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Attention Doctoral Students! Pilot Grant Funding Available for Studying Health Promotion of Older Minority Adults

The Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation at the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks applications from UIC doctoral candidates studying health promotion among older minority adults at risk of disability.
The pilot grant competition is open to all UIC doctoral candidates in public health, health sciences, and behavioral sciences. Applicants must complete their preliminary examinations prior to the initiation of pilot grant funding. Letters of intent are due Friday, February 24, 2012.

Read the details and download the application at http://go.uic.edu/RoybalGrants.

ResearchMatch offers monthly researcher training on the Web

ResearchMatch, brought to UIC investigators by the CCTS, now has over 20,000 research volunteers nationwide – and is delivering Researcher Training to you on the Web. Held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 2 pm, you can learn the ins-and-outs of using this national registry for your clinical research. Registration is required: https://student.gototraining.com/rt/8665119536011522560. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the training. The training can be attended more than once, and by as many of your staff as you'd like.

Post Doctoral Trainee Opportunities in Translational and Transformational Research to Improve Home, Community & Work Participation Access and Opportunities with People with Disabilities

The Department of Occupational Therapy and the Joint Doctoral Programs in Disability Studies and in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago is inviting applications from qualified candidates in any relevant discipline for postdoctoral research training experiences in community-based participatory research (CBPR) to improve community living, participation and work opportunities with people with disabilities, including the development and evaluation of innovative demonstration projects done collaboratively with people with disabilities. This interdisciplinary post-doctoral program emphasizes preparing scholars to conduct research that has real world impact and translates to disability communities, systems and policies.

The training program includes: a) didactic preparation, b) close mentoring by highly qualified researchers and stakeholder community members, c) immersion in ongoing research and demonstration projects, and d) field placement in carefully selected programs or organizations where participation of people with disabilities is targeted. Trainees undergo a structured and closely-supervised training process with a range of opportunities for didactic and experiential training, on campus and within the community, and with common expected milestones. Each trainee's program will be individually designed to assure that the trainee has access to the most rigorous and relevant concepts and research methodologies for his/her chosen focus for studying participation disparities, services, policies and outcomes.

Applicants must have received their Ph.D. or M.D. degrees within the past four years. The length of the fellowship experience will vary. Ordinarily, it will be for one to two years. Trainees receive a competitive salary and full benefits, tuition support f or any courses taken and a modest travel budget. Applicants should submit a curriculum vita and three reference contacts. Copies of relevant publications and a brief statement of research experience and research goals must be provided for full consideration.

The appointments can begin any time.

Submit documentation to:

Joy Hammel, PhD, OTR
Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy (MC 811)
University of Illinois at Chicago
1919 West Taylor Street, Rm 311
Chicago IL 60612
hammel@uic.edu
312-996-3513