Research scholarship investigating Iodine-deficiency awareness among healthcare professionals and mothers in the U.S.A

The Bracco Foundation, in collaboration with the National Italian American Foundation, offers a research scholarship on "Iodine-deficiency awareness among healthcare professionals and mothers in the U.S.A" worth $100,000, aimed at all American citizens of Italian origin and Italians permanently resident in the United States. The winner will carry out a research project for 18 months to assess the level of awareness of the risks of a lack of iodine in the diet of pregnant women for the cognitive development of their children. The project will be carried out at the Thyroid Health Center of the University of Boston. For more details, please visit the NIAF's website. The deadline for applications is 30 June 2014.
Source: Society for Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news