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Ursula Mary-Kocemba Slosky, PhD, Professional Relations Fellowship
Applications will open in October
Amount: $1,000
Supported by: ERF
Description:
- The professional relations fellowship is designed to provide early career professionals in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging direct, personal exposure to professional/public relations activities of the SNMMI as they relate to other medical societies and other professional organizations.
- The fellowship is designed to provide a gifted and highly motivated young nuclear medicine or molecular imaging professional with first-hand experience in the professional intersociety relations process.
- An early-career professional is defined as an MD, scientist or technologist who has completed at least 3 years, but no more than 10 years of post-training experience in the field.
- Professionals who have been in the field longer than 10 years are not eligible.
Criteria:
- Applicants will be asked to provide curriculum vitae, and a written statement of their interest in professional relations and association leadership. Two letters of recommendation in support of the applicant may be submitted, but are not required.
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All applicants must be members of the SNMMI or SNMMI-TS. To become a member please visit the SNMMI membership website at www.snmmi.org/membership and click on the join or renew tab. Any applicants who are not members of the SNMMI or SNMMI-TS will not be considered.
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Applicants must also be residence of or actively practicing in the continental US, Canada, or Mexico.
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Fellowship assignments demand a capacity for quick learning and a willingness to work hard, often on issues outside an individual's area of expertise.
Selection will be based on a combination of the following criteria:
• Record of professional achievement in one's career
• Evidence of leadership skills and the potential for further growth
• Demonstrated commitment to public service/administration evidenced by prior leadership positions in other committees/associations
• Sincere desire to achieve the goals and objectives of the Fellowship in the form of an essay on why the applicant thinks he/she should be selected.
• Skills to succeed at the highest levels in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Exceptional writing ability, a positive attitude, and strong leadership skills -
Candidates selected will be required to travel the SNMMI office in Reston, VA for one week (expenses paid)