January 16, 2018
Ten-Day Seminar
on the Epidemiology and Prevention
of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke 2018
Granlibakken Conference Center | Tahoe City, California
July 22–August 3, 2018
Call for Applications
The 2018 call for applications opens December 11, 2017 and closes April 2, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. CST.
Consideration for selection requires that the following documents be submitted electronically.
- Completed and signed application form at councilawards.heart.org
- Under "Links for Applications and Nominations" select "Apply for Award or Fellowship." Then, open the drop box and select "2018 U.S. Ten Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke."
- Letter of nomination from a sponsor well acquainted with the candidate’s experience and interest. The sponsor must be from the candidate’s institution and indicate the availability of financial support for travel and accommodations.
- A letter prepared by the candidate stating the basis for his/her interest in the seminar.
- The candidate's curriculum vitae.
The Ten Day Seminar is a unique program for physicians, researchers, public health practitioners, nurses, and other health care professionals designed to provide training in new areas of investigation and application of new methods related to the promotion of cardiovascular health and prevention of heart disease and stroke, including descriptive epidemiology, quality of care and outcomes research, genetic epidemiology, policy, and environmental approaches to health.
The overall goal of the conference is to enhance the ability of participants to pursue successful careers related to the epidemiology and prevention of heart disease and stroke, and the promotion of cardiovascular health through development of competencies related to grant writing, manuscript development, teaching, and clinical and public health practice. A select faculty of epidemiologists, biostatisticians and prevention researchers will use interactive learning techniques; including lectures, small group discussions, and tutorial sessions illustrating basic principles of cardiovascular disease and stroke epidemiology, and prevention, and their applications. There will be extensive group participation.
Candidates will ordinarily be at the postdoctoral level and at a point in their careers at which the acquired research knowledge and skills will be used in the near term. Candidates at the master level will be considered based on having the experience and scope of responsibility to enable them to make a significant contribution to the promotion of cardiovascular health or the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Such candidates may include professionals engaged in public health practice at the local, state, or federal level as well as research professionals.
The program/content is designed for a U.S.-based/North American audience therefore a preference is shown to residents of the United States. For information on the International Seminar, contact the International Seminar coordinator, Kay-Tee Khaw.
For More Information
American Heart Association
National Center
Dallas, Texas
Telephone: 888-242-2453 or 214-570-5935
Email: scientificconferences@heart.org