September 26, 2018

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In This Issue:

• FYI Spotlight
• Funding
• Webinars and Other Events
• Resources
• Clinical Trials
• @ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

FYI Spotlight

HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Regions VIII, IX, and X: Collective Impact Model: Lessons Learned from the Pacific Sickle Cell Regional Collaborative. The speakers for this webinar will be Edward Ivy, MD, MPH, Medical Officer at HRSA and Judith R. Baker, DrPH, MHSA, Public Health Director, Western States Regional Hemophilia Network and Policy Director, Pacific Sickle Cell Regional Collaborative. Please note that registration is not needed for this webinar. Simply click on the Join link at the webinar's start time. TODAY, September 26, 2:00 pm PT. Join.

Funding

Federal Grants

• HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Capacity Building Assistance for High Impact HIV Prevention Program Integration - Cooperative Agreement.
  Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is October 12. Learn more.
  
  
• HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Health Center Program's Service Area Competition. Funds public and private nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations that provide primary health care services to medically underserved populations.
  Deadline is November 6. Learn more.
   
• HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): Addressing the Challenges of the Opioid Epidemic in Minority Health and Health Disparities Research in the US (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Grant.
  Deadline is November 14. Learn more.

Non-Federal Grants

• Carolina Hurricanes Foundation: Game Changer Grant. Funds nonprofit organizations working to help children from underserved populations in the areas of health and education. Eligibility is limited to North Carolina nonprofits.
  Deadline is October 16. Learn more.
  
  
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Pioneering Ideas Brief Proposal: Technology, Infrastructure and Health. Funds projects that will examine how technology's impact on infrastructure in the near future (5-10 years) could influence efforts to improve health equity.
  Deadline is October 17. Learn more.
  
  
• American Psychological Foundation: Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant. Funds empirical and applied research focused on lesbian, gay and bisexual family psychology and lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender family therapy. 
  Deadline is November 1. Learn more.   
  
  
• ENTELLIGENCE: 2018-2019 Young Investigator Program. Funds research in the area of pulmonary hypertension, with a focus on expanding knowledge of pulmonary vascular pathobiology pathways.
  Deadline for LOI is November 2. Learn more.

Webinars and Other Events

Webinars

• District of Columbia Department of Health/Tobacco Control Program, in partnership with the Truth Initiative: Electronic Cigarettes and Youth Initiation. Speakers Dr. Lauren Czaplicki and Siobhan Perks will address electronic cigarettes and growing youth consumption of them.
  September 27, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
  
  
• HHS/NIH, National Cancer Institute (NCI), in partnership with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): Alcohol and Cancer in the United States. Join Dr. Noelle LoConte, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin and lead author of a recent ASCO statement on alcohol use and cancer risk, as she provides an overview of the data and outlines areas where future research is needed.
  September 28, 2:00 pm ET. Register.

Conferences

Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA): Registration is open for the 46th Annual National SCDAA Convention, Celebrating Diversity Within the Sickle Cell Community: Commitment, Innovation, Practice. October 10-13 in Baltimore, MD. Register.

• HHS/NIH, in partnership with AcademyHealth: Registration is open for the 11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Scaling Up Effective Health and Healthcare: Advancing the Research Agenda and Necessary Infrastructure.
  December 3-5 in Washington, DC. Learn more. 
  Deadline for early bird registration is October 8. Register.
  
  
• National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA): Call for abstracts for the 2019 NHMA Annual Hispanic Health Conference.
  April 11-14, 2019 in Arlington, VA. Learn more. 
  Deadline for abstracts submission is October 30. Learn more. 

Resources

Hispanic Heritage Month: Publications in Spanish

HHS/NIH, National Institute on Aging (NIA): NIA has dozens of easy-to-read Spanish-language web articles on topics of concern to older adults, including healthy eating, exercise, shingles, heart health, high blood pressure and caregiving. Learn more | Order print publications. HHS/NIH, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): NIAAA provides Spanish-language publications on alcoholism topics such as treatment, family history, pregnancy and the dangerous interaction between alcohol and prescription drugs. Learn more | Order print publications.

Call for Nominations

• HHS/HRSA: Call for nominations for new members to serve on the HRSA Health Workforce National Advisory Committees. The five committees advise the HHS Secretary and Congress on health workforce policies and programs. For information about eligibility and application requirements, please contact HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce. 
  Nominations accepted on a continuous basis.

Opportunities for Public Comments

• HHS/CDC: Call for public comments and recommendations on a proposed revision of data collection for the 2019-2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The purpose of this revision request is to add the following topics to the questionnaires: myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; hepatitis treatment; adverse childhood experiences; food stamps; and opioid use and misuse.
  Deadline is November 19. Learn more. 

Other Resources

• HHS/NIH NIA, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and CDC: Toolkit. Recruiting Older Adults into Research (ROAR). This presentation, available in English, Spanish and Chinese, can be used to encourage older adults and their family caregivers to consider participating in clinical research. Learn more.
   
• HHS/Food and Drug Administration (FDA)/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN): FDA CFSAN provides materials and programs for consumers and health educators on foodborne illness or food poisoning. These include the following food safety toolkits: Consumer Food Safety Educator Evaluation Toolbox and Guide, Everyday Food Safety for Young Adults, the Foodborne Illness Continuing Medical Education Program, and Food Safety in Your Kitchen.   

Clinical Trials

• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Interventional study. Hydroxyurea Management in Kids: Intensive Versus Stable Dosage Strategies. Researchers seek children age 9-36 months. Studies to be conducted in Atlanta, GA, Jackson, MS, Memphis, TN and Dallas, TX. Learn more.
  
  
• Medical College of Wisconsin, NIH NHLBI, the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the National Marrow Donor Program: Interventional study. Bone Marrow Transplantation vs Standard of Care in Patients with Severe Sickle Cell Disease (BMT CTN 1503) (STRIDE2). Researchers seek volunteers age 15-40 years with severe sickle cell disease. Study to be conducted at 38 locations nationwide. Learn more. 

@ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

Hope and Destiny: The Patient and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait is a book that contains extensive information regarding care, treatment regimens, and coping skills for sickle cell disease. The book also includes chapters on developmental issues that come at different ages, pain management, and participating in clinical trials. To view this title or request additional information, search the online catalog.