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NICHD-IHDCYH 2010 Summer Institutes

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CIHR-IHDCYH and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health are pleased to announce their 6th Annual Summer Institutes in Maternal-Fetal Pharmacology (SI - Pharmacology) and in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (SI - Epidemiology). Both Summer Institutes will be held in St. Michaels, Maryland, in July 2010.

2010 Summer Institutes Call for Applications - Now open 

  • SI - Epidemiology
  • SI - Pharmacology

    Summer Institute Overview and Objectives

    SI - Pharmacology
    (July 11 - 17, 2010)
    SI - Epidemiology
    (July 11 - 17, 2010)
    The course provides training for clinical and non-clinical scientists who are considering academic careers in studying therapeutics during pregnancy, the perinatal period, and lactation. The course provides substantive and methodologic training in human fecundity and fertility, pregnancy and perinatal outcomes, maternal health, fetal growth and development, developmental disabilities, and promising new approaches for studying these outcomes.
    The main objective of the Institute is to foster the development of a critical mass of researchers and clinicians in this neglected area.

    The objectives of this Institute are: 1)To further prepare students and fellows for careers in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology and 2) To foster future collaborations amongst participants and with the faculty beyond the time frame of the Summer Institute.


    Past Summer Institutes

    Summer 2009

    Summer 2008

    Summer 2007

    Summer 2006

    • Second Summer Institute in Maternal-Fetal Pharmacology (Denver (CO), July 23 - 29, 2006)
    • Second Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (Cambridge (MD), July 30 - August 5, 2006)

    Summer 2005

    • First Summer Institute in Maternal-Fetal Pharmacology (Mont-Tremblant (QC), July 24 - 30, 2005)
    • First Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (Wood Holes (MA), July 10 - 16, 2005)