20 April 2010 deadline for applications: Health Professions/CDC Fellowships on the Texas-Mexico Border

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Apologies for the short notice, but I just received this information.

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Tom

> Subject: UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY ON THE TEXAS- MEXICO BORDER- HSHPS/CDC

> Fellowships

>

> For other Hispanic Serving Health Professions Schools Internships

click

> on link below.

> http://www.hshps.org/internships.html

>

> Application deadline April 20th 2010

>

> Three unique fellowships:

>

> 1) U.S.-Mexico Border Health Fellowship Program Harlingen, Texas A

six-

> month fellowship at the UTHSCSA Harlingen Regional Academic Health

> Center (RAHC) campus on autism. The recently established U.S. Hispanic

> Autism Research Center (HARC) will investigate gene-environment

> interactions in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in the South Texas

> region where the Hispanic population exceeds 80 percent. This is the

> first center that will focus on understanding autism among Hispanics,

> the fastest growing sector of the U.S. population. The fellow will be

> actively involved in recruiting and enrolling autism cases in the

Lower

> Rio Grande Valley.

>

> 2) ENLACE Fellowship Program Harlingen, Texas A six-month fellowship

> with the ENLACE project at the UTHSCSA RAHC-Harlingen campus. This is

> the second phase of an NIH-funded community-based participatory

research

> study. The Harlingen-based ENLACE project was designed to produce a

> culturally-validated intervention for increasing physical activity

among

> Hispanic migrant women. The fellow will be heavily involved in

> community outreach.

>

> 3) U.S.-Mexico Border Health Fellowship Program Laredo, Texas A six-

> month fellowship at the UTHSCSA Laredo campus focusing on a community

> initiative to promote healthy eating and active living (HEAL). There

is

> a disproportionately high prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the

> Laredo community, and the HEAL project was created to address these

> health issues. Fellows will be involved in this important project that

> is a continuation of the successful work of the faculty and 2010

> CDC/HSHPS fellows

>

> Admission Eligibility:

>

> * Current graduate student or recent (less than 1 year) of a master's

or

> doctoral program in medicine or public health

>

> * Good academic standing

>

> * Applicant does not have to be Hispanic to apply

>

> * Must speak and write fluently in English; Spanish is a plus

>

> * U.S. citizen or permanent resident

>

> Fellowships start in June. Link to on-line application:

> http://www.hshps.org/internships.html

>

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>

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