Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Program The Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Program provides an opportunity for outstanding mid-career health professionals to gain an understanding of the health policy process, to contribute to the formulation of new policies and programs, and to develop in their careers as leaders in academic health centers and in health policy. Initiated in 1973, the program is funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and conducted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies. The program seeks individuals who have the skills and commitment to use the fellowship experience to provide leadership in improving health, health
care and health policy at the national, state or local levels and to bring a depth of experience and knowledge of health and health care to the policy making process. Fellows are selected from academic faculties and nonprofit health care organizations, with backgrounds in the following disciplines: medicine, dentistry, biomedical sciences, nursing: public health; social and behavioral health; health services organizations and administration; allied health professionals; economics; or other social sciences. Up to 10 fellows will be selected to participate in the Washington-based program which begins in September, 2004 and concludes in August, 2005 with the option for extending through the
legislative term (which ends in October or early November). Application materials must be submitted by mail for receipt no later than Friday, November 21, 2003. For complete information on this fellowship opportunity, eligibility requirements and the application process go to http://www.rwjf.org/cfp/healthpolicy fellows or contact Andrea Jean Douglas, M.P.H. – Deputy Director at adouglas@nas.edu The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Making grants to improve the health and health care of all Americans. http://www.rwjf.org
Janhigen Career Development Scholars Awards The Dennis W. Jahnigen Scholars program, funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies, offers two-year career development awards to support faculty in the specialties of anesthesiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, physician medicine and rehabilitation, thoracic surgery, or urology. Each grant provides two-year salary support of $75,000 per year for salary and fringe benefits, plus $25,000 per year to support costs of
doing research. Up to ten awards will be given in 2004. No funds will be provided in support of indirect costs. Candidates must be physicians who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, be certified to practice in one of the above-mentioned specialties, have a primary academic appointment in a U.S. institution in one of the above-mentioned specialties and must have completed his/her training (residency and/or fellowship) on or after June 30, 1994. Exceptions to this limit will be considered for compelling reasons and must
be reviewed and approved prior to application submission. Nominations are to be made by the individual’s departmental chair. Only one application may be submitted per department, however, institutions may submit more than one application. The application deadline is December 9, 2003. Applications and further information can be found at http://www.americangeriatrics.org/ hartford/scholars_award.shtml. In 2003 emergency physicians were awarded two of the Janhigen Scholars awards.
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Call for Abstracts 4th Annual New York State Regional SAEM Meeting
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March 31, 2004; 8:00 am-2:00 pm The program committee is now accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentations. All abstracts must be submitted electronically via the SAEM web site at www.saem.org. The deadline for abstract submission is 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, Wednesday, January 21, 2004. Hosted by: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Department of Emergency Medicine Location: Lerner Hall, Morningside Campus, Columbia University, 114th Street and Broadway Keynote Speaker: Glenn Hamilton, MD, Wright State University Contact: Theodore C. Bania, MD, MS at Roosevelt Hospital, 1000 10th Ave., Department of Emergency Medicine, Room GE01, New York, NY 10019 or toxtod@aol.com
Advertising Rates: Classified Ad (100 words or less) Contact in ad is SAEM member ................................................$100 Contact in ad non-SAEM member ............................................$125 1/4 - Page Ad (camera ready) 3.5" wide x 4.75" high..............................................................$300 To place an advertisement, e-mail or fax the ad, along with contact person for future correspondence, telephone and fax numbers, billing address, ad size, and Newsletter issues in which the ad is to appear to: Carrie Barber at carrie@saem.org, via fax at (517) 485-0801. For more information or questions, call (517) 485-5484. All ads posted on the SAEM web site at no additional charge.
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