AAMC launches career service for job openings in academic medicine
The AAMC has launched a new online service, the "AAMC Job Board," which allows member institutions to post notices of job openings for non-faculty positions at their institutions and to search for qualified and available personnel in a variety of career areas.
Employers who use the AAMC Job Board for position postings will have access to a full array of tools to search for and contact candidates, track activity and manage their recruiting dollars. The service is competitively priced, with reduced rates for AAMC member institutions. Resume posting, for job seekers, is free. For more information, please visit http://www.aamc.org/jobboard.
Association seeks nominations for Nickens Awards
The AAMC is soliciting nominations for the annual Herbert W. Nickens Award, as well as nominations for the Nickens Faculty Fellowship and Medical Student Scholarships. Nominations for all three awards must be received by April 1. Late submissions will not be considered.
The Herbert W. Nickens Award is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health care. The recipient will receive a $10,000 award and will present the Nickens Lecture at the AAMC's 2005 Annual Meeting. Nominees may come from the fields of medicine, public health, education, law, nursing or the social sciences.
The Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member, committed to a career in academic medicine, who has demonstrated leadership in addressing inequities in medical education and health care. The fellowship recipient will receive a $15,000 grant to support his or her academic and professional activities over a two-year period.
The Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarships are awarded to five outstanding students entering their third-year of medical school who have demonstrated leadership in addressing the educational, societal and health care needs of minorities. Each recipient will receive a $5,000 scholarship.
For more information, please contact Juan Amador, AAMC Division of Diversity Policy and Programs, at NickensAwards@aamc.org or visit http://www.aamc.org/about/awards.
AAMC seeks entries for federal health promotion award
The AAMC is soliciting papers from medical students to be submitted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services "2005 Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention." The competition is an opportunity for students enrolled in schools of the health professions to enter papers describing their innovative health promotion or disease prevention projects. Students may submit papers in one of two categories: single discipline projects or interdisciplinary projects. The AAMC is collecting entries from medical students in the single discipline category.
Cash awards for entries within a single discipline are: $3,500 for first place; $2,500 for second place; and $1,500 for third place.
Interdisciplinary awards will receive: $7,500 for first place; $5,000 for second place; and $3,000 for third place. Student papers must be sponsored by a faculty member and should be submitted to that faculty member by Feb. 7. Sponsors should then forward the final entries to the AAMC by March 4. Late submissions will not be considered.
For more information, please contact Juan Amador, AAMC Division of Diversity Policy and Programs, SecretarysAward@aamc.org or visit http://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/secretarysaward/start.htm.