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Twitter chat on Behavioral Sciences Careers in Academia | March 28th | 2 PM EST

Twitter chat on Behavioral Sciences Careers in Academia | March 28th | 2 PM EST

The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health will like to invite you to join the upcoming Twitter chat on Behavioral Sciences Careers in Academia. The panelists on this chat will be discussing and answering questions on applying for faculty positions in the fields of Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences, Public Health, and Epidemiology. This session will be live on Friday, March 28^th, 2014 from 2 – 3 pm EDT. Please join the conversation using #OBSSRchat. You may follow the stream of tweets at @NIHOBSSR or at http://twubs.com/obssrchat. You can find more information on the twitter chat at http://obssr.od.nih.gov/news_and_events/obssr_twitter_chats/index.aspx.  

The panelists on this chat are Marc Adams, PhD, MPH, Arizona State University, Vicki Johnson-Lawrence, PhD, MS, University of Michigan,  Robert Kaplan, PhD, MA, Director, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (Former faculty at University of California, Los Angeles,  and  Karen McDonnell, PhD, George Washington University.

OBSSR is dedicated to the training and career development of the next generation. This series will highlight types of jobs available for persons with MA, MS, MPH, or PhDs in the fields of Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences, Public Health, and Epidemiology.  This is not a job fair. Rather it is an opportunity to explore different career paths; to understand the different responsibilities and expectations; and to hear advice on strategies for applying and for succeeding in the field.   

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• Join @NIHOBSSR on 3/28, 2pET for a chat w/ faculty on Behavioral Sciences careers in academia http://go.usa.gov/KUGd  #OBSSRchat #careers
• Pursuing a career in behavioral sciences? Want to work as faculty? @OBSSR chats w/ faculty 3/28,2pET http://go.usa.gov/KUGd #obssrchat
   
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• Pursuing a career in behavioral sciences, psychology and public health?  Are you interested in faculty positions in behavioral science?  Join the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and a panel of faculty on March 28, 2014 from 2-3pm EDT for a Twitter chat on Careers in Behavioral Sciences in Academia? Join the conversation using the hashtag #OBSSRchat. Follow @NIHOBSSR. Learn more – [http://go.usa.gov/KUGd]

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NCI PROVOCATIVE QUESTION INITIATIVE_12.16.2013

NCI PROVOCATIVE QUESTION INITIATIVE  

The purpose of this new Funding Opportunity Announcement is to support innovative research projects designed to solve specific problems and paradoxes in cancer research. Twenty Provocative Questions (PQs) are meant to challenge researchers to elucidate specific problems in key areas of cancer research that are important but have not received sufficient attention. New for this year, one of the PQs specifically addresses cancer health disparities: (PQC-3) HOW DO VARIATIONS IN TUMOR-ASSOCIATED IMMUNE RESPONSES AMONG PATIENTS FROM DISTINCT WELL-DEFINED POPULATIONS, SUCH AS VARIOUS RACIAL/ETHNIC OR AGE GROUPS, CONTRIBUTE TO DIFFERENCES IN CANCER OUTCOMES? RFA-CA-13-020 (R01)/ RFA-CA-13-021 (R21)

 

Applications are due January 15, 2014 and June 20, 2014. Letters of intent are due 30 days before the application due dates. 

For more information see flyer and visit: http://provocativequestions.nci.nih.gov/

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