| May 15, 2009 Volume XI ● Issue 10 News From CCPH Membership Matters Upcoming Events Announcements Employment Opportunities Grants Alert! Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships Calls for Papers & Presentations Publications Archives Community-Campus Partnerships for Health c/o Medical College of Wisconsin
Public and
Community Health
Attn: Alicia Witten
UW Box 354809
Seattle, WA 98195-4809 Tel. (206) 666-3406 Fax. (414)
456-6431 ccphuw@u.washington.edu www.ccph.info Partnership Matters newsletter is a member benefit
of Community- Campus Partnerships for Health Find out more about membership
benefits and how you can join CCPH today! Newsletter Co-Editors Jessie Tobin Alicia Witten Contact us: jtobin@mcw.edu ©2009 Community-Campus Partnerships
for Health Partnership Matters Newsletter Submission Guidelines We welcome
announcements, comments and questions from you! Please forward them to the PM
Editor at ccphpm@mcw.edu.
Submission Guidelines: • Please limit announcements and
questions to not more than 100 words. As for articles and editorials, not more
than 200 words; • Provide the names of all authors,
their current institutional affiliations and/or photos; • Explain all abbreviations and
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HEARING AND SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP TO SHAPE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WOMEN’S
HEALTH RESEARCH AGENDA Deadline to Submit Testimony Is May 15; Upcoming Hearings Are May 27-29
The Office of Research on Women’s Health/NIH/DHHS, the UCSF Department of Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and the UCSF National Center of Excellence
in Women's Health are co-hosting the second in a series of four public hearings
and scientific workshops to update the NIH Women's Health Research Agenda for
the coming decade. The hearing and workshop will take place May 27-29 in
San Francisco.
This conference will include input from a variety of stakeholder groups including:
researchers, clinicians, patients, advocacy groups, community organizations, and
industry. In addition, many Program Officers and Leaders from NIH Institutes and
Centers will actively participate in the event. Stakeholder commentary regarding
all areas related to women's health research will be included. In addition, the
conference will address specific Focus Areas related to women's health.
These include: Global Health, Stem Cells, Women’s Health and the Environment,
HIV/AIDS and Women, Women in Science and Health, and Information Technology.
All ideas and recommendations gathered during this conference will be used
to formulate future ORWH and NIH funding priorities, including the development
of new programs, grants, and requests for applications (RFAs). The ideas and recommendations
emerging from this conference and other regional conferences will help define
the focus of women’s health research priorities at the NIH.
All sessions
will be held at Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF, Robertson Auditorium, 1675
Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158
The remaining two conferences will
be held at: 1) Women and Infants Hospital, Brown University, Providence, RI
September 21-23, 2009; 2) Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, October 14-16,
2009
For additional information, visit: http://orwh.od.nih.gov/index.html
PENDING LEGISLATION TO ACCELERATE TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Bill Elevates National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
to Institute Status Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) recently introduced legislation
to provide federal funds to "accelerate the development of cures and treatments."
The bill also requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and
enforce conflict of interest policies, affords the National Center on Minority
Health and Health Disparities institute status, and provides a simple reauthorization
of NIH.
"The Cures Acceleration Network and National Institutes
of Health Reauthorization Act of 2009" (S.
914) would create an independent agency - the Cures Acceleration Network
(CAN) - outside of the Department of Health and Human Services to "identify
and promote revolutionary advances in basic research, translating scientific discoveries
from bench to bedside." The
CAN would award grants and contracts to "independent investigators, research
organizations, biotechnology companies, academic research institutions, and other
entities to develop medical products for the treatment and cure of diseases and
disorders." Funds provided through the CAN could be used "to accelerate
the development of cures and treatments, including through the development of
medical products, behavioral therapies, and biomarkers that demonstrate the safety
or effectiveness of medical products." CAN funds also could be used to help
"establish protocols that comply with Food and Drug Administration [FDA]
standards and otherwise permit the recipient to meet regulatory requirements at
all stages of development, manufacturing, review, approval, and safety surveillance
of a medical product." The
bill authorizes two types of grant awards, each with a $1 billion funding authorization
in the first year. The Cures Acceleration Grant Awards would provide up to $15
million per year per project, with out-year funding available, to applicants that
do not have access to private matching funds. The Cures Acceleration Partnership
Awards also provide up to $15 million per year, but require grantees to match
one dollar for every three federal dollars to offset partially development costs. The
bill creates a 24-member board, appointed by the president, to evaluate grant
proposals. The board would include at least one individual "who is eminent"
in each of the following fields: basic research, medicine, biopharmaceuticals,
discovery and delivery of medical products, bioinformatics and gene therapy, medical
instrumentation, and regulatory review and approval of medical products. The board
also would include at least 4 leaders in professional venture capital or private
equity organizations who have demonstrated experience in private equity investing
and at least 8 individuals representing disease advocacy organizations. Representatives
from NIH, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Veterans
Health Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the FDA would serve
as ex officio members. The board chair would be authorized to enter into an interagency
agreement with NIH's Center for Scientific Review to utilize panels to review
applications and make recommendations to the CAN. In
addition, the bill requires the Director of NIH to develop and enforce conflict
of interest policies and to "respond in a timely manner" when these
policies have been violated by a grant or contract recipient. In cases where the
principal investigator on a grant or contract over $250,000 "has a conflict
of interest," NIH must require the recipient to provide information on the
"degree of the primary investigator's financial interest, estimated to the
nearest $1,000" and a "detailed report explaining how the recipient
will manage the primary investigator's conflict of interest." S.
914 also elevates the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
to institute status and authorizes appropriations for NIH at $40 billion for FY
2010 and "such sums as may be necessary" for FYs 2011 and 2012. For
more information, please visit: http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/library/washhigh/2009/050109/start.htm#7 For
the full text of the bill, please visit: http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=28853190-129f-4e59-abcd-e96327c9b425 
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES MAKES FUNDING AVAILABLE
TO STRENGTHEN NON-PROFITS AND FAITH-BASED GROUPS:Strengthening Communities Fund is Supported by American
Recovery and Reinvestment ActThe
Department of Health and Human Services announced the availability of grants worth
$50 million from the Strengthening Communities Fund, a new fund created by the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The fund will strengthen nonprofit and
faith-based organizations that aid families and communities who are struggling
in the economic downturn. The
Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF) is divided into two parts. The Nonprofit
Capacity Building program will make one-time, two-year awards of up to $1 million
to lead organizations that will use the funds to support other faith-based or
secular nonprofit organizations. The
State, Local and Tribal Government Capacity Building program will make one-time,
two-year awards of up to $250,000 to state, city, county and Indian/Native American
tribal governments. Governments will use these grants to strengthen nonprofit
organizations and increase the nonprofits’ involvement in projects that help turn
our economy around. Grantees
for both programs must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved cost
of the project from non-federal funds. This match may be met by cash or in-kind
contributions. HHS’
Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Community Services will administer
the SCF programs. Applicants interested in applying for funds should visit http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/recovery.html. The
activities described in this release are being funded through the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). To track the progress of HHS activities funded through
the ARRA, visit www.hhs.gov/recovery.
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NEWS FROM CCPH |
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| Apply Now for the
CCPH 12th Summer Service-Learning Institute!  Apply now to attend the CCPH 12th Summer Service-Learning Institute
held July
24-27, 2009, in
the Cascade Mountains of Washington State! The Institute is designed for
both new and experienced service-learning practitioners (faculty, staff and community
partners). It is
taught by national experts in service-learning, including health professional
faculty and community leaders who have developed successful service-learning partnerships.
A unique and effective component of the institute is a mentoring model in which
participants work in small groups and as individuals with mentors (institute instructors)
to further shape their own action plans for service-learning.
Application materials and other details are available online at:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html
Applications are still being accepted. Space is limited – a few spots remain!
Questions about the CCPH Summer Service-Learning Institute or the application
process? Please e-mail sliccphuw@u.washington.edu | | |
| Call for Photos of “Community-Campus Partnerships
in Action” June 5, 2009 Deadline for Photo Submissions  CCPH is looking
for photos that reflect a diverse range of community-academic partnerships in
action. The photos will be used for the
CES4Health website that will be launched this fall. CES4Health is a new online mechanism for
peer-review and dissemination of innovative products of community-engaged scholarship
- including, for example, educational videos, policy briefs, training manuals
and curricula. We are especially interested in photos that reflect the actions
and accomplishments of community-campus partnerships from across the globe!
To submit photos, please visit:
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/ccphuw/75969 Please note that photos must be in .jpg format and accompanied by
a completed CCPH
photo release form. All photos used on
the site will be properly acknowledged. If you have any questions, please email
ccphuw@u.washington.edu On a related note, we are currently piloting CES4Health and invite
CCPH members
with community-engaged scholarship products to become inaugural authors.
To learn more about CES4Health and how to submit a product for peer-review,
please visit: www.ces4health.info. |
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JERHRE seeks to create collaboration among institutions and researchers
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and information to foster the intelligent application of ethical principles in
research contexts worldwide.
CCPH co-edited the June 2008 JERHRE issue on ethical
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return to top | 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! |
| May 2009 May 18 & 19, 2009 ● International Partnership Institute
● Portland, OR ● CCPH is cosponsoring this institute and we encourage your
participation! Portland State University (PSU) is hosting an International Partnership
Institute with the theme "Reciprocal Partnerships: Transforming Higher Education
and Community for the Future.” Join community and campus practitioners and scholars to deeply
explore engaged teaching, research and service partnerships - their proven mechanisms
and strategies for success, persistent challenges, and the scholarship of partnerships.
CCPH Senior Consultant Rachel Vaughn and CCPH member Zoe Freeman will be leading a session on "Transforming Communities
& Campuses Through Authentic Partnerships: Applying Best Practices."
Registration is $200. For more information: www.pdx.edu/cae/partnership.html To learn more about PSU's Partnership Initiative: http://www.pdx.edu/cae/partnershipinitiative.html |
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| July 2009 July 24-27, 2009 ● CCPH’s 12th
Summer Service-Learning Institute ● Leavenworth,
WA Apply now for this intensive
four-day Institute – attendance is limited to 23 participants! The Institute is
taught by national experts in service-learning, including health professional
faculty and community leaders who have developed successful service-learning partnerships.
A unique and effective component of the institute's is a mentoring model in which
participants work in small groups and as individuals with mentors (institute instructors)
to further shape their own action plans for service-learning. Application materials are
available at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html.
Applications are still
being accepted. Space is limited – only
a few spots remain! Questions about the CCPH Summer Service-Learning Institute
or the application process? Please e-mail sliccphuw@u.washington.edu. |
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| October 2009 October 9-12,
2009 ● 9th
International Research Conference on Service Learning and Community Engagement ● Ontario, Canada Faculty for the Engaged Campus Co-Director Lynn Blanchard and Evaluator
Sherril Gelmon will present, “Faculty for the
Engaged Campus: Research on Institutional Change to Support Community-Engaged
Scholarship.” Faculty for the Engaged Campus is a national (U.S.) initiative aimed at creating
institutional support for community-engaged scholarship through competency-based,
campus-wide faculty development. The presentation will report on the initiative’s
faculty development activities, including findings from assessments from 20 campuses
participating in a focused planning effort and findings from the qualitative evaluation
of programs at two pilot campuses. For more information about the IRCSLCE conference, visit: http://www.researchslce.org/Files/2009Conference/Conference_Main.html For more information about Faculty for the Engaged Campus, please
visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/faculty-engaged.html |
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Event Listings For details on these new listings and all previously
listed upcoming events, visit CCPH’s CONFERENCE
PAGE June 3-5, 2009 · North American Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit IV · Washington DC · http://nationalaidshousing.org/2008/08/save-the-date/ June 7-10, 2009 · 2009 Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada · http://www.cpha.ca/en/conferences/conf2009.aspx June 9, 2009 · Videoconference and Webcast on Educational Inequities and Health Disparities
· www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2009/
June 15-17,
2009 · 31st Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference, “Positive Approaches to Sexuality
and Sexual Health” · Guelph, Ontario, Canada · http://sexconf.open.uoguelph.ca/
June 25-27, 2009 · National Faith, Justice, and Civic Learning Conference · DePaul University, Chicago, IL · www.nfjcl.org July 15-18, 2009 · 7th International Conference on Imagination and Education · Vancouver, Canada · http://www.ierg.net/conferences July 28-29, 2009 · 2009 American Cancer Society Conference, Health Equity: Through The
Cancer Lens · Las Vegas, Nevada · www.TheCancerLens.org August 10-14, 2009
· Summer Institute for Public Health Practice, “Public Health Today:
New Strategies. New Tools” · University of Washington, Seattle,
WA · www.nwcphp.org/si
October 4-6, 2009 · 15th Annual Qualitative Health
Research Conference · Vancouver, British Columbia · http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/QHR2009.cfm
November 6-7,
2009 · 30th Annual Generalists in Medical Education Conference · Boston, MA · http://thegeneralists.org
November 29
– December 1, 2009 · 2009 International Association of Physicians in AIDS
Care Conference
· New Orleans, LA · http://www.iapac.org
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Action Strategies
Toolkit Offers Concrete Resources for Policy-Makers Working to Prevent Childhood
Obesity - To provide guidance on some
of the best approaches policy-makers can use to make their states, communities
and schools healthier places to live, Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national
program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, created the Action Strategies
Toolkit. The toolkit offers practical examples of policy approaches and resources
that can help policy-makers prevent childhood obesity and improve children’s health.
It covers a wide range of issues, including increasing access to parks and recreation
centers, improving safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, offering healthier foods
in schools, and attracting grocery stores that provide healthy, affordable foods
to lower-income communities. For more information, visit: www.rwjf.org/files/research/20090508lhcactionstrategiestoolkit.pdf New Journal for
Community Psychology Practitioners - The
Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice is a new e-journal
for practitioners of community psychology and community improvement around the
globe. The journal aims to help practitioners and applied researchers share quality
work and foster a learning community that will contribute to ongoing advances
in the broad field of Community Practice, both in psychology and related disciplines. The journal currently seeks contributions from community practitioners
in many fields, including community psychology, but also including community development,
public health, community organizing and others. For more information, visit: http://www.gjcpp.org/about.php Association of
American Medical Colleges (AAMC) releases 2009 Data Book - The 2009 AAMC Data Book
provides a statistical abstract of U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals,
with 86 tables of current and historical data on the following topics: applicants
and students; faculty; medical school revenue; tuition, financial aid, and student
debt; graduate medical education; teaching hospitals; health care financing; biomedical
research; physicians; faculty compensation; and more. The Data Book tables are
derived from AAMC reports and databases as well as from external sources such
as the National Institutes of Health, the American Medical Association, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, and the American Hospital Association. For more information,
please visit: http://www.aamc.org/publications
Leaders
Discuss Health Reform Challenges Facing Academic Medical Centers - The
Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institute recently held
a meeting to kick off a two-year project examining challenges facing the nation’s
academic medical centers (AMCs) in becoming leaders and innovators in health care
reform. Participants emphasized the need for accountability in reforming the health
care system as well as medical education. There was widespread agreement that
even under the current system there is room for health care delivery innovations
and that AMCs can lead in these efforts. However, many attendees noted that the
current payment system is a serious obstacle to reform. Some attendees stressed
the need for additional funding to allow AMCs to experiment with new models of
health care delivery. Others noted that redirecting federal graduate medical education
payments may also be necessary to reform medical education and the health care
system. For more information, visit:
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2009/0427_medical_centers.aspx
Institute
of Medicine (IOM) Issues Report on Conflicts of Interest in Medicine
- A new report by the IOM states that new voluntary and regulatory measures can
strengthen protections against financial conflicts of interest in medicine without
hindering patient care or the advancement of medical knowledge. The report tackles
conflicts of interest across the spectrum of medicine, from biomedical research
to clinical care and from the training of new doctors to the continuing education
of physicians. It recommends several actions to improve disclosure of financial
ties between the medical community and industry, limit company payments and gifts,
and remove industry influence from medical education and the development of practice
guidelines. The report calls on all academic medical centers, journals, professional
societies, and other entities engaged in health research, education and clinical
care to establish or strengthen conflict of interest policies. The IOM report
also urges Congress to require pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and device firms
to publicly report payments they make to doctors, researchers, academic health
centers, professional societies, patient advocacy groups, and others involved
in medicine. For more information, please
visit: http://www.nas.edu/morenews/20090428b.html
New Report, “Reaching
America's Health Potential: A State-by-State Look at Adult Health”
- Across the country, adults in every state fall far short of the level of good
health that should be achievable for all Americans, according to a new report
released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier
America. In fact, almost half of all adults ages 25 to 74 in the United States
report being in less than very good health, and that rate differs depending on
level of education. To view the report,
visit: http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=42418 Asset-Based Community Development Institute Launches New
Website - The
Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) is at the center of a large
and growing movement that considers local assets as the primary building blocks
of sustainable community development. Building on the skills of local residents,
the power of local associations, and the supportive functions of local institutions,
asset-based community development draws upon existing community strengths to build
stronger, more sustainable communities for the future.
The ABCD Institute has a new website that includes several useful features, including
community stories, partners, enhanced publications and resources pages, and a
calendar of ABCD events. There is also more information about the work of the
ABCD Institute at Northwestern University and in the community. Please visit:
www.ABCDInstitute.org or www.abcdinstitute.org |
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| EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Community Participatory Action Research
Analyst – Special Service for Groups
- Special Service
for Groups (SSG) is a multi-service nonprofit agency currently operating over
25 programs in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Under its Research and Evaluation unit,
SSG is contracted to provide training and technical assistance to community-based
organizations in community-based action research and/or program evaluation.
Under the direction of the R&E Unit Director, the Research Analyst
is responsible for coordinating training and technical assistance activities to
community-based organizations and community members. In addition, Research Analyst may be
assigned to represent Research and Evaluation unit in SSG Program Development
Team and to support the development of funding proposals for SSG programs.
The scope of activities and research topics will be determined by agency
need, mission and purpose in communities as well as Research Analyst’s interests. Minimum qualifications include a Master's
degree or higher in Social Work, Public Health, Public Policy, Law, Public Administration
or related field; Strong research skills, especially in methodology that engages
the community, including asset mapping, photovoice, focus groups or key informant
interviews; Strong quantitative analysis and data management skills required,
including ability to mine existing relevant data and draw conclusion from its
analysis (e.g. familiarity with MS Excel or MS Access, etc.); Ability to speak
and write in Spanish fluently strongly encouraged. For more information, please visit: http://www.ssgmain.org/careers_at_ssg.htm Community-Based
Learning Coordinator - Morgridge Center for Public
Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison – This position will assist in
building, strengthening and sustaining campus and community partnerships around
community-based learning pedagogies (service-learning and community-based research).
Bachelors Degree required; Master’s Degree in education or related field preferred.
Minimum of 3 years direct experience in the administration of a successful academic
service-learning program within a higher education setting required. Desired knowledge
and skills include: excellent knowledge of community-based learning pedagogies;
strong problem solving abilities; documented ability to work successfully with
a broad range of constituencies; experience facilitating campus-community partnerships.
Areas of responsibility include: program development , administration and expansion;
community-based learning outreach and professional development; administration
of the Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowship program; assessment/evaluation
of community-based learning courses and programs. For the full description, please
visit: http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_061819.html
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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 |  Herb Block Foundation Accepting Letters of Inquiry
for Citizen Involvement Grant Program – Deadline: June 1, 2009 - The Herb Block Foundation
seeks to help ensure a responsible, responsive democratic government through citizen
involvement. Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to nonprofits
working to increase citizen education and greater voter participation in the electoral
process. All projects must
be nonpartisan and may not involve lobbying for specific legislation or candidates.
For more information,
visit: http://www.herbblockfoundation.org/HerbBlockFoundation/content.aspx?page=8171884
Community
Services Block Grant Training and Technical Assistance Program – Deadline: June 12, 2009 - This program announcement is
intended to support Statewide capacity development projects for technical assistance
in the Community Services Block Grant program. This grant project will support
two separate parts: Part 1) Capacity-Building for Ongoing CSBG Programs, and Part 2) Strategic Planning and Coordination
Supported by the Recovery Act. These funds should be used to improve
financial management practices, program performance measurement, information and
reporting systems, coordination between fragmented State and local programs, and
ensure responsiveness to locally identified community needs. The grant is open
to statewide or local organizations or associations, with demonstrated expertise
in providing training to individuals and organizations on methods of effectively
addressing the needs of low-income families and communities. Faith-based and community
organizations are eligible to apply under this announcement.
For more information, visit: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-OCS-EQ-0037.html Funds
for Land Use/Built Environment and Food Access – Deadline: June 22, 2009 - The Healthy Eating, Active Living Convergence Partnership
invites local and regional grant-making foundations to submit proposals that will
support new projects or new grant-making initiatives aimed at enhancing the land
use/built environment and/or expanding food access efforts. The Fund provides
50% matching dollars, up to $100,000 per year, for a two-year period. The
goal is to engage foundations in creating robust and sustainable support for multi-field
community partnerships prioritizing policy and environmental change efforts to
improve health and promote equity. Potential applicants are invited to attend
an informational teleconference call on Thursday, May 21, 2009. To learn
more details and access the RFP, visit the Convergence Partnership website at:
www.convergencepartnership.org. Institute of Education Sciences School-Based Service-Learning
Research and Development Grant – Deadline: June 25, 2009 - Through
its Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning (Social/Behavioral) research
program, the Institute of Education Sciences supports research on interventions
designed to improve social skills and behaviors that support academic and other
important school-related outcomes (e.g. attendance, high school graduation rates)
for K-12 students. Funding for development projects can provide up to $500K per
year for 3 years. Funding for efficacy research or replication projects can provide
up to $750K per year for 4 years. Proposals are due in either June or October.
If you have questions, or want to schedule a call to discuss your plans, please
contact the program officer for the Social/Behavioral program, Emily Doolittle
at Emily.Doolittle@ed.gov.
For more information, please view the current Request For Applications at: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2010_84305A.pdf Bringing Theory to Practice: Engaged Learning, Student
Civic Development and Student Well-Being Grants – Deadline: Varies– Proposals
are requested for projects that address one of the two following emphases: 1)
Institutional efforts to examine, learn from and to make sustainable initiatives
that foster the gains from the relationship between college students’ civic development
and their psychosocial well-being; and 2) Institutional ability to demonstrate
the evaluation and sustainability of initiatives that address the increasing opportunities
for students to have transformative educational experiences and for institutions
to transform priorities and practices so as to make such experiences both expected
and provided. There are three categories of grants: 1) Mini-grants and student
programming grants of up to $2,500; 2) Program or Research Start-up Initiatives
of up to $10,000; and 3) Demonstration Site grants of up to $75,000 per year for
two years. For more information, including grant deadlines, please
visit: http://www.aacu.org/bringing_theory/aboutrfp.cfm |
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all previously listed announcements, please visit CCPH’s AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS,
& SCHOLARSHIPS PAGE
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Florida Engaged Scholarship Fellows Program – Deadline: May 20, 2009 - As part of an ongoing effort
to improve the theory and practice informing collegiate service-learning and community
engagement in the state of Florida, Florida Campus Compact invites research proposals
from engaged scholars at member campuses through this new fellows program.
Researchers from all disciplines are invited to apply. Up to five Florida scholars
will be chosen by a panel of qualified reviewers to receive this distinction.
Fellows will have the opportunity to be part of an active community of scholars
who will meet quarterly (either virtually or in person) to discuss strategies
for research design and dissemination. Each scholar will receive a small
amount of financial support for her or his research and will be invited to submit
an article for publication in a special peer-reviewed volume of Florida Engaged
Scholarship to be published in 2011. At least three of the five scholars selected
will be tenure-earning. Projects focusing on community impacts of collegiate
service-learning and community engagement will be favored. Interested researchers
should
complete an application and must include a project budget not to exceed
$2500, with no more than $2000 to be spent on a faculty stipend. Funds will
be available for distribution beginning July 15, 2009, and all deliverables will
be due June 15, 2010. Deliverables will include a copy of a 25-30 page article
on the research outcomes that may be submitted to our Florida publication or another
appropriate forum, a short report/precis on the project based on an FL|CC template
for inclusion in promotional materials, and an updated CV for the fellowship recipient
that can be used in promotional materials. Participants will also be invited
to present research at FL|CC events and may be invited to provide informal mentoring
for emerging researchers in the state. For more information, please visit: www.floridacompact.org The
Association of Schools of Public Health and Pfizer Teaching Awards – Deadline: June 1, 2009 – The Association of Schools
of Public Health (ASPH) and Pfizer, Inc. are pleased to announce the call for
nominations for the 2009 ASPH/Pfizer Awards. The following awards are being offered:
1) ASPH/Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence; 2) ASPH/Pfizer Early Career in Public
Health Teaching Award; 3) ASPH/Pfizer Faculty Award for Excellence in Academic
Public Health Practice; 4) ASPH/Pfizer Young Investigator’s Research Award (new
in 2009). The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, November 7 at the ASPH
Annual Meeting reception. For more information, please visit: http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=1013. David
C. Leach, M.D. Award for Improving Graduate Medical Education – Deadline: July 1, 2009 - The Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is accepting nominations for the David C. Leach,
M.D., Award. This new annual award, which will recognize residents and resident
teams for improving graduate medical education, is named in honor of the ACGME’s
former chief executive officer who retired in 2007. The award will be given to
residents or resident teams (residents, fellows, faculty, program coordinators,
allied health professionals) who have developed a project or activity that improves
graduate medical education in one or more of the following areas: fostering innovation
and improvement in the learning environment; increasing the program’s emphasis
on educational outcomes; increasing efficiency and reducing non-educational burden;
improving communication and collaboration in education and patient care within
the program or institution; and advancing humanism in patient care and among health
care professionals. Residents and teams may be nominated by program directors,
designated institutional officials, program coordinators, ACGME review committees,
or chief executive officers of teaching hospitals. Five awards will be given to
residents or resident teams. The awards will be presented at the ACGME’s annual
educational conference in March 2010. For more information, please visit: http://www.acgme.org Rudolf
Virchow Awards– Deadline: July 15, 2009 -
The annual Rudolf Virchow Awards
are given by the Critical Anthropology for Global Health Caucus, a special interest
group of the Society for Medical Anthropology. The professional award honors a
recent published article, and the graduate and undergraduate student awards honor
recent student papers, all deemed by the judges to best reflect, extend, or advance
critical perspectives in medical anthropology.
Awards are made in the following categories: 1) Professional, 2) Graduate
Student and 3) Undergraduate Student (see below). Papers should be sent by email.
Hard copies are no longer accepted. We encourage applicants to submit their own
work and/or to nominate papers of students or articles of colleagues. Articles
must be submitted electronically in MS Word or Adobe PDF formats. File sizes must
be less than 2MB. Please e-mail the paper for review along with a cover letter
to the 2009 Virchow Awards committee chair, Susan Erikson, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Simon Fraser University, at slerikson@sfu.ca by July 15th, 2009. Confirmations
of receipt will be sent. To ensure a prompt and fair review, papers will not be
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please visit CCPH’s
CALLS FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS PAGE
| Call for Special Issue on Green
Learning at Metropolitan Universities – Deadline: June 15, 2009
- Metropolitan Universities
a quarterly journal funded by the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities,
is soliciting article proposals for an upcoming issue that will examine
how universities are using green-inspired curriculum to promote a socially-just
and environmentally-sustainable society, both in their local communities and globally.
Green issues, ecological balance, social justice, animal rights, and sustainable
economy are increasingly becoming the focus of curriculum, service-learning projects,
student organizations, and campus events. This issue seeks to examine how this
green trend in learning is affecting curriculum, academic culture, and community
partnerships. This issue will be published in 2010, and the guest editor is Roger
Munger, Associate Professor of English, of Boise State University. Proposals should
be 300-500 words in length. All proposals should include submitter name, affiliation,
100-word bio, and email address as well as a working title for the proposed article.
Final manuscripts should be 4,000-7,000 words in length. Completed proposals or
questions about either proposal topics or this issue should be sent to Roger Munger
at rmunger@boisestate.edu. For more information, visit: http://www.compact.org/events-jobs-grants-more/call-for-proposals/special-issue-on-green-learning-at-metropolitan-universities/6399/ Call for Papers for Global Journal
of Community Psychology Practice – Deadline: June 30, 2009
– The journal seeks contributions
from community practitioners in many fields, including community psychology, but
also including community development, public health, community organizing, and
others. Articles will be a mix of peer-reviewed (e.g., articles and tools) and
non-peer-reviewed (e.g., submissions from section editors for videos, book reviews
and interviews) materials. Manuscripts are invited on a variety of topics related
to the application of community practice in various settings. Manuscripts addressing
the following topics are especially encouraged: Case studies of approaches to
community psychology practice that would serve to teach others about values
and techniques; Ethical and philosophical issues related to practice; Tools and
materials that would be useful to share with other practitioners (such as professional
development, new software, social media tips, etc.); Innovative partnership arrangements
between practitioners and academics/researchers; Community applications of new
or innovative intervention strategies; Policy advocacy and social environmental
interventions to promote health and development; Evaluations of community interventions
focusing on the utility for practitioners, as well as translation of evaluation/research
into practice; Marketing of Community Psychology Practice; Jobs and Career Development;
Lessons Learned; Sustainability/durability of interventions and policy initiatives;
Other applied practice topics will be considered, open to editorial board interpretation
and based on innovative submissions to the journal. For more information, please
visit: http://www.gjcpp.org/ Call for Abstracts for 2009 The International Association
of Physicians in AIDS Care Conference – Deadline: July 31, 2009
- The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
(IAPAC), in association with amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, will
co-host IAPAC 09 an abstract-driven conference focused on HIV prevention, testing,
and psychosocial support in New Orleans, November 29 - December 1, 2009.
In recognition of the multidisciplinary and international focus of IAPAC
09, this Call for Abstracts invites submissions across a wide range of topics
in two overarching tracks: HIV Clinical Management; and HIV Prevention, Testing,
and Psychosocial Support. For more information, please visit:
http://www.amfar.org/community/article.aspx?id=7147 |
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Community-Based
Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes, 2nd Edition
Edited by Meredith Minkler and
Nina Wallerstein CBPR
has become an essential public health competency, according to the Institute of
Medicine. This second edition of the best-selling book on the topic presents a
complete and practical overview of the theory and application of community based
participatory research in public health. The book includes information on planning
and conducting research, working with communities, promoting social change, and
core research methods. New in this edition are chapters on predicting outcomes,
ethical practices, use of the web, impact of CBPR on research methods, and applications
for environmental justice and power mapping.
CCPH Senior
Consultant Sarena Seifer contributed to the new edition with an appendix,
"Making the Best Case for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and/or
Tenure Review: Resources for Faculty and Community Partners."
For related resources, visit the Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit
at www.communityengagedscholarship.info
CCPH members receive a 15% discount
when ordering this publication and all Jossey-Bass Publications from the CCPH website! To order: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html |
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Politics, Disease,
and the Health Effects of Segregation
By
Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr.
For most of the first half of the twentieth
century, tuberculosis ranked among the top three causes of mortality among urban
African Americans. Often afflicting an entire family or large segments of a neighborhood,
the plague of TB was as mysterious as it was fatal. Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr.
examines how individuals and institutions--black and white, public and private--responded
to the challenges of tuberculosis in a segregated society.
Reactionary
white politicians and health officials promoted "racial hygiene" and
sought to control TB through Jim Crow quarantines, Roberts explains. African Americans,
in turn, protested the segregated, overcrowded housing that was the true root
of the tuberculosis problem. Moderate white and black political leadership reconfigured
definitions of health and citizenship, extending some rights while constraining
others. Meanwhile, those who suffered with the disease--as its victims or as family
and neighbors--made the daily adjustments required by the devastating effects
of the "white plague."
Exploring the politics of race, reform,
and public health, Infectious Fear uses the tuberculosis crisis to illuminate
the limits of racialized medicine and the roots of modern health disparities.
Ultimately, it reveals a disturbing picture of the United States' health history
while offering a vision of a more democratic future.
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