European Workshop "Young Scientists Meet Patients: Increasing Impact of Cancer Research"
We would like to draw your attention to an opportunity for young postdoctoral scientists in the fields of preventive or clinical cancer research to participate in a European workshop organised by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research on 13 - 14 October 2020 in Berlin.
The workshop "Young Scientists Meet Patients: Increasing Impact of Cancer Research" will begin in the evening of October 13 with a guided tour of BMBF and a subsequent flying dinner. On October 14, several interactive sessions aim at fostering better understanding and exchange between promising young cancer scientists on the one hand and cancer patient representatives on the other hand. Scientifically, the workshop covers the range from preventive to clinical cancer-related research, and it will focus on the mechanisms and merits of participatory research in these areas. Participants will hear key notes by preventive and clinical researchers, patients, and researchers experienced in health-related research involving patients and the public, as well as other key stakeholders. You will be asked to give an elevator pitch on your work, and participate in a fishbowl discussion as well as group discussions focusing on the need of patient involvement in health research.
If you are a young, post-doctoral researcher in the field of cancer-related preventive or clinical research, and if you are interested in attending this workshop, we ask you to kindly fill out the attached form and send it to bibova@up.upsav.sk by the end of February 2020.
SAS can nominate 3 researchers for the workshop.
Final participants will be chosen from the pool of submitted nominations by a selection process based on criteria such as country of origin, field of research, or gender. Final participants will receive notification by March 2020. (Note that deadlines stated in the application form have been extended.)
Travel and accommodation costs of participants will be refunded by the Ministry (BMBF).
Contact person: Katarína Bibová, bibova@up.upsav.sk, 02 5751 0 136