Conference Report: Is the Microbiome a New Era of Population Health?
Jennifer DowdWill the microbiome usher in a new era of “poop-ulation health?” Read this conference report from Jennifer Dowd.
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4th Annual Health And… Conference: Childhood and Opportunity 2019
Christine BachrachWith the goal of translating research into action to improve urban population health, the “Health And…” Conference series brings together leading investigators, policymakers, practitioners, and community leaders who work at the intersection of health and its many determinants. The 2019 Conference, to be held on May 13th, will focus on Childhood and Opportunity. Stay tuned for more details. Link leads to information on past conferences.
Stronger Food and Drug Regulatory Systems Abroad
Christine BachrachThe 2012 IOM report Ensuring Safe Food and Medical Products through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad put considerable emphasis on capacity building in developing countries as a means to improve the safety of food and drugs around the world. While progress has been made on these goals, the global regulatory landscape has changed significantly since 2012. It is therefore timely to assess progress made towards these goals and the current regulatory landscape. First meeting on this topic to be held January 8, 2019-January 9, 2019. Webcast is available.
NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors
Christine BachrachEach year, NIH honors the research trajectory and continuing influence of Dr. Matilda White Riley in the behavioral and social sciences across and beyond the NIH. Early stage investigator paper competition opening in January 2019, stay tuned.
Recording Archive and Photos: 2018 NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival
Christine BachrachOBSSR and the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee held the third NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival: Connecting People to Advance Health on the NIH campus on November 27, 2018. This 1-day festival brought together behavioral and social scientists within the NIH extramural and intramural communities to network and collaborate with one another and share scientific ideas, highlight recent advances in NIH-supported behavioral and social sciences research in fiscal year (FY) 2018, and explore ways to advance behavioral and social sciences research. Festival photos and the archived recording are now available.
Promoting Reductions in Intersectional StigMa (PRISM) to Improve the HIV Prevention Continuum
Christine BachrachRFA-MH-19-411 (R21), RFA-MH-19-410 (R34), and RFA-MH-19-412 (R01). This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits research grant applications which will: 1) advance measurements of intersectional stigma and examine the mechanisms by which it is a barrier to HIV testing and linkage to prevention; or 2) develop and test interventions to reduce intersectional stigma and improve the uptake of HIV testing and linkage to ongoing HIV prevention among key populations at substantial risk for HIV infection. Applications due January 23, 2019.
Leveraging Health Information Technology (Health IT) to Address Minority Health and Health Disparities
Christine BachrachPAR-19-093 (R01), This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks to support research that examines how health information technology adoption impacts minority health and health disparity populations in access to care, quality of care, patient engagement, and health outcomes. Letter of intent due 30 days prior to application due date. Due date for 2019 is March 4th.
Brown University: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Population Studies
Christine BachrachThe Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC) at Brown University is currently recruiting one or two postdoctoral fellows to start on or around July 1, 2019. Areas of potential focus include health. Screening of applications will begin on January 11, and will continue until the position is filled.
Conference Report: Politics, Population Health, and (a Lack of) Progress
David WarnerWhat’s holding back our progress in population and public health? First we need a healthy democracy and attention to state-level policies that create disparities. David Warner filed this report from our October 2018 Population Health Conference.
Stephen Bezruchka Talks Inequality, Structural Violence, and the Future of Population Health
Fred ZimmermanNone of us are immune to the harm from structural violence and the “highly toxic gas of inequality.” Read more in our interview with Stephen Bezruchka in this special blog post.
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