nih fellowships joyann phillips rohan, phd postdoctoral fellow office of minority health and health...
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NIH Fellowships
JoyAnn Phillips Rohan, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Office of Minority Health and Health DisparitiesGeorgetown University
Health Communications Internship Program (HCIP) with NCI
Overview• Plan, develop, and promote cancer education
programs and materials (including Web-based) for the public, cancer patients, or health professionals
• Gain experience in pre-testing and evaluating cancer prevention and treatment messages, publications, materials, and programs that reach the American public
• Participate in professional meetings and training seminars
Health Communications Intern Activities
• Re-formatting and creating documents (with pictures, graphs & tables) for website to meet Section 508 requirements using Microsoft Word and Adobe Professional 9
• Developed proposal for Newsletter for inter-steering committee communications
• Initiated collaborations with Office of Communications and Education for design/production of Newsletter
Health Communications Intern Activities
• Created and Designed “Tricks of the Trade: Using Marketing Techniques to Promote Behavior Change” – a marketing workshop
• Collaborations with Society for Prevention Research• Create and Develop Health Branding Workshop• Design Outreach Campaigns• Developing & designing websites• Write proposal and present to senior staff• Develop briefing materials
Health Communications Intern Activities
• Event planning for interest groups• Coordinate and conduct analysis of toll-free
teleconference offerings and listenership to meet the needs of the cancer advocacy communities.
• Develop content in lay language to promote Understanding NCI Series offerings.
• Draft and develop print media to convey offices’ activities and services.
HCIP
• Eligibility– US Citizen or US permanent resident (Alien Registration number
is required for US permanent residents).– Currently enrolled in, or a recent graduate of, graduate school. If
a recent graduate, graduate degree must have been awarded no more than one year prior to application deadline.
– Undergraduate GPA of 2.75 (minimum) for applicants who have not yet received a Master's degree.
– Some science background and experience and/or education in any of the following areas:• Public Health, Epidemiology, Public Relations, Health Education,
Communications, Science Writing, Statistics, Social Marketing, Journalism
HCIP
• Application (available in July 2011)– A current resume– Up to three work samples. PDF copies preferred.
Further instructions on how to submit work samples can be found in the online application.
– Name and contact information of two references able to submit a letter of recommendation on your behalf
– https://hcip.nci.nih.gov/hcip/index.html• Deadlines: First Tuesday in March or September
(Fall and Spring term, respectively)
Health Communications Internship Program with NCI
• Selection– HCIP reviews application– Program office reviews applications and conducts
telephone interviews– Program offices submit interest list– Applicants notified by email
Health Communications Intern Future
• Hired as FTE with hosting offices• Journal Editor• Associate Producer at ABC News• Contacting jobs
Cancer Research Training Award Overview
Enhance basic and clinical research skills
Cancer Research Training Award
• Eligibility– Recent doctoral degree recipients
• Application– a curriculum vitae, – a list of the applicant's publications,– a cover letter describing the applicant's research interests
and career goals, and– the names and contact information for three references– http://www2.training.nih.gov/apps/publicForms/postdoct
oral/forms/adIndex.aspx• Deadline
– continuous, applications accepted year round
Cancer Research Training Award
• Selection– Potential applicants for postdoctoral positions are
encouraged to contact NIH investigators with whom they would like to work directly, regardless of whether a position has been posted or not
• Recipients are free from the demands of obtaining grants and teaching (opportunities available)
Cancer Research Training Award
• Experiences– bioinformatics, biophysics, epidemiology,
immunology, cell and molecular biology, neuroscience, health sciences, structural biology, sensory and communication neuroscience, molecular pathology, biobehavioral research, and developmental biology
Contracting with Government Agencies
Contracting/Consulting Firms• Kelly Government Solutions
– www.kellygovernmentsolutions.com• Deloitte
– Scientific project management, PMP certification not needed if you have a PhD and post-doc experience
– http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/Careers/index.htm• Booz Allen
– http://www.boozallen.com/careers• SAIC
– http://www.saic.com/career/• RAND Corporation
– http://www.rand.org/jobs.html
Contracting/Consulting
• Develop skills beyond the bench• Networking• Informational Interviews
