discussion title:
Merck Pays to Groom "Vaccine- Experts"
full announcement here: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/inside-aafp/20090302vacc-fellows.html
Herbert Young, M.D., director of the Academy's Scientific Activities Division, said the AAFP needs more family physicians to be "significantly involved" with immunizations, science and policy.
"We need a pipeline of family physicians with special knowledge about immunizations for a variety of reasons, including research, policy creation and education," Young said.
The AAFP will select two fellows each year for one-year commitments. The program, which is slated to last three to five years, is funded by a grant from Merck & Co. Inc., but the vaccine manufacturer will have no input or control over the selection of fellows or content of the fellowship program.
