Senior Clinical Fellowship advice to applicants January 2012
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NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF NEW ZEALAND
Senior Clinical Research Fellowship – advice to applicants
General
The Fellowship has been set up to encourage research projects in neurology that address the more
immediate problems of patients with neurological disorders. The Foundation hopes to promote the
investigation of areas such as new techniques of diagnosis and treatment, clinical audits, formal trials,
epidemiological studies and correlations between clinical and pathological findings. The idea is to fund
clinicians so that, by arrangement with hospital management, they can split their time between clinical
practice and clinical research. Applicants will have completed their formal training in their discipline,
which can be any of the clinical branches of the neurosciences, such as neurology, neurosurgery, clinical
neurophysiology or neuroradiology. They will have had training in clinical and laboratory research
methods and completed research projects to demonstrate their ability as independent investigators. As
well as working in their own field, it is hoped that they will be interested and involved in other areas of
the neurosciences, and be ready to promote cooperative research.
A clinician with these qualifications who wishes to apply for a Fellowship will be asked to submit a
program of investigation using the Foundation’s Senior Clinical Research Fellowship application form
(NF/06). The Foundation expects some discussion between its Scientific Advisory Committee and the
applicant to ensure that the aims of the Foundation will be met but, within these limits, will allow the
Fellow scientific freedom to develop the research. The Foundation will however retain the right to
discontinue support if the Fellow’s research becomes, in its view, unproductive or moves to fields that it
considers inappropriate.
Mental health Research. The Neurological Foundation will accept applications designed to further the
knowledge and treatment of primary neuropsychiatric or neuropsychological disorders, as long as the
research takes a mechanistic approach to discovering or treating a component of the disorder that might
be due to an underlying neurological problem. Applications which deal only with the clinical
management of mental health disorders will not be considered.
Conditions
The Fellowship will be tenable only at an approved Institution. Applications will need to be
accompanied by a formal agreement from the Institution’s management to the terms of the Fellowship.
These terms would normally result from discussions between the applicant, Institutional management
and the Foundation, and be agreed to in principle before the lodgement of an application with the
Foundation.
Salary
The Foundation accepts that special conditions of employment are needed, and will offer security to a
Fellow comparable to that of a colleague who is pursuing a purely clinical career. A continuing
appointment will therefore be secured by a rolling tenure, of a duration to be determined by negotiation,
but likely to be four or five years. The Foundation may however require that the initial appointment be
for a fixed period, depending on previous experience and the nature of the program. At the end of this
period a continuing appointment may be negotiated.
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Making an application
The Foundation will make it known from time-to-time, through Hospital and University Departments of
Neurology and Neurosurgery, and through the Neurological Association of New Zealand, that it is in a
position to appoint a Senior Clinical Research Fellow. Closing dates would normally be April 1st and
September 1st to allow time for interviews to be arranged, and for the application to be circulated to
members of the Scientific Advisory Committee prior to their biannual meetings. Applications should be
made using the form NF/06 (Application for Senior Clinical Research Fellowship). Electronic
application forms (in MS Word) can be obtained from the Scientific Secretary of the Foundation or
from the Foundation web site www.neurological.org.nz An original containing signatures plus 15
double sided copies are required. In addition, please submit an electronic copy of the form (in MS
Word please, NOT a PDF) to douglas.ormrod@neurological.org.nz.
Adjudication and Confirmation
The Scientific Advisory Committee will consider the application as advisors to the National Council. If
the National Council approves the application, a continuing appointment may be recommended and a
term of tenure negotiated with the applicant and the Department. An initial appointment for a fixed
period may be required, and the arrangements for this will be negotiated. Acceptance of the Fellowship
and the conditions will be embodied in a formal contact between the Fellow and the Foundation.
For further Information please contact:
Dr Douglas Ormrod
Scientific Secretary
Neurological Foundation of New Zealand
PO Box 110022
(66 Grafton Road – for courier)
Auckland 1148
Phone: (09)309-7749
Fax:
(09) 377 0614
E-mail:
douglas.ormrod@neurological.org.nz
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APPENDIX: FIELDS OF RESEARCH – NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF NEW ZEALAND
Addiction: alcohol
Addiction: other
Addiction: tobacco
Affective disorders
Ageing
AIDS: behaviour
AIDS: clinical
Alcohol/drug dependence
Alcohol: clinical
Alzheimer's disease
Anaesthesia and pain
management
Anatomy and histology
Anatomy: general
Anatomy: histochemical
Anatomy: ultrastructure
Autonomic nervous system
Behavioural science
Biochemistry
Biological rhythms: sleep
Biology: membrane
Biology: molecular
Biostatistics
Brain stem
Cancer: chemotherapy
Cancer: clinical trials
Cancer: epidemiology
Cardiovascular: regulation
Child health
Clinical trials
Community care
Community health
Community health: risk
reduction
Community health: screening
Computer modelling
Computing
Congenital abnormalities
Dentistry
Depression
Dermatology
Diet
Disability
Down's syndrome
Drug design/development
Drug interactions
Drugs
Drugs of abuse
Drugs of dependence
Drugs: mode of action
Ear disease
Endocrinology:
neuroendocrinology
Endocrinology: pituitary
Environmental health
Environmental toxicology
Epidemiology
Epilepsy
Ethics
Genetic diseases
Genetics: gene expression
Genetics: gene mapping
Genetics: gene targeting
Genetics: gene therapy
Genetics: general
Handicapped persons
Health care evaluation
Health economics
Health planning
Health policy
Health services research
Health: education
Health: promotion
Health: protection
Hearing
Huntington's Chorea
Hyperactivity
Imaging
Immunochemistry
Immunogenetics
Immunology: autoimmunity
Immunology: basic
Immunology: cellular
Immunology: clinical
Immunology: cytokines and
growth factors
Immunology: general
Immunology: inflammatory
processes
Immunology: molecular
biology
Immunology: therapy
Immunopathology
Immunotoxins
Infectious diseases
Inflammation
Injury: prevention
Injury: unintentional
Intensive care
Kinesiology
Language
Learning
Maori health
Mathematical modelling
Medical physics
Medicine: general
Memory
Mental health: illness
Mental health: services
Mental health: wellbeing
Metabolic disease
Microbiology
Mol & cell biology
Mol & cell biology: apoptosis
Mol & cell biology: cell
activation
Mol & cell biology: cell
adhesion
Mol & cell biology: cell cycle
Mol & cell biology: cell
proliferation
Mol & cell biology:
developmental
Mol & cell biology:
differentiation
Mol & cell biology: hormones &
growth factors
Mol & cell biology: membranes
Mol & cell biology: mitosis
Mol & cell biology: necrosis
Mol & cell biology: receptors
Mol & cell biology: signal
transduction
Mol & cell biology: tumour
Morphology
Movement
Multiple sclerosis
Muscular dystrophy
Neural plasticity
Neuroanatomy
Neurobiology
Neurochemistry
Neurology
Neurology: autonomic
Neurology: central
Neurology: general
Neurology: peripheral
Neuromuscular disease
Neuropathology
Neuropeptides
Neuropharmacology
Neurophysiology: basic
Neurophysiology: clinical
Neuropsychology
Neuroscience
Neurosurgery
Neurotoxicity
Neurotransmitters/neuromodul
ators
NMR: radiology
Nursing: clinical
Nursing: community
Occupational health
Occupational health: injury
prevention
Occupational health: risk
reduction
Occupational health: screening
Oncology and carcinogenesis
Ophthalmology
Optometry
Pacific Islander's health
Paediatrics
Paediatrics: adolescent
Paediatrics: behavioural
Paediatrics: development
Paediatrics: general
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Pain
Parasitology
Parkinson's disease
Pathology
Pathology: anatomic
Pathology: experimental
Pathology: general
Pathology: histochemistry and
cytology
Pathology: histopathology and
EM
Pathology: immunopathology
Pathology: molecular
Pathology: neuropathology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology: autonomic
Pharmacology: clinical
Pharmacology: experimental
Pharmacology: general
Pharmacology: molecular
Pharmacology: receptors
Pharmacology: toxicology
Physical education
Physiology
Physiology: auditory
Physiology: brain
Physiology: cardiovascular
Physiology: cellular/molecular
Physiology: corneal
Physiology: developmental
Physiology: ear
Physiology: general
Physiology: ion
exchange/transport
Physiology: muscle
Physiology: sensory
Physiology: smooth muscle
Physiotherapy
Poisons and chemicals
Prescribing
Preventive medicine
Primary health care
Psychiatry
Psychiatry: adolescent
Psychiatry: adult
Psychiatry: autism
Psychiatry: child
Psychiatry: epidemiology
Psychiatry: forensic
Psychiatry: general
Psychiatry: liaison
Psychiatry: psychosomatic
Psychiatry: psychosomatics
Psychiatry: psychotherapy
Psychiatry: social
Psychology: adolescent
Psychology: adult
Psychology: basic
Psychology: behaviour
analysis
Psychology: child
Psychology: clinical
Psychology: community
Psychology: development
Psychology: forensic
Psychology: psychometrics
Psychology: social
Psychopathology
Psychopharmacology
Psychotherapy
Public health
Quality of life
Rehabilitation medicine
Reproduction
Schizophrenia
Serotonin
Sexuality
Sleep
Social work
Speech
Spina Bifida
Spinal cord
Sports medicine
Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome
Suicide
Surgery
Surgery: clinical
Surgery: experimental
Survey methodology
Tissue culture: embryonic
stem cells
Tissue culture: mammalian
cells
Tissue culture: organs
Toxicology
Trauma
Vision
Weight disorders
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