The JSU Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center is accepting applications for the Daniel Hale Williams Scholars Program.
Graduate students majoring in Public Health, Sociology and Psychology can apply, according Dr. Brenda W. Campbell, the Center’s program director. The deadline is April 24.
Among the benefits, students can receive an opportunity to engage in:
— Two years of research and education training
— Cutting-edge cardio-vascular disease research
— Analyzing, presenting and publishing scientific manuscripts from Heart Study data
A $10,000 stipend is also offered.
Certain qualifications must be met. For more information or to obtain an application, see: https://www.jsums.edu/gtec/ or contact Jenkins at 601-979-8731.
Through the Daniel Hale Williams Scholars program, students are able to expand their public health skills from the training they receive in cardiovascular epidemiology, biostatistics and social epidemiology.
The Jackson Heart Study is the largest single-site, prospective, epidemiologic investigation of cardiovascular disease among African Americans ever undertaken.
It’s a collaboration among three institutional partners (Jackson State University, University of Mississippi Medical Center and Tougaloo College), the Jackson community and the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to discover and test best practices for eliminating health disparities.
The Center and the Jackson State University School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service, are located at the Jackson Medical Mall, 350 West Woodrow Wilson Blvd.