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| Posted by: | Jada Hamilton |
| Title/Position: | Cancer Prevention Fellow |
| School/Organization: | National Cancer Institute |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | December 6th, 2011 |
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6th Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory -- Applications due by February 1, 2012
Announcing an intensive, 7-day workshop for early career investigators July 14 to July 21, 2012 at the Fluno Center for Executive Education in Madison, Wisconsin. The objectives of the institute are to allow approximately 30 attendees to extend their understanding of the assumptions underlying major types of health behavior theories, to explore how theories are tested and improved, and to examine how to use theories appropriately in designing interventions for behavioral risk factor modification. The institute is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institute of Drug Abuse, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.
The Institute will be led by an experienced team of researchers, including:
Jeffrey Fisher, University of Connecticut
Jennifer Hay, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Abby King, Stanford University
Sarah Kobrin, National Cancer Institute
Robin Mermelstein, University of Illinois at Chicago
Melissa Riddle, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
William Riley, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Alexander Rothman, University of Minnesota
Applicants from all disciplines are welcome to apply. Multiple disciplines have been represented at each of the previous workshops. Applicants must have received a doctoral degree by the beginning of the course and have completed at least one graduate-level course in the behavioral sciences and one graduate-level course in statistics. Participants must be U.S. citizens.
There will be a $500 meeting cost to participate in the institute. Travel, meals, and lodging will be provided. More information, the application, and comments from previous participants are available at:
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/workshop/
Please forward this message on to anybody you think may be interested in this opportunity.
For any additional information about the course or the application process, please contact:
Sarah Kobrin, PhD, MPH
Program Director
Process of Care Research Branch
Science of Research and Technology Branch
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Blvd.
EPN 4096, MSC 7331
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 435-8662
kobrins@mail.nih.gov
Web site: http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/acsrb/
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