(2/20/08) doctoral funding - ADD research

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> CHADD is now taking=0A=
> applications for its Young Scientist Research Fund Awards, a program
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> recognize young researchers making contributions to the understanding
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> AD/HD. Through the Fund, CHADD will support three researchers with:=0A=
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> unrestricted cash award of $5,000 each; =0A=
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> travel and hotel expenses, registration and a meal allowance to the
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> Annual CHADD International Conference, where they will be recognized;
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> biological/genetic=0A=
> underpinnings of the disorder;=0A=
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> treatment=0A=
> efficacy;=0A=
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> The awards are currently=0A=
> being supported through generous funding by McNeil Pediatrics,
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> McNeil-PPC, Inc of Titusville, NJ and a number of individual=0A=
> donations. Deadline for applications is May 13, 2008. For an=0A=
> application or for more information, go to
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Donald Wertlieb, Ph.D.

TUFTS UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR CHILDREN (TUCC)
http://www.tucc.tufts.edu

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Professor
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
http://ase.tufts.edu/epcd

Tufts University
105 College Ave
Medford, MA 02155

Phone: 617-627-3355 or 781-237-6550 ext 32

Fax: 617-627-3503

e-mail: donald.wertlieb@tufts.edu