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Mentoring Programs
Laboratory Training Experience
Visiting
Fellow/Scientist
Program in
Primary
Immunodeficiencies
This newly established program gives fellows or
recent graduates in an immunology training program the ability to enhance a specific clinical
or laboratory procedure related to primary immunodeficiencies.
Fellow/Scientist will have the opportunity to visit a center with expertise in the
Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases to learn laboratory techniques. Examples might include HLA
typing, cord blood collection, flow cytometric analysis for immunodeficiency or isolation and
separation of dendritic cells.
Training opportunities are offered from one week
to two weeks to gain laboratory experiences.
A stipend of $2000 to $3000 will be awarded for travel and living expenses depending on
length of training.
Applicants must apply to the USIDNET Mentoring
Committee submitting:
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A curriculum vitae
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A letter from the head of the
program/laboratory director agreeing to provide supervision for the proposed training
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A career statement outlining career goals and
the impact of this training on their career gools.
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A letter of support from the applicant's training director or
chairman of the training program.
Applications will be reviewed and evaluated by
the Mentoring Committee composed of members of the Steering Committee and Advisory Panel as
designated by the Steering Committee. The Mentoring Committee will have no fewer than three
members.
Persons interested in applying should
contact
Tamara Brown
, at USIDNET
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