Advanced Course in Grant Writing
Application Deadline—July 1
This course will help participants, typically junior faculty members, prepare and submit a National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF) or equivalent grant application by the October 2009 deadline.
A participant must possess an M.D. or Ph.D., be a faculty member in a radiology, radiation oncology or nuclear medicine program and never have been a principal investigator on an NIH- or NSF-funded project. The course will consist of four two-day sessions at RSNA Headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., over a nine-month period beginning in September 2008.
RSNA Derek Harwood-Nash International Fellowship
Application Deadline – July 1
International radiologists 3 to 10 years beyond training are invited to apply for this 6- to 12-week fellowship at a North American institution. One or two fellows will be selected.
The application form for this program is available at RSNA.org/international/CIRE/dhnash.cfm. For more information, contact Fiona Miller at fmiller@rsna.orgor 1-630-590-7741.
RSNA-sponsored Course at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC)
September 10–13 • Nice, France
Topics and speakers to be featured during an RSNA-sponsored course at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) include:
Imaging of Biomarkers—Adrian Nunn, Ph.D., Bracco Research USA, Princeton, N.J.
PET Imaging in Clinical Trials—Gustav von Schulthess, M.D., Ph.D., University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Optical Imaging in Clinical Trials—Michael V. Seiden, M.D., Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia
Imaging Treatment Response with MRI—Lawrence H. Schwartz, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
RSNA representatives on the WMIC program committee are Sanjiv Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D., of Stanford University, and Jan Grimm, M.D., Ph.D., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Session co-chairs are Dr. Grimm and Gabriel P. Krestin, M.D., Ph.D., of Erasmus Medical College.
RSNA is collaborating with the Society for Molecular Imaging, Academy of Molecular Imaging, European Society of Molecular Imaging, Federation of Asian Societies of Molecular Imaging, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and SNM to present WMIC.
More information is available at www.wmicmeeting.org.
RSNA/AUR/ARRS
Introduction to Academic Radiology Program
(Formerly known as Introduction to Research)
Application Deadline—July 15
This program demonstrates the importance of research in diagnostic radiology, illustrates the excitement of academic careers and introduces residents to successful clinical radiology researchers. Successful applicants will be assigned to either a seminar held during RSNA 2008 or the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting in 2009. Radiology departments are invited to nominate one second-year resident. A total of 80 residents will be selected to participate.
