Fellowship in Tobacco Control
The UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE) invites applications for fellowships in policy-relevant tobacco control research. Completed applications are due January 28, 2009, for Fellowships beginning July 1, 2009.
CTCRE represents a partnership between UCSF faculty and the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library (LTDL) housed in theKalmanovitz Library . UCSF is a leader in tobacco control research and the LTDL was the first to make proprietary, tobacco documents, accessible on the Internet. In addition, the LTDL developed an index and thesaurus for tobacco documents, which have become international standards. Currently, the LTDL includes the British American Tobacco Document Archive as well as paper-based collections. LTDL provides Internet access to more than 50 million pages of tobacco documents under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between the tobacco industry and 46 state attorneys general. The Library ensures that the information remains fully accessible to scholars, health advocates, journalists and the public. Full access is critical to continued research as under terms of the Master Settlement Agreement the tobacco industry may remove existing documents from their own Internet sites in 2008.
Program Purpose
To train recent MD or PhD Recipients to launch independent carries in tobacco policy relevant research: postdoctoral trainees will receive an annual salary commensurate with their experience, approximately $37,000-$51,000, according to the NIH stipend scale. These positions are supported by an R25T NIH training grant.
In some cases scholars with more than three years of postdoctoral training may be accepted for special research projects. Advanced or senior scholars will receive an annual salary commensurate with their experience and subject to funding availability. Source of funding may include support from the scholars home institution, faculty-mentor funding, or an R25T NIH training grant.
Trainees will be recruited from a variety of fields including basic science, social science, public health, clinical science, political science, history, economics, law and marketing. They will study and conduct research in association with UCSF faculty mentors. Applicants may learn more about the Center, the fellowship program, and review the list of UCSF faculty and their research interests at our website.
Job Title Fellowship in Tobacco Control
POST DETAILS
Org Name Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
Contact Person Lisa Ambrocio
Tel 415-476-0140
Fax 415-514-9345
E-Mail lisa.ambrocio@ucsf.edu
City San Francisco
State/Province CA
Country USA
Application Deadline 28-Jan-09s
