Post-Doctoral Training Fellowship
About the Fellowships
With support from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the School of Nursing offers post-doctoral training fellowships in health promotion and risk reduction interventions. The program reflects the exciting and conceptually coherent integration of two foci, namely health promotion/risk reduction interventions and vulnerable populations. Through one to two year post-doctoral fellowships, our goal is to prepare nurse scientists to study the fundamental mechanisms underlying the health promoting behaviors of individuals and aggregates, and to test the efficacy of theoretically valid and culturally appropriate interventions for vulnerable populations. Learn more about our current and past fellows.
Training Support
Training support is available for a one to two year period. Annual stipends are set by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) based upon years of experience since completing a doctoral degree. Additional funds are available to cover conference and research-related expenses.
Faculty Mentors & Areas of Research
The School of Nursing faculty are experts in numerous specialty areas of health promotion and risk reduction across the lifespan with vulnerable populations. This expertise combined with the school's and university's ample resources help guide the fellowship experience. Faculty from other schools at the University of Michigan may serve as individual co-mentors.
School of Nursing faculty available to mentor fellows are:
- Carol Boyd – substance abuse and gender
- Barbara Brush – homeless populations
- Patricia Coleman-Burns – health disparities and social justice
- Cynthia Darling-Fisher – adolescent risk assessment and risk reduction
- Sonia Duffy – cancer prevention and control
- Bonnie Hagerty – depression, self-management
- Annie Tsui-Sui Kao – mother-adolescent relationship, adolescent sexual health
- Lisa Kane Low – women and adolescent childbirth experience, the role of Doulas
- Janet Larson – physical activity and improving the functional status of elderly people with COPD
- Kristy Martyn – adolescent risk behaviors
- Janis Miller – urinary incontinence
- Laurel Northouse – cancer effects on families
- Susan Pressler – heart failure outcomes (quality of life and hospitalization)
- David Ronis – statistical power analysis for health services research
- Carolyn Sampselle – women’s self-care, urinary incontinence
- Julia Seng – PTSD and pregnancy outcomes
- Antonia Villarruel – HIV sexual risk reduction
Applying for a Fellowship
Eligibility
Only United States citizens or permanent residents may apply for this fellowship. Applicants must hold either a) a PhD in Nursing or b) a Master’s degree in Nursing and a PhD in another health-related field.
Application
Download and complete the application. Compile the following documents in PDF or Word Document format (.doc or .docx):
- Letter describing specific research interest, the fit of proposed research with the research area of potential mentor at U-M, and summary of career goals.
- Curriculum vita (JPGs also accepted)
- 3 letters of recommendation (JPGs also accepted)
- Academic transcripts (JPGs also accepted)
- Doctoral dissertation
- Reprints of up to three publications (JPGs also accepted)
Email completed application form and supplemental materials sn-hprr-postdoc@umich.edu. If electronic submission is not possible, mail or fax application materials to:
University of Michigan School of Nursing
Office of Research and Global Affairs
400 North Ingalls, Room 4320
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Fax: (734) 647-9325
Office of Research and Global Affairs
400 North Ingalls, Room 4320
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Fax: (734) 647-9325
Applications are accepted on a year-round basis.
Additional Information
Inquiries about the program are welcome at any time. For more information, contact:
Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Program Director
avillarr@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 764-9519
Fax: (734) 647-9325
Professor, Program Director
avillarr@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 764-9519
Fax: (734) 647-9325
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