CCPH

Promoting health (broadly defined) through partnerships between

September 15-20, 2007 · The Network: Towards Unity for Health International Conference – Human 
Resources for Health: Recruitment, Education and Retention  · Kampala, Uganda · 
http://www.the-networktufh.org/conference/ 

November 3-7, 2007 · American Public Health Association Annual Meeting – Politics, Policy and 
Public Health  · Washington, DC · http://www.apha.org/meetings/ 

Director – Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, Baltimore, MD – Under the Director's leadership, 
the Institute is expected to nurture and coordinate existing, and develop and coordinate new, practical, 
cross-divisional strategies for identifying, responding to, and improving critical health indices of the East 
Baltimore community in partnership with the community. The Director will strengthen and nurture partnerships 
between the local community and the Institute with the goal of fostering development of a strong network of 
collaborative connections between the local community with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, School of 
Nursing, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Johns Hopkins Health System. The Institute represents a 
partnership model for the role an academic institution can play in improving the health of the community of 
which it is a part. http://www.jhsph.edu/urbanhealth/

Multiple Positions – Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Ottawa, ON Canada – 

The foundation is looking to fill a number of key positions in its knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) unit. 
Staff members in this unit are responsible for coordinating the foundation's activities in three distinct areas: (1) 
disseminating relevant and needed research evidence to those who need it; (2) operating programs to facilitate 
evidence-informed decision-making; and (3) delivering innovative capacity development programs. 
http://www.chsrf.ca/about/employ_e.php
Assistant Professor in Social Work & Service-Learning, Tenure-Track – School of Social 
Welfare, University of Albany, State University of New York – Applicants must possess a doctoral 
degree in social work or a related field from a college or university accredited by a U.S. Department of Education 
or internationally recognized accrediting organization. Applicants must show commitment to excellence in 
scholarship and teaching. Applicants must address in the application their abilities to work within a culturally 
diverse environment and to prepare students to work effectively in a world of increasing diversity. 
http://www.albany.edu/ssw
 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Initiative – Deadline: Dec. 28, 
2006 – RWJF is pleased to announce the second round of the New Connections Initiative: Bringing Diversity to 
RWJF Grantmaking and Increasing Secondary Data Analyses. This three-year program is designed to expand the 
diversity of perspectives that inform RWJF programming and introduce new researchers and scholars to the 
Foundation. http://www.rwjf-newconnections.org/
 Targeted Grants to Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning – Deadline: Jan. 12, 2007 – The 
Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting grant proposals from eligible entities to conduct activities to 
reduce incidences of childhood lead poisoning in vulnerable populations. EPA is awarding grants which will total 
approximately $3,000,000. The Agency anticipates awarding individual grants of $25,000 to $100,000. 
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11484
 Request for Proposals from the National Network of Public Health Institutes & 
CDC – Deadline: Jan. 22, 2007 – Two requests for proposals are available: 1) to conduct research on public 
health accreditation  and (2) to conduct research on data mining on the National Public Health Performance 
Standards Program dataset. http://www.nnphi.org/

 2007 Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative Cohort – Deadline: Jan. 22, 2007 – Rural 
People, Rural policy is a multi-year initiative that is connecting and equipping organizations across the country 
to become stronger, more organized policy actors for rural America. 
http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=75&CID=274&NID=61&LanguageID=0

 NEA Foundation Learning & Leadership Grants – Deadline: Feb. 1, 2007 – This grant 
program provides opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and 
staff to engage in high-quality professional development and lead their colleagues in professional growth. 
Maximum Award: $2,000 for individuals; $5,000 for groups engaged in collegial study.  Eligibility: U.S. practicing 
K-12 public school teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff at public 
colleges and universities. http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/Guidelines%20Learning&Leadership

 Cable in the Classroom’s Leaders in Learning Awards – Deadline: Dec. 15, 2006 – 
This program recognizes teachers, administrators and community leaders who are helping to improve and 
transform education for children in and out of school, creating 21st Century learning environments children 
need to succeed in the world that awaits them. Maximum Award: $3,000. 
http://www.leadersinlearningawards.org/LeadersInLearningAwards/default.htm

 Public School Service Awards – Deadline: Dec. 15, 2006 – The International Reading 
Association John Chorlton Manning Public School Service Award encourages and supports the improvement of 
public education by recognizing the importance of integrating teacher preparation, professional development, 
and related research with the work of public schools, classrooms, teachers, and students. Maximum Award: 
$10,000. Eligibility: College- and university-based teacher educators with a record of effective preparation of 
reading teachers and graduate students. http://www.reading.org/downloads/awards/manning.pdf

 Call for Applications: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Deadline: March 1, 
2007 – NIDA is offering summer research training opportunities at their facility in Baltimore, Maryland.  
Students who are accepted to the program will work side-by-side with some of the world's leading scientists, 
in an environment devoted exclusively to cutting-edge biomedical research. 
http://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/index.asp