New journal on care for Hispanic patients launched
The American Academy of Family Physicians and the National Hispanic Medical Association have launched a new journal, Caring for Hispanic Patients. This English-language publication "focuses on improving services and delivery of care to Hispanic patients in a variety of settings." The journal will include editorials, clinical review papers, and practice management articles. Both sponsoring organizations hope this will become an annual publication. For more information, please click here.

NIH fellowship program seeks applicants
The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center is seeking applications for a program that offers one-year clinical research training experiences for graduate-level students in the health professions. The program is managed by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Association of Schools of Public Health, with support from the Ellison Medical Foundation. The fellowship program provides U.S. students the opportunity to experience mentored research training at NIH-funded research centers in developing countries, such as Bangladesh, Botswana, Haiti, India, Mali, Peru, South Africa and Thailand. Applications for the one-year term beginning July 2005 are now available; the deadline is Jan. 7. For more information, visit http://www.aamc.org/overseasfellowship.