The Collaborative Center for Health Equity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in partnership with the Maryland Center for Health Equity in the School of  Public Health, University of Maryland would like to welcome you to the Health Equity Leadership Institute 2013 website.

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HEALTH EQUITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE MISSION

To support and advance the career development of researchers targeting the elimination of health disparities, recognizing that where we live, learn, work and play can have a greater impact on how long and how well we live than medical care.

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Health Equity Leadership Institute
June 9-14, 2013

EVENT DETAILS

In partnership with the Maryland Center for Health Equity in the School of Public Health, University of Maryland College Park, the center offers an intensive weeklong "research boot camp" focused on increasing the number of investigators, particularly minority investigators, engaged in health disparities/health equity research that are successful in tenure track academic appointments in schools of public health, medicine and other health and behavioral health science disciplines, assisting them in achieving research funding through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Focus: Translational community-engaged health equity research and how the National Institutes of Health supports health disparity/health equity research.

Content: Presentations by health equity researchers from UW-Madison, other academic settings and NIH; visits to community partner research sites; tips for mentor selection and alignment, work/life balance, manuscript development and grant writing and mock study sections.

Deadlines

• Application release date: February 1
• Application due date: February 24
• Notification of selected scholars: March 19

The application deadline for HELI 2013 has been extended to MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25. The Center is pleased to announce HELI 2013 Application Released!!! Please distribute broadly to any interested parties!

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For more information, contact CCHE@hslc.wisc.edu.