The annual Wang Family Excellence Award recognizes four outstanding faculty members and one outstanding staff member from the California State University system who, through extraordinary commitment and dedication, have distinguished themselves by exemplary contributions and achievements. Their activities advance the CSU’s mission and enhance excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Each recipient is given a $20,000 award.
NEWS AND EVENTS
Dr. Judy Arroyo Receives 1st Annual Dora Goldstein Diversity in the Sciences Award
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At the 2019 RSA Scientific Meeting in Minneapolis Dr. Judy Arroyo was awarded with the 1st Annual Dora Goldstein Diversity in the Sciences Award. This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated excellence and creativity in alcohol research, and a commitment to diversity and mentoring throughout his or her career. Dr. Arroyo has been an important part of the NHSN family and we are proud of her accomplishments. Congratulations Dr. Arroyo on this amazing achievement! |
Drs. Avelardo Valdez and Alice Cepeda receive Research Project Grant from NIMHD
Dr. Avelardo Valdez and Dr. Alice Cepeda have received a Notice of Award for a Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). Their study, “Disparities in Health among Floating Immigrant Populations” is a 5-year, $3 million research project that will be conducted in Los Angeles and Mexico City. The study’s objective is to identify mechanisms by which immigration processes expose “floating populations” (those who move back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico either voluntarily or forced) to distinct environments, increases their susceptibility to risk behaviors and contributes to mental and physical health disparities. This international study will be conducted in collaboration with the University of Southern California (USC), the Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz (INPRFM), and the Centro para la Prevención y Atención Integral del VIH/SIDA de la CDMX (Clínica Condesa).
Angela Bazzi, Cristina Mogro-Wilson, Nalini Junko Negi, Jennifer Reingle Gonzalez, Miguel Angel Cano, Yessenia Castro & Alice Cepeda
@500WomenSci has just launched its Fellowship for the Future!
This fellowship provides $5,000 for the applicant and $1,000/year for a maximum of two years for the project itself.
"The Fellowship for the Future is a two-year leadership program for women of color in STEM leading research or outreach projects in line with the 500 Women Scientists mission and focused on increasing equity, inclusion, accessibility, or social justice in STEM. During their fellowship, fellows will carry out a project with financial and logistical support from the 500 Women Scientists leadership team. Our hope is that by providing these extra resources and community connections, we can help expand the scope and impact of amazing work led by women of color in STEM"
Contact fellowship@500womenscientists.org with any questions.
Vacant Position
Texas A&M University, Health Science Center and College of Medicine, Department Head, Neurosciences & Experimental Therapeutics
The Texas A&M University seeks a distinguished academician with proven scientific, strategic and collaborative leadership skills to serve as the next Department Head for Neurosciences and Experimental Therapeutics (NExT). A visionary leader is sought to build upon existing strengths and create a nationally recognized department which has thematic alignment with the Departmental, the College of Medicine and the Health Science Center’s vision. The Department Head will lead initiatives to expand the funded research portfolio of the Department and to engage with translational research in the Department and College. See Announcement.
Postdoctoral Fellowships - Graduate Research Training in Alcohol Problems: Alcohol Related Disparities
University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health and the Alcohol Research Group is currently accepting applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for research training in alcohol studies. See Announcement.
Training Specialist, Office of Workforce Effectiveness and Resources and Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
NIAID is seeking four outstanding training specialists for two open positions in the Division of Intramural Research and two open positions in the Workforce Development Branch (WDB), Office of Workforce Effectiveness and Resources. See Announcement.
Postdoctoral Fellow/Site Research Directors HIV Prevention and Testing
We are looking to fill three Postdoctoral Fellow/Site Project Director positions with funding available for up to 5 years. The successful candidates will be housed in the state health departments of Indiana (Indianapolis), West Virginia (Charleston), or Georgia (Atlanta) and lead the NIH grant-funded initiatives in one of these states. The research aims to develop and test technology-based public health responses to the HIV crisis in difficult to reach regions and includes drug and sexual transmission. See Announcement.
Department of Physiology: LSU Health – New Orleans
The Department of Physiology in the School of Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA seeks outstanding candidates with a PhD or equivalent degree for a tenure track faculty position at the assistant to full professor level. Special consideration will be given to candidates with significant extramural funding and research strengths in cardiovascular physiology or alcohol-related pathophysiology. Click here for more Info