Global Burden of Disease Fellowships

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ICNA

Global Burden of Disease Fellowships

25 January 2021

• GBOD

The ICNA is inviting applications from eligible candidates under the ICNA GBOD Fellowship programme. 

GBOD applications can be on any topic in Child Neurology OR could be specific to  COVID-19 (burden that COVID-19 has had on Child Neurology, both globally and particularly in Low and Middle Income Regions)

Ideas for a COVID-19 specific GBOD could include, but are not limited to, developing a registry to evaluate various impacts of COVID-19:

• COVID-19 associated neurological complications in children
• The impact of COVID on developmental and mental health in children
• Covid-19 Vaccination and impact on disease burdenImpact of COVID-19 on health care delivery
• Impact of COVID-19 on health care delivery
• Impact of COVID-19 on child neurology training

 

Criteria for the GBOD:

Applicants should be members of ICNA and ideally within 5 years of training (although others may be considered based on the discretion of the committee).

The award is up to $5000 USD for one year. Applicants are expected to provide a summary of their work for publication in the Journal of ICNA.

The deadline for applications (all topics) is MAY 1, 2022.

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If you have questions, please email Elaine Wirrell at wirrell.elaine@mayo.edu