Fogarty International Center / Elllison Medical Foundation Fellowships*
Would you like a unique chance to experience clinical
research training in a developing country working in an advanced
research center?
Would you like to work with a strong team of mentors and colleagues on important problems that advance people’s health?
An exciting international opportunity is now available!
The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Fogarty International
Center (FIC), in partnership with The Ellison Medical Foundation, the
NIH National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the NIH
National Institute on Drug Abuse, offers a one-year clinical research
training experience for graduation 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 the following countries: Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, China,
Haiti, India, Kenya, Mali, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania,
Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.
This 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, nursing, or other health sciences related program. Applicants
must have strong academic records and must be U.S. citizens or permanent
U.S. residents. Medical, osteopathic and dental students must have
completed their basic science courses and one year of clinical
clerkship; public health and nursing doctoral students must have
completed their coursework and passed their qualifying exams prior to
the beginning of the fellowship.
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 2008. This will be followed by 10+ months of intense research
training at the foreign site.
Applications are due: December 7, 2007
To access the application and to learn more, please visit: www.aamc.org/overseasfellowship
*This program is administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Association of Schools of Public Health.