Update on the Jorge Paulo Lemann Harvard Medical School Cardiovascular Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Recife, Brazil 67th Brazilian Congress

Update on the Jorge Paulo Lemann Harvard Medical School

Cardiovascular Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Recife, Brazil67th Brazilian Congress of Cardiology

16 September 2012

Jorge Paulo Lemann Cardiovascular Research Postdoctoral Fellowship

Aims❤This fellowship will support full time

training in cardiovascular research for physicians or medical scientists who have a commitment from their home institution and convincing possibilities for developing a research career upon return to Brazil.


❤ The amount of the award will be commensurate with the postdoctoral training scale of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. For current salary levels seehttp://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-033.html

❤ The candidate will need to be responsible for travel and living expenses.

Stipend Levels:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-033.html




National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends for Fiscal Year 2012

USD 3272-4515 per month; health insurance and other benefits are provided




Eligibility requirements: ❤An important part of the selection process

is the clear and express official commitment of a Brazilian Institution with a research infrastructure to provide a position for the candidate after his or her return to Brazil and provide support for cardiovascular research, including, if possible, protection of a portion of his or her professional effort exclusively for research.


Eligibility requirements: ❤The candidate him or

herself must demonstrate a commitment to research, presented in a brief written statement of career goals.


Eligibility criteria:1) Applicants must meet these requirements to be eligible for this Fellowship:a. Physicians (MD) having undertaken a residency in internal medicine or cardiology.b. Scientists with a PhD in cardiovascular or allied research.2) Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated involvement and commitment to cardiovascular research. Early career researchers will be given priority.3) Candidates who have already performed a research fellowship in the United States are not eligible to compete for the award.


Documents needed for application1) Curriculum vitæ of the candidate.2) Letter from a Brazilian institution with a research infrastructure indicating commitment to the candidate's career, describing the steps that will be taken to support their research, such as providing financial resources and facilities for research, and protecting time for the candidate to perform research upon return to Brazil.3) A personal statement by the candidate describing their interest in cardiovascular research and how the Lemann Fellowship would help in his or her career.4) Three letters of reference.


Selection Process:The selection will be conducted by a Committee of faculty members of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cardiovascular Division chaired by Prof. Peter Libby.The Fellowship will be managed and administered by the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital in coordination with Harvard Medical School. The Fellows will be provided with a benefit package from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.


• Downloadable application form available at http://www.brighamandwomens.org/cvcenter/Lemann_Fellowship.aspx

• The documents required for the application should be scanned and submitted as PDFs with the application form.

http://www.brighamandwomens.org/cvcenter/Lemann_Fellowship.aspx


• Only applications written in English will be accepted, and must be sent electronically by e-mail: [email protected] and received by 17:00 on 12/31/2012.

• For further information, contact David Lynn at [email protected] or by telephone: 617-525-4351.

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Fourth Cycle Call:❤Deadline: December 31, 2012 (by

17:00)❤Number of awards available: 1 or

2 ❤Beginning of the Fellowship:

Between March and July 2013❤Duration of Grant: 2 years

Current and PastJorge Paulo Lemann Cardiovascular

Research Postdoctoral Fellows

❤Julio Flavio Marchini❤Ayumi Miakawa❤Márcio Sommers Bittencourt❤Marina Moreira


Important points:❤Open competition - all candidates

have equal consideration❤We seek diversity, both

geographical and institutional❤Fellows are fully integrated with

the >100 research fellows in the Brigham Cardiovascular Division


Important points:❤The award will not support clinical practice training, BUT we encourage applicants with interest in either clinical or basic research training


Important points:❤The research done in Boston can be used for a Doutorado Sanduiche thesis, pending pre-arrangement with the Brazilian institution.


Important points:❤Applicants need not identify a research mentor a priori: Dr. Libby will help match the fellows with the appropriate laboratories or projects


❤The BWH web site describes the range of faculty mentors and research available to Lemann Fellows:

http://www.brighamandwomens.org/research/depts/medicine/cardiovascular/default.aspx

http://www.brighamandwomens.org/research/depts/medicine/cardiovascular/

default.aspx

Cardioavscular Division Brigham & Women’s Hospital

©87 Faculty©~25 core “clinical” fellows©147 fellows overall

Brigham & Women’s Hospital Cardiovascular

Clinical Research ©TIMI (Braunwald, et al.)©Preventive medicine (Ridker et al.) WHS, HPS,JUPITER©Pfeffer/Solomon (SAVE, PEACE, VALIANT, TREAT etc.)


Clinical Research ©HCRI: Laura Mauri Dual antiplatelet trial (DAPT), MassDAC Registries on DES etc.


Basic Research ©Vascular:

Gimbrone, Libby, Loscalzo, Michel , Lee, Plutzky


Basic Research

©Myocardial/Genetics:

Seidmans, Lee, Macrae


Basic Research

©Regenerative:

P Anversa, RT Lee

A teaching affiliate of Harvard

Shapiro Cardiovascular Center

Update on the Jorge Paulo Lemann Harvard Medical School

Cardiovascular Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Recife, Brazil67th Brazilian Congress of Cardiology

16 September 2012