August 15, 2018

In This Issue:

• FYI Spotlight
• Funding
• Capacity Building and Other Events
• Resources
• Clinical Trials
• Job Opportunities
• @ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

FYI Spotlight

HHS/OMH, National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA), in collaboration with the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA): Partners webinar series. Diversifying the Health Workforce for an Equitable Future. This webinar will highlight strategies to diversify the health workforce in order to create a more equitable future for all.  Tomorrow, August 16, 4:00 pm ET. Register.

Funding

Federal Grants

• HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) Grant. Supports community-based services aimed at improving the health status of children, adolescents, and families in rural and other underserved communities by increasing their access to health services.
  Deadline is October 1. Learn more.
   
• HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): Innovations for Healthy Living - Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant. 
  Deadline is October 1. Learn more.  
  
  
• HHS/NIH: Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions among Immigrant Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Grant.
  Deadline is October 5. Learn more. 

Non-Federal Grants

• Seattle Indian Health Board/Urban Indian Health Institute: 2018-2019 Building Resilience and Action to Nurture Community Health (BRANCH) Community Grants Program. Supports initiatives that encourage the use of AI/AN traditional, cultural and regional knowledge in developing, implementing, and/or supporting obesity education, prevention, and management initiatives among urban Indian communities.
  Deadline is August 31. Learn more.
  
  
• American Society of Clinical Oncology/Conquer Cancer Foundation: Career Development Award. This research program provides funding to clinical investigators who have received their initial faculty appointment to establish an independent clinical cancer research program.
  Deadline is September 25. Learn more. 
  
  
• New York State Health Foundation: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities, Consumer Empowerment, and Veterans' Health Program. Supports attendance and presentations by community-based organizations, health departments, and other low-resource organizations at local, state and national conferences related to building healthy communities, empowering healthcare consumers, and veterans' health. 
  Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more.

Scholarships / Fellowships

• HHS/NIH: Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program. This program provides NIH funding for clinical research for up to 10 years, and supports clinical researchers in the early stages of their careers to promote their development to fully independent positions.
  Deadline is August 31. Learn more.

Capacity Building and Other Events

Capacity Building

HHS/OMH, Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC): Tribal Vision, Design and Capacity Technical Grant Writing Workshops. This series of 2-day trainings will provide American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) professionals with strategies to make grant proposals more competitive and is designed specifically for tribes and tribal organizations. Trainings will be held in the following locations: August 23-24 in Atmore, AL | September 12-13 in Denver, CO | September 20-21 in Oklahoma City, OK | September 26-27 in Fairbanks, AK

• HHS/OMH, OMHRC: Clinical HIV/AIDS Regional Training. This one-day training is for doctors, nurses, case managers, community health workers and other health care professionals working in tribal agencies and clinics that deliver HIV prevention services. It seeks to increase providers' knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment with presentation topics on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV/HCV integration, and HIV & opioids. Supported by the Secretary's Minority AIDS Initiative Funds (SMAIF), the training is free to attend and limited to 30 providers serving AI/ANs. For further information, please contact Elton Naswood.
  September 17 in Oklahoma City, OK.
  
  

Conferences and Trainings

OMHRC will be attending the American Association of Diabetes Educators Conference, August 17-20 in Baltimore, MD. Stop by booth #249 to learn all about our services and resources.

• Maryland Governor's Grants Office, in collaboration with eCivis and Maryland Nonprofits: Registration is open for the Governor's Grants Training Conference.
  October 29 in Hyattsville, MD. 
  Deadline for early bird registration is September 21. Register.
  
  
• Howard University: Call for abstracts for the 9th Annual International Conference on Stigma, Bridging Research, Community and Practice.
  November 16 in Washington, DC. Register.
  Deadline for abstract submission is September 14. Learn more.
   

Johns Hopkins University/Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation and the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Symposium. Assessing and Communicating Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects for Patient Subpopulations: Challenges and Opportunities. Heterogeneity of treatment effects (HTE) is the variation in how individuals respond to a treatment. This symposium will focus on major sources of HTE, HTE considerations in study design and statistical analysis, and how HTE may be communicated to stakeholders via various avenues such as drug trial snapshots and labeling. November 28 in Silver Spring, MD. Register.

Resources

Publications

• HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit. This toolkit, available in English and Spanish, offers strategies to health care providers, communities, and local governments for developing practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Download in English | Descarge en español.
    

Health Observances

HHS recognizes August as National Breastfeeding Month. For further information, guidance and resources, such as the It's Only Natural campaign for African American women, please visit the HHS Office on Women's Health (OWH).

Clinical Trials

• Virginia Commonwealth University, in collaboration with the HHS/NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): Interventional study. Drug Interaction and Subjective Effects of Compounds for Opioid Use Disorder. Researchers seek volunteers ages 18-65 who meet current DSM-5 criteria for opioid use disorder but are not seeking treatment. Study to be conducted at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. Learn more.
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with HHS/NIH NIMHD: Interventional study. Men Together Making a Difference: Health Promotion for Black Men. Researchers seek Black men, 40 years or older, who are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV. Study to be conducted at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Learn more.

Job Opportunities

Federal

• HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH) is recruiting for a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Medicine (GS-0602-15, Title 38 compensation up to 240K) in Washington, DC.
  Deadline is August 24. Apply. 

@ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is a recent report that provides updates on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The report recommends policy changes such as universal hepatitis B virus vaccination of newborns and high-risk adults, along with suggestions for reducing transmission of the virus for pregnant women. To view this title and find additional information, search the online catalog.