Applications due by April 9, 2010
The National Cancer Institute, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, others of the National Institutes of Health will sponsor an intensive, 7-day workshop for early career investigators July 25 to August 1, 2010 at the Fluno Executive Conference Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The objectives of the institute are to allow approximately 35 attendees to extend their understanding of the assumptions underlying major types of health behavior theories, to explore how theories are tested and improved, and to examine how to use theories appropriately in designing interventions for behavioral risk factor modification.
The Institute will be led by an experienced team of researchers, including:
Barbara Curbow, University of Florida
Jennifer Hay, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Abby King, Stanford University
Robin Mermelstein, University of Illinois
Alex Rothman, University of Minnesota
Neil Weinstein, University of Arizona
Applicants from all disciplines are welcome to apply. Multiple disciplines have been represented at each of the previous workshops. Applicants must have received a doctoral degree by the beginning of the course and have completed at least one graduate level course in the behavioral sciences and one graduate level course in statistics. Participants must be U.S. citizens. There will be a $500 meeting cost to participate in the institute. Travel, meals, and lodging will be provided. More information, an application, and comments from previous participants are available at http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/workshop/.
Please forward this message on to anybody you think may be interested in this opportunity.
Sarah Kobrin, PhD, MPH
Program Director, National Cancer Institute
Applied Cancer Screening Research Branch
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
6130 Executive Blvd.
EPN 4096, MSC 7331
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 435-8662
kobrins@mail.nih.gov
http://dccps/nci.nih.gov/acsrb/
