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NEW PROGRAM OFFERING POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN REHABILITATION OUTCOMES RESEARCH
17 November 2005 - Boston University
| Dr. Alan Jette, director of the Health & Disability Research Institute at Boston University, announced a new program offering post doctoral fellowships in rehabilitation outcomes research to be offered at the University. |
Funded by the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research in the US Department of Education, the program will help post-doctoral rehabilitation professionals refine the skills they need to conduct high quality, independent, funded research on the outcomes and effectiveness of rehabilitation care as well as provide an interdisciplinary training and mentorship experience for rehabilitation professionals. The program includes opportunities to enhance knowledge in advanced research design, advanced statistical methods, contemporary outcome measurement methodology, and information on the responsible conduct of research and protection of human subjects. The program’s fellows will develop skills in writing scientific articles for submission to peer-reviewed journals, gain experience in developing and presenting scientific presentations, and refine skills in writing research grant applications. Fellowships will be for a tweve month duration with the option of applying for a second year. Each fellow will receive an annual stipend, individual health insurance coverage, tuition stipend, and professional travel allowance. Each fellow will be assigned to a primary research mentor selected from among those scientists working in the following collaborating units: The BU Health & Disability Research Institute, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, The BU Medical School’s Department of Clinical Epidemiology, and BU School of Public Health, the BU Neuromuscular Research Center, and the Tufts University Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. For additional information about the fellowship program, visit www.bu.edu/hdr or contact Ms. Roseanne Monarch, BU Fellowship Coordinator at 617-353-1297 or rmonarch@bu.edu.
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About: Boston University
Boston University has a well-deserved reputation for excellence in research in a wide range of disciplines and a demonstrated commitment to fostering innovative interdisciplinary research. The Office of the Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Education supports the University in facilitating research at the both the student and faculty levels.Our mission is to enhance and encourage research at Boston University and to provide a climate conducive to maintaining the University at the cutting edge of research and scholarly activities. We work with the Boston University community to plan and coordinate interdisciplinary research and represent the University in research matters related to Inter-University consortia. To encourage new, innovative, and cross-disciplinary efforts, this office administers the Special Program for Research Initiation Grants (SPRInG). We showcase graduate research at Science & Technology Day. This annual event features nearly 200 research posters by graduate students from both the Medical and Charles River Campuses working in a wide range of disciplines. Our annual research magazine, Research at Boston University, informs a wide audience about a selection of our significant research findings and ongoing studies at Boston University. We also maintain a strong presence on the web through this site and through the Science Coalition’s website, which brings our research successes to the attention of Congress and other policy makers in the federal government. To assist Boston University researchers, this office oversees the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and coordinates with the Office of Sponsored Programs on the Charles River Campus , the research administration on the Medical Campus, the Office of Research Compliance, and the various graduate programs. For the development of commercially viable ideas, we administer the Provost's Innovation Fund and work closely with the Office of Technology Transfer. We also coordinate proposals where there are institutional limits to the number of proposals that may be submitted, cost sharing requirements, significant laboratory renovations, or other special circumstances. This office assists departments and centers to achieve a diverse faculty and graduate student body through our membership and activities with the Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate and through our affiliation with the Clare Boothe Luce program of the Henry Luce Foundation. |
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