NICHD-IHDCYH 2008 Summer Institutes (Archived)
CIHR-IHDCYH and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) organize Annual Summer Institutes in Maternal-Fetal Pharmacology (SI - Pharmacology) and in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (SI - Epidemiology). The 4th Summer Institutes were held in Burlington, Vermont, in July 2008.
Course curriculum for the 2008 SI - Pharmacology and the 2008 SI - Epidemiology.
Summer Institute Overview and Objectives
| SI - Pharmacology (July 18 - 24, 2008) |
SI - Epidemiology (July 20 - 26, 2008) |
|---|---|
| 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 2007
- Third Summer Institute in Maternal-Fetal Pharmacology (Bromont (QC), July 29 - August 4, 2007)
- Third Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (Bromont, (QC), July 29 - August 4, 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)
