Without Borders

Calling for African Neurologists! - The dearth of neurologic expertise in Africa remains a major barrier to patient care, medical education and research endeavors. So three cheers for the World Federation of Neurology, the Neurological Association of South Africa and the University of Cape Town for striving to build this capacity. They are now calling for applications from African physicians in LMICs to apply for a new training opportunity—a 4-year post graduate neurology training program at the University of Cape Town. This looks like an amazing opportunity for the right person and their home country.

The American Academy of Neurology announces the 2020 International Scholarship Award - Applications will be accepted beginning September 3, 2019. This scholarship is designed to provide eligible international candidates the opportunity to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting. It is not necessary to be a member to apply. See more information here.

Online Course 2019: Translational Research in NeuroHIV and Mental Health (TRNAMH)  - The Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University has an R25 grant through the NIH/NIMH (R25MH080661) to conduct a NeuroHIV online course called Translational Research in NeuroHIV and Mental Health (TRNAMH). It is open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty located inside or outside of the USA – especially those from underrepresented minority backgrounds (URM’s) or those who do research in diversity-related issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS. The grant pays for all of the fees associated with this online course (auditing is free). The program also offers pilot awards up to $20,000 on a competitive basis annually as long as the applicant has taken the course. Additionally, they will be eligible for the research scholar component, which supports promising HIV/AIDS researchers with hands-on mentorship opportunities with experts in the field. The next course begins August 27th, so please sign up now or pass this along to anyone you think might be interested in taking the course. The information can be found 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.

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.