The Association of American Medical Colleges is seeking applicants for an international clinical research training fellowship for graduate-level health professions students. The program is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center, in partnership with the Ellison Medical Foundation. This one-year program provides students with mentored research training at top-ranked, NIH-funded research centers in a diverse group of countries. Applications are due Dec. 14. The AAMC and the Association of Schools of Public Health manage the program. For more information, please email fic-fellowship@aamc.org or visit http://www.aamc.org/overseasfellowship.

President Irvin D. Reid recently announced that the WSU Division of Research has two new leaders. Hilary Ratner, associate provost, dean of the Graduate School, director of international programs and professor of psychology, and Joseph Dunbar, chair of the Department of Physiology, were named vice president and associate vice president of research, respectively.

Last year, Wayne State received a planning grant from the National Institutes of Health in order to prepare an application to join NIH’s consortium for a Clinical Translational Science Award. When operational, the CTSA program will unite 60 institutions to stimulate clinical and translational science. Both Drs. Ratner and Dunbar will be working to ensure that Wayne State attains a spot in the program. Ratner already is co-chair of the university’s CTSA project. The two also will encourage faculty to increase the number of research proposals and will renew emphasis on key areas such as psychology, chemistry, physics and engineering to receive more grants in the future.

The Sinai Guild is currently accepting grant request applications for 2007. Grants will be awarded for medical equipment or research only. Deadline for submission is July 1. Please call (248) 538-6501 to request a Grant Application Form or for more information.

The Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse is calling for abstracts on substance abuse education and research to be submitted for presentation at the association's annual conference. Abstracts highlighting cross-cultural issues, diversity, hard-to-reach populations or clinical practice differences are encouraged, including interdisciplinary and international topics. Submissions will be accepted into one of three categories: scientific research presentation, program and curricula evaluation, and clinical case presentation. Submissions are due May 15. The conference will be held Nov. 8-10 in Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit http://www.amersa.org/cfa.asp.

The March issue of WSU’s online research newsletter, Research@Wayne, is now available online at http://www.research.wayne.edu/rw/ The publication provides listings of grant opportunities, seminars and other news related to the university’s research enterprise.

_{All staff, faculty and students of Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Wayne State University Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Nursing and other interested departments and rehabilitation organizations are invited to submit abstracts for presentation at the 13 th annual Del Harder Research Day on Friday, May 4. The submissions should reflect empirical or data-based research in any area related to medical rehabilitation. Accepted submissions will be scheduled for either a 20-minute oral presentation or a poster presentation. The submissions must meet the following criteria:}

_{•  Posters and papers presented elsewhere no earlier than May 2006;}

_{•  Unpublished research studies, projects in progress and new methodologies;}

_{•  Descriptive abstracts for clinical case studies, technical innovations or new therapeutic techniques;}

_{•  The principal author must be affiliated with a university (as a student, staff or faculty)}

Abstracts may be submitted in two categories: student/novice and experienced researcher. Prizes will be awarded for best oral and poster presentation in the student/novice category as judged by a panel of experts (cash prizes of $250 each). For questions or additional information, contact the Research Department at 745-9735 or email Rana El-Jaroudi at reljarou@dmc.org . The deadline for submission of abstracts is this Friday, March 23. Decisions on acceptance will be communicated to authors by end of March.