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April 24, 2019
In This Issue:
Active & Healthy Tip of the Week
Everything you eat and drink matters. The right mix can help you be healthier now and into the future. Adding a healthy diet to regular physical activity is the perfect recipe for staying active and healthy.
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OMH Grants
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HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH): Grant. Youth Engagement in Sports: Collaboration to Improve Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition (YES Initiative). This grant seeks to support projects that address the HHS priority to expand youth participation in sports and encourage regular physical activity, especially for youth populations with lower rates of sports participation and communities with limited access to athletic facilities or recreational areas.
Deadline is May 31. Learn more.
Technical Assistance webinar, TODAY, April 24, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
Federal Grants
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HHS/Office of Population Affairs (OPA): Grant. Data Analysis and Trends Research. This funding opportunity announcement invites applications from public or private nonprofit entities to conduct research that will lead to feasible and effective approaches and/or activities that will increase the ability of individuals and couples in the U.S. to achieve their family planning goals.
Deadline is May 6. Learn more.
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HHS/OPA: Grant. Embryo Adoption/Donation Services and Public Awareness. This funding opportunity announcement invites applications from public or private nonprofit entities to increase public awareness of the existence of a large number of human embryos remaining after in vitro fertilization procedures, some of which might be available for adoption by infertile couples. Applications may include interventions that provide “medical and administrative services” to individuals and couples in order to facilitate the adoption and donation of embryos for the purpose of family formation.
Deadline is May 20. Learn more.
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HHS/OPA: Grant. Title X Family Planning – Innovations in Family Planning Clinical Service Delivery and Studies to Address Opportunities and Barriers for Linking Family Planning Services and Substance Use Disorder Screening and Treatment. This funding opportunity announcement invites applications from public or private nonprofit entities to conduct research that will lead to feasible and effective strategies to increase access to quality Title X family planning services among hard to reach populations or provide family planning services in resource limited areas, as well as among individuals who misuse opioids and/or other substances, including those with substance use disorders.
Deadline is June 14. Learn more.
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HHS/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Alliance to Modernize Healthcare (Health FFRDC) and the MITRE Corporation: Sources sought announcement (SSA). Preventing Pregnancy in Adolescents: Replicating Programs in Communities Across the Nation. MITRE is announcing a contracting opportunity for the rigorous evaluation of school-based, after-school based, or community-based pregnancy prevention programs. MITRE is releasing this SSA to determine interest and to seek questions related to this anticipated funding opportunity.
Open deadline. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
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Rural PREP: Microresearch Grant. Supports community-based research projects leading to local solutions to problems in underserved communities in the areas of rural primary care, population health, and rural health workforce education and training.
Deadline is June 3. Learn more.
Scholarships / Fellowships
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HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Fellowship. Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). Applicants may be assigned to work in the areas of infectious diseases, chronic diseases, injury prevention, environmental health, or occupational health, either at CDC, or at another federal agency, state, or local health department. Fellows must be willing to commit to 2-year, full-time service and relocate to their assignment.
Deadline is May 22. Learn more.
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The Alcohol Research Group (ARG), in association with the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health: Postdoctoral fellowship. Graduate Research Training in Alcohol Problems: Alcohol-Related Disparities. Fellowships at ARG provide research training in the study of alcohol use and problems, and are oriented toward the pursuit of basic and applied socio-behavioral and epidemiological research.
Deadline is June 30. Learn more.
Webinars
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HHS/CDC, Emergency Partners Information Connection (EPIC) and the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity: Cultural Competence in Preparedness Planning. Join this webinar today to learn why cultural competency matters during emergencies, the potential consequences of being culturally incompetent, and resources to help build your understanding.
TODAY, April 24, 1:00 pm ET. Register.
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HHS: Sickle Cell Disease Stakeholder Engagement Subgroup. This webinar will introduce the HHS Sickle Cell Disease Working Group. This working group was established to coordinate and synergize HHS assets to address the comprehensive needs of sickle cell patients with respect, compassion, and urgency. The presentations will focus on three areas: research, clinical, and stakeholder engagement.
April 25, 12:00 pm ET. Register.
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American Public Health Association (APHA), in collaboration with the Tulane Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, and the Tulane Prevention Research Center: Preconception and Multigenerational Health: Links Between Cardiovascular and Reproductive Health. Join presenter Emily Harville (Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine) for a webinar exploring the interrelationships between cardiovascular and reproductive health, across the life course and across generations.
May 2, 12:30 pm CT. Register.
Conferences
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The Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership, in collaboration with the County and City of Los Angeles: Registration is open for Shaking Up Reentry: A Collaborative Approach to Reentry in LA County. This conference will focus on innovative strategies to coordinate and design reentry services for formally incarcerated adults in LA.
May 30 in Montebello, CA. Register.
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National Black Nurses Association (NBNA): Registration is open for the 47th NBNA Annual Institute and Conference. This event offers Black/African American nursing professionals opportunities for continuing education, career development and networking.
July 23-28 in New Orleans, LA. Register.
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GLMA Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality: Registration is open for the 37th GLMA Annual Conference on LGBTQ Health. This conference is a forum for discussion and exploration of how best to address the needs of LGBTQ individuals and families, as well as the needs of LGBTQ health professionals and health profession students.
September 11-14 in New Orleans, LA.
Deadline for early bird registration is June 30. Register.
Other Events
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U.S. General Services Administration (GSA): Innovative Approaches to the Opioid Crisis: How Communities Are Crowdsourcing Solutions to Confront This Crisis. GSA will convene stakeholders to discuss and share current planning for innovative approaches to address opioid prevention, awareness, treatment, detection, and law enforcement, including crowdsourcing, challenges and prizes.
April 30, 8:30 am ET in Washington, DC. Register.
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HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH): Symposium. From Data to Discoveries: Creating a Research Program for All of Us. Join featured speakers Dr. Francis Collins (NIH Director), Eric Dishman (All of Us Research Program Director) and Dr. Nora Volkow (National Institute on Drug Abuse Director) for a symposium discussing what they have learned about how to build an engaged and diverse participant community and its potential for scientific impact and highlighting precision medicine data.
May 6, 10:00 am ET in Bethesda, MD and via live videocast. Learn more.
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National Academy of Medicine (NAM): Town hall meetings. The Future of Nursing 2020-2030. NAM seeks insights on how to advance the profession of nursing to help the nation create a culture of health, reduce health disparities, and improve the health and well-being of the U.S. population in the 21st century. All live events will be webcast.
June 7 in Chicago, IL. Register.
July 24 in Philadelphia, PA. Register.
August 7 in Seattle, WA. Register.
National Campaigns
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Thurston Arthritis Research Center: Osteoarthritis Action Alliance. This national coalition is committed to elevating osteoarthritis (OA) as a national health priority and promoting effective systems and environmental policy solutions that address the individual and national toll of OA. They have developed the StandUp2OA campaign to promote evidence-based public health interventions and activities that can help prevent and manage OA. For further information, including a campaign toolkit and physical activity guide, please visit the OA Action Alliance website.
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American Lung Association: Year of Air Pollution & Health. Each month, the American Lung Association will spotlight the lifesaving importance of healthy air, focusing on different themes such as how air pollution harms health, who is at risk and ways to take action to protect diverse communities. The theme for April is "State of the Air." For further information, events and future themes, please visit the American Lung Association's Healthy Air page.
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)/Office of Research and Development, in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania: Behavioral study. Effect of Exercise in Parkinsonism. Researchers seek veterans, age 40-89 years old, with parkinsonian signs. Study to be conducted at the VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH: Phase 1 intervention. Effect of Exercise Training on Physical, Cognitive, and Behavioral Function in People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). NIH researchers seek volunteers age 18-79 years old with a diagnosis of non-penetrating TBI that occurred at least 12 months prior to enrollment. Study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
Continuing Education
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HHS/CDC: Continuing education. Effective Communication for Healthcare Teams: Addressing Health Literacy, Limited English Proficiency and Cultural Differences. The lessons and practice activities in this course help healthcare professionals assess their patients' health literacy and language needs and practice culturally competent care. Continuing education credits are provided for physicians, nurses, certified health education specialists, pharmacists and certified public health professionals. Learn more.
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Federal Government
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HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Virtual Job Fair. This is a free online recruitment event that connects students and clinicians with health care delivery organizations. During the fair, attendees will learn about available employment opportunities across the country, benefit packages offered, and general information about patient populations.
May 22, 6:45 pm ET. Register.
Community-Based Health Literacy Interventions: Proceedings of a Workshop summarizes discussions that occurred during a workshop hosted by the Roundtable on Health Literacy from The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. After reflecting on themes found in a literature review, the Roundtable examined examples of community-based health literacy programs, including those in public libraries and in Head Start programs. They also evaluated interventions for their potential issues and challenges, then considered next steps for implementing interventions.
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