Have you ever considered a career working with the Veterans Health Administration? The VA offers a broad range of opportunities for those interested in later-life mental health research. To understand why, consider the following statistics: The number of veterans over age 65 increased from 54 percent to 65 percent between 1990 and 2000, and is projected to increase after 2010 with the aging population of Vietnam veterans. As in the general population, those over 80 years of age are the fastest-growing cohort of veterans.
In our November 6th First Tuesday teleconference, Dr. Helen Kales will discuss her career pathway from early to mid-level investigator within the Veterans Health Administration, as well as opportunities for MDs and PhDs interested in later-life mental health research in the VA system. Remember that participation in First Tuesdays is easy -- all you need is a phone and Internet access. For more information or to register, click here.
Sincerely,
Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS; Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH; Maureen Halpain, MS; Barry D. Lebowitz, PhD;
Charles F. Reynolds III, MD; Gwenn Smith, PhD; Joel E. Streim, MD; Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA
Medical school faculty discontent: prevalence and predictors of intent to leave academic careers.
Lowenstein SR, Fernandez G, Crane LA.
BMC Med Educ. 2007 Oct 14;7(1):37 [Epub ahead of print]
This study measured the prevalence and determinants of intent to leave academic medicine.
Can the Language of Tenure Criteria Influence Women's Academic Advancement?
Marchant A, Bhattacharya A, Carnes M.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Sep;16(7):998-1003.
The authors suggest that including the word "leader" in tenure criteria may promote activation and application of biases that disadvantage women's career advancement.
Society for Women in Academic Psychiatry: a peer mentoring approach.
Seritan AL, Bhangoo R, Garma S, Dubé J, Park JH, Hales R.
Acad Psychiatry. 2007 Sep-Oct;31(5):363-6.
The Society for Women in Academic Psychiatry (S.W.A.P.), a peer mentoring group founded by junior women faculty at UC Davis, is a novel approach to the academic gender gap problem.
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Case Study: Research Survival Skills Practicum
Jennifer Morse, PhD; Beth Nolan, PhD; Rebecca Ready, PhD
This module provides a simulation of the functioning of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Research Survival Skills practicum program, which helps scholars prepare K award applications during the course of the postdoctoral fellowship.
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Writing Grant Proposals: The Practical Application of Clinical Research Theory
Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH
This talk guides the viewer step by step through the writing of a grant proposal and explains the importance of this process.
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NIH peer review of grant applications for clinical research.
Kotchen TA, Lindquist T, Malik K, Ehrenfeld E.
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This article describes recent trends and outcomes of peer review of grant applications to NIH requesting support for clinical research.
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Effect of training and other influences on the development of career interest in geriatric psychiatry.
Lieff SJ, Tolomiczenko GS, Dunn LB.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2003 May-Jun;11(3):300-8.
The authors examined the relationship between the timing and nature of educational exposure to geriatric psychiatry and other potential influences and subsequent development of career interest in geriatric psychiatry.
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Graduate special: How a female scientist can buck the system
New Scientist.com, October 27, 2007
Ask any successful female scientist what it takes to succeed and they will no doubt say that you need to be single-minded about pushing your career forwards.
A List of Professional Activities for Researchers
Science Careers Blog, October 19, 2007
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) has released a referential list of all the professional activities scientists should or could pursue across all disciplines and career stages.
Commitment to Scientists Studying Aging Increased by AFAR/Ellison Medical Foundation
Medical News Today.com, October 15, 2007
The Ellison Medical Foundation and AFAR have increased funding for the new Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research Program and the Julie Martin Mid-Career Awards in Aging Research.
CareerAutobiographyPatricia Aréan, PhD
Dr. Aréan, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco, discusses her career pathway. Other career autobiographies can be found in the Researcher Roadmaps section.
EventsCalendar
Career Opportunities in the VA
When: November 6
Where: First Tuesday Teleconference
Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry
When: November 14-15
Where: Montreal, Quebec
Gerontological Society of America
When: November 16-20
Where:San Francisco, CA
MedEdResources
NIH Career Award Wizard
The Career Award Wizard is designed to help applicants identify an individual NIH Career Award that might be right for them.
US Administration on Aging (AoA)
The AoA is a Federal agency dedicated to policy development, planning and the delivery of supportive home and community-based services to older persons and their caregivers.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Institutional Training Programs (T32s)
The AHRQ funds 27 institutions located across the country, which in turn recruit and train predoctoral and/or postdoctoral health services researchers. Approximately 160 students receive support under this program annually.
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