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Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars
Would you like a unique chance to experience clinical research training in a developing country? Would you like to work with a strong team of mentors and colleagues on important problems that advance people’s health?
The Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars and Fellows (FICRS-F) Support Center at Vanderbilt is offering a one-year clinical research training experience for graduate-level U.S. students in the health professions. This is an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked NIH-funded research centers in developing countries. Africa, Asia, and the Americas are regions of the world that, if accepted, you may find yourself experiencing.
The FICRS-F Program is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center, in partnership with the NIH Office of the Director, NIH National Cancer Institute, NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH National Institute of Mental Health, NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH Office of AIDS Research and NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health.
The FICRS program is designed primarily for students meeting all of the following qualifications:
- A strong interest in, and potential for, a career in international health activities and/or clinical research.
- Advanced standing in a U.S. medical, osteopathic or dental school; or enrollment in a doctoral-level program at a U.S. school of public health, optometry, nursing, pharmacy, or veterinary medicine. Other Ph.D. students in the health sciences may be eligible on a case-by-case basis. Applicants must have strong academic records and must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents. Ph.D. candidates must have completed their Master’s-level coursework and be post-comprehensive exams; all other professional doctoral degree candidates must have completed their basic science courses and one year of clinical clerkship prior to the start of the fellowship year.
- Support of their home academic institution, including a committed mentor.
Each Fellowship will be for a one year period. The term will begin with an intensive orientation program on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD in July. This will be followed by approximately 10+ months of intense research training at the international site.
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Posted Jul 29, 2009