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Scholarships & Fellowships
To aid the professional development of our membership, AcademyHealth offers continuing education credits and scholarships for our national meetings and fellowships enabling visiting scholars in health services research-related disciplines to collaborate on studies of interest to policymakers and the health services research community.
ScholarshipsFellowshipsCareer, Academic Opportunities Available Within the RWJF Human Capital Portfolio
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Posted: 7/7/10 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched a new Web site that makes it easier than ever to learn about the career and academic opportunities the Foundation offers for current and aspiring professionals in health and health care. RWJFLeaders.org provides a wealth of information on 16 different scholarship, fellowship, and leadership programs within the Foundation’s Human Capital Portfolio. The mission of each of these programs, and how to apply to each one, is now presented in one place on the World Wide Web. Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice (2011-2012)
The Commonwealth Fund
Posted: 6/22/10 Application Deadline: September 13, 2010 The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to spend up to 12 months in the United States, conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts. Australian-American Health Policy Fellowship (2011-2012)
The Commonwealth Fund
Posted: 6/22/10 Application Deadline: August 15, 2010 The program offers a unique opportunity for outstanding, mid-career U.S. professionals—academics, government officials, clinical leaders, decision makers in managed care and other private health care organizations, and journalists—to spend up to 10 months in Australia conducting research and working with Australian health policy experts on issues relevant to both countries. Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Posted: 3/5/10 Application Deadline: November 12, 2010 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recruiting to fill approximately ten Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship positions for 2011. Prevention effectiveness and public health economics aim to assess the impact of public health policies, programs, and practices on health outcomes by determining efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency through the use of econometric, decision, simulation, and operations modeling and analytic methods. Applicants must have a doctoral degree in economics, decision sciences, health services research or related health sciences, industrial engineering, operations research, public policy, or related quantitatively-oriented fields. The application period opens on August 2, 2010 and closes November 12, 2010. The 2011 fellowship class begins on August 15, 2011 with an intensive orientation and training program. Interested individuals should apply online. Please direct any questions to: CDC’s PE Fellowship Program Coordinator by phone at: 404-498-6147, or email: PEF@cdc.gov.
- Senior Mentor for Faculty Mentorship in Health Services Research in Singapore
National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine/Regenstrief Institute
Posted: 9/29/09
Application Deadline: Open
National University of Singapore and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is searching for an experienced M.D. or Ph.D. investigator capable of serving as a senior mentor and career consultant to NUS faculty pursuing careers as health services researchers. The aim is to support faculty as they compete for newly designated HSR funding in Singapore. Priority domains for this funding include chronic disease management, elder care, health care transitions, patient safety, quality of care, prevention of obesity and diabetes. NUS will provide transportation, salary, and housing for an individual able to commit 6-9 months in residence in 2010. Working with the Regenstrief Institute and other organizations, she/he would identify other overseas faculty who may be interested in spending multiple shorter periods in Singapore to provide mentorship to specific HSR groups within NUS, facilitate grant writing, and publish.
Interested applicants should send a letter describing relevant training and experience and a curriculum vitae to Thomas Inui, Sc.M., M.D., Regenstrief Institute, c/o Lynnette Mirabent at e-mail lmirabent@regenstrief.org.
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