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VECD Fogarty Global Health Fellowship (Application Deadline: 11/01/2017)
Oct. 6, 2017—Applications for the 2018-2019 fellowship year are open and due November 1, 2017: APPLY Today Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke (VECD) is one of six consortia that comprise the Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars, which replaced the Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars & Fellows (FICRS-F) Program in 2012. This purpose of the program is to provide mentored global health research training opportunities...
Michael E. DeBakey Medical Student Poetry Awards (Submission Deadline: 01/31/2018)
Sep. 30, 2017—Dipali Pathak 713-798-4710 pathak@bcm.edu www.bcm.edu/news Baylor College of Medicine announces 15th annual Michael E. DeBakey Medical Student Poetry Awards HOUSTON – (Sept. 27, 2017) – For the 15th year, Baylor College of Medicine is pleased to announce the annual Michael E. DeBakey Medical Student Poetry Awards. The contest honors the legendary, preeminent cardiovascular surgeon, pioneering...
HHMI Research Opportunities (Application Deadlines: 11/1/2017, 1/11/2018)
Sep. 30, 2017—HHMI Research Opportunities for Medical, Veterinary and Dental Students at U.S. Schools In order to encourage more students to pursue careers as physician-scientists, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) offers an outstanding year-long mentored research training program for students enrolled in schools in the U.S. Women and under-represented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Students...
USMLE Step 1 Question Bank Contributor (Deadline: Rolling)
Sep. 26, 2017—Dr. Ted O’Connell, medical director at the Kaiser Napa-Solano Family Medicine Residency Program and author of USMLE Secrets and the Crush series of board review books, has a scholarly writing and CV building opportunity he’d like to share with you. He is helping to develop board review questions for a free USMLE Step 1 question...
Meharry-Vanderbilt Student Alliance (Continuing Opportunity)
Sep. 20, 2017—Please see the attached flyer for information on the Meharry-Vanderbilt Student Alliance (MVSA). MVSA is an exciting and innovative opportunity for young professionals to shape a student-led organization to meet their emerging professional development needs.
AAMC Webinar: The Cost of Residency Interviews (Event Date: 09/15/2017)
Sep. 9, 2017—Presented by: CiM and FIRST Topic: The Cost of Residency Interviews Description: An often unforeseen cost experienced during medical school is associated with interviewing for residency. Join this timely webinar to gain insight on the general funding options available to cover expenses incurred during the interview process and hear an analysis of data...
36th William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition (Submission Deadline: 12/31/2017)
Sep. 9, 2017—36th William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) is sponsoring its 36th annual poetry writing competition during the 2017-2018 academic year. The competition is open to students attending colleges of medicine or osteopathy in the United States and Canada. Preliminary judging will be done...
Rise to the Challenge Together – National Healthcare for the Homeless Council Training Symposium (Symposium Date: 10/04/2017)
Aug. 31, 2017—Join us at our Fall Training Symposium on October 4, 2017, in Nashville, TN, for a critical discussion with national thought-leaders in homeless health care: "What Do We Need to Do to End Homelessness?" Housing instability has hit an all-time high in some American cities, and a number of communities have declared "homeless states of...
The Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians Annual Meeting (Conference Dates: 10/24/2017 – 10/27/2017)
Aug. 31, 2017—The Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians has their annual meeting this October, and they are offering funds for VMS students to attend. The TNAFP Executive Committee has approved providing funds for those medical student members of the TNAFP at Vanderbilt who wish to attend the Tennessee AFP’s 69th Annual Scientific Assembly at the Park Vista...
NIH Continuing Opportunities
Aug. 6, 2017—The National Institutes of Health offers an extensive range of clinical research training to help prepare the next generation of clinician-scientists. Brief descriptions of the programs offered are below. With NIH being largest biomedical research agency in the world, we encourage future clinician-scientists and medical researchers to consider adding an NIH experience to their portfolio....