<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><br>Title:            </span><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">..                                                                                                                                                                                                                   <br>SYNOPSIS:  The fellowship program brings visiting scholars in<br>health services research-related disciplines to the National Center<br>for Health Statistics (NCHS) in Hyattsville, Md. for a period of 13<br>months to conduct studies of interest to policymakers and the health<br>services research community. Fellows have access to NCHS data<br>resources for use in their proposed studies, and also work on<br>collaborative projects with NCHS staff. <br><br>Deadline(s):      01/05/2015 <br><br>Contact:          Beth Johnson                                                                                        <br><br>Address:      NCHS/AcademyHealth Fellowship<br>                  1150 17th Street NW, Suite 600 <br>                  Washington, DC 20036      <br>                  U.S.A.                                 <br>E-mail:           <a href="mailto:beth.johnson@academyhealth.org" target="_blank">beth.johnson@academyhealth.org</a><br>Web Site:       <a href="http://academyhealth.org/Training/content.cfm?ItemNumber=1442&amp;navItemNumber=2336" target="_blank">http://academyhealth.org/Training/content.cfm?ItemNumber=1442&amp;navItemNumber=2336</a><br>Program URL: <a href="http://academyhealth.org/Training/content.cfm?ItemNumber=1435&amp;navItemNumber=2337" target="_blank">http://academyhealth.org/Training/content.cfm?ItemNumber=1435&amp;navItemNumber=2337</a><br>Tel:               <a href="tel:202-292-6700" value="+12022926700" target="_blank">202-292-6700</a>                  <br>Fax:              <a href="tel:202-292-6800" value="+12022926800" target="_blank">202-292-6800</a>        <br> <br>DEADLINE NOTE<br>Application must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. EST.<br> <br>Appl Type(s):     Doctoral-Midcareer/Senior Invst.<br>                  Postdoctoral<br>                  Physician/Medical Professional<br>                  Researcher/Investigator<br>                  Young Investigator/Junior Faculty<br>                <br><br>OBJECTIVES:  The aim of the fellowship is to foster collaboration<br>between NCHS staff and visiting scholars on a wide range of topics of<br>mutual concern. The fellowship allows visiting scholars to conduct new<br>and innovative analyses and participate in developmental and health<br>policy activities related to the design and content of future NCHS<br>surveys. <br><br>ELIGIBILITY<br> Applicants may be at any stage in their career from doctoral<br>students (who must have completed course work and be at the<br>dissertation phase of their program) to senior investigators.<br>Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have a green card. Applicants must<br>demonstrate training and/or experience in health services research and<br>its methodology, especially quantitative data analysis, reflecting<br>disciplines such as public health, public administration, health care<br>administration, statistics, sociology, economics, behavioral sciences,<br>or the health professions (e.g., medicine, nursing, dentistry,<br>pharmacology, etc.) <br><br>FUNDING<br> Salaries are commensurate with qualifications and experience.<br>Doctoral student fellows may qualify for salaries based on a<br>GS-9/11/12 civil service equivalent, which in 2012 ranged from $51,630<br>to $ 97,333. Post-doctoral, health professional, and faculty fellows<br>may come to NCHS as service fellows or on an Interagency Personnel<br>Agreement (IPA). The maximum salary for a senior service fellow would<br>be the highest category for a GS-15, which was $155,500 in 2012. An<br>alternative in some cases may be an IPA negotiated with the fellow&#39;s<br>home institution. The salary that the fellowship would cover in the<br>IPA is usually the same as that which the investigator earns at<br>his/her home institution. However, the maximum salary that the<br>fellowship would cover under an IPA is the maximum that the National<br>Institutes of Health (NIH) would reimburse an investigator on a grant;<br>this is $196,700 in 2012. <br>  <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Leora Lawton PhD<br>Executive Director<br>Berkeley Population Center<br>350K Barrows Hall<br>(of) 510-643-1270<br>(m) 510-928-7572<br><a href="http://www.popcenter.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">www.popcenter.berkeley.edu</a><br></div>
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