Dear Colleagues and Global Network Members,

I invite you to read the following announcement and to pass it on to anyone
else you know.  This is an incredible international research training
opportunity.  Please do not let is pass.  Minority Men are strongly
encouraged to apply.  If you or any of your friends are interested, please
apply.  The Deadline is at the end of this month.  There is still plenty of
time to apply.     

Please circulate this announcement among your students who may be interested
in careers in health disparities research. Thanks.



INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
TRAINING IN BIOBEHAVIORAL HEALTH
 
for underrepresented U.S. minority undergraduate and graduate students
Sponsored by the Dept. of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health & Human
Development, Penn State

 

Spend the summer of the year 2007 in France, Switzerland or Africa studying
tobacco consumption or HIV/AIDS intervention!

 
The Pennsylvania State University has received a Minority Health & Health
Disparities International Research and Training (MHIRT) grant from the
Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health to support
the research training of nine undergraduate and three graduate students each
summer at sites in Paris, France, in Geneva, Switzerland, in Cape Town,
South Africa and in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Students selected for the sites
in France will join interdisciplinary teams, led by the principal
investigator, Dr. Gary King (Dept. of Biobehavioral Health), focusing on the
epidemiology of smoking among youth and on targeted adolescent smoking
intervention research. Students selected for the Geneva site will be placed
with the World Health Organization’s Tobacco Free Initiative program.
Students selected for the sites in South Africa will join researchers who
are developing and evaluating culturally appropriate, community based
HIV/AIDS intervention strategies. Students selected for the site in Tanzania
will join Dr. Gad Kilonzo at the Muhimbili University College of Health
Sciences, who is studying public health issues related to smoking and
HIV/AIDS.
 
Trainees selected for this three-month program will receive transportation
and living expenses plus monthly stipends of $800 (undergraduate students)
or $1,225 (graduate students). The program will begin in mid-May and run
through mid-August.
 
This program is particularly targeted to students interested in pursuing
graduate studies in public health or biobehavioral health. Black/African
American and Hispanic American males are especially encouraged to apply.
Students in medical schools, or who intend to apply for entry into medical
schools, are NOT encouraged to apply. Also, the PSU MHIRT program cannot be
used to fulfill an internship requirement. Trainees do not engage in data
collection, only in data analysis. 
 
Applicants should be currently enrolled Juniors, Seniors or Graduate
students, have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.30, or a
cumulative grade point average of 3.40 for the last three semesters.
Applicants must also be U.S. citizens or hold permanent resident visas.
Since there are only three slots for graduate students, the competition for
these slots is especially keen.
 

Completed applications must be received by November 30, 2006.

 

Contact person:
Daniel L. Treviño, Ph.D.
Dept. of Biobehavioral Health
College of Health & Human Development
The Pennsylvania State University
315 H.H.D. East, University Park, PA 16802-6509
Telephone: (814)-7256; Fax: (814) 863-7525

E-mail: dantrevino at psu.edu
web site: http://bbh.hhdev.psu.edu/mirt/

 

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