Westlake Summer Youth Forum 2012 (2012 西湖之夏青年论坛) Call for Application / Nomination for Travel Fellowship The Organizing Committee of Westlake Youth Forum 2012 is pleased to invite applications for a travel fellowship for members of the China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS) to participate in the Westlake Youth Forum “Summer of Hangzhou” on August 3-6, 2012. Local expenses including meals, accommodation, and local transportation will be covered for, and a $1000 international travel allowance will be awarded to selected participants. The CHPAMS (www.chpams.org) will facilitate the selection. Westlake Youth Forum: • • • •
When: August 3-6, 2012 Where: Hangzhou, China Brief timeline: August 3, registration; August 4-5, workshop; August 6, field trip and tour About the Westlake Youth Forum: The West Lake Forum is a series of conference that aims to provide a platform to facilitate the communications among policy makers and researchers from China and overseas who are passionate about the health policy and system science. The Westlake Youth Forum 2012 is a networking platform specifically for young scholars from within and outside of China to better communicate, network and collaborate with each other. It is organized by Zhejiang University School of Medicine (http://www.cmm.zju.edu.cn) and funded by the China Medical Board (CMB) (http://www.cmbfound.org/).
What will be included in the Fellowship? • • • • •
Local expenses including meals, (shared) accommodation, and local transportation in Hangzhou will be covered; A $1,000 international travel allowance will be awarded to selected participants; Networking with world-class academic leaders and young scholars in HPSS from within and outside of China; Networking with academic and university leaders in China to explore your career opportunities in China; Discuss one of your representational academic papers at the poster session of the Forum.
Who should apply (Eligibility)? 1. Young (age 45 years or less on August 1, 2012) faculty members, researchers, or graduate students in academia, research institutes, or governmental organizations); 2. Working on Health Policy and Systems Sciences (HPSS) (See footnote for a definition of HPSS)1; 1
卫生政策与体系科学（Health Policy and Systems Sciences，HPSS）是一门新兴的以卫生体系为研究对象， 以解决主要健康问题、提高卫生体系绩效为目标的科学。HPSS 追踪健康威胁，调查卫生体系的结构和运行， 发展各类卫生政策并评价其对卫生体系绩效的影响，需要整合不同领域及各学科间的知识。HPSS 研究范畴 确定为：发现和解决当前所面临的卫生问题或卫生制度发展中的难点，为制定卫生政策提供证据所进行的
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3. Having the interest to build collaboration with HPSS scholars in China; 4. Being a CHPAMS associate member at the time of the application;2 5. Having a strong intent to explore an academic career at a CMB grantee or network university is a plus.3 How to Apply: Please submit the item 1-3 in the following through http://bit.ly/IYlnep (Google form) and send your Curriculum Vitae and a profile picture to
[email protected] by April 30th, 2012. 1. A bilingual short Bio (less than 250 words in English and Chinese) including your affiliation and gender (for the purpose of accommodation management); 2. An abstract of the poster you intent to present (less than 500 words)4; 3. Response to address following questions: o Eligibility; o Research area and interest; o Interests in pursuing China related HPSS research; o Strategies and plan to connect and collaborate with HPSS scholars in China; o Interests in promoting CHPAMS and contributing to the CHPAMS mission at this forum and elsewhere; o Indicate if you intent to pursuing a career in HPSS research in China; 4. Curriculum vitae (English); 5. A profile picture. You are welcome to distribute this call for application. The selection Committee intends to notify selected applicants by May 31. Please contact
[email protected] for any further inquiries. Additional Backgrounds Westlake Forum is a series of symposia initiated by Zhejiang University School of Medicine and the CMB. The main objective is to build a platform to better explore the major health policy issues facing China’s healthcare system. The first Westlake Forum was held in May 2007 with the theme of Health Equity and Health Security Systems; the second forum, Healthy China 2020: Policy and Action, was held in February 2009. Both forums were convened at the famous West Lake in the city of Hangzhou. The Westlake Forum III “Healthcare Reform in China and the US: Similarities, Differences and Challenges” was held in Atlanta, USA, and co-hosted by the Emory Global Health Institute, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and the CMB. 相关研究，主要涵盖以下研究主题和方向：与疾病有关的基于人群的流行病学研究（不含以实验室为主的 研究）、疾病预防与监测策略、卫生规划和管理、卫生筹资、保险与支付制度、卫生服务提供、卫生人力 资源、初级卫生保健、卫生技术/项目评估、药品政策、医院管理与改革、医学技术和健康信息等，主要涉 及公共卫生、卫生经济、卫生政策、卫生管理、医院管理、卫生法学、社会医学等学科。 2 One is qualified of being a CHPAMS associate member if he/she subscribes to the CHPAMS mailing list (
[email protected]). If you are not yet a CHPAMS associate member, you can enroll yourself by sending an email to “
[email protected]” or contacting
[email protected]. 3 List of CMB grantee universities can be found at http://www.cmbfound.org/index.php/program/grantees. Note that CMB network universities may include additional institutions. 4 The topic of the poster should be HPSS related. China relevance is a plus but not required.
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