Without Borders

New Fellowship position for an African Neurologist in Cairo - World Federation of Neurology In collaboration with the University of Cairo has put out a call for candidates for a one-year neurology fellowship at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt. The fellowship will start January 2020. Reimbursement for one economy round trip ticket from the Fellow's country of residence to Cairo, Egypt (once per year), free accommodation, and a monthly allowance for living expenses (food and beverage) is included.  The applicant must have recently completed his/her neurology training, be a resident of an African country who was born after December 31, 1975, and be proficient in English. Applicants must submit their curriculum vitae, a supporting statement and a letter of recommendation from their Head of Department by email to jade@wfneurology.org by 5th July 2019. More information can be found here.

ANA International Outreach Travel Scholarship - A great opportunity for fellows and junior faculty interested in working abroad as academic neurologists. Most funding opportunities for individuals at that level anticipate longer commitments (1-2 years) which can be a challenge to negotiate both personally and professionally. This is also ideal for someone who has not worked abroad but wants to see if the setting and challenges suit them. See more details here.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Neuroinfectious Diseases at Columbia University  - New NeuroID fellowship for physicians from low- and lower-middle income countries. Trainees will be supported as a clinical research fellow for 9 months and will facilitate hands-on mentored research projects in neuroinfectious diseases. See details here. 

New Johns Hopkins Global Neurology Fellowship! - A new opportunity for career developing in global Neurology--- a new one-year Global Neurology Fellowship being offered through Johns Hopkins. This fellowship would provide support for a fellow to spend one-year in Zambia fully embedded in the newly developed post-graduate neurology training program at the University of Zambia. Fellows will gain experience in providing clinical care in a resource-limited setting, teaching medical students and post-graduate internal medicine and neurology trainees, and pursuing clinical research projects under supervision of US-trained neurologists. We are currently seeking applications for fellows to begin on both July 1, 2019 and July 1, 2020. Applicants can be either trainees who have just finished neurology residency or those who have finished subspecialty neurology fellowships and wish to pursue an additional year of global health training. Please see the attached announcement for full details.

International Outreach Travel Scholarship - The American Neurological Association is pleased to announce the third annual International Outreach Travel Scholarship, enabling young neurologists to pursue their interests in global neurology. This program funds two or more scholarships to facilitate scientists in training in neurology to work in low to lower-middle income countries (as defined by the World Bank) for a minimum of six weeks during the upcoming academic year. Applications will be evaluated on the project's relevance to both the host country's needs and the applicant's education, as well as the scope of the ANA.This application will require the support of an in-country host as well as an ANA mentor in the applicant's current training location. All applicants - whether residents, fellows or junior faculty members - must be ANA members in good standing in their current training program. Application deadline is July 1, 2019.

Neurology: Clinical Practice has just launched their next Practice Current survey on a universally controversial topic - Practice Current: How do you diagnose and treat post-concussive headache? Please consider completing the survey to add your own perspective.

Resident and Fellow Section: International Issues A Guide to U.S. Academic Global Health Programs in Neurology U.S. trainees interested in undertaking a global health elective should check out this month’s Resident’s and Fellow’s Section. In International Issues: A Guide to U.S. Academic Global Health Programs in Neurology, Samudralwar and colleagues provide pragmatic, insightful advice about how to go about doing this along with a helpful listing of existing opportunities. If you are a health professional in neurology or allied fields working outside of the US who accepts US trainees, please also check out this paper and consider adding your opportunity for neurology trainees to the online directory.