Hi HPF and TIPS Fellows: The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine is accepting applications for their Health Policy Leadership Fellowship. The Fellowship is designed "to provide postdoctoral health professionals with the specific skills, knowledge, and experiences needed to prepare them for leadership roles in promoting and implementing policies and practices to reduce and ultimately eliminate disparities in health." For details, please see below. NC Program Number: 22786 Title: Health Policy Leadership Fellowship Sponsor: Satcher Health Leadership Institute SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers a fellowship program designed to provide postdoctoral health professionals with the specific skills, knowledge, and experiences needed to prepare them for leadership roles in promoting and implementing policies and practices to reduce and ultimately eliminate disparities in health. It is the goal of the fellowship program to develop a diverse group of health leaders who care enough, know enough, do enough, and are persistent enough to help realize global health equity. Deadline(s): 01/13/2012 Established Date: 05/25/2011 Follow-Up Date: 11/01/2012 Review Date: 10/19/2011 Contact: Harry J. Heiman, MD, MPH Director, Health Policy E-mail: hheiman at msm.edu <mailto: hheiman at msm.edu > Address: Morehouse School of Medicine 720 Westview Drive SW NCPC Suite 241 Atlanta, GA 30310 U.S.A. Web Site: http://www.msm.edu/research/research_centersandinstitutes/SHLI/aboutUs/healthPolicyInstitute/leadershipFellows.aspx Program URL: http://www.msm.edu/research/research_centersandinstitutes/SHLI/aboutUs/healthPolicyInstitute/leadershipFellows/applicationInformation.aspx Tel: 404-752-1694 Fax: 404-752-1040 Deadline Ind: Receipt Deadline Open: No *See Restrictions for further information. DEADLINE NOTE Application materials for the 2012-2013 fellowship program will be available after November 1, 2011. To be considered for a fellowship position beginning September 1, 2012, a completed application together with supporting documents must be received no later than 5:00 PM on January 13, 2012. Award Type(s): Fellowship Training/Professional Development Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: Any/No Restrictions Locations Tenable: U.S.A. Institution (including U.S. Territories) Appl Type(s): Postdoctoral Physician/Medical Professional Target Group(s): NONE Funding Limit: $50,000 MINIMUM Duration: 10 MONTHS Indirect Costs: Unspecified Cost Sharing: No Sponsor Type: NONE Geo. Restricted: NO RESTRICTIONS CFDA#: OBJECTIVES: The fellowship program will include formal and informal instruction, policy leadership shadowing and learning experiences with government, business, health care, public health, and community partners, bimonthly Journal club, and health policy leadership forums. In addition, fellows will have practice, teaching, and/or research responsibilities with their supporting academic department, a community-based practicum experiences, and be expected to complete a health policy research project. All fellows will also participate in the National Center for Primary Care Faculty Development Program, which is one-half day weekly. The fellowship's major focus areas include leadership, health policy, and health equity with concentrations in both behavioral and sexual health. The objective of the program is to ensure that by the end of the program fellows achieve the necessary skills, knowledge, and experiences to: critically analyze issues, programs, and policies which impact on health and health care, particularly as they relate to disparities in health; formulate and develop health policies that support the reduction and ultimate elimination of disparities in health; assume a leadership role in promoting and implementing policies that support the reduction and ultimate elimination of disparities in health; and develop sustainable programs and organizations that support the reduction and ultimate elimination of disparities in health. ELIGIBILITY Applicants eligible to apply for postdoctoral fellowships must have received their Ph.D., an equivalent doctoral degree, D.O., or M.D. with completed residency training, prior to the start of the fellowship program. FUNDING All fellowships are for a 10 month period, beginning in September and ending in June of the following year. Based on qualifications and departmental needs, some fellows will also have the opportunity to receive faculty appointments with Morehouse School of Medicine academic departments. This would include shared time and responsibilities with the supporting department. All positions will be full time, requiring residence in Atlanta, Georgia, with a limited amount of fellowship-related travel. Postdoctoral fellows will receive a minimum $50,000 stipend, based on level of appointment and departmental affiliation. Fringe benefits, through Morehouse School of Medicine, including health and dental insurance, are provided. In addition, fellows receive support for books, conferences, travel, and other program-related expenses. (kww) KEYWORDS: Human Reproduction/Fertility Reproductive Disorders Health Care Health Planning/Policy Reproduction Behavior and Health Health Disparities Nancy Cooper, Coordinator Health Policy Fellowship 307 Grosvenor Hall Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Athens, Ohio 45701 Office (740) 593-2017 Cell (740) 707-8425 Fax (740) 593-1730 coopern at ohio.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/hlthpol/attachments/20111020/b1547d83/attachment-0001.html
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