K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
The purpose of the K01 grant program is to provide support and dedicated time for a supervised (mentored) career development experience in occupational safety and health research, leading to research independence. This grant program also is to help ensure the availability of adequate numbers of highly trained scientists and educators to address critical issues in occupational safety and health. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - May 25, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
UTA bioengineer earns AHA grant to study biomechanical influences on cardiac development
(University of Texas at Arlington) Juhyun Lee, an assistant professor in the Bioengineering Department, has been awarded a prestigious Career Development Award by the American Heart Association for the research. The three-year, $251,000 grant relates to another grant that he received in March to develop a new microscope that can capture 3-D motion, then add time to construct a 4-D beating heart using optical imaging techniques with fluorescent nanoparticles in a zebrafish. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 22, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news
NASEM Report Calls for Reforms to Support Young Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has released a new report entitled “The Next Generation of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences Researchers: Breaking Through,” which examines the policy and programmatic steps to ensure successful and sustained careers for scientists, particularly postdoctoral researchers. The report calls for substantial reforms to “strengthen the U.S. Biomedical Research System for the next generation of scientists” and urges Congress, federal agencies, universities, and other research institutions to take significant steps to empower early caree...
Source: Public Policy Reports - April 30, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
MRC awards Bristol researcher £ 1.2M to investigate immune defence against microbes
University of Bristol researcher, Dr Borko Amulic, has been awarded a prestigious Career Development Award worth £ 1.2 million by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to lead research into how the natural ability of neutrophil immune cells can be boosted to fight infection in the post-antibiotic age. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - April 30, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: ; Faculty of Biomedical Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
ISPOR Student Educational Webinars
Educational webinars that provide students with valuable insights on topics such as disease modeling, health outcomes, health economics, health policy, and career development. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - April 25, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Improving citizen science and big data analysis
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Computer science researcher Daniel Sheldon at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded a five-year, $550,000 faculty early career development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and test new mathematical approaches and algorithms to help ecologists and other scientists better use large data sets generated by citizen science projects, animal tracking devices and earth observation instruments, among other goals. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Developing Your Research Career -- a Pre-Congress Workshop at the International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health
Learn about advancing your research career; attend “Developing Your Research Career: NCCIH Training and Career Development Opportunities,” a workshop at the International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health (ICIMH) on Thursday, May 8, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to noon in Baltimore, MD. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - April 20, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Lanay Mudd, Ph.D. Source Type: news
Ghanta Selected for NIGMS Career Development Award
Sailaja Ghanta, MD, of the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, received a K08 Career Development Award from the National Institute of General Medicine (NIGMS) for her grant proposal, “Role of Autophagy in Mesenchymal Stromal Cells During Sepsis (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 3, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
2018 HFSP Career Development Awards
(Human Frontier Science Program) The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today 11 Career Development Awards (CDA). (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 28, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Nursing by association
Elizabeth Bayliss and Kareema McCarthy. Pictures: Marcus Rose
ALTHOUGH Elizabeth Bayliss and Kareema McCarthy work at the same hospital, Kettering General in the East Midlands, they have only recently become friends – not on the wards, but at university.
That’s because the pair, who a few months ago were both healthcare assistants in different parts of the hospital, are now part of the pilot scheme to create a new breed of healthcare professional – the nursing associate.
Posited as a role that sits between the healthcare assistant and the registered nurse, with its own level of knowledge and skills, it involves two y...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 15, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article Magazine NHS NHS bursary NHS staff recruitment nursing associates Source Type: news
NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute
July 23-27, 2018; Bethesda, MD. The HDRI aims to support the research career development of promising minority health/health disparities research scientists early in their careers and stimulate research in the disciplines supported by health disparities science. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - March 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How Do New NIH Human Subjects Policies Impact Training and Career Development Awards?
In this blog post, Dr. Lanay Mudd describes NIH initiatives designed to enhance the accountability and transparency of clinical research. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - March 6, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Lanay Mudd, Ph.D. Source Type: news
NCCIH Resources for Research Training and Career Development
In this blog post, NCCIH Training Officer Dr. Lanay Mudd discusses research training and career development opportunities. (Source: NCCAM Featured Content)
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - March 2, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D. Source Type: news
Nutrition Futures 2018
Registration has now closed.Nutrition Futures 2018 Conference will be a diverse and interactive experience for all nutrition science students and graduates or prespective students intending to study food and nutrition or dietetics related subjects, created by the Nutrition Society Student Section in partnership with the University of Newcastle.Conference attendees will have the opportunity to develop essential skills to help build their career from learning how to effectively network to how to create a job seeking strategy within a developmental and supportive environment. As well as receiving career support, confer...
Source: The Nutrition Society - March 1, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Miss Natalie Ofosu-Orchard Source Type: news
UTA researcher to develop nanomaterials to treat antibiotic-resistant infections
(University of Texas at Arlington) A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, grant to develop new synthetic antimicrobial nanomaterials to treat antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals and military facilities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 21, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
