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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear QSB Grad Students,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">As you probably know, the Health Sciences Research Institute (HSRI) is an Organized Research Unit on campus that is dedicated to helping promote health-related research on campus. In
previous years, HSRI put on a few events for Graduate Students, but we know that Graduate Students face many of the same issues as Faculty members, and sometimes need additional help.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">As a way of helping us understand more about your research and your research needs, we have put together a short (10 minute) survey. Would you mind taking the time and filling it out?
It will help us understand more about your research needs, and how we might help get the word out about your research.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The link is:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/57XGYXG" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/57XGYXG</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">If you have any questions or trouble with the survey, Amelia Johnson (</span><a href="mailto:ajohnson78@ucmerced.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">ajohnson78@ucmerced.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">)
should be able to help.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Paul<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><b class=""><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">PAUL BROWN, PhD<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 96, 146);" class="">Professor of Health Economics and Public Health<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 96, 146);" class="">Director, Health Sciences Research Institute<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><a href="mailto:pbrown3@ucmerced.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;" class="">pbrown3@ucmerced.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 96, 146);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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