A Postdoc's Guide to Pregnancy and Maternity Leave

The National Postdoctoral Association's ADVANCE project has developed a new online resource, “A Postdoc’s Guide to Pregnancy and Maternity Leave,” that may be of use to women postdoctoral scholars in your community. The guide provides general information on pregnancy and maternity leave for postdocs, including tips on keeping your research going and talking with your postdoctoral supervisor.

The guide covers such topics as: Research Concerns for your Pregnancy; Maternity Leave and Federal Funding Guidelines; and Making a Maternity Research Plan.

You can find it here: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/publications/563-maternity-guide

Planning for pregnancy and maternity leave can present an array of complexities for postdocs due to the position’s temporary nature and the variety of funding sources. The goal of this guide is to provide a postdoc with some initial guidance on how to find the detailed information that may apply to her situation at her institution.

POSTDOC | UCLA Program in Global Health Postdoctral Fellowship Training Program in Global HIV/AIDS Prevention Research

The UCLA Program in Global Health (PGH) is part of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. PGH offers a Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Global HIV/AIDS Prevention Research, funded by a T32 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

This postdoctoral fellowship focuses on academic training, original research, and professional

development, and is designed to prepare scientists for academic research careers focused on
understanding and preventing HIV disease globally. The fellowship lasts 3 years, and a successful
graduate of the training program will have secured a master's degree (or completed equivalent work); completed at least one major developing country HIV prevention research project; participated in other research projects; made a research presentation in at least one major scientific conference; published as a first author in leading scientific journals, and received a multiyear grant related to HIV prevention in the developing world to take into a first faculty position.

We are currently looking for candidates for this program:
Fields of study/PhD area requirements:  Social/behavioral scientist or a graduate with a doctoral degree from a relevant professional field (such as public health, public policy, nursing, business, law, etc)

Fellowship start date: July 1, 2012

Length of appointment and funding: 3 years

Number of opportunities: 1 per year (project year runs July 1 - June 30)

Location: UCLA (Los Angeles, California) with research sites in developing countries

Application due date: December 31, 2011

Restrictions: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal residents at the time of fellowship appointment

To apply, please go to:

http://globalhealth.med.ucla.edu/programs/fellowship.html and see the link to the application. Send the completed application form with the supporting documents (see instructions on application) via (hard copies are not necessary) to both:

Greg Szekeres, Deputy Director,

UCLA Program in Global Healthgszekeres@mednet.ucla.edu
Izumi Shitoma, Fellowship Coordinatorm
ishitoma@mednet.ucla.eduFor questions about the fellowship or the application process, please contact Greg Szekeres at gszekeres@mednet.ucla.edu or +1-310-557-3547.