Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Simons Foundation have announced a national competition for grants to outstanding scientists as Faculty Scholars.

BRIDGE Project Fellows meet Oakland Boys and Men of Color Group

On Tuesday, May 12th 2015, three of our BRIDGE Fellows, Sean Abrams (UCSF, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences), Justice Castaneda (Sociology in UCSF School of Nursing) and Alain Bonny (UCSF, Biophysics) met with the Oakland Boys and Men of Color Group at Bret Harte Middle School in Oakland California.

Gammie to Direct NIGMS Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity Division - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

This Travel Award Program provides funding to assist early career researchers in attending a scientific conference where their research has been accepted for presentation.

Suhasini Sharma, Director of Medical Writing & Medical Review, Sciformix Corporation, writes about how to become a competent medical writer in Perspectives in Clinical Research.

Congratulations to BRIDGE Project Co-PI, Dr. Mica Estrada for her nomination to the National Research Council (NRC), an operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. The NRC’s mission is to improve government decision-making and public policy, increase public understanding, and promote the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge in matters involving science, engineering, technology, and health.