The American College
of Epidemiology invites submissions for the 2005 Student Prize.
This prize recognizes an outstanding scientific contribution
by a student of epidemiology.
Students undertaking
doctoral training in epidemiology are invited to submit a
paper, as are students with a doctoral degree in a field relevant
to epidemiology who are undertaking formal training in epidemiology
of at least one year's duration equivalent to a Master of
Science degree. To be eligible, students must be in training
or have completed training no earlier than July 1, 2004 .
The submitted
paper should contain the findings of original research conducted
by the student during training and should be suitable for
publication. The style should follow the format of the Annals
of Epidemiology . Papers submitted may be sole-authored, or,
if co-authored, the student should be the lead author and
the student's advisor must provide a letter documenting the
roles of the student and co-authors.
The Student
Prize will consist of:
• Financial assistance
to attend the Annual Meeting of the American College of Epidemiology.
• Presentation
of the paper at the meeting.
• Expeditious
review of the paper for publication in the Annals of Epidemiology
.
• A special recognition
award from the College.
The deadline
for receipt of submissions is March 31, 2005 . Six copies
of the paper and advisor's letter, if appropriate, and a cover
letter indicating address for correspondence (please include
postal and e-mail addresses as well as telephone and fax numbers)
should be sent to:
Roger
H. Bernier, PhD
Chair, Awards Committee
American College of Epidemiology
1500 Sunday Drive, Suite 102
Raleigh, NC 27607
Ph: 919-861-5573
Fax: 919-787-4916
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