CCPH - Partnership Matters Newsletter

Community-engaged learning and research are gaining recognition and legitimacy in higher education. The critical issue facing colleges and universities today is how do we institutionalize and sustain them as core values and practices? Having a cadre of faculty with the commitment and competencies to link their scholarship with communities is central to answering this question.

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, and supporting community-engaged faculty through the promotion and tenure process.

The initiative, supported by a three grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) in the U.S. Department of Education, builds on the work of the FIPSE-funded Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative of health professional schools that has been working to build capacity for community engaged scholarship (CES) on their campuses and among their peers nationally (Details at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/healthcollab.html).

Initiative Co-Director Lynn Blanchard, Director of the Carolina Center for Public Service at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill explains, “Through the Collaborative, we articulated a set of CES competencies and faculty development approaches. Faculty for the Engaged Campus takes this work ‘to the next level’ by collaborating with campuses across the country to test innovative models for developing community-engaged faculty.” Adds Initiative Co-Director Cathy Jordan, Director of the Children, Youth, and Family Consortium at the University of Minnesota, “The Collaborative’s indicators of quality CES and methods for documentation and assessment clearly point to the need for new approaches to peer review – both for products of CES and for community-engaged scholars. Faculty for the Engaged Campus will facilitate the peer review of the many products of CES that are not journal articles, such as policy reports, resource guides and videos. It will also broaden the definition of “peer” to include our community partners, without whom this work would not exist.”

In January 2008, the initiative will issue a “call for applications” to select teams from twenty diverse colleges and universities to participate in a faculty development charrette [1] from May 28-30, 2008 in Chapel Hill, NC. At least four of the teams attending will subsequently be awarded two-year grants to implement and evaluate their designs. The initiative is also developing an online clearinghouse for peer review and dissemination of products of CES that are in forms other than journal articles, and a searchable online database of CES mentors and peer reviewers.

Read the full press release announcing the initiative at

http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/fipse2-pressreleasef.pdf

For more information, contact Deputy Director Piper McGinley at fipse2@u.washington.edu or visit the Faculty for the Engaged Campus homepage at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/faculty-engaged.html

The Faculty for the Engaged Campus leadership team welcomes questions, comments and suggestions of key articles, reports, people and programs that should be considered as we get this initiative underway. These may be emailed to fipse2@u.washington.edu.

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

Initiative updates and reports will be posted on the CCPH website as they become available at www.ccph.info

[1] 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.

Kellogg Health Scholars Program: 2008-2010 Call for Applications

Application Deadline: January 8, 2008

The Kellogg Health Scholars Program is now recruiting for the 2008-2010 cohort that will begin in fall 2008. Applications are due January 8.

The program offers two-year postdoctoral fellowships at eight training sites. The Multidisciplinary Track highlights a multi-disciplinary approach to studying the social determinants of health disparities at the following sites: Harvard University; University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley; University of Pittsburgh; and University of Texas, Houston The Community Track highlights community-academic partnering and community-based participatory research at the following sites: Johns Hopkins University; Morgan State University; University of Michigan; and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both tracks highlight the translation of health research into policy.

The program partners with allies in policy and practice organizations across the country to create a movement aimed at eliminating health disparities and securing equal access to the conditions and services essential for achieving healthy communities. By combining the proven strengths of our antecedent programs, they have created a linked program to develop a cadre of leaders with: the competency to translate research to policies that address health disparities; the capacity to partner with communities in carrying out research and building policy advocacy; and the skills to inform and support policy makers who seek to reduce and eliminate health disparities. CCPH Executive Director Sarena Seifer serves on the program’s National Advisory Committee.

Each fellowship provides an annual salary of $61,000 in the first year, $62,000 in the second year, an annual research fund and other benefits. For additional information and to submit an online application:
http://www.kellogghealthscholars.org

For information regarding specific tracks:

§ Multidisciplinary Track - Marie Briones-Jones, voice 202-387-2829, fax 202-387-2857, email: mbjones@cfah.org

§ Community Track - Saundra Bailey, voice 734-647-3065, fax: 734-936-0927, email: saundrab@umich.edu

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Sarena Seifer

MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

“CCPH is about building democracy and changing the world. It’s about bringing about significant change.”

Susan Gust, Community Activist, Minneapolis, MN and CCPH Board Member

We celebrated Community-Campus Partnerships for Health’s 10^th anniversary this year, and what a celebration it has been! Over the past twelve months, we have reflected on our accomplishments, engaged stakeholders in determining our future directions, and significantly advanced our mission to promote health (broadly defined) through partnerships that combine the knowledge, wisdom and experience in communities and in academe.

Our 10^th anniversary conference, “Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change,” nurtured a growing network of community-campus partnerships that are striving to achieve the systems and policy changes needed to address the root causes of health, social and economic inequalities (http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html). The conference represented a turning point for CCPH in a number of ways. As our first conference held in Canada, it signaled our growing membership in Canada and our desire to link with and learn from colleagues across the globe. As our conference with the highest proportion of community-based presenters and participants, it facilitated critical conversations about partnership power dynamics and the extent to which partnerships are striving for justice and equity both internally and externally. The conference was a powerful experience with lasting impact, as this sampling of responses from our 6-month follow-up survey of participants reveals:

“The conference helped me reconnect with some of the reasons I started in health care way back when. It definitely reenergized me and helped me to feel that there are solutions out there for the huge problems we see and it was so reaffirming to be with people who feel the same way and who are doing things that help.”

“It inspired me to assist my students in seeing health from a broader perspective, by bringing a social determinants of health perspective to the sessions, the volunteer work and service-learning projects I coordinate.”

“My message has been refined since attending the conference and that is one of creating avenues of communication between the University and my community.”

“At our annual community meeting, we did a presentation on benefits and outcomes from both sides of government/institutions and then community/non-profit sector. It was an initial step in having both sides learn about perceptions from the other side. It was well received.”

During the conference, we released the report, “Community-Campus Partnerships for Health: Celebrating a Decade of Impact.” (http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/10AnnivReportfinal.pdf). The report tells the story of CCPH and provides a detailed timeline of key CCPH events, activities and accomplishments over the years. The report’s author, our former associate director Kara Connors, interviewed founding board members and others who played instrumental roles in the organization over the years. CCPH members also contributed “stories of impact” to include in the report and on our website.

One thing is evident from the history of CCPH – we have always been about challenging the status quo and taking concrete actions to make the world a better place. What ties us together – as CCPH board members, members and staff – is our commitment to social justice and our passion for the power of partnerships to transform communities and higher education. Thank you for sharing that commitment and passion, and for making CCPH the dynamic, effective organization it has been and will continue to be! Best wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season and New Year!

PS – Many of you know that earlier in the year, I announced my plans to step down as CCPH’s executive director on December 31^st. The board is considering several promising options for our future organizational home and leadership, and will be making an announcement in January. Until the transition process is complete, I will be continuing with CCPH in my current capacity.

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NEWS FROM CCPH

New Listserv!

Community-Based Participatory Research & Research Ethics

CCPH has launched a new electronic discussion group (listserv) on the topic of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) & Research Ethics. It was created to continue the dialogue initiated by the Educational Conference Call Series on Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Ethical Issues in Research, and connect a diverse group of stakeholders interested in CBPR and research ethics. CCPH and the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University (also known as the Bioethics Center) cosponsored the series earlier this year to raise awareness about the importance of protecting communities involved in research - not just individuals – and determine what kinds of programs or resources would most effectively bridge this gap.

Feedback from call participants indicated strong interest in starting this listserv as a means for collaborative problem-solving and information sharing around ethical issues that arise in CBPR and challenges encountered in the process of research ethics review. We invite you to pose questions and share information or resources related to these topics!

To subscribe to the listserv, visit:

https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccph-ethics.

Read more about what we learned from the call series in CCPH program director Kristine Wong’s recent Partnership Matters newsletter article at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_110907.html#MessageED

As you may know, CCPH and the Wellesley Institute also sponsor a CBPR listserv. We intend to minimize overlap between messages on posted on these two lists, with the CBPR and Research Ethics listserv more narrowly focused

on ethical issues that arise in CBPR and challenges encountered in the process of research ethics review and the CBPR listserv focused more broadly on CBPR news, funding opportunities, job announcements, challenges and

issues. For more information on the CBPR listserv, visit https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbpr

Learn more about CCPH’s CBPR & Research Ethics Program at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/projects.html#IRBHome

New Resources Added to Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit!

Three recently promoted and/or tenured faculty members have graciously "donated" excerpts from their portfolios for posting on the Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/toolkit-portexamples.html. The toolkit is intended as a resource for community-engaged faculty to "make their best case" for promotion and tenure. If you've recently been promoted and/or tenured, consider sharing excerpts from your portfolios so faculty coming behind you can benefit from your experience! To do so, email CCPH executive director at sarena@u.washington.edu

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

CCPH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & BOARD MEMBERS

RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS

CCPH Executive Director Receives National Award!  Congratulations to CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer 
who was awarded the 2^nd annual Tom Bruce Award by the Community-Based Public Health Caucus (CBPH) of the 
American Public Health Association (APHA) during the APHA conference in November in Washington DC.  The award 
recognizes "an individual who has made a significant contribution to community-based public health through activities 
that exemplify the CBPH Caucus' vision, goals, and activities.”  The award announcement reads, “Through her work as 
founding director of CCPH, Sarena has been a leader in creating healthier communities and addressing the social 
determinants of health to improve the public’s health and quality of life requires collaborative solutions that bring 
communities and institutions together as partners and build upon the assets, strengths and capacities of each. This 
work supports the vision and goals of the CBPH Caucus.”  Sarena was nominated for the award by Lee Bell, President 
of the National Community Based Organization Network (NCBON) on behalf of the NCBON Board of Directors.  Writes Mr. 
Bell, “As the Board of Directors of NCBON, we can think of no better way to celebrate her achievements and honor the 
central contributions to the CBPH Caucus and NCBON by nominating Sarena Seifer for the Tom Bruce Award.”

The award is named in honor of Tom Bruce, a physician and educator who lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, and is employed as a professor of health policy and management in the College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He currently is on loan, serving as Associate Dean of the Clinton School of Public Service of the University of Arkansas, a graduate program located at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. His professional career was as a professor of medicine at Wayne State University, Detroit; head of Cardiology at the University of Oklahoma; dean of the College of Medicine and Inaugural Dean of the College of Public Health, University of Arkansas. From 1985 to 1997 he served as a program director at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, planning new initiatives, reviewing proposals, and monitoring projects in health, leadership, and rural development. He provided direction for the national Community-Based Public Health initiative beginning in 1990. His research covers intermediary cardiac metabolism, rural health manpower studies, primary health care, and community-driven health promotion/disease prevention. Dr. Bruce has received numerous tributes, including the Governor’s Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Citizenship (Arkansas) and Special Appreciation (Kaohsiung Medical College, Republic of China). In 1995 the University of Arkansas awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Science degree. In 2005 he received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Salute to Greatness Community Service Award. His extracurricular activities include helping Heifer International expand its services to relieve hunger and poverty, assisting the Arkansas Community Foundation to expand philanthropy throughout the state by developing a set of new local community foundations; coordinating the building of a new botanical garden/arboretum; and assisting two community development corporations in expanding their human services programs.

For more information, visit www.cbphcaucus.org

CCPH Board Members Recognized as Exemplary Leaders!  Congratulations to these CCPH board members on their 
recent accomplishments:

§   Diane Downing has been elected chair of the Action Board of the American Public Health Association, a post 
that also means she'll be an ex-officio member of APHA's Executive Board.  The Action Board is charged with the 
facilitation and implementation of APHA policies and positions.  For more information, visit 
http://www.apha.org/about/gov/action/

§   Bobby Gottlieb was awarded a Faculty Fellowship for Youth from Massachusetts and Rhode Island Campus 
Compacts. The purpose of the Fellowship is to develop the capacity of colleges and universities to engage in service-
learning programs that address young people in their communities.  For more information, visit 
http://www.compact.org/ricompact/include/pdf/07_09_LSA_Faculty_Fellowship_RFP.pdf

§   Cynthia Barnes-Boyd has received the City Partner Award, presented annually by the University of Illinois 
Alumni Association and the University of Illinois-Chicago Chancellor.  The Award was created in 1993 by a committee 
of alumni volunteers and campus staff members to recognize “those University of Illinois alumni who have gone on from 
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to contribute to the vitality of the Chicago metropolitan area in a special way.”  
For more information, visit http://www.uiaa.org/chicago/awards/partner.html.

Learn more about the remarkable individuals who govern CCPH at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/boardmembers.html

MEMBERSHIP MATTERS
CCPH Membership Rewards - Act Before January 31^st! Are you already a member of CCPH? CCPH members received a personalized email on rewards and giveaways for upgrading your membership and referring new CCPH members by January 31^st. Check your recent emails from CCPH - if you missed this special announcement, contact our membership coordinator Cate Clegg for more information at cleggc@u.washington.edu! Not yet a member of CCPH? Visit our homepage at www.ccph.info for details on rewards and giveaways when you join CCPH by January 31^st! And don’t forget: CCPH membership is tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law!

	A CCPH Membership makes a great stocking stuffer!! *Gift the Gift of Membership to a New Member and Reap Rewards!*
From now until January 31^st, you will get 2 free months appended to your own current membership for each new member you recruit to CCPH! You’ll also be entered into a drawing to win a $100 gift certificate for the CCPH publishing partner of your choice! For more information on our publishing partners, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html CCPH membership makes a great holiday gift! Purchase a gift membership or refer a colleague to join CCPH at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/members.html **Please note: If you refer a colleague to join CCPH, be sure to have them indicate on their membership application that they have been referred by you to join CCPH. That way we can be sure to get you your 2 free months of membership (or more depending on the number of new members you recruit!) and enter your name into the drawing! The drawing for the gift certificate will take place in early February 2008.

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! (See above for information on CCPH Membership Rewards!)

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		Would you like to 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 Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza 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

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. Award nominations are due February 12, 2008. For details, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/awards.html

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

New Event Listings

For details on these new listings and all previously listed upcoming events, visit CCPH’s CONFERENCE PAGE

February 4-6, 2008 · Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) – Institutional Review Board (IRB) Fundamentals: IRB 101 · Las Vegas, NV · http://www.primr.org/

March 7-9, 2008 · IMPACT: National Student Conference on Service, Advocacy and Social Action · Boston, MA · http://www.campusconference.org

April 16-17, 2008 · Intersecting Interests: Tribal Knowledge and Research Communities Conference · Missoula, MT · http://www.tribalknowledgegathering.org/

June 2-5, 2008 · All Together Better Health IV · Stockholm, Sweden · http://www.alltogether.se

July 30-August 1, 2008 · National Latino Cancer Summit · San Francisco, CA · http://www.latinascontracancer.org/

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Clinical Trials Must be Registered Online This Month - Dec. 26 is the deadline by which some clinical trials 
must be registered with the federal government. In legislation passed earlier this year, the "Food and Drug 
Administration Amendments Act of 2007," Congress expanded the scope of clinical trials that must be registered with 
ClinicalTrials.gov, and expanded the number of specified data elements that must be posted to that Web site. The 
sponsors of clinical trials and, in certain cases, the principal investigators for clinical trials, are responsible for meeting 
these expanded online registration requirements. Principal investigators have the responsibility to determine whether 
they are obligated to register their trials in accordance with the law. The Association of American Medical Colleges 
encourages investigators to consult with their sponsored research office and other appropriate institutional offices--
and for federally funded trials, with the sponsoring agency--to determine the extent of their responsibilities. The 
National Institutes of Health have issued some guidance on the new requirements: 
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-014.html

Analysis Examines Supply, Recruitment of Physician Researchers - It appears that there are not enough junior physician researchers in the clinical research workforce to meet the needs of the nation's academic medical research agenda, according to a new analysis from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Since the
1970s, many leaders in biomedical research have warned of a looming national shortage of physician investigators. The latest issue of AAMC Analysis in Brief examines the number of physicians conducting patient-oriented research and the difficulty that medical schools face in filling open faculty positions for such researchers. http://www.aamc.org/data/aib/start.htm

Nursing Schools Release Data on Enrollment Trends - Enrollment in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs increased by nearly five percent from 2006 to 2007, according to preliminary data released by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Though this marks the seventh consecutive year of enrollment growth, the rate at which nursing schools have been able to increase student capacity has declined sharply since 2003 when enrollment was up by more than 16 percent. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has expressed concern that more than 30,000 qualified applicants were turned away from baccalaureate nursing programs last year due to a shortage of nursing faculty. http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/NewsReleases/2007/enrl.htm

2007 State of Physician Workforce Data Book - This updated and expanded report examines the active physician supply in each state, current medical school enrollment, physicians in graduate medical education programs, and in-state retention rates. The report includes charts and tables showing data for all 50 states, in addition to national averages. http://www.aamc.org/workforce/statedatabooknov2007.pdf

Minority Representation in Graduate School Increases - The proportion of students in American graduate 
schools who were members of a racial/ethnic minority group rose to 28 percent in 2006, from 26 percent in 2005, according 
to a new survey report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). The report, "Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 1996-
2006," reveals that enrollment in each racial/ethnic minority group was up by at least 3 percent in 2006, whereas the 
percentage of non-minority students did not increase at all. Notably, the total number of Native American students enrolled 
in graduate schools increased by 9 percent, with even higher enrollment gains in the fields of physical sciences, engineering, 
and biological sciences. http://www.cgsnet.org/Default.aspx?tabid=168

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Associate Director – The Carolina Center for Public Service (CCPS), University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC - CCPS is a pan-university center reporting to the Office of the Vice Chancellor 
for Public Service and Engagement. The mission of CCPS is to engage and support the faculty, students and 
staff of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in meeting the needs of North Carolina and beyond. The 
Center strengthens the University’s public service commitment by promoting scholarship and service that are 
responsive to the concerns of the state and contribute to the common good. The position is classified as EPA 
non-faculty and reports to the director of the Center. The associate director assists the director with the 
establishment and fulfillment of the mission, goals, and day-to-day operation of the CCPS and is responsible 
for all facets of the Center in the absence of the Director. http://www.unc.edu/cps

Director/Distinguished Professor – Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology, Ball State 
University, Muncie, IN - Ball State University seeks a creative and committed leader to provide direction and 
oversight to all programs and operations of the Institute. Some of these areas include:  academic degrees, certificate 
programs, and minors in wellness management and applied gerontology; wellness and gerontology services to the 
university community and off-campus constituencies; external funding procurement related to wellness and gerontology; 
and Institute promotion through research, scholarly writing, presentations, and leadership in professional organizations. 
This position is a full-time administrative position available July 1, 2008. E-mail: drider@bsu.edu.

Research Associate – Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Oakland, CA - 
The Research Associate, under the supervision of the Senior Research Associate, will be principally responsible for data 
management and analysis across projects that focus on community health centers that primarily serve Asian American, 
Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations. E-mail: ra_hiring_committee@aapcho.org

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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

 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award – Deadline: January 16, 2008 – The National Institutes of 
Health’s (NIH) Director’s Pioneer Award supports creative scientists who propose highly innovative-and often 
unconventional-approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research. Women and members of 
underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. The Pioneer Award provides $2.5 million in direct 
costs over five years. http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/pioneer/

 PayBack Foundation to Support Programs for Disadvantaged Children – Deadline: 
February 1, 2008 - The PayBack Foundation was established by Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning 
in 1999 to promote the future success of disadvantaged youth (ages 6-18) by assisting programs that provide 
leadership growth and opportunities for children at risk.  Grant amounts range between $1,500 and $10,000 each.  
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010113/peytonmanning

 The Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition - Deadline: February 4, 2008 - 
The YES Competition awards up to 120 college scholarships each year to high school juniors and seniors who 
conduct outstanding research projects that apply epidemiological methods of analysis to a health-related issue.  
http://www.collegeboard.com/yes/ft/iu/home.html

 Nancy R. Gelman Foundation Seed Grant Programs to Improve Breast Cancer 
Outcomes – Deadline: February 20, 2008 – The Program funds projects designed to improve outcomes for 
women with breast cancer. Grants will be awarded for basic science (research) proposals and for community-based 
proposals. Grant amounts will not exceed $3,000 to any one recipient. 
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010119/nrgf

 NIH New Innovator Award – Applications Accepted: March 3-31, 2008 - The National 
Institutes of Health’s (NIH) New Innovator Award supports creative scientists who propose highly innovative-
and often unconventional-approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research. Women and 
members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. The New Innovator Award provides 
$1.5 million in direct costs over five years. 
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new%5Finvestigators/innovator%5Faward/

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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

Call for Applications: Kellogg Health Scholars Program 2008-2010 - Deadline: January 8, 2008 – See the featured article at the top of this issue for details. This postdoctoral fellowship program offers Multidisciplinary and Community Tracks. http://www.kellogghealthscholars.org

World Hunger Year Invites Entries for Harry Chapin Media Awards - Deadline: February 1, 2008 – The awards honor print and electronic media for outstanding coverage that positively impacts hunger, poverty, and self-reliance. The awards also honor work that focuses on the causes of hunger and poverty and the forces creating self-reliance. The awards are cash prizes of $1,000 to $2,500 each, and cover six media categories: Newspaper; Periodical (magazine or e-zine); TV/Film; Radio; Photojournalism; and Books. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010117/worldhungeryear

Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program - Deadline: February 29, 2008 – The program is designed to foster the development of physicians who will lead the transformation of American health care. These future leaders will conduct innovative research and work with communities, organizations, practitioners, and policy makers on issues important to the health and well-being of all Americans. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010120/rwjf

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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 Abstracts: All Together Better Health IV - Deadline: January 4, 2008 – The All Together Better Health IV international conference on Interprofessional Education and Practice will take place June 2-5, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.alltogether.se or e-mail: Gabriella.Larsdotter@kab.ki.se

Call for Papers: Inaugural Issue of Environmental Justice Journal - Deadline: January 10, 2008 – Environmental Justice is a new peer-reviewed quarterly journal launching in Spring 2008. Papers are sought on the following subjects: human health and the environment, occupational health, science and technology, land use, public policy, urban planning, legal history as it pertains to environmental justice, sociology and anthropology of environmental health disparities. E-mail: drswashumuc@aol.com

Call for Abstracts: All Together Better Health IV - Deadline: January 10, 2008 – The All Together Better Health IV international conference on Interprofessional Education and Practice will take place June 2-5, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.alltogether.se or e-mail: Gabriella.Larsdotter@kab.ki.se

Call for Applications: National Urban Initiatives Competition - Deadline: January 25, 2008 – The program is seeking proposal abstracts that are practical, creative, and are well rooted in theory. Proposal abstracts should translate from theory to model or vice versa. For example, an exemplary existing project or activity can be transformed or explained by a generic model that is well rooted in theory. Furthermore, it should be feasible to enact into new legislation. An award of $20,000 will be given to winners in each of three categories. There will also be three $2,500 cash awards given to the second place winners of each category. http://clarku.edu/departments/idce/researchActivities_CDTI.cfm

Call for Abstracts: Intersecting Interests – Tribal Knowledge and Research Communities Conference - Deadline: February 15, 2008 – The conference will take place April 16-17, 2008 in Missoula, MT. This gathering represents a unique Montana-Indian guided opportunity to create formal dialogue among researchers and tribal knowledge keepers regarding Tribal Knowledge Guardianship. The conference will take place on the University of Montana Campus during the week of the 40th Annual Kyi-Yo Pow Wow festivities. http://www.tribalknowledgegathering.org/

Call for Abstracts: National Latino Cancer Summit - Deadline: April 4, 2008 – The National Latino Cancer Summit will take place July 30-August 1, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. The conference will bring together cancer researchers, clinicians, health care institutions, and the Latino community to talk about the latest science and services on cancer issues that impact Latinos. http://www.latinascontracancer.org/

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