Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 mHealth Training Institute (mHTI) to be held at the University of California, Los Angeles from July 28 – August 2, 2019. The week-long, immersion program blends “deep dives” into the latest mHealth methodologies with team-science projects to provide the selected scholars with the transdisciplinary competencies and collaborations required to tackle “wicked” healthcare problems.
The 2019 mHTI builds on the successes of previous mHTIs. Scholars from earlier institutes have highlighted a wide range of benefits, describing the mHTI as “transformative” and “a seminal experience in my professional development” with a “wonderful atmosphere and congeniality among scholars” and “terrific and generous faculty.” Independent post-institute surveys typically garner the highest ratings in terms of scholar satisfaction. Details of previous mHealth Training Institutes including scholars, faculty, and programs are available at: https://mhealth.md2k.org/training/mhealth-training-institute.html.
Application
The mHTI is underwritten by a NIH/OBSSR/NIDA training grant 1R25DA038167) and supported by the NIH Center for Excellence on Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K), headquartered at the University of Memphis. It derives from a core of experienced faculty; mHealth thought-leaders who are dedicated to developing the next generation of mHealth scientists. Due to the intensive and team-science nature of the mHTI, participation is limited to 30 scholars. There is no tuition and the selected scholars will be provided with lodging at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center.
Our target scholars are junior as well as experienced researchers with doctoral degrees who are interested in expanding their mHealth knowledge base and skills and forging interdisciplinary connections. Preference will be given to academia-based applicants who plan to use the training to add a mHealth dimension to their research. A link to the application form as well as details and guidelines are available at https://mhealth.md2k.org/apply
For information, contact mHTI@md2k.org.
Key Dates
Application Deadline: January 27, 2019
Notifications of acceptance: April 15, 2019