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Title of Project:
Environmental Public Health Indicators: Development and Validation

Brief Description of Research Project:
EPA is actively engaged in research on the development and validation of environmental public health indicators that can be tracked over time to identify environmental risks and to evaluate the public health benefit of the Agency’s environmental and regulatory actions/programs. Research challenges involve multiple health outcomes, including infant and adult mortality and gastro-intestinal outbreaks; multiple pollutants, multiple sources, multiple ambient media (air, water, land), and multiple routes of exposure; the impact of health disparities; the role of genetic susceptibility and gene-environment interactions; and the application of biological indicators. Utilizing both existing administrative record systems and new data collections, EPA has several on-going research projects to develop methods, tools, and models as proof of concept studies. These projects include the development of an environmental quality index; the development of new indicators for EPA’s Report on the Environment (http://www.epa.gov/indicators/); the development of a national estimate of enteric disease; and the multi-city, multi-pollutant modeling of the temporal-spatial association between mortality and air pollution. The successful candidate will be an epidemiologist interested in developing skills in exposure assessment or an exposure modeler/toxicologist interested in developing skills in epidemiology and will possess strong quantitative and analytic skills.

High Priority Research Area(s):
Human Health Research, Human Health Risk Assessment, Clean Air Research, Drinking Water Research

Projected duration of appointment (2 or 3 years):
3 years

Educational requirements:
Ph.D. or other doctorate in Epidemiology, Public Health, Medicine, Toxicology, Biology, Chemistry, or related field.

Specialized training and/or experience preferred:
Experience with large administrative record systems, studies of health disparities, and the development of environmental public health indicators is preferred and/or familiarity with varied statistical analyses, modeling health and/or modeling environmental exposure.

Scientific Contact/Principal Investigator(s)*
Name: Danelle Lobdell
email: lobdell.danelle@epa.gov

*This person/persons may be contacted for additional scientific information about this project. This person is not authorized to accept applications, make job offers, set salaries, establish start dates or discuss benefits. See general announcement for details on how to apply.

http://cfpub.epa.gov:80/nheerl/index.cfm?fuseaction=postdocs.Detail&PostDocProjectID=581

EPA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

U.S. EPA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Bronx, New York: PostDoc / Junior Faculty, Molecular Epidemiology (infectious disease and cancer epidemiology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Molecular Epidemiology (Post Doc / Junior Faculty)
Job Code: 1 POSTED: Aug 22

Salary: Open Location: Bronx, New York
Employer: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Type: Full Time - Experienced
Category: academic / research


Description
Investigator (physician / epidemiologist) with a highly active infectious disease and cancer epidemiology research program is seeking an epidemiology PhD or equivalent. Current projects include: Natural history of HPV/cervical neoplasia in the largest cohort study of HIV+ women; HLA and HIV/HCV/HBV/HPV natural history; Factors influencing viral pathogenesis; Insulin/IGF and risk of cancer; Molecular epidemiologic methods. The position will involve participation in working groups and multicenter studies, epidemiologic analyses (with biostatistical and programming support), writing papers, project management, and development of new studies. A portion of work time can be protected for education, and/or development of grant applications, with the goal of an independent research career. The position includes four weeks annual paid vacation, and excellent benefits. Albert Einstein is located in an attractive and convenient area, near the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Gardens, minutes north of Manhattan. Applications will be accepted on a continuing basis until the positions are filled. EOE.
NOTES: Competitive salary and excellent benefits, 4 weeks vacation

Requirements
PhD in Epidemiology or equivalent (e.g., MD with MPH and epi training)

http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2966039&keywords=epidemiology