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February 15, 2017
February is Black History Month
Join us in celebrating and visit the OMH website for more information and resources.
In This Issue:
OMH Grants
- HHS/OMH: National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program. Deadline is March 31, 2017. Learn more | Technical Assistance webinar.
- HHS/OMH: Partnerships to Achieve Health Equity. Deadline is March 31, 2017. Learn more. | Technical Assistance webinar. February 22, 2017, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
- HHS/OMH: American Indian/Alaska Native Health Equity Initiative. Eligibility limited to Native American tribal governments (federal and/or state recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than federal or state recognized tribal governments), Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-Serving Institutions, Tribal Epidemiology Centers, Urban Indian Health Programs, and Urban Indian Organizations. Deadline is April 3, 2017. Learn more | Technical Assistance webinar.
- HHS/OMH: Minority Youth Violence Prevention II (MYVP II): Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Community Policing Approaches. Deadline is April 4, 2017. Learn more | Technical Assistance webinar. February 23, 2017, 5:00 pm ET. Register.
Federal Grants
- HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH): Prevention of Opioid Misuse in Women: Office on Women Health Prevention Awards. Deadline is April 7, 2017. Learn more.
- HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH): Mechanisms of Disparities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Cancer (R01) Research Project Grant. Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is April 22, 2017. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF): Coordinating Efforts to Enhance Hospitals' Role in Population Health Grant. Deadline is March 1, 2017. Learn more.
- American College of Chest Physicians/CHEST Foundation: 2017 Research Grant in Asthma. Funds research projects that address the clinical, population, or community engagement/health services aspects of asthma with relevance to the understanding of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and/or treatment of the condition. Deadline is March 31, 2017. Learn more.
Loan Repayment
- HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program. Provides aid to primary care medical, dental and mental/behavioral health clinicians to repay their health profession student loans in exchange for a two-year commitment to work at an approved NHSC site in a high-need, underserved area. Deadline is April 6, 2017. Learn more | Technical Assistance webinar. February 16, 2017, 8:00 pm ET. Join.
Grant Application - Technical Assistance
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HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center: Webinar. Assembling a Grants Package Part 1: Understanding SAMHSA Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs). February 16, 2017, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
- HHS/OMH, OMHRC: FY2017 FOA Technical Assistance webinar. Evaluation – Review the Basics. The purpose of this evaluation webinar is to provide potential FOA applicants with the basics of evaluation, review OMH expectations and priority areas, and improve the quality of the proposed evaluation plans. February 23, 2017, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
Events
- HHS/OMH, National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA): Mountain States RHEC's Native American Cultural Competency webinar series. Overview of Working with Tribal Governments. Join OMHRC's Elton Naswood and Jason Baldes, Director of the Wind River Native Advocacy Center, for training on the history of tribes and treaties, utilization of CLAS Standards and cultural sensitivity when working with tribal communities, and the impact of cultural needs assessments. February 16, 2017, 1:00 pm ET. Register.
- Johns Hopkins University/Bloomberg School of Public Health: Registration now open for the 2nd National Conference on American Indian Health, Engaging the Strength of Family to Promote Lifelong Health: Lessons from the First Americans. May 1, 2017 in Baltimore, MD. Register.
- HHS/OMH, OMHRC: Higher Education Technical Assistance Project (HETAP) training. University Vision, Design and Capacity (U-VDC) Technical Grant Writing Workshops. These hands-on, two-day workshops are for junior faculty, staff and college/university health professionals who are interested in community-based participatory research; who are committed to working with underserved populations; and who want to build their institution’s capacity to compete and receive competitive grant awards. March 23-24, 2017 in Baltimore, MD. Register | March 31-April 1, 2017 in Chicago, IL. Register.
Events
- HHS/SAMHSA and the Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS): Training. Capacity Building Opportunity. This is an intensive technical assistance opportunity for mental health and substance abuse peer-run organizations, recovery community organizations, and family-run organizations. Deadline is February 24, 2017. Learn more.
- Maryland Nonprofits and the Standards for Excellence Institute: Registration now open for Tech to Tell Your Story. This conference will address the use of technology and social media by nonprofits. March 21, 2017 in Marriottsville, MD. Register.
- HHS/NIH, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Child & Adolescent Bipolar Disorder Brain Imaging and Treatment Study. NIH researches seek children ages 8-17, either healthy or diagnosed with ADHD, mood, and/or anxiety disorders. Study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
- HHS/NIH, NIMH: Brain Imaging of Childhood Onset Psychiatric Disorders, Endocrine Disorders and Healthy Volunteers. NIH researchers seek healthy volunteers ages 5-25. Study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/NIH, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): Save the date for the Health Disparities Research Institute. This program supports the research career development of promising minority health/health disparities research scientists early in their careers. August 14-18, 2017 in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
- Government Accountability Office (GAO): Request for nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). MedPAC is an independent congressional agency that advises the US Congress on issues affecting the Medicare program and is also tasked with analyzing access to care, quality of care, and other issues affecting Medicare. Deadline is March 10, 2017. Learn more.
Resources
- National Coalition for Sexual Health: New resource. Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider's Guide. This guide can help healthcare providers better integrate sexual health conversations and recommended preventive services into routine visits with adolescents and adults. Learn more | Download full guide (PDF).
- University of Washington/Indigenous Wellness Research Institute: Call for participants to test the Vr2L 2Spirit Island within Second Life® virtual tool. The Vr2L 2Spirit project is a culturally grounded, online HIV prevention intervention for Native American men who have sex with men. The intervention facilitates positive sexual health behaviors and promotes HIV risk harm reduction strategies. For further information, please contact vr2s@uw.edu or call (206) 265-3805.
Events
- The HHS's Office on Women's Health (OWH) recognizes March 10, 2017 as National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) with the theme "The Best Defense is a Good Offense." For further information, fact sheets, posters, social media tools, and a social media toolkit please visit the new NWGHAAD website. OWH also invite you to join their NWGHAAD Thunderclap. Use #NWGHAAD and #BestDefense on social media to talk about how you are protecting yourself and others from HIV.
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Events
- HHS/OMH, OMHRC: Preconception Peer Educator (PPE) webinar. Implicit Bias: Uncovering Our Blind Spots. This webinar is designed to promote awareness and understanding of implicit bias in our everyday interactions, such as the media, criminal justice, and hiring, along with an overview of microaggressions, microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations. February 15, 2017, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
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Resources
- HHS/SAMHSA: New publication in Spanish. SAMHSA have translated their publication, the Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit, into Spanish as Prevención de la Sobredosis de Opioides - Manual de Instrucción. Learn more | Download in Spanish | Descarge en español.
OMHRC
- AMTIS is recruiting for a Digital Media Coordinator position within OMH's Office of Minority Health Resource Center. Open until filled. Apply.
Academic
- The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is recruiting for a Staff Physician (A1700055) position at the McKinley Health Center in Urbana, IL. Deadline is March 10, 2017. Apply.
Events
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)/Recruitment Policy and Outreach: Webinar. Pathways Programs for Students and Recent Graduates. This webinar is intended for Career Counselors, and discusses federal programs established for students and recent graduates that can potentially lead to permanent federal employment. Participants will learn about the Internship, Recent Graduates, and Presidential Management Fellows Programs. February 28, 2017, 1:30 pm ET. Register.
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Managing Sickle Cell Disease in Low-Income Families, written by Shirley A. Hill, examines how African American families manage their care when dealing with a sickle cell diagnosis. This book discusses the difficulties surrounding this hereditary disease, while addressing how socioeconomic status can impact healthcare decisions. To view this title and find additional information, search our online catalog.
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