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February 17, 2016
In This Issue:The Office of Minority Health (OMH) celebrates Black History Month 2016 with the theme Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories
OMH Grants
- HHS/Office of Minority Health (OMH): National Health Education Lupus Program (NHELP). A technical assistance webinar will be held March 8, 2016. Deadline is April 18, 2016. Learn more.
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HHS/OMH: Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma (ACT). A technical assistance webinar will be held March 9, 2016. Deadline is April 18, 2016. Learn more.
Federal Grants
- HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program. Eligible applicants must be a rural public or a rural nonprofit private health care provider or provider of health care services. Deadline is March 4, 2016. Learn more.
- HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Cohort Study to Assess Population Impact of Current and Evolving Chronic Viral Hepatitis Treatment. Deadline is March 15, 2016. Learn more.
- HHS/HRSA: Building Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Recipient Capacity to Engage People Living with HIV in Health Care Access. Deadline is March 22, 2016. Learn more.
- HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office on Women's Health (OWH): College Sexual Assault Policy and Prevention Initiative. Deadline is April 8, 2016. Learn more.
- HHS/OASH, OWH: Female Genital Cutting (FGC) Community-Centered Health Care and Prevention Project. Deadline is April 15, 2016. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
- Prevent Blindness: Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health. Deadline is February 22, 2016. Learn more.
- Prevent Blindness: 2016 Joanne Angle Investigator Award. Deadline is March 7, 2016. Learn more.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF): Awards for Health Equity. Requests proposals from national nonprofit organizations and/or associations to establish an annual awards program to honor individuals who implement systems changes to solve health disparities. Deadline is March 30, 2016. Learn more.
- Vascular Cures, in partnership with the Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation: 2016 Wylie Scholar Program. Awards funds for expenses related to teaching, basic or clinical research, community service, and patient care. Deadline is March 31, 2016. Learn more.
- Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB)/Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI): Partnership for Improving Health Care Services. The goal of this partnership contract is to improve access to and coordination of quality health care services for urban American Indians and Alaska Natives and to support the increased capacity and effectiveness of Urban Indian Health Organizations (UIHOs) in providing services. Deadline March 31, 2016. Learn more.
- Kansas Health Institute/Center for Sharing Public Health Services: Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing (CJS) Mini-Grant Program. The Center has up to five mini-grants available for public health agencies or their designated agents that wish to explore, plan, implement or improve some aspects of a CJS arrangement. Deadline is June 10, 2016. Learn more.
Grant Application - Technical Assistance
- White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHIHBCU) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH): Webinar. Federal Funding Opportunities with the National Institutes of Health. February 25, 2016, 1:30 pm ET. Register.
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)/Research on Care Community, Health Equity subgroup (ROCChe), in partnership with RWJF: Webinar. AAMC Health Equity Research / RWJF. This webinar will focus on four new change leadership programs designed by RWJF to build a culture of health and promote health equity by addressing disparities and combating the effects of racism and poverty. February 29, 2016, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
Events
- Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Individual and Community Preparedness Division: Webinar. National African American History Month: Preparing Communities through Partnerships. This webinar will focus on engaging the public on nationwide disaster preparedness and resilience efforts serving African American communities. February 25, 2016, 1:00 pm ET. Register.
Events
- National Council of Urban Indian Health: Webinar. Understanding Trauma and Creating a Trauma Informed Agency. February 17, 2016, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
Events
- Maryland Nonprofits: Registration now open for the 2nd Annual Quality of Life Summit. This Summit will explore collective impact processes that engage nonprofits, government and businesses, and how they are applied in the real world. March 2, 2016 in Laurel, MD. Learn more.
- HHS/CDC and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Million Hearts® Initiative: New resource. Supporting Your Patients with High Blood Pressure: Visit Checklist. Learn more | Download full document (PDF, 680K).
- HHS/Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Minority Health, in partnership with Salud Today and the Association of Black Cardiologists: Social media campaign. #ILoveMyHeart. To participate, share pictures of yourself preparing healthy meals, engaging in a physical activity, taking your medication or doing any other activities that keep your heart healthy. Share your photos on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the #ILoveMyHeart hashtag.
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HHS/NIH, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI): Clinical Study of Y Chromosome Variants and Infertility (NCT01661010). NHGRI seeks adults (18 years or older) with genetic abnormalities affecting the sex chromosomes. Researchers want to better understand how these conditions affect the overall health and wellbeing of the individual. Trial to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/NIH, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Thunderclap. Clinical Research Trials & You. Help spread awareness about the importance of clinical research for understanding and treating mental illnesses. Sign up for a social “thunderclap” of simultaneous Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr posts from everyone who signed up. The message will go out on February 21, 2016, 7:00 pm ET. Learn more.
- HHS/CMS, Office of Minority Health, in collaboration with the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago: New report. Guide to Preventing Readmissions among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries. Learn more | Read full report (PDF).
Events
- Health Equity Initiative (HEI): Summit. Implementing Systems-Level Change for Health Equity. February 25-26, 2016 in New York, NY. Learn more.
- Wake Forest University/Anna Julia Cooper Center: Call for abstracts for the Know Her Truths: Advancing Justice for Women and Girls of Color Conference. Deadline is March 1, 2016. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships, in partnership with the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP): Webinar. Viral Hepatitis: Opportunities for Faith-based Groups. February 18, 2016, 11:30 am ET. Register.
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HHS/NIH, National Library of Medicine (NLM), Disaster Infomation Management Research Center: New resources. Zika Virus Health Information Resources. List of Federal, national, and international sources of information on the zika virus. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/CDC, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), in partnership with CityMatCH: Training. 2016 Training Course in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology. Event to be held in San Diego, CA. Deadline is February 19, 2016. Learn more.
Events
- Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP) : Registration now open for the 13th Biennial Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference. To request an application, please forward your academic level and preferred postal mailing address to Lise D. Kaye. Event to be held in Boston, MA. Deadline is February 19, 2016. Learn more.
Events
- Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and From the First Tooth: Webinar. Meeting MOC IV Requirements with Pediatric Oral Health. March 16, 2016, 12:00 pm ET. Register.
Events
- HHS/OMH, OMHRC: Preconception Peer Educators (PPE) webinar. Maternal and Child Oral Health Advocacy and Promotion. February 24, 2016, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
Events
- HHS/OMHRC and USCAIH Planning Committee, in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Regional Operations for Region X: Registration now open for the Northwest Regional Conference on African Immigrant Health. This regional conference will build on the success of USCAIH 2014 and the resulting recognition to address regional needs in the Pacific Northwest. March 19-20, 2016 in Seattle, WA. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/NIH, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK): Meeting. NDEP's Podiatry, Pharmacy, Optometry and Dental Stakeholder Group: Promoting Interdisciplinary Care in the Optometic Community. For further information and to RSVP, please contact Michelle Knight. February 22, 2016, 7:00 pm ET.
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HHS/OASH, OWH: New blog post. Happy 25th Anniversary, OWH! Dr. Nancy C. Lee, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health for Women's Health and OWH Director, kicks off the first in a series of blog posts to commemorate the OWH's 25th anniversary. Read full blog post.
Community-Based Organizations / Non-Profits
- National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)/Treatment Division is recruiting for a Program Associate position in Washington, DC. Open until filled. Apply.
- Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB)/Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) is recruiting for a Project Coordinator - Epidemiologist position in Seattle, WA. Open until filled. Apply.
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Childhood Obesity in America, written by Laura Dawes, discusses complex issues surrounding childhood obesity in the United States. Subtitled Biography of an Epidemic, the book studies the evolution of increased childhood obesity and explains associated factors, such as metabolism, genetics, gender, and social determinants. To view this title and find additional information, search our online catalog.
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