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February 13, 2019
 In This Issue:
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HHS/OMH: Webinar. Holistic Health and Sickle Cell Disease: A Focus on Mental and Behavioral Health. This webinar will discuss the various aspects of mental and behavioral health in sickle cell disease patients, as well as a holistic approach to treatment. Presenters will share information on the mental health disparities that exist among sickle cell patients and ways that health care providers can work to address them.
February 28, 1:00 pm ET. Register.
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HHS/OMH has announced the theme for National Minority Health Month 2019: Active & Healthy. This year's theme will highlight the health benefits of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in small amounts every day to promote improvements in overall health and reduce the risk of chronic diseases and other conditions among racial and ethnic minority groups. Learn more.
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Federal Grants
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HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Cooperative agreement. Immunization and Vaccines for Children. Eligibility is limited to state, city/township, special district, and territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Deadline is April 8. Learn more.
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HHS/Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans (ANA): Grant. Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS). Supports community-driven projects, including social and economic infrastructure, designed to grow local and village economies and strengthen American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) families.
Deadline is April 15. Learn more about SEDS | Learn more about SEDS - Alaska.
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HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Cooperative agreement. Networks for Oral Health Integration within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net. The purpose of this program is to improve access to and delivery of comprehensive, quality oral health care for children age 0–17 years old.
Deadline is April 29. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
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Lupus Research Institute: Research grant. Dr. William E. Paul Distinguished Innovator Awards in Lupus and Autoimmunity. Supports research that aims to uncover the fundamental causes of lupus and present a compelling vision of how the discovery would lay the groundwork for a potential cure, prevention, or highly effective therapy.
Deadline for Letter of Intent is March 15. Learn more.
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American Cancer Society: Research grant. The Role of Health Policy and Health Insurance in Improving Access to and Performance of Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Services.
Deadline is April 1. Learn more.
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Health Effects Institute: Research grant. Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award. Provides funding for investigators who are beginning independent research careers and are undertaking research on the health effects of air pollution.
Deadline for pre-application is April 15. Learn more.
Webinars
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Allergy & Asthma Network and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: The Total Lung Connection. Join speaker Dr. Purvi Parikh for a discussion on what patients and health care providers can do to enhance overall lung health, including smoking cessation, environmental control, and exercise.
February 20, 5:00 pm ET. Register.
Conferences
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National Indian Health Board (NIHB): Win free registration to the NIHB National Tribal Public Health Summit or American Indian and Alaska Native National Behavioral Health Conference. To participate, submit pictures and a brief description of the work your organization, public health department, clinic, or youth program is doing to improve the health of AI/AN people. Submit your entry to Dr. Wendee Gardner with the subject line "Tribal Public Health Week Competition."
Deadline is March 15.
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National Quality Forum: Registration is open for the 20th Anniversary Annual Conference, Answering the Call: Results that Matter in Quality and Value. This conference brings together researchers, physicians, patients, and policy-makers to focus on how they can collaborate across sectors to reduce health disparities.
March 24-26 in Washington, DC. Register.
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United States Conference on AIDS (USCA): Call for abstracts for USCA 2019. Conference tracks include biomedical HIV prevention, young gay men, the opioid epidemic, transgender and gender non-confirming people, public policy, and federal, state and local plans to end the HIV epidemic in America.
September 5-8 in Washington, DC. Register.
Deadline for abstracts is April 5. Learn more.
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HHS/HRSA, Bureau of Health Workforce: U.S. Health Workforce: State Profiles. This resource provides data on 34 types of health occupations. It is an interactive, companion document to the U.S. Health Workforce Chartbook and was developed to make data on the U.S. health workforce more readily available to diverse users. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI): Observational study. Genomics, Environmental Factors and Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease in African-Americans Study (GENE-FORECAST). NIH researchers seek US-born, African American men and women age 21-65 years old. Study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
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The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, in collaboration with the HHS NIH NHLBI: Interventional study. Technology Coaching Intervention for Black Women with Hypertension. Researchers seek African American women, age 18-70 years old, with uncontrolled hypertension and who reside in Charlotte or the surrounding area. Study to be conducted at churches, beauty salons and community events throughout Charlotte, NC. Learn more.
Internships / Mentoring
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HHS/OMH: Youth Health Equity Model of Practice (YHEMOP) Summer 2019 Health Equity Fellowship. 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 OMHYHEMOP@atlasresearch.us.
Deadline is February 22. Learn more.
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HHS/Indian Health Service (IHS): Division of Oral Health Dental Externships. This training opportunity is available for dental students between their third and fourth years of school within the months of May through September.
Deadline is February 28. Learn more.
Federal Government
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HHS/HRSA, Bureau of Health Workforce: Substance Use Disorder Regional Virtual Job Fairs. These events connect healthcare sites with job-seeking primary care trainees and practicing clinicians. Learn more.
- HHS Regions 1-4: East Coast, February 26
- HHS Regions 5 & 6: North/South Central, February 28
- HHS Regions 7 & 8: Mountain/Plains, March 5
- HHS Regions 9 & 10: West Coast, March 7
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The booklet Sickle Cell Trait and Other Hemoglobinopathies and Diabetes: Important Information for Providers, NIH Publication No. 14-6287 describes hemoglobin variants that correlate with the sickle cell trait and with diabetes in different racial and ethnic groups. Some African Americans have both sickle cell and diabetes trait variants that interfere with certain tests used to monitor diabetes. This document explains how to interpret test results to ensure blood diseases are not overlooked or misdiagnosed.
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