Pfizer Fellowship in Health Disparities

Posted by on November 25, 2005

Pfizer Inc is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Pfizer Fellowship in Health Disparities, the Pfizer Fellowship in Health Literacy/Clear Health Communication, and Pfizer Scholars Grants in Public Health.

These nationally competitive awards are intended to encourage the career development and promotion of talented junior researchers.

Health disparities: One grant of $130,000, paid over two years will be awarded to an individual who is pursuing scientific research in health disparities. Award funding is primarily intended for salary support. The proposed research should focus on one or more of the following health disparities research areas:
* Further identifying and assessing sources of racial and ethnic disparities to illuminate how and why healthcare disparities occur;
* Increasing awareness about racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare among the general public and key stakeholders;
* Researching ethical issues and other barriers to eliminate disparities in healthcare;
* Developing methods for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities; and/or
* Evaluating the effectiveness of intervention strategies.

Health literacy/clear health communication: One grant of $130,000, paid over two years will be awarded to an individual who is pursuing scientific research in health literacy/clear health communication. Award funding is primarily intended for salary support. The proposed research should focus on replicable and sustainable interventions that aim to improve outcome measures for low health literacy individuals and/or populations through the use of clear health communication approaches. Outcomes measures include utilization (e.g. hospitalization rates), clinical (e.g. drug compliance), economic (e.g. cost of care), and systemic (e.g. patient satisfaction). In addition, the Board encourages applications that:
(1) Focus on one of the following leading public health topics: diet/exercise, smoking cessation, prevention, disease management and adherence;
(2) Incorporate interdisciplinary approaches and knowledge; and
(3) Bridge the academic and practicing communities.

Pfizer Scholars Grants in Public Health: These awards are meant to support the career development of junior faculty in public health. Up to two grants of $130,000 each, paid over two years, will be awarded to individuals who are pursuing community-based, public health practice research intended to foster academic science and knowledge of public health, and collaborative partnerships between accredited schools or programs of public health and state and local departments of public health.

The deadline for applications is January 6, 2006. Award funding will begin July 2006.

Apply online at <a href="http://www.pfizerpublichealth.com/grants">http://www.pfizerpublichealth.com/grants</a>

For additional information, please visit
<a href="http://www.pfizerpublichealth.com/grants">http://www.pfizerpublichealth.com/grants</a>, or contact the Program Coordinator at 800-201-1214 or [email protected].