Health Policy Orientation
October 26-29, Washington, D.C.

The annual Health Policy Orientation continues to give participants an in-depth understanding of the formal and informal processes shaping the nation’s health policy agenda. With expert faculty members, group discussions, hands-on tutorials, and a congressional site visit, participants gain an understanding of the Washington health policy environment and master the fundamentals of policy development and implementation.

The Orientation is ideal for health policy fellows and analysts, public officials, federal or state government employees, private sector health care employees, consultants, and students.

Registration is now open and space is limited. Visit the Orientation Web site at www.academyhealth.org/orientation for more information, or call 202.292.6700.

NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship
Application Deadline: January 4, 2010

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AcademyHealth are seeking applicants for their 2010 Health Policy Fellowship. This program brings visiting scholars in health services research-related disciplines to NCHS to collaborate on studies of interest to policymakers and the health services research community using NCHS data systems.

Applications are welcome from doctoral students through senior researchers and/or faculty. For more information about the fellowship and application requirements, visit www.academyhealth.org/nchs or email AcademyHealth at nchs@academyhealth.org.

Funding Opportunities
To view listings of new research opportunities, visit the funding section of our Web site. (Note: this is a member-only benefit. You will need to log-on using your member ID and password to view funding opportunities. Assistance retrieving your information is available on the Web site or by contacting Regina Onyango.)



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