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November 5, 2014
Federal Grants
- USDA/Food and Nutrition Service: FY15 Rural Child Poverty Center Grant. This Cooperative Agreement will award funds to establish a national center dedicated to reducing child food insecurity in persistently poor rural counties. Deadline is December 1, 2014. Learn more.
- HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): Research Project – Cooperative Agreements (U01). Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) Data and Operations Center (DOC). Deadline for letters of intent is December 2, 2014. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH): Physician Scientist Award (K12). Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health. Deadline for letters of intent is December 5, 2014. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Preterm Birth Initiative. To be eligible, the principal investigator must have a faculty appointment at a degree-granting institution in the US or Canada. Deadline is December 1, 2014. Learn more.
- American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Minority Initiatives Awards. This award recognizes planned, comprehensive initiatives that assist in the recruitment, admission, retention, and graduation of minority students, and/or initiatives designed to sustain or increase the number of minority faculty recruited, employed, and retained. Deadline is December 1, 2014. Learn more.
- National Gardening Association and KidsGardening.org: 2015 Youth Garden Grant. Awards funds to schools or non-profit organizations that demonstrate a relationship between a garden program and education related to the environment, health and nutrition issues, and character education. Deadline is December 5, 2014. Learn more.
Scholarships / Fellowships
- Medical Library Association (MLA): Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship. This fellowship will fund research aimed at expanding the knowledge base linking information services provided by librarians to improved health care and advances in biomedical research. Deadline is November 15, 2014. Learn more.
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National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) and the National Hispanic Health Foundation (NHHF): Medical Student Leadership and Mentoring Program. This program offers an opportunity to work one-on-one with a Physician Mentor and gain knowledge around the challenges and transformation of health care for Hispanics and other underserved populations. Deadline is November 21, 2014. Learn more.
- HHS/Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Insurance Marketplace: Open Enrollment for 2015 coverage starts November 15, 2014. Learn about the Marketplace and see if you qualify for savings or for a Special Enrollment Period. Learn more.
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS): New resource. Affordable Care Act (ACA) Tax Provisions/Disposiciones Tributarias de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio. The IRS has created new options for Spanish speakers to get information about the tax provisions of the ACA to inform and educate the public on how the health care law may affect them. English | Español
Events
- California Elder Mental Health and Aging Coalition (CEMHAC): Meeting. Town Hall Meeting: Behavioral Health Care Under The Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI). November 19, 2014, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm PT in Los Angeles, CA. Learn more.
- HHS/NIH: Request for nominations for the Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC). The NIH TCAC will provide a venue for tribal representatives and NIH staff to exchange information about NIH research policies and program priorities. NIH seeks nominations for 17 TCAC members: 12 area representatives and 5 national at-large members. Deadline is November 28, 2014. Submit nominations to Kathy Etz.
Events
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)/Minorities in Cancer Research Council: Registration now open for The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. November 9-12, 2014 in San Antonio, TX. Register.
- John Hopkins University/Division of Health Sciences Informatics: Call for study interest. Community Health Workers: Evidence Based Resources & Online Knowledge Exchanges. This study aims to evaluate the value of a variety of information resources for Community Health Workers. To register, please contact Harold Lehmann or M Chris Gibbons.
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD): New resource. Do You Need a Hearing Test?/Diez maneras de detectar la pérdida del oído. NIDCD has created English- and Spanish-language bookmarks that provide patients with 10 ways to recognize whether they should get their hearing evaluated by a medical professional. English | Español
- HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHQR): New resource. AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals. This toolkit helps acute-care facilities improve inpatient quality performance, including determining where gaps exist and suggestions for improvement, process steps and additional resources. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/CMS and Medicare Learning Network (MLN): Conference call. MLN Connects National Provider Call: Transitioning to ICD-10. November 5, 2014, 1:30 pm ET. Learn more.
- University of Maryland School of Public Health/Center for Health Equity (M-CHE): New tool. Building Trust between Minorities and Researchers. This project is a web-based interactive educational program funded by NIH as part of the federal recognition of the importance of fostering greater participation rates of racial and ethnic minority populations in research. Learn more.
Events
- Adventist HealthCare/Center for Health Equity and Wellness, in collaboration with Mission Integration and Spiritual Care: Registration now open for Our Sacred Journey: Advancing Cultural Competence and Patient-Centered Care Approaches in End of Life Care. November 12, 2014 in Bethesda, MD. Register.
- HHS/NIH, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): Registration now open for the 2014 NIMHD Grantees' Conference, Transdisciplinary Collaborations: Evolving Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity. December 1-3, 2014 in National Harbor, MD. Register.
- Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH)/Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC): New report. MHCC Comprehensive Quality Report 2014. This is a detailed report on the quality and performance of Maryland's commercial health benefit plans. Learn more.
- HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of the Director. New fact sheet. Updated CDC Guidance: Monitoring Symptoms and Controlling Movement to Stop the Spread of Ebola. This fact sheet explains CDC’s updated Monitoring and Movement guidance to protect Americans from Ebola. The guidance focuses on how people who may have been exposed to Ebola are monitored and whether or not their movement needs to be limited. Learn more.
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HHS/Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and Heartland Alliance: New resource. Rainbow Welcome Initiative. This is an online technical assistance resource center providing culturally and linguistically sensitive key resources and information for a range of newly arriving LGBT individuals as well as training and capacity building for service providers, including webinars, field guides, needs assessment tools, and best practices. Learn more.
Events
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HHS/OMH and OMHRC: Webinar. Preconception Peer Educators Program (PPE): Strategic Approaches to Resource Development, Part 1. Jay Blackwell, Director of OMHRC's Capacity Building, will discuss how PPEs can locate, evaluate and implement resources to develop lasting on-campus programs. Register.
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HHS/Healthy People 2020: Request for Public Comments. HHS is soliciting written comments regarding new objectives proposed to be added to Healthy People 2020 since the last public comment period in fall 2013. Deadline is November 7, 2014. Learn more.
Events
- Healthy Churches 2020: Registration now open for the Healthy Churches 2020 Conference. November 13-15, 2014 in Greensboro, NC. Register.
Events
- North Carolina Hospital Association, the South Carolina Hospital Association, and The Duke Endowment: Registration now open for the 14th Annual Small and Rural Hospital Conference. Please be advised that this event is exclusively for hospital, health system, association and governmental employees and hospital and health system trustees. November 11-12, 2014 in Charlotte, NC. Learn more.
Events
- University of Maryland School of Public Health/Center for Health Equity (M-CHE): Forum. I’m on Papers: Synthetic Cannabinoid Use among Violently Injured Young Black Men. November 12, 2014, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET in College Park, MD. Learn more.
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HHS/Office on Women’s Health (OWH): Training. Quick Health Data Online 101. This system contains data on demographics, mortality, reproductive and maternal health, disease incidence, and access to care at the county level for all states and territories. November 17 and 19, 2014, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET. Learn more.
Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC)
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OMHRC (AMTIS, Inc) is recruiting for a Receptionist position. Bilingual Spanish required. Open until filled. Apply.
State / Local Government
- Washington State Department of Health/Division of Health Systems Quality Assurance is recruiting for a Nursing Consultant, Institutional – Clinical Care Facilities Complaint Investigator (DOH2508) position in Tumwater, WA. Deadline is November 19, 2014. Apply.
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A Practitioner's Guide for Advancing Health Equity: Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Disease, from the CDC Division of Community Health, offers suggestions for policy, systems, and environmental improvement strategies focused on promoting tobacco-free living, improved nutrition and increased physical activity. The guide includes numerous case studies and can be a resource for those newly engaged with health disparity concerns as well as experts. Search the online catalog.
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