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July 29, 2005 Volume VII ● Issue 15 Message From Our Executive Director Community-Campus
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TEN PRACTICUM
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS SELECTED National
University-Community Partnership Initiative Aims to Recruit Social Workers to
Field of Aging After
a highly competitive selection process and rigorous peer-review, The New York
Academy of Medicine's Practicum Partnership Program has announced its first
ten grantees, listed below. The
funded schools of social work will use university-community partnerships to
promote enhanced field rotations, coupled with competency-based curricula and
improvements to field instructor roles, to recruit social work students into
the field of aging. Funding for the
national initiative is provided by the John A. Hartford Foundation. The
next Request for Proposals will be announced on the PPP's website, www.socialworkleadership.org on December 1, 2005,
with applications due on January 15, 2006. §
Consortium (3 schools): St. Louis University; University
of Missouri, St. Louis; Washington University, St. Louis §
Fordham University School of Social Work §
Ohio State University School of Social Work §
University of Louisville Kent School of Social
Work §
University of Maine School of Social Work §
University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work §
University of Utah College of Social Work §
Virginia Commonwealth School of Social Work GRANTS
AWARDED TO SUPPORT MEDICAL STUDENT COMMUNITY SERVICE The
"Caring for Community" grant program provides funding for service
projects that are initiated, developed, and administered by medical students
in collaboration with existing community agencies or other medical school
outreach activities. The program is
administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges, with funding
from the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative. The
2005 grantees are: 1) Baylor College of Medicine; 2) Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons; 3) Louisiana State University School of
Medicine in New Orleans; 4) University at Buffalo, State University of New
York School of Medicine and Biological Sciences; 5) University of
Massachusetts Medical School; 6) University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; 7) University of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine; and 8) University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
The
grants awarded to this year's recipients will provide funding to six free
medical clinics for the homeless or uninsured, and for two health education
and promotion programs. Grant amounts range from $12,000-30,000 over
one to four years, based on the type of community service program. MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
For details on these new listings and all previously
listed upcoming events, visit Join
CCPH at these upcoming events!
New Event Listings For details on these new listings
and all previously listed upcoming events, visit CCPH’s CONFERENCE PAGE Sept 7, 2005 · 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern · Free Web Conference - Toward a Community
Solution: Addressing the Underlying Contributors of Violence Against Women Sept 14-15, 2005 · Transforming Health Professional Education: Core Competencies,
Microsystems and New Training Venues · Chicago, Illinois Sept 19-23, 2005 · The Cross Cultural Health Care Program’s Institute for Cultural Competency in Health and Human Services · Seattle, WA Sept 25-27, 2005 · Higher Education for Sustainable Development: New Challenges from a Global Perspective · Lüeneberg, Denmark Sept 28-29, 2005 · International Symposium on Food and Human Rights: Hunger, Health and Social Well-Being · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Nov 9-10, 2005 · Building A Hospital/ Faith Community Partnership Conference · Atlanta, Georgia Dec 11-14, 2005 · The Institute for Healthcare
Improvement's 17th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care ·
Orlando, Florida April 19-23, 2006 ·
10th Biennial Symposium on
Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer: Committed to Eliminating
Disparities · Washington, DC Secretarial Advisory
Committee on the Strengthening America's Communities Initiative Delivers
Final Report to Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez The
report details the Committee's recommended actions for improving the way the
Federal government administers community and economic development programs.
In his Fiscal Year 2006 budget, President Bush proposed the reforming and
restructuring of 18 existing Federal development programs. The new $3.71 billion unified grant-making
program will better target assistance and achieve greater results for
low-income individuals and families, and economically-distressed areas. Details Senate Appropriations
Committee Restores Funding for Majority of Title VII Health Professions
Program On
July 14 the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to restore funding for the
majority of Title VII health professions programs and to give the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) a $1 billion increase over the current year's
level. The committee voted to report its version of the FY 2006
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill (H. R. 3010, S. Rept. 109-103). The
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the bill July 12.
The House passed its version of the bill on June 24. Read the
complete story. House Subcommittee
Approves Higher Education Act Reauthorization Bill The
House Education and the Workforce 21st Century Competitiveness Subcommittee
July 14 approved, as amended, H.R. 609, the "College Access and
Opportunity Act of 2005," which would reauthorize the Higher Education
Act (HEA), by a party line vote of 18-15.
The full Education and the Workforce Committee is expected to mark-up
the bill during the week of July 18. Read the
complete story. Project Coordinator/Policy Analyst – Community
Catalyst – Boston, MA - Deadline:
Aug 18 – Provide policy guidance to
regulators and other key decision-makers, serve as a national resource on
nonprofit to for-profit conversions, and provide significant outreach to
established foundations through research, education, and program development.
Questions? jobs@communitycatalyst.org. Senior Policy Analyst –
Community Catalyst – Boston, MA - Deadline: Aug 18 – Develop
and maintain networks of state and local advocacy organizations, conduct
research, and compose written materials related to the organization’s
priority areas including Medicaid, insurance reform, tobacco control, and
racial and ethnic disparities. Questions? jobs@communitycatalyst.org. Deputy Director - Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation Disparities Solutions Initiative National Program
Office - The University of Chicago and National Opinion
Research Center partnership will be the National Program Office for the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Disparities Solutions Initiative (DSI). The
DSI is a major national $6 million 4-year effort to reduce racial and
socioeconomic disparities in health care outcomes. For more information,
visit http://jobs.uchicago.edu/;
requisition #070202. New Grants Alert announced in
this newsletter are noted with an asterisk (*) Emergency Response &
Crisis Management Grant Program – Deadline: July 29 - The grant program
supports efforts by LEAs to improve & strengthen their school emergency
response & crisis management plans, including training school personnel
& students in emergency response procedures; communicating emergency
plans & procedures with parents; & coordinating with local law
enforcement, public safety, public health, & mental health agencies. Additional
information is available online American Honda Foundation
Grants Program –
Deadline: August 1 - American Honda Foundation Grants Program for
organizations working in the areas of youth and scientific education. Maximum
Award: $40,000 to $80,000. Eligibility: K-12. Additional
information Alcohol & Other Drug
Prevention Models on College Campuses – Deadline: August 1 – The program seek to
support projects addressing high- risk drinking & drug use which can become
practical models for replication & adaptation in other college
communities. The goals of this
program are to identify models of effective campus-based alcohol & other
drug prevention programs & disseminate information about these programs
to other colleges & universities where similar efforts may be adopted. Additional
information is available online Call for Applications- CDC funding to Enhance Professional
Education, Research Infrastructure, and Capacity Building in Minority Serving
Institutions - Deadline: August 4 - The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) has an estimated $900,000 in fiscal year 2005
funding to help organizations support professional development, education,
research and training for racial and ethnic minorities in the health
professions. Among other goals, the program will help organizations
strengthen the educational and professional development of minority health
professionals and educators. The agency expects to award three grants of
about $300,000 each to minority health professions schools and nonprofit
organizations representing historically black colleges and universities,
tribal colleges and universities, and Hispanic-serving institutions. Details Demonstration Projects
That Improve Child Well-Being by Fostering Healthy Marriages within
Underserved Communities –
Deadline: August 8 - Funding
Opportunity Number: HHS-2005-ACF-ACYF-CA-0089 - This US Department of
Health and Human Services funding announcement seeks proposals that improve
child well-being by removing barriers to and strengthening family formation
and healthy marriage in underserved communities. Additional
information * Hematologic Cancer Healthcare Provider Education
Program – Deadline: Aug 11 – Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-AA191 -
A new funding opportunity from the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention’s Procurement and Grants Office. The purpose of the program is to
provide information and education among healthcare providers with respect to
hematologic cancers. The successful implementation of this program will
result in increased efforts to address hematologic cancer education,
awareness and survivorship among healthcare providers. Additional
information * Cooperative Agreements for Tribes and Tribal
Organizations for Tobacco Prevention and Control – Deadline: August 15 - Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-AA066 - The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's Procurement and Grants Office will fund four
to six awards in Capacity program and three to five awards in Implementation
Program. Additional information * The Sociological Initiatives Foundation Grants – Deadline: Aug 15 – The Foundation provides grants of
$5,000 to $15,000 to support community-based research projects. Areas of
interest include but are not limited to social justice, social welfare, human
rights, literacy, language learning and use, dialect use and curricular
issues in teaching second languages and non-native languages. The Foundation
is also interested in supporting research by sociologists and linguists that
provide a direct benefit to communities.
Additional information
Questions? Contact Prentice Zinn at (617)
426-7080 x307. Arts in Healthcare Funds - Deadline: August 22 - 2005
Johnson & Johnson (J&J)/Society for the Arts in Healthcare
Partnership to Promote Arts and Healing Grant. This grant program seeks to
promote the use of the arts to enhance the healthcare experience for
patients, their families, and caregivers. Proposals are being sought from
healthcare organizations and/or arts agencies working in partnership to
produce innovative projects to serve patients, their families, and caregivers
in healthcare settings and to promote healing and preventative health. Additional Information Challenge Grant Funds
Available to Recruit Baby Boomer Volunteers - Deadline: August 22 - The Corporation for
National and Community Service has announced the availability of
approximately $4 million in Challenge Grants for a small number of nonprofit
organizations to expand or launch new programs that encourage the baby boomer
generation [born between 1946 and 1964] to become volunteers to help meet
important community needs. Additional
Information Call for Proposals:
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program – Round X – Deadline: August 23 - The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s program is designed to encourage experts in
public health, law, political science, medicine, sociology, criminal justice,
economics, psychology and other behavioral and policy sciences to address
issues related to substance abuse. Additional
information InformationLinks: Connecting Public Health with Health
Information Exchanges - Deadline: Sept 7 - This
program will provide grants to support the participation of state and local
public health agencies in health information exchanges. The program will make
funds available to public health agencies for activities in support of
population-based public health services, as opposed to direct provision of
health care (e.g., safety-net provider services). The program is designed as
a one-time, short-term stimulus to catalyze and facilitate greater
participation by public health agencies in health information exchanges. Details Women Helping Others
(WHO) Foundation Grants –
Deadline: Sept 13 – WHO supports grass-roots charities
serving the overlooked needs of women and children. Specific projects and
programs addressing health, education and social service needs are the
priority of the WHO Foundation. The Foundation recognizes the value of new
programs created to respond to changing needs and will consider funding
projects of an original or pioneering nature within an existing organization.
Additional information * Aetna and the Aetna Foundation Announce the 2005/2006
Quality of Care Grants Program: End of Life Program –
Deadline: Sept 15 – Aetna
believes that all Americans should be empowered to make well-informed
decisions about their health care, including care they receive at the end of
their lives. Please visit the Foundation's
Website for additional information including program schedule,
funding categories, eligibility and electronic submission procedures. The Charles Frueauff
Foundation 2005 Grants - Deadline:
Sept 15 - The Charles Frueauff Foundation
focuses on at-risk youths in all its funding categories: education, health,
and social services. Tutoring, sexual-health and job-training initiatives
receive preference. Call for Proposals- HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach
Grant Program - Deadline: Sept 16 - Program encourages the
development of new and innovative health care delivery systems in rural
communities that lack essential health care services. The emphasis of the
grant program is on service delivery through creative strategies requiring
the grantee to form a consortium with at least two additional
partners. For example, through consortia of schools, churches,
emergency medical service providers, local universities, private practitioners
and the like, rural communities can create hospice care, bring health
check-ups to children, and provide prenatal care to women in remote areas.
Estimated $10 million in grants. Details International Research
Collaboration Behavioral, Social Sciences – Deadline: Sept 21 - Funder's Fund ID: PAR-05-073 -
An important role of the Fogarty International Research Collaboration (FIC)is
to foster discovery and reduce global health disparities through the support
of international cooperation across the continuum of basic, clinical and
applied biomedical, and health sciences. Additional
information Call for Proposals- HRSA Rural Health Network Development
Program - Deadline: Sept 26 - Support development of rural
health networks. Grant funds are used to support activities that strengthen
the organizational capabilities of these networks whose purpose is to
overcome the fragmentation and vulnerability of providers in rural areas.
Estimated $1.44 million in grants. Details Captain Planet Foundation – Deadline: Sept 30, and Dec 31 -
The Captain Planet Foundation funds hands-on environmental projects to
encourage youth around the world to work individually and collectively to
solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities. Additional
information Toshiba America
Foundation Grants –
Deadline: Oct 1 - The grants seek to support projects designed
by classroom teachers to improve K-12 science and mathematics education. Additional information Collaborative Multisite
Research in Addiction (COMRAD) –
Deadline: Oct 1 - The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
seeks to increase the collaboration of investigators at two or more sites in
order to address critical issues in the epidemiology, services, and
prevention of substance abuse and related disorders that require sample sizes
greater than a single site can reasonably attain. Complete
Announcement Mini-Grant Program for
Service-Learning –
Deadline Oct 14 - Constitutional Rights Foundation's Robinson
Mini-Grant Program for service-learning projects designed to address serious
community issues. Maximum Award: $500. Eligibility: K-12. http://www.crf-usa.org/network/crf_robin.html * Aetna and the Aetna Foundation Announce the 2005/2006
Quality of Care Grants Program: Depression Program –
Deadline: Oct 15 – Aetna
believes (and substantial research has documented) that improving mental
health can improve physical health and quality of life. Please
visit the Foundation's
Website for additional information including program schedule,
funding categories, eligibility and electronic submission procedures. Building Human Capital, Disparities
and Public Health - Deadline: Oct 15 - The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation has posted a Call for Proposals related to build the nation's
capacity for research, leadership and action to address the broad range of
factors that affect health. The program is founded on the principle that
progress in the field of population health depends upon collaboration and
exchange among the social, behavioral and health sciences. The program is
intended to produce leaders who will change the questions asked, the methods
employed to analyze problems and the range of solutions offered to reduce
population health disparities and improve the health of all Americans. Details National Library of
Medicine (NLM) Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health - Deadlines: Nov 1 - The
NLM Grants are awarded for the preparation of book-length manuscripts and
other scholarly works of value to US health professionals, public health
officials, biomedical researchers, and historians of the health sciences. For
more information, click here. Call for Applications:
2006 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) / AcademyHealth Fellowship – Deadline: Jan 9, 2006
- The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's NCHS and AcademyHealth are seeking applicants for their 2006
Fellowship. This program brings visiting scholars in health services
research-related disciplines to NCHS to collaborate on studies of interest to
policymakers and the health services research community using NCHS data
systems. Additional information can be found at http://www.academyhealth.org/nchs
and http://www.academyhealth.org/fellowships/. Cancer Education (R25E)
Grants Program –
Deadline: Multiple - Funding Opportunity Number:
PAR-05-065 -
Educational and research dissemination activities are essential components of
the National Cancer Institute's efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality due
to cancer. The PHS 398 application
instructions are available in an interactive format. For
further assistance contact GrantsInfo,
Telephone (301) 435-0714. Link to Full Announcement Social and Cultural
Dimensions of Health –
Deadline: Multiple - Funding
Opportunity Number: PA-05-029 - The ultimate goal of
this National Institutes of Health program announcement is to encourage the
development of health research that integrates knowledge from the biomedical
and social sciences. The PHS 398 application instructions are
available online in an interactive format. For further
assistance contact GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Link to Full Announcement. Allen Foundation Grants
for Nutrition Education–
Deadline: Open – The Foundation supports educational
nutrition programs, with priority given to training programs for children and
young adults to improve their health and development. Maximum Award: Past
grants have ranged from $2,000 to $1 million. Eligibility: Schools and school
districts should partner with local nonprofits to form nutrition education
programs. Additional information The National Institutes
of Health (NIH): Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related
Research –
Deadline: Open - Principal investigators holding specific types
of NIH research grants (listed in the full announcement) are eligible for
available funds for administrative supplements to improve the diversity of
the research workforce by supporting and recruiting students, postdoctorates,
and eligible investigators from groups that have been shown to be
underrepresented. For details, click here. Common Counsel's Grantee
Exchange Fund (GXF) –
Deadline: Open - GXF provides discretionary small grants to
build bridges between grassroots organizations throughout the United States
to encourage social change organizations to seek technical assistance from
one another, and to help build regional and national networks among
organizations. Complete
information. Community Participation
in Research –
Deadlines: May 17, 2006, 2007 - A number of federal
agencies, including NIH, CDC and AHRQ have collaborated in the release of
program announcement PAR-05-026 on Community Participation in Research. The
goal of this PAR is to support research on health promotion, disease
prevention, and health disparities that is jointly conducted by communities
and researchers. Click here for
details. To view the edited notes
and audiofile from a technical assistance conference call for prospective
applicants held on January 28, 2005, click here. CALLS FOR
SUBMISSIONS New
Calls for Submissions announced in this newsletter are noted with an asterisk
(*) Lideres de Hoy Essay Contest – Deadline: July 29 - The essay contest is an
Allstate and National Council of La Raza (NCLR) initiative to recognize and
celebrate the work of Hispanic youth leaders making a difference in the
Latino community. Applicants must answer the question: "As a young leader, how have you been
a catalyst for positive change and contributed to inspiring your
community?" Additional
information Call for Abstracts for 4th International Conference
on Urban Health – Deadline: July 29 – The
conference will take place October 26-28, 2005 in Toronto, ON, Canada. This
year’s conference theme is Achieving Social Justice in Urban Communities. Proposals are specifically sought on
topics related to community-based participatory research. Information on submitting an
abstract. Has Your Research Made a
Difference? AcademyHealth Requests Nominations for HSR Impact Award - Deadline: July 29 – The
Award recognizes outstanding research that has been successfully translated
into health
policy, management, or clinical practice and, as a result, had a positive
impact on health and health care. Additional information Call for Proposals for a
Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Disparities: Translating Research Into
Practice –
Deadline: July 31 – Sponsored by the Maya Angelou Research
Center on Minority Health. The conference will take place September 8-9, 2005
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Additional information Call for Nominations- SOPHE Open Society Award - Deadline: July 31 - The Society for Public Health
Education (SOPHE) will inaugurate the Open Society Award at their 56th
Annual Meeting on November 5th in New Orleans, LA. This new award seeks
to recognize an individual or group who embodies and promotes an Open
Society, through research, practice, and/or teaching. Award recipients
will receive a $250 cash prize and one year SOPHE membership (for non-member
recipients). Additional
information 2005-2006 CDC/SOPHE Fellowships in Injury and Violence
Prevention - Deadline: July 31 - One year fellowships. Fellows will work at their own
institutions on research or practice-based projects that consider
unintentional injury prevention or violence prevention from the perspectives
of health education or behavioral science. Additional information * Call for Posters: International K-H S-L Research
Conference - Deadline: August 1 – The Conference theme
is “Service-Learning Research, Exploring the Premise: Advancing Knowledge
& Transforming Lives,” to be held Michigan State University, November
13-15, 2005. Additional
information Scholarships for
Post-Graduate Public Health Program - Deadline:
August 1 - The Hispanic Dental Association Foundation
and the Colgate-Palmolive Company present a scholarship program to Hispanic
students enrolled in Post-Graduate Public Health Program. Scholarships will
be awarded to support Hispanic students who seek to advance their scientific and
applied clinical knowledge in the area of public health to further their
commitment to aiding and supporting the Hispanic community. For more
information: Additional information Call for Applications: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Tobacco
Policy Change Round Two - Deadline: August 1 - A
national initiative that provides resources and technical assistance for
local, regional and nationally-based organizations and tribal groups
interested in implementing effective tobacco prevention and cessation policy
initiatives. Details Call for Papers –
Reflections Spring 2006 Special Issue – Deadline: August 1 - Reflections: A Journal of
Writing, Service-Learning, and Community Literacy will have a special issue
on Re-writing the Community Writing
Course in Spring 2006. It will be guest edited by H. Brooke Hessler and
Amy Rupiper Taggart. Please send inquiries to Amy Rupiper Taggart or Brooke
Hessler. The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation 2005 Physician Faculty Scholars Program – Deadline: August 1 - To
strengthen the leadership and academic productivity of junior medical school
faculty who are dedicated to improving health and health care. Funding: Up to
$300,000 over three years. For more information, click here. Fulbright Scholar Program for Faculty and
Professionals Public Health Awards – Deadline: August 1 - Research, lecturing, and
lecturing-research awards are being offered in public health for academic year
2006-2007. Specific "Public
Health" awards are available in Canada, China, Hungary, India, and
Ukraine. Public health is also among the requested specializations for awards
in the social sciences or sciences, public administration, and mountain
studies in other countries, and in the multi-country regional research
programs in Africa and the Middle East/South Asia. Visit the CIES for more information. Request an application. Excellence in Economic
Development Awards 2005 –
Deadline: August 12 - The Economic Development Administration’s
(EDA) Awards Ceremony will be held at EDA's "Symposium for 21st Century
Economic Development" on September 22, 2005 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon
City in Arlington, Virginia. View the brochure. Call for Abstracts for
Unite For Sight’s 3rd Annual International Health Conference – Deadline: August 15 -
The conference will take place April 1-2, 2006 in New Haven, Connecticut. The
theme is Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides. Its purpose is to
provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas about original
health and medical research and international service. Details The Clarence H. Moore Award for Voluntary Service – Deadline: August 15 - To
recognize the benefits that the voluntary/non-governmental sector contributes
to the public health mission and to improving the lives of the peoples of the
Americas, the Pan American Health and Education Foundation established the
Clarence H. Moore Award. This award calls attention to the achievements of
NGOs operating in Latin America and the Caribbean in public health, and
celebrates these achievements. Additional information Call for Papers – 26th Annual Society of Teachers
of Family Medicine (STFM) Conference on Health and Families – Deadline: August 22 – The
conference will take place March 1-4, 2006 in Austin, TX. The conference
theme is “The Call for Leadership: Improving Health Through Partnerships.”
The SFTM conference will provide a form where those involved in teaching,
providing, or conducting research in family and contextually centered care
join to present and discuss their best thinking and practice. http://www.sftm.org/calendar/cal_fm.htm.
Call for Papers:
Mental Health - Deadline: August 26 - Preventing Chronic Disease,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's peer-reviewed electronic
journal established to provide a forum for public health researchers and
practitioners to share study results and practical experience, is accepting
manuscripts for their March 2006 issue on mental health. For more
information: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/index.htm
Healthy Vision Community Awards Program To Support Healthy
People 2010 Vision Objectives - Deadline: August 31 - The National Eye Institute
announces the 2006 Healthy Vision Community Awards Program, providing funding
for the implementation of health education activities that support the
Healthy Vision 2010 objectives and the Healthy People 2010 goals to reduce
health disparities and improve quality of life. The focus of the 2006
awards is on diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, occupational eye injury,
personal protective eyewear, and vision rehabilitation. Details Community Colleges Invited to Apply for MetLife Foundation
Community College Excellence Award -
Deadline: August 31 - The Award celebrates and highlights the
accomplishments of colleges that are helping less-advantaged youth and adults
succeed and advance in college and careers. The award recognizes community
colleges whose policies and practices provide pathways to opportunity for
large numbers of individuals. Visit the Jobs for the Future for
details. Call for Applications-Ethics of Prevention and Public Health
Fellowship - Deadline: Sept 1 - In July 2002, the Cancer
Prevention Fellowship Program established specialty training in the ethics of
prevention and public health. The CPFP has for years provided a
multidisciplinary training environment for postdoctoral biomedical and social
scientists, clinicians, and public health professionals. Training in the
ethics of prevention and public health represents a new initiative within
this well-established and highly regarded program. In addition to its unique
features, the structure of this training is identical to that of the parent
program, including eligibility, stipends, benefits, application procedures,
and evaluations. Additional Information Call for Nominations for the Fifth Annual Delta Omega Award
for Innovative Public Health Curriculum –
Deadline: Sept 2 – As part of its efforts to promote excellence in
public health education, research and practice, Delta Omega created this
award to highlight public health courses that are integrative,
practice-oriented, and multi-disciplinary. Additional information * Call for Proposals-2006 Association for Community
Health Improvement (ACHI) Annual Conference – Deadline: Sept 9 -
Proposals to present your organization's or community's successful practices
and tools - in a compelling way that helps others advance their work - are
welcome in four Topic Tracks: Maximizing Access to Care; Innovating for
Community-based Chronic Disease Prevention; Transforming Systems for Health
Improvement; and Achieving Results and Demonstrating Value. The conference
will take place March 14-16, 2006 in Phoenix, AZ. Additional information * Harvard Macy Institute Programs in Professional
Development - Deadline: Sept 10 - Program dates are
January 8-18 and May 21-26, 2006 at Harvard Medical School, Boston. This is a
professional development program for faculty who are training students in
undergraduate, graduate, and continuing healthcare education and are
interested in enhancing their skills as educators and facilitators of reform.
Details Call for Proposals for
Second Annual International Conference on Social Science Research – Deadline: Sept 15 -
This interdisciplinary conference will draw together faculty members,
research scientists, and professionals from the social sciences, and provide
them with the opportunity to interact with colleagues from the same field and
from other, related fields. Cross-disciplinary submissions are particularly
encouraged as is participation by international scholars. Additional information Award Available for Best
Medical Student Paper in Preventive Medicine – Deadline: Sept 20 - The American College of
Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is offering an award for the best paper on
preventive medicine written by a medical student. The winning paper will be
published in the American Journal of preventive Medicine. The author will
receive a $1000 prize and will be honored at the ACPM's annual meeting. All
prevention-related topics will be considered. Additional information, contact:
Erica
Frank. Call for Proposals for
the 17th Annual National Service-Learning Conference: We the People – Deadline: Sept 26 - The
conference will take place March 22-25, 2006 Philadelphia, P.A. Come present
to the largest gathering of youths and practitioners from the
service-learning field including educators in K-12 and higher education,
youth leaders, trainers, policy-makers, grantees, researchers, funders and
many others. Download an application at www.nylc.org/conference
or call the Conference Hotline at (800) 366-6952, or email mailto:nslc@nylc.org
for further information. Journal of Interprofessional Care (JIC) Call for Papers - A
Competition for Students –
Deadline: Sept 30 - JIC invites teams of student authors from pre and post-licensure
programs in any country to submit manuscripts to be considered for
publication in a special supplement. CCPH's executive director Sarena D.
Seifer serves on the Journal's North American editorial board. Journal's Notes for Contributors
Questions? student.competition@ubc.ca Robert Wood Johnson
Health & Society Scholars Program - Deadline: Oct 15 - This program is designed
to build the nation's capacity for research, leadership and action to address
the broad range of factors that affect health. The program is founded on the
principle that progress in the field of population health depends upon
collaboration and exchange among the social, behavioral and health sciences.
The program is intended to produce leaders who will change the questions
asked, the methods employed to analyze problems and the range of solutions
offered to reduce population health disparities and improve the health of all
Americans. More details
and how to apply Making a Difference Award – Deadline: Oct 15 -
This Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association Award recognizes excellence in a science
program developed and implemented by middle level science teachers, grades
6-8. Entries must show innovative and effective teaching strategies combined
with a science program that has influenced students to explore and
investigate science and its application to global problems. Additional information * Call for Papers - 10th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically
Underserved & Cancer: Committed to Eliminating Disparities - Deadline: Oct. 31 – The conference will take place
April 19-23, 2006 in Washington, DC. Additional information Call for Papers - 19th Biennial Meeting of
the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) in Melbourne,
Australia – Deadline: Oct. 31 - The Program Committee invites
submissions for symposia and posters from all those with an interest in
research on human development. This includes ISSBD members, non-members,
researchers, practitioners, and students. http://issbd2006.com.au/ Call for Papers: The International Journal of Public Sector
Management Special Issue on Knowledge Management and Mobilization: Emergence, Experiments, Incentives, Infrastructure
and Strategies - Deadline: Oct 31 - Issues of importance, addressed at an international, national,
regional or provincial, or local level. Guest editor: CCPH Member Peter Levesque,
Knowledge Exchange Specialist, Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental
Health, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada. Details Do Something BRICK Awards – Deadline: Nov 1 -
The Awards honor 6 outstanding youth leaders who develop projects to improve
their community. Maximum Award:
$5,000 scholarship and a $5,000 grant. Eligibility: Students age 18 and
under. Additional
information Call for Papers: Action Research Special Issue: Insider Action
Research - Deadline: Nov 1 - Seeking contributions from
people who have undertaken action research in their own organizational
systems (organization, association, community, family). Seeking contributions
from across organizational sectors including business, education, healthcare,
nursing, social work, voluntary, aid and development, arts, public service,
community development, and from any position on a hierarchical ladder. Details
*Call for Papers: Academic Exchange Quarterly Special
Issue for Fall 2006 - Deadline: August 31, 2006 – The Fall 2006 issue
will focus on the implementation of Problem Based Learning at all levels of
the curriculum, including medical programs. Additional information Call for Papers: Academic
Exchange Extra, a Monthly Peer-Reviewed On-Line Forum - Deadline: Ongoing Submissions
are invited from undergraduates, graduates, and educators. AEE presents
ideas, research methods, and pedagogical theories leading to effective
instruction and learning regardless of level, subject or context. They also
seek cogent essays, poetry and fiction. Contact Elizabeth Haller with questions. Details Call for Papers for the National Civic Review - Deadline: Ongoing –
The journal publishes essays and reports written by civic activists,
community practitioners, theorists, and scholars in the fields of public
administration, community building, political reform, government, and social
problem solving. Additional
information Call for Papers for COMM-ORG – Deadline: Ongoing - COMM-ORG is the On-Line Conference on Community
Organizing and Development. Are you writing a paper, thesis, or dissertation
on: community organizing, community development, community planning,
community-based research, and/or a related area? COMM-ORG is looking for
papers to post on the COMM-ORG Papers page.
To submit a paper, contact the editor, Randy Stoecker. You can also find out more by clicking here. CCPH
Members receive discounts on publications by Jossey-Bass as well as
all CCPH
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