January 2, 2019

In This Issue:

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

FYI Spotlight

HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR): Webinar. Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges - Developing the 2020 Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health. This webinar will update the public on the status of the upcoming Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health, and to request public input to help guide development of the report. January 10, 12:00 pm ET. Register. Deadline for written comments is January 25.

Funding

Federal Grants

• HHS/NIH, NIDCR: Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant. Tailoring Dental Treatment for Individuals with Systemic Diseases that Compromise Oral Health (R21).
  Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is January 16. Learn more. 
  
  
• HHS/NIH: Grant. HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Supports research studies on the impact of pre- and postnatal substance exposure, including opioids and opioid treatment medications, on brain, social, and behavioral development, mental illness, and substance use.
  Deadline for LOI is February 25. Learn more. 
  
  
• HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Grant. Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Capacity Development Program.
  Deadline is March 22. Learn more. 

Non-Federal Grants

• The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI): Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award. Supports projects that encourage active integration of patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders as integral members of the patient-centered outcomes research/clinical effectiveness research enterprise.
  Deadline for LOI is February 1. Learn more.
  
  
• AmerisourceBergen Foundation: Opioid Misuse Support Program. Opioid Resource Grant. Provides funding for proposals that address safe disposal, prevention education, and innovative solutions to the opioid crisis.
  Deadline is February 15. Learn more.

Webinars and Other Events

Conferences

• Medical Advocacy and Outreach (MAO): Registration is open for the 3rd Annual Breaking Barriers Summit, Health Equity and Social Justice in the Deep South. This HIV/AIDS summit will address topics such as youth sexual health, integrating HIV education into communities of faith, HIV and behavioral health, health equity in rural communities, and more.
  January 23-25 in Montgomery, AL. Register.

Capacity Building

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Workshop. Toward Understanding the Interplay of Environmental Stressors, Infectious Disease, and Human Health. Speakers will discuss emerging evidence on the links between environmental pollution and infectious disease, promising approaches to study those interactions, and how this knowledge could guide research directions, health practices, and public policy. This workshop will be live streamed via Webcast.
  January 15-16 in Washington, DC. Register.
  
  

HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Training. National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED) Learn 2019. The goal of NNEDLearn is to develop NNED members' skills in evidence-supported and culturally appropriate mental illness and substance use prevention and treatment practices and to support practice implementation. March 31-April 3 in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. Deadline for application is January 7. Apply.

Resources

Contests

• Strategies for Youth: Call for entries for the Youth Voices Contest. Youth age 12-18 years old are invited to submit essays, drawings, paintings, animation or video, photographs, sculptures, or other media that address how to improve interaction between law enforcement and youth.
  Deadline is January 15. Learn more.

Clinical Trials

• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)/Office of Research and Development: Behavioral study. Improve Glaucoma Medication Adherence (MAGIC). VA researchers seek volunteers age 18 or older who have a diagnosis of open angle glaucoma, have been prescribed glaucoma eye drops, and had a visual field performed within the last 9 months. Study to be conducted at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham, NC. Learn more.
  
  
• The New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, in collaboration with the NIH NIDCR and the State University of New York at Buffalo: Behavioral study. Implementing a Participatory, Multi-level Intervention to Improve Asian American Health Study. Researchers seek volunteers age 21 or older who self-identify as Chinese and who live in any of the 5 boroughs of New York City for a randomized controlled trial of a participatory, multi-level, partnered intervention to improve the oral and general health of low-income Chinese American adults. Study to be conducted at the NYU College of Dentistry in New York, NY. Learn more.

Job Opportunities

Internships / Mentoring

• American Psychiatric Association: Externship in Addiction Psychiatry. This program is intended for racial/ethnic minority medical students who have an interest in psychiatric services related to substance use disorders, prevention and early intervention.
  Deadline is March 1. Learn more. 

@ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

Community & Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public's Health, 9th Edition, is a textbook designed for nursing students that covers population-focused health. It provides case studies and other real-life examples to help students consider promoting health and disease prevention beyond treatment alone, and why becoming knowledgeable in this area can contribute to positive health outcomes that extend beyond nurse-patient relationships. To view this title or request additional information, search the online catalog.