Fellowships: Malaria Research and Training Project
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The Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI) was founded in
1995, as a non-profit public organization dedicated to build health
research capacity in Zimbabwe and the SADC region. The BRTI is invit-
ing applications for pre-doctoral and masters level fellowships spon-
sored by the Fogarty International Centre in conjunction with Johns
Hopkins University to assist in building research capacity in malaria
in the SADC region. These fellowships are intended to encourage young
scientists and professionals working at national institutions to be
trained in the field of malaria research.
Doctoral
Two fellowships are available to applicants who meet the requirements
for registering for research based PhD at the Johns Hopkins School of
Public Health. Fieldwork for the dissertation will be carried out in
SADC.
GRE General Test Scores are required. Applicants are expected to have
a minimum of 2.1 degree pass in medicine, biochemistry, immunology or
biological sciences. In addition, applicants with MSc degree and pre-
vious research experience have an advantage.
Masters
Two fellowships are available for applicants interested in postgradu-
ate training that leads to a MSc or MPH degree. Applicants should be
eligible to register at a university in SADC region. Participants
will also undertake a three months certificate course at the Johns
Hopkins Summer Institute of Tropical Medicine.
Applicants are expected to have a minimum of 2.1 degree pass in medi-
cine, biochemistry, immunology or biological sciences. The disserta-
tion will be in malaria/entomology.
Application deadline is 10th March 2002.
Applications should be sent to:
The Co-ordinator
Malaria Research and Training Project
BRTI
P.O.Box CY 1753, Causeway
Harare, Zimbabwe
Fax: +263-4-870-403 or +263-4-253-979
mailto:igha@icon.co.zw
or
mailto:mutambu@blair.co.zw
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