2015 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP FOR HEALTH SYSTEM RESEARCHERS Course location and timing: Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya: April 27th-May 22nd, 2015 Course location and timing: The UWI School of Nursing, Mona, Jamaica: May 28th-June 26th, 2015 Application deadline for both courses: December 31st, 2014 FOR INFORMATION AND TO APPLY: Internship in Kenya - contact Edith Akunja [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Internship in Jamaica - contact Janeil Brown [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Note: Selection is competitive and seats are limited. ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP The four-week research internship (held annually in both Kenya and Jamaica) is a unique, intensive training opportunity for early career researchers to launch their research career, receive mentoring, and network locally and internationally. INTERNSHIP OBJECTIVES: During the internship, you will: * Acquire knowledge and skills in health systems research and linking research to policy; * Develop skills in multiple intervention program design and evaluation in health systems; * Gain knowledge and skills essential for competitive grantsmanship; * Extend your repertoire of cutting edge research designs and approaches in health systems; * Enhance your peer review skills; * Build your research networks and extend links with local, national and international decision-makers; * Develop research proposals, programs of research or scientific manuscripts during work-in-progress sessions. ELIGIBILITY: * Graduate-prepared (minimum completed graduate degree one month prior to internship start date) in nursing, medicine, public health, epidemiology, or other health-sciences related disciplines. * Committed to long-term research engagement and providing tangible benefits to home community or institution. * Interested in international research collaboration. Susan Roelofs Evaluation research specialist, REPOPA (Research into Policy to Enhance Physical Activity) www.repopa.eu<http://www.repopa.eu/> Manager, International Initiatives School of Nursing University of Ottawa Room 127 - 1 Stewart St. Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Canada Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: 613-562-5800, ext. 8438 / Fax: 613-562-5713 Access CANCHID archives at: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/canchid.html plus CANCHID subscription management. CANCHID is a joint service of the Canadian Society for International Health < http:www.csih.org > and the Distributed Knowledge Project (York University). Queries to Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]>