Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships Summer 2022 and Academic Year 2022-2023 competition now open! The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students with financial support to develop fluency in less commonly taught languages and expertise in the regions in which these languages are spoken. Students from all UW departments and schools are encouraged to apply. Apply by January 31, 2022.

** Note: The FLAS summer programs works best for social work students, due to the language class requirement (most language classes are 4-5 days/week) which can be challenging to balance with practicum.

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This is a reminder that the next SWAPI meeting is on Thursday December 2, 2021, 5:30-6:30pm. Like November’s SWAPI Meeting, we will have a post-meeting hang out at a local U-District spot.

SWAPI is a UW School of Social Work Affinity Group for students, staff, and faculty who identify as Asian and/or Pacific Islander.

On December 2nd, 2021 5:30-6:30, we would love it if you could join us in person! The meeting will be in Room 306AB – UW SSW

Please use the Zoom info below if you cannot join in person:
Meeting ID: 698 838 4004
https://washington.zoom.us/j/6988384004

Return Forward With Us We are excited to invite you to Returning Forward: A Virtual Pilgrimage with the Sankofa Impact community. This online experience will be an evening of truth-telling, learning, and taking action. This Virtual Pilgrimage on Thursday, December 2, at 7pm PST will take participants to locations which create historical context, provide opportunities for self-reflection and dialogue, and explore ideas on how to make meaningful contributions to your personal and professional networks. Over the course of the pandemic, we have built numerous Virtual Pilgrimage trips which center anti-racist themes. Returning Forward will sample from Sankofa Impact curriculum exploring themes like transportation, finance, and the Pacific Northwest, among others. We look forward to seeing you “on the bus” though Zoom and exploring our shared history together. Join us on December 2, 2021 at 7pm and help usher in a new era for our organization.

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Hello Health Sciences Students,

Do you care about health equity, service learning, and community engagement? Do you enjoy organizing and working on a team? Are you spreadsheet and social media savvy? The Interprofessional Service Learning Advisory Committee is assembling an Immunizations Student Committee to coordinate interprofessional immunization events and needs your support!

Description 

The Interprofessional Service Learning Advisory Committee (IP SLAC) is looking for volunteers to support our newly designed Immunizations Student Committee. As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to work in a team of other health sciences students to support interprofessional immunization efforts in the Greater Seattle area. Your primary responsibility will be to  coordinate and recruit volunteers to support these immunization events throughout the school year. We encourage anyone who is looking for an opportunity to be involved in interprofessional service learning to apply!

Responsibilities 

• Create and implement templates for recruitment emails and event postings
• Identify avenues for marketing and recruitment (email listservs, social media, slack channels, etc.)
• Manage spreadsheets and online sign-up systems
• Send confirmation and reminder emails to volunteers
• Apply an equity lens to recruitment processes (e.i. consider Health Science school, experience level, previous participation, etc.)
• Schedule and attend regular meetings with other student committee members
• Liaison between UW faculty/staff, and community partners
• Work collaboratively with the IP Service Learning Manager and SOM Service Learning Manager

To Apply, please send an email to Natalie Hoge (nhoge@uw.edu) and Coraima Sales-Arteaga (salesc@uw.edu) answering the following:

• What’s your name? Pronouns?
• What are you studying?
• Are you an undergraduate or graduate student?
• Have you ever participated in interprofessional service learning events through the University of Washington? If so, which?
• Why are you interested in volunteering to coordinate interprofessional immunization events?
• What skills and/or experiences do you have that make you uniquely qualified to take on this role?

Issue No. 95                                                                       November 23, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
eRA Commons Reminder: Password Moving to Passphrase
Effective November 17, 2021, users of eRA Commons (including Commons Mobile, ASSIST, and IAR) who change their passwords will be required to use a passphrase — a set of random words or a sentence at least 15 characters long — instead of a password. With this move, users will need to change their passphrase only once a year (as opposed to the current NIH policy that requires passwords to be changed every 120 days).

eRA Commons ID required for Key Personnel starting January 25, 2022
For due dates on or after January 25, 2022, NIH, AHRQ, FDA, AND VA will require all individuals listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile Form to have an eRA Commons username.

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Panel Discussion on Coping with Climate Grief- 12/2

Please join us for a panel discussion on Coping With Climate Grief: A Panel Discussion on Eco-Anxiety. We’ve got a great panel of faculty and students, and we know the discussion will be interesting and informative!

The panel discussion will take place over Zoom on Thursday, December 2, 5-6 PM. The Zoom link is https://washington.zoom.us/j/96900520496

Faculty:

• Maya Magarati, Psychiatry/Seven Directions and Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
• Jennifer Atkinson, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell
• Cleo Wolfle-Hazard, School of Marine & Environmental Affairs

Students:

• Jonathan Kwong – undergrad, Environmental Science
• Aisha Rashid – undergrad, Marine Biology and American Indian Studies
• Bryan Pelach – PhD student, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
• Inhwan Ko – PhD student, Political Science

 

Please join us for this panel discussion in conjunction with the exhibit in Allen North on Climate Justice: Climate Solutions Through an Equity Lens.

The School of Nursing is offering the following NEW Population Health courses for winter 2022. These courses will meet virtually, via Zoom.  See detailed descriptions below.

 

NSG 573 Systems Thinking for Population Health  (3 credits), SLN 18306

Meets via Zoom on Tuesdays 4:00-6:50pm ODD weeks of winter quarter

 

NSG 574 Program Development and Evaluation to Improve Population Health  (4 credits), SLN 18307

Meets via Zoom on Tuesdays 4:00-6:50pm EVEN weeks of winter quarter

 

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Please consider signing up for this exciting new course! It will use a problem-based learning approach to actively develop applied skills in systems thinking!

This course is fully VIRTUAL and meets (via Zoom) on Tuesdays 4pm-6:50p on ODD weeks of Winter Quarter.  

 

NSG 573 Systems Thinking for Population Health  (3 credits)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Develops systems-level thinking with emphasis on identifying, analyzing, and addressing factors relevant to improving population health.  Reviews theories focused on approaches and actions to affect change for the utilization and delivery of health promoting services.  Emphasis on developing a theory of action and multicultural considerations to transform the health status of underserved and marginalized communities.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Describe interdisciplinary systems thinking frameworks and methods for practice implementation and systems change.
2. Describe how prevention and health and social service delivery systems can function together to benefit population health.
3. Apply systems thinking to analyses of population health problems and health improvement strategies.
4. Summarize how policy decisions at multiple system levels influence population health status, health and social services delivery, and utilization.

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Please consider signing up for this exciting new course!

This course will focus on the development of community- and population-level interventions through the steps of assessment, prioritizing, planning, and evaluation. The role of stakeholders, use of assessment and planning models, and analysis of quality improvement mechanisms for improving community and population health will be emphasized. 

This course is fully VIRTUAL and meets (via Zoom) on Tuesdays 4pm-6:50p on EVEN weeks of Winter Quarter.  

 

NSG 574 Program Development and Evaluation to Improve Population Health  (4 credits)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Focuses on developing population health interventions and programs, including assessment, prioritization, planning, and evaluation. Appraises best practices and evidence to inform the execution of strategies that improve health.  Examines the use of reliable data sources and value of stakeholder engagement, while considering ethical, political, and socio-cultural contexts.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe program planning and quality improvement processes necessary for assuring effective community- and population-level prevention strategies.
2. Formulate an assessment of a community or population group to plan and develop health program initiatives.
3. Construct an evidence-based, health-enhancing intervention within a population health care system that considers ethical, legal, political, and socio-cultural contexts.
4. Evaluate the effectiveness and quality of a population health intervention utilizing systematic methods that align with community goals and priorities.
5. Use data from multiple information sources to inform decision-making, assessment, planning, and evaluation.

UW students are invited to apply for the 2021-2022 cycle of UWRA Scholarships and Fellowships in Aging. These awards are available to students in any field who are pursuing research or preparing for careers related to aging.

-Applications for the UWRA Scholarship in Aging must be submitted by February 2. The application form can be both found and submitted here: http://uw.edu/uwra/scholarship-application/. Up to three awards of $4,000 will be made. The scholarship is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional students at any UW campus. International and HB1079 students are welcome to apply. Awards are applied to spring quarter 2022 student accounts.

-Deadline and requirements for the UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging can be found here: https://grad.uw.edu/graduate-student-funding/funding-information-for-students/fellowships/list-of-fellowships/uw-retirement-association-fellowship-in-aging/ . Up to two quarters of fellowship will be awarded. The fellowship is open only to students in the Graduate School. Recipients select a quarter in the 2022-2023 academic year in which to receive the award.

Greetings!

Do you know a faculty member or graduate student TA/instructor who goes above and beyond to help students learn and succeed? The Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to recognize outstanding teaching by nominating a faculty member for the Distinguished Teaching Award or a graduate student instructor/TA for the Excellence in Teaching Award.

Submit your nomination by November 30. Visit our Teaching Awards descriptions page to learn more about award criteria.

 

Sincerely,

Center for Teaching and Learning

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The Center for Teaching and Learning

http://teaching.washington.edu

Washington State Center for Court Research is looking to hire a Juvenile Detention Alternatives Researcher (Sr. Research Associate).

For more information and to apply: Senior Research Associate Info

Applications are now open for the 2021-22 Latinx Scholars Graduate School Fellowship (LSGF). LSGF awards are hosted by the Office of Graduate Student Excellence & Equity (GSEE) (formerly GO-MAP). In 2013, a group of engaged, committed UW faculty, civic and business leaders joined together to establish the Latinx Scholars Graduate School Fellowship to provide financial assistance to UW graduate students (master’s and doctoral) who have a demonstrated commitment to Latinx communities. GSEE appreciates the community members that have continued to give to this important fund.

For this application cycle, the Latinx Scholars Graduate School Fellowship is a one-time award of $1,500-$2,500.

IMPORTANT: Students apply directly to the LGSF Award electronically via MyGrad. Please direct students to MyGrad to complete their application. No exceptions will be made. If all application materials are not submitted via MGP, the application will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed.

 

ELIGIBILITY

• Graduate student must be enrolled full-time in a master’s or doctoral degree program at the University of Washington;
• Graduate student’s research, work, and/or service must demonstrate their commitment to Latinx communities.

APPLICATION

To be considered for this fellowship, ALL of the following materials must be submitted via the MyGrad Program (Request a Graduate School award).

1. Letter of Recommendation (not to exceed two pages, double spaced, 12-pt font)
   The recommender should address the following to the best of their ability:
   1. The applicant’s engagement with Latinx communities and issues
   2. Obstacles the applicant may have encountered in their academic or personal journey and how they have responded to these challenges
   3. The applicant’s academic strengths and/or progress

2. Personal Statement (not to exceed two pages, double spaced, 12-pt font). Statement should address the following:
   1. How your personal commitment to Latinx communities has taken shape in your service, research, and/or paid employment
   2. Your personal or professional goals and the ways in which your graduate education will enable you to sustain your engagement with Latinx communities
   3. How this award would impact your graduate education Winter quarter
3. Curriculum Vitae or Resume

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, December 15^th, 2021 at 11:59 pm PT.

Further details can be found here: https://www.grad.washington.edu/equity-inclusion-and-diversity/diversity-funding-opportunities/latinx-scholars-graduate-school-fellowship/

We look forward to receiving student applications. Please reach out to GSEE at uwgsee@uw.edu with any questions.

Benefits Hub is hosting a workshop on Tenant Protections in Washington on Thursday, December 2nd.

We are also offering free grocery deliveries to community and technical college students in King County. Do you know someone who might be eligible? Share our sign-up form below!

Questions? Email us at benefitshub@uwkc.org.

 

Workshop Thursday 12/2, 6pm. Tenant Protections: Know Your Rights.

Tenant Protections: Workshop Thursday, 12/2, 6pm. Learn about permanent legal protections for renters in Washington, beyond the moratorium. 1) Your permanent rights 2) Tenant-Landlord mediation programs 3) Benefits Hub rent help, mortgage, & move-in. In partnership with the Housing Justice Project. Workshops are only available in English. Recordings will be available.

Click HERE to register for the Workshop!

Free Weekly Grocery Delivery For Students!

Click Here to Sign Up! https://bit.ly/2ZrbdCi ¡Entrega de comestibles semanal gratuita para estudiantes! ¡Haga clic aquí para registrarte! https://bit.ly/2ZrbdCi

Click here to sign up for WEEKLY deliveries

Want groceries delivered, but not every week? Click HERE to sign up for a free, ONE-TIME
Hot Meal Delivery through DoorDash! ¿Quiere que le envíen comestibles, pero no todas las semanas? ¡Haga clic AQUÍ para registrarse y obtener una entrega de comida caliente a través de DoorDash!

Click here to sign up for a ONE-TIME delivery

Issue No. 94                                                                       November 16, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
eRA Commons Reminder: Password Moving to Passphrase
Effective November 17, 2021, users of eRA Commons (including Commons Mobile, ASSIST, and IAR) who change their passwords will be required to use a passphrase — a set of random words or a sentence at least 15 characters long — instead of a password. With this move, users will need to change their passphrase only once a year (as opposed to the current NIH policy that requires passwords to be changed every 120 days).

eRA Commons ID required for Key Personnel starting January 25, 2022
For due dates on or after January 25, 2022, NIH, AHRQ, FDA, AND VA will require all individuals listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile Form to have an eRA Commons username.

2021 GSS Cross-Sectional Data Release
The General Social Survey (GSS) is a nationally representative survey of adults in the US conducted since 1972. The GSS contains a standard core of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. The 2021 GSS data is now available at gss.norc.org. The 2021 GSS was fielded during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offers vital data about potential social and economic impacts of the pandemic.

New Publications
Matson, P. A., Ridenour, T., Ialongo, N., Spoth, R., Prado, G., Hammond, C. J., Hawkins, J. D., & Adger, H., Jr. (2021). State-of-the-art in substance use prevention and early intervention: Applications to pediatric primary care settings. Prevention Science. Advance online publication.

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Tackling Homelessness Nationally: Adapting Services and Improving Housing Options

Friday 19^th November 2021

Speakers Confirmed:

Dan Treglia, Practice Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice

Don Burns, Founder, and Senior Adviser, Burnes Institute for Poverty Research at the Colorado Center on Law and Policy

Jennifer Speight, Speakers Bureau member, Community Life Services

Paul Muniz, Ph.D., Cornell University

Molly Brown, Associate Professor of Clinical-Community Psychology, DePaul University

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Getting the Academic Support You Need: A Workshop for International Grad Students

Wednesday, November 17, 7 – 8:30 p.m. (PST), Online
Register: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvduGvrTkuGdzYdc4aw-mLjbaB4YgXJshf

 

Writing, presentation and research skills are key to academic and professional success in and beyond graduate school. International graduate (master’s and doctoral) students, join CIRCLE team, UW faculty, and academic staff to learn about UW academic support resources and develop effective strategies that can support your academic needs.

 

This event is organized by the Center for International Relations and Cultural Leadership Exchange (CIRCLE). For questions, please contact Ziyan Bai at baiziyan@uw.edu.

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As we celebrate the changing of the seasons and the coming of Winter, join us as we share Sacred Breath. Our next installment of our Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series is happening Thursday, November 18th from 6:00-7:15pm PST. This event will feature Emma Elliott-Groves (Cowichan) an active member of her community and UW professor and researcher, and her amazing mother, Hyamiciate, Della (Rice) Sylvester (Cowichan), a traditional medicine woman and storyteller.

As always, the event is free, but registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Details and RSVP are available on the Sacred Breath page on our website, our events calendar, and on our facebook page. We hope you’ll join us and invite your family and friends.

Issue No. 93                                                                       November 9, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
Critical Feminist Social Work Roundtable Series: Critical Feminist Methodologies
Kalei Kanuha, Professor and Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SSW will be participating in an SSW-sponsored webinar on critical feminist methodologies on November 18, 2021 from 12:00-1:00pm. Prominent feminist social work scholars will discus their use of critical feminist methodologies in social work research. For more information and to register, please click here.

Did you miss the NIH Virtual Seminar last week? 
Last week, the NIH hosted a 4-day virtual seminar on program funding and grants administration. If you were unable to attend or missed some elements of the seminar, there is some good news! All of the presentations and materials are now available online for viewing and download.

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The Community Health Action Team at UW (CHAT-UW) is an interdisciplinary team of volunteers, composed of UW undergraduate and graduate students passionate about promoting public health.  We are a UW RSO and a UW School of Medicine community service organization.  We have two fabulous projects, our newest one is a public health policy advocacy project, and our original project is the COVID-19 Fact of the Day project.  Currently we are so excited to be recruiting new teammates to join our incredible family.  Check out our position descriptions to learn more about our open positions, from leadership roles to artists, legislative investigator, translators, content creators, videographer, web designer, and many more, there is a position for you on our team.  Most roles can be done remotely at this time.  Applications  are due by Sunday, 11/14/2021, at 11:59pm PT.

Application: https://bit.ly/CHATUW-app

Position  Descriptions: https://bit.ly/CHATUW-pd

Questions: uwchatnow@gmail.com

Learn more about our COVID-19 Fact of the Day project by checking out our social media pages:

– Facebook: COVID-19 Fact of the Day

– Instagram: UWCHAT

– Twitter: @uw_chatfotd

– TikTok – chat_uw

NMETH 595  Designing a Theory-Driven Behavioral Intervention (3 credits)

Faculty: Frances Marcus Lewis, Professor

Winter 2022       |       Thurs 8:30-11:20 am   |   Location  HST T359 

Pre-requisites: NURS 589 or equivalent or permission of instructor

Course description:  Focuses on the design and development of a theory-and population informed behavioral intervention to enhance health behavior and outcomes.  Examines selected theories of health behavior, including potential contribution to framing a behavioral intervention.  Includes gaining an analytic process of “fitting” a theory onto an observed health-related problem in a specific population as well as research designs and methods to evaluate interventions.

Course content is relevant to multiple disciplines, including social work, nursing science, clinical psychology, global health, public health, dentistry, medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy, educational psychology, among others

In-class time: 3 hours/week

This class is an on-site class with interactive exercises; it is not a hybrid nor a virtual learning class.

Non-instructional hours: 6 hours/week

 

Evaluation details:

20%    Application of selected theory of behavior to health problem

20%    Behavioral intervention is “mapped” to a theory and a population

20%    Protocol [operational implementation plan] for theory-driven behavioral             intervention

40%   Final assignment: Design and proposed evaluation of a theory-based   behavioral intervention

 

Learning objectives:

Following the course, the learner will be able to:

1. Analyze the origins, conceptual elements, and applications of selected behavioral theories and the scope and importance of the health-related problems to which the theories are relevant.
2. Apply selected theory(ies) of behavior to patients, dyads, communities that includes both the unique aspects of the theory and its relevance to health-related problem and population.
3. Generate a new behavioral intervention that derives from health-related theory(ies) and knowledge of a specific population.
4. Generate a research protocol for assessing the impact of the proposed behavioral intervention, including the measurement model, primary and secondary outcomes, methods to assess dosage and fidelity, and a data analytic plan to assess impact or efficacy.
5. Analyze the limitations and strengths of the proposed behavioral intervention and research methods.

Incarcerated Mothers Advocacy Project

The Incarcerated Mothers Advocacy Project (IMAP) is a coalition of law students, attorneys, social service providers, and formerly incarcerated people who seek to change the rights afforded incarcerated and previously incarcerated people in Washington. Centering reproductive justice, IMAP supports incarcerated people by providing legal information on family law and dependency issues, and by connecting parents to outside resources. IMAP offers monthly legal classes and office hours at Washington Corrections Center for Women to share resources with incarcerated people and their families. IMAP also works to connect community providers, such as parent, chemical dependency, and domestic violence advocates and experts to incarcerated women by hosting a series of classes and trainings at our prison sites.

IMAP will be holding a virtual orientation November 13th-14th covering topics of Family Law and Dependency Law on Saturday; Reproductive Justice and Prison Abolition on Sunday.  Registration is open at this link: bit.ly/uwimap2021

If there are any questions, email delaroch@uw.edu or ccike@uw.edu

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