Grants and Fellowships | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 132

Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program, USA

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PHIFP is a 2-year paid fellowship in public health informatics. The competency-based and hands-on training allows you to apply information and computer science and technology to solve real-world problems.

You will have the opportunity to:

  • Learn about informatics and public health
  • Work with teams involved in research and development of public health information systems
  • Lead an informatics project
  • Design, develop, implement, evaluate, and manage public health information systems .

    • To apply for PHIFP, you must:

  • Meet both the educational and professional requirements
  • Be willing to commit to a 2-year full-time program
  • Be willing to relocate to Atlanta, Georgia
      • Educational Requirements:A doctoral (PhD, MD) or masters level degree is required. Qualifying degree must be from an accredited academic institution in one of the following:

    • Public health, medicine, health care, health-services research
    • Computer science, information science, information systems
    • Statistics
    • Epidemiology
    • Public health informatics or related discipline
      Professional Requirements:Documented 1-year experience for doctoral level candidates and 3-year experience for masters level candidates is required in one of the following fields:

    • Public health informatics
    • Health informatics or related field
    • Information systems
    • Information science
    • Computer science
    • Information technology

      • Additionally, documented 1-year experience for doctoral level candidates and 3-year experience for masters level candidates is required in one of the following areas:

    • Public health
    • Related healthcare profession (medicine, nursing, veterinary medicine, dentistry, allied health professions)
      Research Requirements:Documented experience in performing research or evaluation during or after academic training (e.g., publication, thesis, poster presentation, research/evaluation proposal).

      Apply online between July 5 and November 3, 2010.

      Application Deadlines:

    • November 3: Deadline for submitting the online application (12:00 midnight, Eastern Time)
    • November 11: All supporting documents must be received by this date

    Contact Address:

    Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road, NE
    Mailstop E-92
    Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Phone: 404-498-6219
    Fax: 404-498-6135
    E-mail: phifp@cdc.gov

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    AES Engineering Scholarship 2010, UK

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    AES has been a leader in providing distinctive resources and business solutions. Our development has been fuelled by customer demand, and we have grown into a dynamic and diversified company, helping our clients achieve their goals through the application of innovative technologies and management techniques.

    Product Development
    AES is able to provide the expertise to supplement your existing resources and help you bring your new products to life. Our capabilities include:
    # Technical staff to develop the idea
    # Design expertise to select the materials
    # Manufacturing engineers to develop the processing
    # Support systems to produce the component economically and at a profit

    Scholarship Criteria
    Our belief is that achieving a high grade point average should not be the only criteria for determining who deserves to be helped. For that reason we are offering a scholarship that will be awarded on the basis of character, as determined by evaluated the essays that are submitted.

    You are not required to be taking Engineering courses to be eligible.

    How to Apply
    Students must submit an essay of no more than 1000 words in answer to one of the two questions below:

    1. If you had the authority to change your school in a positive way, what specific changes would you make?
    2. How has your family background affected the way you see the world?

    Amount of award: $500.00

    Deadline for entry: October 8, 2010

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    PhD in Design of Stable Probiotic Bacteria Cultures for New Functional Foods, Denmark

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    With reference to the project manager, the work of the Ph.D. fellow will consist mainly of duties in connection with research and development within chemical and physical processes related to stability and vitality of freeze dried probiotic bacteria formulation. Instability of dry lactic acid bacteria formulations effectively limits the types and use of ingredient and foods. The project will comprise 3 subprojects: i) Manipulation of the chemical compo­sition and properties of bacteria with emphasis on the phospholipid membrane. ii) Development of oxidation sensitive microscopy methods pertinent to dry and wet bacteria systems. iii) Investigation of the causes of cell death.

    The appointee should have documented qualifications and interest in the following areas:

    • Chemistry and physics of food and biomaterials
    • Analytical Techniques
    • Microbiology
    • Bio-imaging

    Qualification requirements:

    In connection with the appointment to the post special importance will be attached to the applicant having the professional and personal qualifications stated below:

    • Passed Master´s degree in relation to the above subject area(s)

    The Ph.D. fellow is also required to have research potential, to be enterprising and to possess good interpersonal skills.

    The application, marked 625/05123-261 should be sent to The Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Food Science, Rolighedsvej 30 , 1958 Frederiksberg C, where it must be received no later than 12th August 2010 at 12.00 noon.

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