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December 5, 2018
In This Issue:
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HHS/Office of Minority Health (OMH): New CLAS Report and Toolkit. OMH has developed a framework and toolkit to guide health care organizations' efforts in evaluating their implementation of the National CLAS Standards. The toolkit distills the elements of the framework and can help guide evaluations across four settings (ambulatory care, behavioral health, hospitals and public health).
View the report here.
View the toolkit here.
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HHS/OMH: Youth Health Equity Model of Practice (YHEMOP) Summer 2019 Placement Site Application. The YHEMOP program provides short-term health equity fellowships to students enrolled in higher education studies. If you are an organization interested in hosting a fellow in the summer of 2019, please email OMHYHEMOP@atlasresearch.us or see below.
Deadline is December 7. Learn more.
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Federal Grants
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HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Healthy Transitions: Improving Life Trajectories for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Disorders Program. Eligibility is limited to state, tribal or territorial agencies that oversee delivery of mental health services to youth (16-25) with serious mental disorders.
Deadline is December 21. Learn more.
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HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Physician Assistant (PA) Program. Eligible applicants must be academically affiliated PA training programs, accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant.
Deadline is January 14, 2019. Learn more.
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HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Genetic Engineering Technologies for HIV Cure Research (U19 Clinical Trial Optional) Cooperative Agreement.
Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is February 11, 2019. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
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Parkinson's Foundation: Clinical Research Award. Supports the research expenses of a clinician-scientist, preferably a junior investigator, whose clinically oriented research involves people living with Parkinson's.
Deadline for LOI is January 22, 2019. Learn more.
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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI): Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards - Capacity Building. Supports projects that encourage active integration of patients, caregivers, and clinicians as integral members of patient-centered outcomes research/clinical effectiveness research.
Deadline for LOI is February 1, 2019. Learn more.
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American Psychological Foundation: Trauma Psychology Grant. Supports the work of early-career psychologists (no more than ten years postdoctoral) to alleviate trauma.
Deadline is February 15, 2019. Learn more.
Scholarships / Fellowships
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University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health: NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Disparities Research. Provides training and mentoring in interdisciplinary research that addresses disparities in health status and health outcomes among minority populations with an emphasis on maternal/child, adolescent and family health.
Deadline is February 1, 2019. Learn more.
Conferences
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Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy/Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, Research and Education: Call for abstracts for the 12th Health Disparities Conference, Linking Upstream Determinants to Downstream Interventions - Targeting Health Disparities & Health Equity.
April 8-10, 2019 in New Orleans, LA. Register.
Deadline for abstracts is February 25, 2019. Learn more.
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National Network of Public Health Institutes: Call for abstracts for the National Conference on Tobacco or Health.
August 27-29, 2019 in Minneapolis, MN.
Deadline for abstracts is December 12. Learn more.
Capacity Building
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Cross Cultural Health Care Program: Training. Equity and Inclusion: Cultural Competency Training of Trainers. This 40-hour Cultural Competency Training of Trainers will build your internal training capacity, meet mandates for culturally and linguistically appropriate services and provide best practices on equity and inclusion. For further information please contact Aselefech Evans at ccprograms@xculture.org.
March 18-22, 2019 in Seattle, WA.
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HHS/NIH, NIAID: Interventional (Clinical Trial) study. A Phase 1, Single Dose Study of the Safety and Virologic Effect of an HIV-1 Specific Broadly Neutralizing Human Monoclonal Antibody, VRC-HIVMAB080-00-AB (VRC01LS) or VRC-HIVMAB075-00-AB (VRC07-523LS), Administered Intravenously to HIV-Infected Adults. NIH researchers seek volunteers ages 18-70 who are HIV infected but otherwise healthy. Study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD and the AIDS Clinical Trials Group in Silver Spring, MD. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, NIAID: Interventional (Clinical Trial) study. Safety of and Immune Response to Dolutegravir in HIV-1 Infected Infants, Children, and Adolescents. NIH researchers seek children at least 4 weeks but younger than 18 years of age with a confirmed HIV-1 infection. A Parent or legal guardian able and willing to provide signed informed consent. Study to be conducted at various locations in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington. Learn more.
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The book Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America examines how dental health and care are viewed in the United States, while exploring correlations between visible tooth decay and social mobility.
To view this title or request additional information, search the online catalog.
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