CCPH - Partnership Matters Newsletter

Only a few Presidential candidates have issued official policy proposals regarding national service for Americans of all ages. Of these plans, however, a few propose specific plans to engage young people in service-learning and school/campus-based service opportunities, including one very comprehensive proposal to expand service-learning by now former presidential candidate Senator Christopher Dodd. Check out What the Presidential Candidates Are Saying, a non-partisan brief overview of these plans and proposals.
http://01f2005.netsolhost.com/images/WhatCandidatesAreSaying.doc

Over 90 Campuses to Pilot Campus Sustainability Rating System -
Community Engagement Among the Areas of Focus

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has announced the launch of its pilot rating system for sustainability in higher education. Over ninety college and university campuses will test the self-assessment tool, called STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System). Over the course of 2008 they will provide feedback to AASHE and inform STARS version 1.0, planned for release in spring 2009.

The 90-plus participating campuses were selected to represent a wide range of institutional types, sizes, and geography. They include public and private schools, community colleges and research universities. See list at http://www.aashe.org/stars/pilot_institutions.php

STARS is designed to:

§ Help gauge the progress of colleges and universities toward sustainability in all sectors, from governance and operations to academics and community engagement.

§ Enable meaningful comparisons across institutions as well as benchmarking within institutions.

§ Create incentives for continuous improvement toward sustainability.

§ Facilitate information sharing about sustainability practices and performance in higher education

§ Build a stronger, more diverse campus sustainability community.

Given the rapid growth of sustainability initiatives at institutions of higher education in North America, measuring and assessing progress toward sustainability goals has become increasingly important. While many institutions have undertaken sustainability assessments and while a variety of assessment tools are available, there is currently no system that translates disparate sustainability indicators into a single metric that enables both institutional benchmarking and easy comparison across a large number of campuses in terms of overall level of achievement.

The system is similar to the LEED (Leadership in Energy Environmental Design) green building rating system. STARS, however, is applied to an entire campus rather than a single building or set of buildings and evaluates social responsibility as well as environmental stewardship.

Using STARS, campuses may earn credits in three categories 1) Curriculum and Research, 2) Operations, and 3) Administration and Finance. Within each category are subsections of credits, ranging from purchasing and buildings in Operations to investment and planning in Administration and Finance.

For information about STARS, including a copy of the Pilot Phase One Guide, please visit the STARS homepage at http://www.aashe.org/stars/

Tony Bryk Named President,

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

The Board of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has named Anthony S. Bryk, whose work has informed and inspired school reform efforts, the next president of the Foundation, effective August 2008.

Bryk has held the Spencer Chair in Organizational Studies in the School of Education and the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University since 2004. He came to Stanford from the University of Chicago where he was the Marshall Field IV Professor of Urban Education in the sociology department, and where he helped found the Center for Urban School Improvement, which supports reform efforts in the Chicago Public Schools. Bryk also created the Consortium on Chicago School Research, a federation of research groups that has produced a range of studies to advance and assess urban school reform. His current research and practice interests focus on the organizational redesign of schools and school systems and the integration of technology into schooling to enhance teaching and learning.

Established by Andrew Carnegie in 1905, the Carnegie Foundation's original charge was "to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education." Over the succeeding century, this focus on teaching, educational improvement, and reform has been reflected in the Foundation's pioneering and influential policy studies, research programs, and other programmatic initiatives.
The Foundation is an operating rather than a grant-making organization, with assets of approximately $125 million. It is governed by a board of trustees of up to 25 members. In an era when education is central to both individual and social progress, the Foundation and its president are dedicated to fostering positive change and enhanced learning in the nation's schools and postsecondary institutions.

Bryk will assume the presidency on or shortly after Aug. 1, following the retirement of Lee S. Shulman, who has led the Foundation with a deep sense of stewardship and vision since 1997.

For more information, contact Gay Clyburn at (650) 566-5162 or clyburn@carnegiefoundation.org

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Sarena Seifer

MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

On January 21, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a record number of Americans honored Dr. King 
by volunteering in their communities.  From building homes and delivering meals to 
refurbishing schools and reading to children, more than a half million Americans served in 
projects in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Participation in the MLK Jr. Day of 
Service has grown each year since 1994, when Congress passed legislation encouraging the 
holiday to be observed as a national day of service.

With grant support from the federal Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), Community-Campus 
Partnerships for Health promotes health professional school and community involvement in MLK Jr. Day of Service.   
Through the CNCS-funded Health Disparities Service-Learning Collaborative, 7 schools and graduate programs 
of public health are working to eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities by engaging their students, faculty and 
community in service-learning partnerships.   MLK Jr. Day of Service activities are an integral component of their 
programs – a natural fit with the Collaborative’s focus on eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities.  Rev. Martin 
Luther King Jr. himself said “Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”

Through the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, community groups, 
health and social service agencies offered half-day service activities for the college community. Participants 
reconvened in the afternoon for community activist presentations on homelessness and border human rights.

The Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences partnered with 
California Newsreel to use the educational series, "Unnatural Causes: Does Inequality Make Us Sick?" 
(www.unnaturalcauses.org) as an organizing tool addressing social determinants of health. The college offered 
two screenings for community partner and academic audiences with discussions on how to use the film to promote 
social action and policy change, as well as met with a local TV station about broadcasting the film series locally. 
The college also connected with MLK Day activities organized by community-based groups statewide, which involved 
'King Teams' that conduct neighborhood clean-ups, community fairs, etc.

The Master of Public Health Program in the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii at 
Manoa, sought to strengthen community partnerships through its MLK activities this year.  To that end, the program 
used a needs assessment class as an opportunity to collaborate with community health centers interested in expanding 
their services. Hawaii also spearheaded the involvement of the health department, non-profits and others in its MLK 
Day activities.

Morgan State University School of Public Health and Health Policy collaborated with a local K-8 school for their 
MLK activities, using the curriculum resource available at 
www.mlkday.gov/pdf/mlkday/beloved_comm_resource_06.pdf to develop historical sketches coupled with 
health and nonviolence teachings.

The Master of Public Health Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of 
Nebraska at Omaha collaborated with a K-6 school around a healthy eating project for students and their caregivers. 
The project engaged both university students and personnel from local community organizations.

The Master of Public Health Program in Community Health Education at San Jose State University collaborated 
with an AmeriCorps Program to organize neighborhood clean-ups around partnering elementary schools.

The Master of Public Health Program and Center on Health Disparities, in the School of Medicine at Virginia 
Commonwealth University continued a decade long tradition of engaging their students in service to non-profits 
for several weeks in January - an MLK tradition initiated by several non-profits including faith-based organizations and 
a local Historically Black College and University. Students chose between approximately 20 activities, including a youth 
forum and public school reading program. Following the service period, students had a classroom opportunity for 
reflection.

The mission of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is “to improve lives, strengthen communities, 
and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.”  CNCS funding helped to support the development of CCPH, 
which grew from the CNCS-funded Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation (HPSISN) Program that ran from 1994-
1998.  The HPSISN program was and remains the only national demonstration program of service-learning in the health 
professions.  Since CCPH was established in 1997, we have been funded by CNCS to promote and support service-learning 
in health professions education and to support the field as a partner in the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.

Learn more about the Health Disparities Service-Learning Collaborative at
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/disparities.html

Learn more about MLK Jr. Day of Service at http://www.mlkday.org/

Learn more about CNCS at http://www.cns.gov

Learn more about the Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation Program at 
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastprojects.html#Schools

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NEWS FROM CCPH

Call for Nominations for 2008 CCPH Annual Award

Nominations due February 12, 2008

The CCPH Award recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions that build on each other’s strengths to improve higher education, civic engagement, and the overall health of communities. The intent of the award is to highlight the power and potential of community-campus partnerships as a strategy for social justice. The award recognizes partnerships that strive to achieve the systems and policy changes needed to overcome the root causes of health, social and economic equalities.

The 2008 award will be presented before an international audience of community and campus partners at the Community-University Exposition, May 4-7, 2008 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. CCPH is a core sponsor of the conference, whose theme is “Community-University Partnerships: Connecting for Change.”

Award nominations are due February 12, 2008. Partnerships must nominate themselves, may be from any country or nation, and need not be members of CCPH.

For more information, visit the CCPH Award website at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/awards.html

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community-engaged scholarship

faculty development charrette

Call for Applications due March 17, 2008!

Participating Institutions Eligible to Apply for Subsequent Grant Funding

Faculty for the Engaged Campus, a national initiative of CCPH in partnership with the University of Minnesota and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, aims to strengthen community-engaged career paths in the academy by developing innovative competency-based models of faculty development, facilitating peer review and dissemination of products of community-engaged scholarship (CES), and supporting community-engaged faculty through the promotion and tenure process. The initiative is supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Department of Education.

Faculty for the Engaged Campus is seeking teams from 20 diverse colleges and universities across the U.S. to participate in a charrette to facilitate development of innovative campus-wide mechanisms for preparing and supporting community-engaged faculty. A charrette is an intensely focused multi-day session that uses a collaborative approach to create realistic and achievable designs. Charrettes have mainly been used in architecture, urban planning and community design projects. Faculty for the Engaged Campus will convene campus teams, project staff and expert advisors to collaboratively design innovative models of CES faculty development from May 28-30, 2008 at the Rizzo Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The complete “Call for Applications” is available on the Faculty for the Engaged Campus homepage at

http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/faculty-engaged.html

For more information, email Faculty for the Engaged Campus Deputy Director Piper McGinley at info@ccph.info

Stay connected with the initiative and related work through the Community-Engaged Scholarship electronic discussion group at https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/comm-engagedscholarship

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The Sleeping Lady Retreat Center is an ideal site for reflective learning.

CCPH 11^th Summer Service-Learning Institute

July 25-28, 2008

Cascade Mountains of Washington State

Application Deadline: April 10, 2008

Plan NOW to attend the CCPH 11^th Summer Service-Learning Institute! The Institute is designed for both new and experienced service-learning practitioners (faculty, staff and community partners). National experts in service-learning – health professional faculty who have incorporated service into their courses and community leaders who have developed service-learning partnerships with health professions schools – serve as Institute presenters and mentors. Download the application online at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html

We encourage early applications – past year’s institutes have had waiting lists.

View the agenda, presentations and handouts from the 10^th institute held July 20-23, 2007 at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastpresentations.html

CCPH Consultancy Network

To arrange a customized workshop or consultation through the CCPH Consultancy Network, contact CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer at sarena@u.washington.edu or visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/mentor.html

To view presentations and handouts from past CCPH Consultancy Network events, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastpresentations.html

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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS
Are You Enjoying ALL of the Benefits CCPH Membership Offers? CCPH Online Member Directory Connect with colleagues from across the country and around the world through the CCPH online Member Directory: http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/page.do?orgId=ccph. Once you’ve logged in with your username and password, you can update your profile and search for other CCPH members by region, area of expertise, and a variety of other search criteria. The Member Directory is a great way to send announcements to the people who are most interested - other CCPH members! CCPH staff also use the information in the Member Directory to send out customized emails based on your self-identified interests and areas of expertise. If you are unsure of your username and password, contact CCPH membership coordinator Cate Clegg at cleggc@u.washington.edu. Membership in CCPH helps support these benefits. Join or renew today to ensure that these resources are always available at your fingertips! To learn more, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/members.html.

Not Yet A Member? Join Today! If you are interested in becoming a member of CCPH or need to renew your current membership, join today!

Having Trouble Accessing CCPH Members-Only Website? If you did not receive or misplaced your password for accessing member-only pages on the CCPH website, contact CCPH at (206) 543-8178 or cleggc@u.washington.edu		Showcase Your Work! Be a CCPH Featured Member! Let the world know about your partnership work! Email us at cleggc@u.washington.edu for details. Read about Current CCPH Featured Member Anthony Fleg at http://www.ccph.info To view past CCPH Featured Members, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastfeaturedmembers.html

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	UPCOMING EVENTS *For details on these new listings and all previously listed upcoming events, visit* CCPH’s CONFERENCE PAGE Join CCPH at these Upcoming Events!
	FEBRUARY 2008 4 February 16-17, 2008 ● National Council on Ethics in Human Research National Conference – Vulnerabilities: The Importance of Context in Ethical Research and Human Participation Protection ● Ottawa, ON, Canada CCPH senior consultant Nancy Shore is presenting on ethical considerations in community-based participatory research (CBPR). For more information, visit http://www.ncehr-cnerh.org/english/events/national_2008%20ENGLISH.php Interested in CBPR & research ethics? Subscribe today to CCPH's new CBPR & Research Ethics Listserv at https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccph-ethics Visit the CBPR & Research Ethics Webpage at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/irbhome.html
	MARCH 2008 4 March 11-13, 2008 ● Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical Trials: Changing Research, Practice and Policy ● College Park, MD CCPH and the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT) are co-sponsoring the second in a 3-part invitational conference series to define a research, practice and policy agenda for employing community-based participatory research principles in cancer clinical trials. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Cancer Institute are providing core funding for the conference series. For more information, contact Stacy Collins, project coordinator, at stacy.collins@enacct.org or visit the conference website at http://www.enacct.org/conference/conference_photos.php
	MAY 2008 4 May 4-7, 2008 ● CUexpo2008 – Community-University Partnerships: Connecting for Change ● Victoria, BC, Canada In lieu of our own major conference in 2008, CCPH is delighted to be a core sponsor of the third Community-University Exposition (CUexpo). We encourage CCPH members to adopt the CUexpo conference “as their own” and fully participate in it. For more information, contact Mary O’Rourke, maireco@telus.net or visit http://www.cuexpo08.ca/index.html. The 2008 CCPH Award is being presented at the conference on Sunday May 4. Award nominations are due February 12, 2008. For details, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/awards.html. A CCPH members meeting will take place on Monday evening May 5. Workshops on a number of CCPH Programs have been accepted for presentation at the conference. Look here for session titles, presenters and abstracts in a future newsletter issue.
	JULY 2008 4 July 25-28, 2008 ● CCPH’s 11^th Summer Service-Learning Institute ● Cascade Mountains, WA The Service-Learning Institute is designed for both new and experienced service-learning practitioners (faculty, staff and community partners). National experts in service-learning -- health professional faculty who have incorporated service into their courses and community leaders who have developed service-learning partnerships with health professions schools – serve as Institute presenters and mentors. Application deadline: April 10, 2008. We encourage early applications – past year’s institutes have had waiting lists. Application materials are available at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html
	return to top New Event Listings For details on these new listings and all previously listed upcoming events, visit CCPH’s CONFERENCE PAGE February 16-18, 2008 · International Seminar on Health Inequity: Current Knowledge and New Measurement Approaches · Cairo, Egypt · http://www.iussp.org/Activities/hequity/call07.php March 21-22, 2008 · Second Annual International Multidisciplinary Conference: Interrogating Diversity · Washington, DC · http://www.american.edu/anthro/indiv/ April 17-18, 2008 · Johns Hopkins University Center for Summer Learning 2008 National Conference · Albuquerque, NM · http://www.summerlearning.org/nationalconference April 26-30, 2008 · Spring Research Institute on Community-Partnered Suicide Prevention · Rochester, NY · http://www.rochesterpreventsuicide.org/SpringResearchInstitute.html May 30-June 1, 2008 · 5^th Biennial National Conference on Faith-Based Service-Learning · Grantham, PA · http://www.messiah.edu/external_programs/agape/national_conference/index.html June 22-24, 2008 · Principles and Best Practices of Place-Based Education · Shelburne Farm, VT · http://www.sustainableschoolsproject.org/ July 6-13, 2008 · 4th Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory · Madison, WI · http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/workshop/ July 14-18, 2008 · Discovering Community: Students, Digital Media, and Place-Based Learning · Middlebury, VT · http://www.discoveringcommunity.org July 15-July 19, 2008 · 22^nd Global Conference of the International Peace Research Association: Building Sustainable Futures · Leuven, Belgium · http://www.ipra2008.org/ July 21-25, 2008 · Community Works Institute on Service-Learning · Shelburne Farm, VT · http://www.communityworksonline.org/ July 31-August 1, 2008 · Education for Sustainability Institute · Shelburne Farm, VT · http://www.sustainableschoolsproject.org/ September 10-12, 2008 · 5^th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders · Melbourne, Australia · http://www.margins2mainstream.com/index.php October 31-November 5, 2008 · 47^th Annual Research in Medical Education Conference · San Antonio, TX · http://www.aamc.org/members/gea/rime/start.htm return to top

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AED Launches Plan B Consumer Survey – The Academy for Educational Development (AED), a nonprofit, social change organization, is conducting an anonymous, on-line survey of women in the U.S., ages 18-44 years, who took Plan B after January 2007. This consumer survey will help them learn more about women's experiences getting and using Plan B. The survey results will be used to inform policies and practice so that Plan B will available to women who need it. http://surveys.aed.org/PlanBsurvey/



National Hospital Bill Approaches $1 Trillion - U.S. hospitals charged $873 billion in 2005, a nearly 
90 percent increase (adjusted for inflation) from the $462 billion charged in 1997, according to the Agency 
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The 2005 bill represents the total amount charged for 39 million 
hospital stays. Hospital charges have increased by 4.5 percent annually for the past several years. 
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb42.pdf

Public Access Policy for NIH Grantees is Now Law - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has 
issued its revised--and now mandatory--public access policy. Per recently enacted legislation, NIH-funded 
researchers must submit to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their 
final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication. The manuscripts will be made publicly 
available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication. The policy applies to all peer-reviewed 
articles that arise, in whole or in part, from direct costs funded by NIH, or from NIH staff, that are accepted 
for publication on or after April 7, 2008. 
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-033.html#sup1 

Voter Education Initiative on Research Funding - The Federation of American Societies for 
Experimental Biology (FASEB) has launched an online voter education initiative, ScienceCures.org, to "raise 
the profile" of federal funding for biomedical research among the candidates and the general public. The initiative 
encourages scientists and the public to become engaged in the issue by contacting candidates, writing letters to 
local media outlets, signing a pledge to educate candidates and elected officials about the importance of federal 
research funding, and registering to vote. http://www.sciencecures.org

Mobile-Portable Dental Manual - The manual contains five chapters: Introduction and Planning; Mobile 
Dental Systems; Portable Equipment; Mobile-Portable Hybrid; and Measuring Effectiveness and Outcomes. The 
chapters provide important questions, considerations, recommendations and evaluation strategies to help make 
decisions about programs using mobile vehicles, portable equipment, or a combination system. The chapters and 
links provide flexibility for the user to gain a general overview or delve into specific details. 
http://www.mobile-portabledentalmanual.com/

VideoVoice Blog – From the VideoVoice Collective, the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, 
and Back House Productions. In the spirit of open source knowledge and participatory research, they "put it all out 
there." The VideoVoice Blog is a space to share and discuss issues related to global health, new media developments, 
and the emergence of participatory video methods. http://www.video-voice.org/blog

Academic Medicine – December 2007 Issue - The December issue of Academic Medicine features a 
collection of papers on various approaches to expanding medical school enrollment, and includes an accompanying 
editorial from the journal's outgoing editor, Michael E. Whitcomb, M.D. The editorial and following two articles are 
free to non-subscribers: "Preparing for Change: The Plan, the Promise, and the Parachute" and "Redesigning 
Residency Training in Internal Medicine: The Consensus Report of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine 
Education Redesign Task Force." http://www.academicmedicine.org/

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Community Networker – Community-Based Participatory Research Program, 
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL – This position will work intensively with community members 
and community-based organizations of the greater Chicagoland area to establish trusting relationships and 
engage these partners in the collaborative development and conduct of community-based participatory 
research. For more information, contact Jen Kauper-Brown at j-kauper-brown@northwestern.edu

Director, Educational Immersions – Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame, 
Notre Dame, IN – Deadline: March 14, 2008 – The Center for Social Concerns seeks an educator 
experienced in community-based learning to direct Social Concerns Seminars. The position also plans, implements, 
and evaluates a series of undergraduate community-based learning Seminars involving immersions across the 
nation. Applicants must apply online through the University’s Office of Human Resources at https://jobs.nd.edu. 
For more information, contact Paula Muhlerr at Muhlherr.1@nd.edu

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GRANTS ALERT!

Listed below are announcements only. To view all previously listed grant alerts, please visit

CCPH's FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES PAGE

 Samuel Huntington Public Service Award Program - Deadline: February 15, 2008 – 
The award provides a $10,000 stipend for a graduating college senior to pursue one year of public service 
anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for a 
year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career. 
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010216/nationalgridus

 Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation Accepting Grant Applications - 
Deadline: February 29, 2008 – The foundation funds law-related projects that involve community education, 
community organization, legal advocacy, and/or the provision of direct legal assistance. Last year, the 
foundation awarded nearly $60,000 to eight organizations targeting a range of legal and social problems in a 
variety of communities.  http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10011104/spilf

 MetLife Foundation Community-Police Partnership Awards - Deadline: February 
29, 2008 – There are two award categories, 1) Neighborhood Revitalization Awards which are six awards 
ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 each which will recognize exemplary collaboration between community groups 
and police that yields crime reduction as well as economic development outcomes, and 2) Special Strategy 
Awards which are five awards of $15,000 each that recognize exemplary collaboration between community 
groups and police that yield significant public safety outcomes. 
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10011105/lisc

 Home Depot Foundation Offers Support for Affordable Housing Programs - 
Deadline: March 1, 2008 –  The foundation is dedicated to creating healthy, livable communities through the 
integration of affordable housing built responsibly, as well as the preservation and restoration of community trees. 
The foundation makes grants to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charities in the United States and to charitable 
organizations in Canada. The foundation awards most of its grants by directly soliciting proposals from high-
performing nonprofit organizations with the demonstrated ability to create strong partnerships, impact multiple 
communities, and leverage grant resources.   
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010205/homedepotfound

 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Institutional Program Unifying Population and 
Laboratory Based Sciences - Deadline: March 3, 2008 – Awards provide $500,000 a year for five years 
in order to stimulate institutional training programs that partner researchers working in schools of medicine and 
schools (or academic divisions) of public health. 
http://www.bwfund.org/programs/population_lab_sciences/pup_lab_main.html

 Dollar General Literacy Foundation Adult Literacy Grants - Deadline: March 4, 2008 – 
The program awards funding to nonprofit organizations that provide direct service to adults in need of literacy 
assistance. The foundation will award a minimum of $1.5 million in total grants. 
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10011108/dollargeneral

 Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program - Deadline: March 14, 2008 – The program 
supports the implementation and enhancement of integrated, comprehensive community-wide plans that create 
safe and drug-free schools and promote healthy childhood development. 
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/
E8-1208.pdf

 Women’s Sports Foundation Ambassador Team Awards - Deadline: July 18, 2008 – 
The Ambassador Team Awards program will provide a total of $50,000 in grants to teams of female high school 
students that demonstrate leadership in their communities by inspiring girls to get involved in sports and 
physical activity. Twenty teams will be awarded $2,500 each. 
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10011103/womenssportsfdn

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AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Listed below are announcements only. To view all previously listed announcements, please visit

CCPH's AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, & SCHOLARSHIPS PAGE

HSHPS/CDC Fellowship Program – Deadline: March 3, 2008 – The Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a 9-week paid traineeship that places trainees at the CDC Headquarters in Atlanta, GA. The goal of the training program is to increase the overall knowledge of public health, to provide necessary tools needed to enhance trainees’ careers in medicine and public health, and to increase the overall understanding of the CDC as an international policy health agency. http://www.hshps.org/applications/2008/CDCFellowship.pdf

HSHPS/HIV/AIDS and Associated Comorbidities in the US-Mexico Border Fellowship Program – Deadline: March 3, 2008 – The Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS)/ HIV/AIDS fellowship program is a 6-month paid traineeship based at the University of California, San Diego, Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine. The goal of the program is to train the next generation of Hispanic public health and biomedical researchers to develop expertise in HIV/AIDS and comorbidities associated with HIV including alcohol and injection drug addictions; tuberculosis; sexually transmitted infections; and mental health issues. http://www.hshps.org/applications/2008/HIVAIDSFellowship.pdf

Nurse Faculty Scholars Program – Deadline: April 1, 2008 - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has a new program designed to develop the next generation of nurse leaders in academia and boost the stature of junior faculty in nursing schools. The foundation will award $28 million over the next five years through the Nurse Faculty Scholars program to outstanding junior nursing faculty to help them advance in their fields and seek faculty positions earlier in their careers. The program, which will be run out of the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, will provide scholars with mentoring, leadership training, and research support. Up to fifteen scholars will be selected each year, with each scholar receiving up to $350,000 over three years. http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20021

NBNA Annual Scholarships – Deadline: April 15, annually – The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) is committed to excellence in education and conducts continuing education programs for nurses and allied health professionals throughout the year. The association also provides a variety of annual scholarships for students each year. http://www.nbna.org/scholarship.htm

Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism – Deadline: April 28, 2008 – As part of an international effort to reduce stigma and discrimination, the fellowships provide grants to journalists to study topics related to mental health or mental illnesses. Every year, six U.S. fellows are awarded stipends of $10,000 each. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010212/cartercenter

Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research – Deadline: May 1 and November 15, annually – This program encourages students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to seek graduate degrees in the biomedical and behavioral sciences to help increase the number of well-trained scientists from underrepresented groups. The fellowship provides up to 5 years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent research degree, the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree, or other combined degrees in the biomedical or behavioral sciences.http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/gradf31.htm

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CALLS FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS

Listed below are announcements only. To view all previously listed announcements, please visit

CCPH's CALLS FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS PAGE

Call for Papers: 5^th Biennial National Conference on Faith-Based Service-Learning - Deadline: February 18, 2008- The conference will take place May 30-June 1, 2008 in Grantham, PA. The theme for this year’s conference is “Building On Our Strengths.” http://www.hostalrioamazonas.cl/english/html/plazaitalia.html

Call for Applications: 4th Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory - Deadline: February 22, 2008- The institute will take place July 6-13, 2008 in Madison, WI. The objectives of the intensive, 7-day workshop for 25 early career investigators are for attendees to extend their understanding of the assumptions underlying major types of health behavior theories, to explore how theories are tested and improved, and to examine how to use theories appropriately in designing interventions for behavioral risk factor modification. http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/workshop/

Call for Applications: 2^nd Annual Spring Research Institute on Community-Partnered Suicide Prevention - Deadline: February 22, 2008- The institute will take place April 26-30, 2008 in Rochester, NY. The training institute is designed for community-researcher teams who seek to deepen their experience in collaborative suicide prevention research and in the conduct of public health and preventative approaches to decreasing suicide and related behaviors (e.g., domestic violence, substance use) and strengthening mental wellness. http://www.rochesterpreventsuicide.org/SpringResearchInstitute.html

Call for Papers: 47^th Annual Research in Medical Education Conference - Deadline: February 22, 2008- The conference will take place October 31-November 5, 2008 in San Antonio, TX. The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research concerning all aspects of medical education.http://www.aamc.org/members/gea/rime/start.htm

Call for Papers: 5^th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders - Deadline: February 25, 2008- The conference will take place September 10-12, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. The theme for this year’s conference is “From Margins to Mainstream.” http://www.margins2mainstream.com/index.php

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PUBLICATIONS

CCPH Members receive discounts on publications by Wiley/Jossey-Bass Publishers, Johns Hopkins University Press, West Virginia University Press, Fieldstone Alliance, and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Reinventing Public Health: Policies and Practices for a Healthy Nation

Edited by Lu Ann Aday

Reinventing Public Health offers guidance for translating the growing body of research on the fundamental social, economic, and ecological determinants of health into innovative programs and policies to improve the health of populations.

CCPH members receive a 15% discount when ordering this publication and all Jossey-Bass publications through the CCPH website!

Ordering information: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html

Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention

Edited by Richard E. Behrman, Adrienne Stith Butler, Committee on Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Healthy Outcomes

The increasing prevalence of preterm birth in the United States is a complex public health problem that requires multifaceted solutions. Preterm Birth assesses the problem with respect to both its causes and outcomes. This book addresses the need for research involving clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science disciplines. By defining and addressing the health and economic consequences of premature birth, this book will be of particular interest to health care professionals, public health officials, policy makers, professional associations and clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science researchers.

Ordering information: http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11622

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