The Partnership Post

Volume LVIII | August 2023

THE PARTNERSHIP POST

Cancer Disparities and Later Life: Aging and the Accumulation of Health Risks

Join the Partnership on Monday, October 23rd for the annual Cancer Symposium featuring keynote, Dr. Jan Mutchler.

Dr. Mutchler is a professor of gerontology and the founding director of the Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging at UMB.

Following the keynote, there will be poster presentations from Partnership trainees.

Click here for registration details.

Announcements

Fellowship in Cancer Survivorship Research

The Perini Family Survivorship Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute invites members of the DF/HCC and Harvard Medical community to apply for a two-year fellowship.

Click here for more details.

Critical Issues in Tumor Microenvironment, Angiogenesis, Metastasis, and Immunology

Register now for this virtual class which will offer the best critical analysis of what is currently known about the tumor microenvironment, angiogenesis, metastasis, and immunology.

Click here for more details.

Extending Collaborative Programmatic Partnerships with HBCUs or MSIs

DF/HCC is looking to extend their collaborative programmatic partnerships with HBCUs or MSIs, and would greatly appreciate your assistance in broadening the outreach.

Email iecd@partners.org if you have any existing partnerships and would like to be involved in the training engagement.

Congratulation, Dr. Shoba Ramanadhan!

Shoba was recently promoted to Associate Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health!

Research Training Opportunities - Applications Open!

The UMB-DF/HCC Partnership Post-Bacc Program is a 1- to 2-year fellowship that engages individuals who have completed their bachelor's degree within the past two years. Click here for Post-Bacc application details.

The University of Minnesota T32 Cancer Disparities Training Program is a postdoctoral program seeking to train researchers who are prepared to conduct community-engaged research to develop, test, and disseminate interventions in clinical and community settings. Click here for the T32 Cancer Disparities Training Program application details.

The NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics is recruiting many postdoctoral fellows for various projects. Click here for all the Postdoctoral Fellowships that are accepting applications at NCI.

The Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP) at Boston Children's Hospital is hosting a program for postdoctoral fellows to be trained in informatics, genomics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and biomedical data science. Click here for the CHIP Program details.

The Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Research in Radiation Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at NCI is seeking applicants for interdisciplinary research on statistical issues in studying the role of radiation in cancer etiology. Click here for the Postdoctoral Fellowship details.

Events

Multimodal High-Resolution Imaging for Nanoscale Investigation of Clinical Specimens and Molecular Biology - Sept. 7th

Participants will learn how technologies have enabled discoveries in cellular structures and will become familiar with the newest advances in physical tissue expansion methods with immediate applications in biomedicine, neuroscience, oncology, etc.

Click here for more details.

Publication Perfect: Part 1 - Sept. 20th

Join the Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core at the next workshop to enhance the skills needed to create publication-ready figures.

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HMS Career Clinic: Research Statements for the Academic Job Search - Sept. 21st

The HMS Office of Postdoctoral Fellows is hosting an interactive workshop to hone your research proposals for submission. Participants are expected to have a working draft.

Click here for more details.

Cancer Disparities and Later Life: Aging and the Accumulation of Health Risks - Oct. 23rd

The Partnership's annual Cancer Symposium will be at UMass Boston and feature keynote speaker Dr. Jan Mutchler. Trainees will present posters following the address.

Click here to register.

Funding Opportunities

NIH Director's Early Independence Awards

Letter of Intent Deadline: September 6, 2023

DF/HCC K12 Paul Calabresi Award for Clinical Oncology RFA

Letter of Intent Deadline: September 15, 2023

DF/HCC & MIT Bridge Project RFA

Letter of Intent Deadline: September 18, 2023

Children's Oncology Group - Teen Cancer America NCTN AYA Young Investigator Award

Letter of Intent Deadline: September 30, 2023

Visit the Non-Partnership Funding Opportunities page for a list of other possible funding sources.

Have an announcement you'd like to share? Email us and we will include it in our next newsletter!

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