FELLOWSHIPS FOR CRASH COURSE IN BIOENGINEERING

Science and medical journalists are invited to apply for a two-day fellowship offering a crash course in bioengineering, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Engineering March 4 and 5, 2004. The fellowship, Cellular Body Building and Human Spelunking: Bioengineering Breakthroughs at Pitt, is sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CASE selected Pitt, which has been awarded more NIH Bioengineering Grants (13) than any university in the country since 2001, to host one of the 20 fellowship programs they have selected to provide journalists with access to cutting-edge research in their beats.

Fellows will explore advances in tissue and organ engineering, learn about new medical devices such as artificial hearts and lungs, and the sonic flashlight, and tour Pitt’s Musculoskeletal Research Center, the Human Movement and Balance Laboratory, the Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM), and the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, along with the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative (PTEI) facilities. Pitt will provide room and board for the fellows, but the fellows or their employers will be responsible for transportation to and from Pitt and for wages or other compensation during the fellowship.

Up to 10 media members will be accepted into the program. Applications are due Jan. 16, 2004. To apply, log on to www.engr.pitt.edu/mediafellowship, or contact Kate Ledger at 412-624-2640 or kledger@engr.pitt.edu.

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