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The Health Equity Scholars Program (HESP) is excited to announce the call for application for its 2023-2024 cohort of scholars, with an anticipated start date of September 2023.

About HESP

HESP provides future investigators in the field of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs) with the knowledge, skills, and resources to become culturally competent and proficient researchers. HESP provides a tailored mentored training approach to advance career success and satisfaction among its trainees.

Eligibility

This program is geared toward emerging scientists from underrepresented populations (e.g., Black/African American, Latina/o/e, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander), and those with a commitment to brain health equity research in ADRDs. Our ultimate goal is to address the current lack of ethnoculturally/linguistically diverse and culturally competent ADRD professionals in the workforce.

Applicants from various career stages including graduate/medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career faculty are eligible for the program.

healthequityscholarsprogram.medicine.wisc.edu/

The application deadline is June 21, 2023.