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29 August 2008
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Marilyn Gentry Fellowship Programme |
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 The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC),
USA and the American Institute for Cancer Research/World
Cancer Research Fund (AICR/WCRF) announce the
establishment of the Marilyn
Gentry Fellowship Programme in Nutrition and Cancer
in the UNC School of Public Health Department
of Nutrition, USA.
Those interested in applying for a fellowship
under the Marilyn
Gentry Fellowship Programme in Nutrition and Cancer
should send a copy of their CV, along with
a letter indicating their area of focus in nutrition
and cancer, for the attention of:
Human Resources
Department of Nutrition
University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill
2201B McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB#7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461
USA
Email: nutritionhr@unc.edu
The
programme has been established in honour of
Marilyn Gentry, President of AICR/WCRF. Since
its founding in 1982, AICR has been an important
factor in fostering research and educating the
public on the link between diet and cancer. Since
1990, WCRF International has carried this work
across geographical boundaries to help alleviate
the global burden of cancer. Part of a worldwide
network, these organisations have raised awareness
that risk of cancer can be reduced by nutrition
and lifestyle modification. They have funded innovative
scientific research on diet and cancer and stimulated
new public initiatives for cancer prevention and
control throughout the world.
Purpose
The purpose of the
Marilyn Gentry Fellowship Programme in Nutrition
and Cancer is to develop leaders in cutting-edge
nutritional research as it relates to cancer prevention,
treatment and survivorship. Due to the paucity
of nutritional research in the area of cancer
survivorship, we especially want to encourage
applicants with strong interest in that area.
The two-year fellowships are designed to attract
and support individuals at the transition stage
between a postdoctoral position and the assistant
professorship level. Fellows will be appointed
at the level of Research Assistant Professor of
Nutrition and will receive two years of organised
mentoring on the specific skills needed to succeed
as academic scientists. Fellows will also develop
a body of data that will allow them to compete
successfully for grant funding and help establish
them as independent investigators. |
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