Recruiting trainees for a global health research workforce: The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars program selection process

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-287

  Heimburger, Douglas C ^a   Warner, Tokesha L ^a   Carothers, Catherine Lem ^a   Blevins, Meridith ^a   Thomas, Yolanda ^b   Gardner, Pierce ^c   Primack, Aron ^b   Vermund, Sten H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PERSONNEL SELECTION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84881521229     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0677     Document Type: Article

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