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January 16, 2019
 In This Issue:
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- The HHS/Office of Minority Health (OMH) is excited to announce that the Youth Health Equity Model of Practice (YHEMOP) Summer 2019 Health Equity Fellow application is now available! Through its YHEMOP program, OMH places students enrolled in higher education studies into short-term health equity fellowships to help meet the needs of diverse organizations. For more information about the program, please contact us at OMHYHEMOP@atlasresearch.us.
Deadline is February 22. Learn more.
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HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): The Heart Truth® webinar. Our Hearts Succeed Together. As American Heart Month approaches, NHLBI invites you to join them in encouraging people across the country to reduce their risk for heart disease. This webinar will highlight how you and your organization can promote heart healthy behaviors among those you serve, your community, colleagues, friends and family.
TODAY, January 16, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
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Utah Department of Health/Office of Health Disparities: Webinar. It Takes a Village: How Data, Community, and Culture Combine to Address Birth Outcomes Disparities. Presenters will discuss the process of identifying birth outcomes disparities among Pacific Islanders. They will also highlight the It Takes a Village program, which raises awareness about birth outcomes disparities in the context of Pacific Islander cultural beliefs and practices.
January 31, 11:00 am MT. Register.
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Federal Grants
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HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH): Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Supports the career development of individuals with a clinical doctoral degree who focus their work on patient-oriented research.
Deadline is February 12. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant. Mobile Technologies Extending Reach of Primary Care for Substance-Use-Disorders (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional). Funds the development and testing of a prototype mobile/tablet technology-based application suitable for primary care settings and which can be used to deliver feedback to patients following up on substance use interventions.
Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is February 19. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH: Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Supports small-scale research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions to expose undergraduate and/or graduate students to meritorious research projects.
Deadline is February 25. Learn more.
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HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Grant. Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Follow-Up Expansion Program. Eligibility is limited to National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Centers.
Deadline is March 11. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
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Prevent Blindness/National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health: Community of Practice Grant. Better Vision Together. Supports 5-10 state- and community-level teams who wish to improve vision and eye health in at-risk, minority, and vulnerable populations of children age 0-5 years old.
Deadline is February 25. Learn more.
Loan Repayment
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HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): National Health Service Corps Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Workforce Loan Repayment Program. Supports the recruitment and retention of health professionals needed in underserved areas to expand access to SUD treatment and prevent overdose deaths.
Deadline is February 21. Learn more.
Application Facebook chat, January 17, 8:00 pm ET. Learn more.
Webinars
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University of California, San Francisco/California Prevention Training Center (CAPTC): Webinar series. Building Capacity to Address the Social Determinants of Health in HIV Prevention and Care: Lessons Learned from Real-World Implementation. This webinar series provides an introduction to CAPTC's new Social Determinants of Health Resource Guide for health departments, community-based organizations, and healthcare organizations.
Health Departments: January 17, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
Community-Based Organizations: January 24, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
Healthcare Organizations: February 7, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
Conferences
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American Public Health Association (APHA): Registration is open for the APHA Policy Action Institute, Public Health Under Siege: Improving Policy in Turbulent Times. As part of the 2019 AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, APHA has organized a day of discussions with a focus on issues such as environmental health, violence prevention, immigrant health, and women's health.
February 6 in Washington, DC. Register.
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Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Center (HFRCC): Call for abstracts for the 2019 HFRCC Research Symposium. This symposium will focus on research, service, and educational projects that are either Flint-focused or comparative with Flint, in the areas of health, the environment, infrastructure, and education.
March 15 in Flint, MI. Register.
Deadline for abstracts is January 21. Learn more.
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Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE): Registration is open for the SOPHE 2019 Annual Conference, Elevating Health Through the Power of Many.
March 26-29 in Salt Lake City, UT. Register.
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National Indian Health Board: Call for abstracts for the 2019 American Indian and Alaska Native National Behavioral Health Conference.
May 15-17 in Albuquerque, NM.
Deadline for abstracts is February 1. Learn more.
Publications
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National Academy of Medicine (NAM): First, Do No Harm: Marshaling Clinician Leadership to Counter the Opioid Epidemic. At the request of the National Governors Association, NAM convened a group of experts and field leaders to explore clinicians' roles in addressing opioid misuse and addiction. This publication offers clinicians a set of axioms applicable both to responsible, appropriate opioid prescribing practices, and to recognition and treatment of substance use disorder.
Learn more | Download full publication (PDF).
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National Health Observances
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HHS/NIH, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) recognizes January 22-27 as National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, which encourages educational events in communities that teach teenagers science-proven facts about drug use and addiction, including debunking myths about drugs and alcohol that teenagers can get from the internet, social media, television or their peers. Find out more information on activities and resources on the NIH's NIDA website.
Opportunities for Public Comment
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HHS/Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP): Call for public comments on the HealthyPeople 2030 Proposed Objectives.
Deadline is TOMORROW, January 17. Learn more.
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US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Call for public comments on the Draft Recommendation Statement and Draft Evidence Review: Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women.
Deadline is February 4. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Phase I study. Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Patients. NIH researchers seek SCD patients age 18-99 years old who planned to enroll in an active allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) transplant study where back-up autologous HSCs are needed or are eligible for an allogeneic HSCT study but no active study is available. NHLBI study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Learn more.
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK): Phase III study. Safety and Immunogenicity of GSK Meningococcal Group B Vaccine and 13-valent Pneumococcal Vaccine when Administered Concomitantly with Routine Vaccines to Healthy Infants. GSK researchers seek infants 6-12 weeks of age. Written informed consent must be obtained from infants' parents or legally acceptable representatives prior to performing any study specific procedure. Study to be conducted at 32 locations throughout the United States. Learn more.
Workforce Development
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State University of New York/Downstate Medical Center: Summer Institute. Program to Increase Diversity among Individuals Engaged in Cardiovascular Health-Related Research (PRIDE-CVD). This NHLBI-funded research program seeks to increase the number of scientists and research-oriented faculty from ethnic groups currently under-represented in science who successfully compete for external funding for scientific research in the biomedical and behavioral sciences in cardiovascular-health related topics.
July 7-19 in Brooklyn, NY.
Deadline for application is March 1. Learn more.
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The report Why Minority Eye Health Still Matters: A Call for Current - and Future - Eyecare Professionals to be Culturally Competent summarizes discussions from the National Optometric Association 2017 annual meeting. It examines how conditions like glaucoma and diabetic eye disease disproportionately impact Hispanics and African Americans. The document provides suggestions for outreach, such as bilingual resources, to encourage regular visits to eyecare professionals.
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