The Epidemiology Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) and CIHR’s Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) will be hosting their 7th annual Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology. The week-long Summer Institute will provide substantive and methodologic training in human fecundity and fertility, pregnancy complications, maternal health, and fetal and infant outcomes, as well as promising new approaches for studying these issues. A combined didactic and case-based curriculum will be offered by faculty affiliated with NICHD and IHDCYH.

Up to 20 qualified students will be selected. Participants will be awarded a stipend of up to $1,500 USD to cover travel expenses; in addition, lodging and meals will be covered by NICHD and IHDCYH.*

Eligible students and fellows are invited to submit a brief (2-page) cover letter stating their professional status and goals with regard to reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, curriculum vitae (maximum of 2 pages), and two letters of support. All documents must be submitted to IHDCYH-IDSEA@cihr-irsc.gc.ca by April 16th, 2011.

For more details, see attached file or visit the CIHR website.

Mr. Ge will defend his thesis, entitled "Efficacy of composting to decontaminate C. gattii-colonized plant material."