25 January 2012
Second ASLM Grant and        Proposal Writing                Workshop       

  

  

Overview: ASLM's second Grant and Proposal writing workshop will focus on case examples of funding opportunities for HIV/TB Laboratory Research and Health systems strengthening. 

 

Dates: 25-31 March 2012

 

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 

Sponsors: ASLM and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-US).

    

Enrollment: Workshop tuition ($1500) will be covered by ASLM. Participants are responsible for lodging and meals during the workshop. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. 

 

Registration: The workshop application will soon be available on the homepage of the ASLM website. 

 

Application Deadline: 15 February 2012

 

Contact:

Etalem Engeda (ASLM)

EEngeda@afslm.org     

 

or

 

Natasha Nyanin (CDC-US)

hyw2@cdc.gov 

Upcoming TB Diagnostic Research Courses 

The University of Cape Town and McGill University will host intensive, high-level TB diagnostic courses in 2012. Only applicants with prior TB diagnostic research experience or advanced training will be eligible.
 
The University of Cape town will host its course from 6-9 March. The application deadline is 31 January. The course will accept a maximum enrollment of 40 participants. The cost of tuition is 5000 ZAR. All participants are expected to cover their travel and accomodation costs. For more information, please see the course flyer. 
Image Courtesy of the University of Cape Town.

 

McGill University will host its course from 9-13 July in Montreal, Canada. The registration deadline is 1 March. The course will accept a maximum enrollment of 30 participants. The cost of tuition is $800 for students, $800 for applicants from low-income countries, $1800 for industry participants, and $1300 for all others. All participants are expected to cover their travel and accommodation costs. For more information, please see the course flyer. 
McGill
 Image Courtesy of McGill University.

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For more information about ASLM, please visit: www.afslm.org  

ASLM Hosts French-language Workshop   

 

An ASLM co-sponsored French writing workshop is currently underway in Saly, Senegal. The workshop started on Monday, 16 January and will run until 27 January. Fifteen participants, four full-time mentors and four part-time mentors have come together to promote scientific manuscript-writing and create publication-worthy, peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts for inclusion in the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine (AJLM).

  

French workshop photo
Workshop participant Noelie Henry discusses with mentor Prof. Souleymane Mboup about the methodology of her study on malaria treatments. Image courtesy of Dr. Beth Luman.

 

Experts from around the world (Senegal, Belgium, France, and the US) in laboratory medicine and epidemiology are volunteering as mentors for the workshop. Participants have come from 5 countries (Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Mali, and Senegal).

 

Workshop study topics range from disease specific prevalence and risk factors to laboratory testing techniques.  

 

"I think this workshop is very important as a collaborative effort between partners," said Souleymane Mboup, director of the workshop. "Those trained here will be able to train others at the local level. This is a very good exercise for them, and will help to catalyze a larger process."

 

Mboup workshop press
Workshop organizer and mentor Prof. Souleymane Mboup speaks to the press during the opening ceremony for the workshop. Image courtesy of Dr. Beth Luman.
 

The workshop will contribute to the advent of the African Journal for Laboratory Medicine (AJLM) and aims to disseminate quality scientific research generated by African laboratories. The workshop will also help participants to better understand the manuscript submission process, specifically for submitting a manuscript to AJLM.  

 

This is the first in ASLM's 2012 Writing Workshop Series, which will include workshops - both in English and in French - to assist participants with grant applications, protocols, and manuscripts. The next workshop, scheduled for March in Ethiopia, will focus on grant and proposal writing. Please watch the ASLM website for more information. 

ASLM 2012 

ASLM Annual Conference Registration


A website for the ASLM 2012 Annual meeting is currently in development. 

 

The event website will be unveiled at the end of January. Watch the ASLM website for details.  

 

The conference will be held from 4-7 December 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa. For more information on the conference, please see the invitation:  ASLM Conference Flyer.