Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program at Johns Hopkins. The deadline for applications is January 27, 2017. To review the guidelines and download the application, visit: www.afar.org/research/funding/mstar/ There are 18 slots available at the Hopkins National Training Center. To be eligible, you must be an(...)
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IEE Improve Your Teaching Website
Posted by | EducationThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Education (IEE) offers a free online resource to aid medical and biomedical educators. The IEE Improve your Teaching website is aimed at enhancing one's teaching skills through a series of self-paced modules. The website includes multiple sections, each with several modules, on: Teaching Methods, Assessment, Adult Learning, and Learners as Teachers. The(...)
Johns Hopkins KL2 Program Seeks Applicants for 2017 Cohort
Posted by | Education, ResearchThe Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars Program is once again actively seeking candidates for the KL2 Mentored Career Development Awards. There will be seven awards available–six with an appointment start date of July 1, 2017, and one that will likely begin on September 1, 2017. Junior faculty members (5 years or fewer on the faculty,(...)
AHA Post-Doctoral Fellowship Positions RFA
Posted by | Education, ResearchThe AHA Strategic Focused Research Network (SFRN) site at Johns Hopkins University is recruiting post-doctoral fellows for a two-year training program in women’s cardiovascular health. There will be 1 fellow recruited each year in 2016, 2017, and 2018 for a total of 3 AHA Fellows. Submit applications by November 15, 2016. The 2017 fellowship position(...)
Put Your App on the Map
Posted by | Education, ResearchTo register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/put-your-app-on-the-map-tickets-28156607170
Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program
Posted by | Education, ResearchThe new Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program aims to recruit individuals from underrepresented groups in life sciences in order to increase diversity in the biomedical research community. Fellows will receive a non-renewable grant of $80,000 annually for up to four years of postdoctoral training support followed by a non-renewable grant of $270,000(...)
CORRIE: JHU and Apple Collaborate to Bring Cardiac Care to your Fingertips
Posted by | Education, Research, Vice Chair ContributorsImagine: one day you’re well, going about activities as always, and then something happens to change your life forever. We see it everyday. In this case, it’s crushing chest pain, shortness of breath: a heart attack. Now ask yourself: How will this change the way you live tomorrow? Are you prepared to make those changes?(...)
Former Osler Chief Resident Receives Lasker Award
Posted by | Congratulations, Education, Research*pictured above: William Kaelin (back left) in the dome during his time in the Osler Medical Training Program Congratulations to William Kaelin, former chief medical resident of the Osler Medical Training Program, who received the 2016 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award along with co-recipients Peter Ratcliffe from the University of Oxford and Hopkins’ own(...)
Brodsky Named Physician Scientist Pathway Director
Posted by | EducationIt is our privilege to announce Robert Brodsky, professor in the Division of Hematology, as the director of the Physician Scientist Pathway in the Osler Medical Training Program. Drs. Ramana Sidhaye and Rachel Damico will serve as associate pathway directors. With the emerging changes in academic medicine, the physician scientist career path has been challenged. Hopkins is built(...)
Kaiser Permanente Delivery Science Fellowship
Posted by | Education, ResearchThe Kaiser Permanente Division of Research is currently accepting applications for the fourth cohort of research fellows for the Delivery Science Fellowship. The application deadline is September 15, 2016 for fellows to start in July 2017. Application form and additional information available here: http://dorfellowship.kaiser.org Anyone with questions should contact Richard Grant, director, at richard.w.grant@kp.org or Beth(...)