mHealth Alliance (mHA) in partnership with the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health,, HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is holding the 2011 mHealth Summit building on last year’s success by bringing a dedicated focus to the business, end-user, and policy perspectives of mHealth, fostering in-depth dialogue to identify and accelerate cross-cutting value chains and sustainable mHealth business models from around the globe. The summit will also provide a dedicated focus to the healthcare research and evaluation needs of mHealth, facilitating the development and commercialization of empirically-supported solutions.
Call for Applications for the Winter Training Institute
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) and many NIH Institutes, Centers and Federal partners will host a Winter Training Institute in conjunction with the 2011 mHealth Summit in Washington, DC. The institute will bring together leaders in mobile technology, behavioral sciences and clinical research to lead a cross- training event for early career investigators with interest in mHealth. The training curriculum will cover the current state of the science in mobile technology and engineering, behavior change theory and clinical applications, and highlight the intersection among these areas for research related to health. In addition to the activities of the mHealth Summit, participants will take part in daily didactic sessions targeting major cross-cutting research issues and take part in small, mentored, interdisciplinary teams to develop potential mHealth research projects. Participants should expect to leave the Institute and mHealth Summit with experience in creating mHealth projects in an interdisciplinary setting.
REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should be early career investigators who have not yet received R01 funding have received a doctoral level degree (PhD, ScD, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.) within the last five years in any of the following:
– Social and Behavioral sciences
– Medical Health and Dental sciences*
– Biological, Physical or Earth sciences
– Computational sciences and Mathematics
– Engineering**
Early career investigators who have received a terminal degree within the past five years and have not yet received R01 funding. Exceptions include:
*Applicants with medical degrees (MD, DDS, etc.) who are within five years post-residency.
**Engineers with a MSE who are 3-8 years post-degree will be considered.
Interest in the multidisciplinary science of mobile and wireless technologies.
Applicants are NOT required to be citizens, permanent residents, or non-citizen nationals of the United States. HOWEVER, expenses will only be paid for domestic (within the U.S.) travel. Preference will be given to applicants who plan to use the training to inform research on health problems.
COSTS
The Training Institute starts on December 5, 2011 at the mHealth Summit and ends on December 9, 2011. Participants’ full registration fee for the mHealth Summit, domestic travel, room/board for December 7-9, 2011 and course materials are included in the Institute at no cost to participants. Room and board during the mHealth Summit (December 5-6, 2011) are the responsibility of the participant. Family members may accompany participants at their own cost. International participants will be required to incur the costs of travel to the United States. Travel expenses within the US are included.
Last date for submission of applications is August 26, 2011
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