National Cancer Institute

Health Communications Internship Program (HCIP)

The Health Communications Internship Program (HCIP) has both six-month and one-year internship terms available. Application deadline is September 6th.

Health Communications applicants have some science background and/or education in: public health, epidemiology, public relations, health eduation, communications, science writing, statistics, social marketing, or journalism. 

Responsibilities:

• Plan, develop, and promote cancer education programs and materials for the public, cancer patients, or health professionals
• Gain experience in pre-testing and evaluating cancer prevention and treatment messages, publications, materials, and programs that reach the American public
• Participate in professional meetings and training seminars

 Science Writing applicants have a science background with the ability to translate complex scientific concepts in to material suitable for a lay audience.

Responsiblities:

•  Write fact sheets and press releases
• Answer inquiries from the press
• Attend and report on scientific meetings
• Write feature length, creative articles on the latest, most important advances in cancer research
• Participate in professional meetings and training seminars

 For additional information and an online application, visit http://hcip.nci.nih.gov/.

For questions, contact HCIP representatives at HCIP-Contact@mail.nih.gov.

ATPR Preventive Medicine & Public Health Fellowship Program (Hyattsville, MD)

Medicaid/Child Health and Healthcare Fellow 

In collaboration with senior researchers, the Fellow will initiate projects using
 the newly created NCHS survey/Medicaid administrative data linked files. These data files contain individual-level Medicaid eligiblitiy and utilization information linked to the detailed health and demographic data collected from the NCHS national surveys. It is anticipated all projects will evaluate aspects of health care utilization or expenditures (from the Medicaid files) in relation to data from national health surveys. it is anticipated that these research activities will result in one or more published reports or journal articles. 

Required and/or Desired Skills and Knowledge:

• Doctoral degree (PhD) or medical degree with relevant additional training and the following qualifications:
  • A thorough understanding of the basic principles of epidemiology and biostatistics
  • Knowledge of multivariate statistical methods
  • Intermediate-level experience with a statistical computer package, preferably SAS or STATA
  • Experience with file construction and data manipulation is desirable
  • An interest in child health and health care

Period of Assignment:

September 1, 2011 to September 1, 2012 

Additional information and an online application can be found at

http://aptrweb.org/prof_dev/fellowships_prevmed.html

Each year the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and partners recognize exemplary undergraduate and graduate students for their academic excellence, commitment to health education, and outstanding contributions that advance the profession of health education and promotion.

Four topic areas:

• Environmental Health and Emergency Preparedness
• Quality of Life
• Injury Prevention
• Child/ Adolescent Health

The AAMC has a position open for the Director of Health Disparity and Quality Research Policy. The Director of Health Disparity and Quality Research Policy will hold a PhD or MD with at least 6 years of related experience in health disparity research. 

Competencies:

•  Ability to lead, manage and implement a strategy for an AAMC health disparities research and policy agenda
• Ability to design and implement research studies and program evaluation to assess health disparities research activities of member institutions, agencies and other stakeholders
• Knowledge of qualitative research, familiarity with extracting data from databases, validation of data integrity, data analysis and report writing

 For more information and an online application, click here.

For more information on AAMC, visit http://www.aamc.org .  

Responsibilities: 

• Plan and direct the Evaluation program components of a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) at UT Southwestern Medical Center  
• Supervise other staff positions
• Serve as regional and national CTSA Evaluation Program liaison. Attend meetings and disseminate information to program leaders and other involved in program evaluation
• Provide and support in the NIH Annual Reporting and grant renewal processes

For more information, click here.

If you are interested in this position please send resume to Raul.Caetano@UTSouthwestern.edu