"From margin to mainstream: mobile technologies transforming lives and libraries."

Mobile technology has transformed so many aspects of our lives: how we work, how we communicate, how we study and how we play. This conference will explore and share work carried out in libraries around the world to deliver services and resources to users via a growing plethora of mobile and hand-held devices.

 The Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), in cooperation with Philippine Association of Medical Journal Editors (PAMJE) and Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors (APAME) will be conducting the 11^thNational Medical Writing Workshop and 4^th Writeshop for Young Researchers on 30-31 January 2017 in Region 2. The workshop aims to help young investigators in health and health social sciences acquire practical knowledge and skills in preparing a scientific article for publication in a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. Successful applicants will be granted free workshop registration, accommodation and meals during the two-day workshop, and assigned to a mentor-facilitator who will guide them in preparing their articles.

Requirements for participants

The workshop is designed for a maximum of forty (40) health and social science researchers, aged 35 years old and below, who have completed a research project and have drafted a manuscript for submission to a scholarly journal. Selected draft manuscripts will be reviewed and revised based on the lectures and exercises under the guidance of assigned mentor – facilitators during the workshop. All participants are expected to present a 7-minute power point summary of their revised manuscripts on the second day of the workshop, and agree to submit the article to an appropriate scholarly peer-reviewed journal within three (3) months after the workshop.

Instructions

Applicants should e-mail the following requirements to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.with subject “Writing Workshop 2017” on or before 31 October 2016:

   1. Application form (incomplete forms will not be considered);

2. Conforme slip;

3. Abstract;

4. Draft Journal Manuscript; and

5. Instructions to authors of prospective journal.    

List of successful applicants will be announced in November 2016.

Should there be any concerns about the workshop details, please feel free to email Ms. Carla San Diego at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">cpsandiego@pchrd.dost.gov.ph. You may also call (02) 837-7534 and look for Carla or Jeverly for inquiries.

Download application form here

TDR is pleased to announce a call for applications from universities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to host and manage the TDR international post graduate training scheme on implementation research (IR). The long term goal is to strengthen capacity of disease endemic countries for identifying public health needs, develop appropriate solutions and translate them into policy and practice for improved health and wellbeing of their populations.

Specific objectives of the postgraduate training scheme are to:

• Strengthen the capacity within LMIC universities to select and manage postgraduate trainees in implementation research;
• Support postgraduate training for nationals of LMICs.

For more infor, download file here