https://www.washington.edu/coronavirus/2022/01/27/where-to-pick-up-free-high-quality-masks-starting-jan-31/

National Vaccine Month of Action
Kick-off Call
Friday, June 4 at 4 p.m. ET
Register online

Participating in this national effort is easy. Simply commit to hosting or participating in an event – calling or texting family and friends, hosting a local canvass, making calls to areas with lower vaccination rates – that shows people how, when, and where they can get vaccinated.

You can sign up by clicking “Take Action.” You also will have access to resources to assist in outreach, trainings, and more. Are you already hosting an event? Do you need more volunteers? You can add your event so others can join you.

On May 12 at 9 a.m. PDT, President Ana Mari Cauce will host a virtual town hall for the UW community of students, families, faculty and staff to discuss the safe return to in-person learning in the fall. Please join President Cauce, along with Provost Mark Richards, Dean of the School of Public Health Hilary Godwin, Vice President for Student Life Denzil Suite, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Ed Taylor, and Dean of the Graduate School Joy Williamson-Lott. They’ll address questions about campus safety measures; vaccines; in-person teaching, learning and working; housing; research; and a return to on-campus activities as pandemic restrictions lift. Send questions in advance and throughout the live event to presofuw@uw.edu.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 12 9–10 a.m. WHERE: Watch live online

New:

• COVID Vaccine Matters 

o    Drs. Larry Corey, Chris Beyrer and colleagues of the COVID-19 Prevention Network, have penned a series of blogs on the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, which can be found here. The latest entry includes commentary on the adverse events seen in the COVID-19 adenovirus-based vaccines. 

• Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in BIPOC Communities — Toward Trustworthiness, Partnership, and Reciprocity

o    Drs. Michele Andrasik and Sandra Quinn of the CoVPN published a manuscript in the New England Journal of Medicine describing the background of, and important considerations to address, vaccine hesitancy in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. This publication provides important steps necessary to take in order to build and maintain trust, partnership, and reciprocity. The publication can be accessed here. 

• Driving Racial Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Administration

o    The Black Coalition Against COVID-19 produced a guidebook serves as an aid for various stakeholders—government officials, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, retail pharmacies, health institutions—to leverage in developing their vaccine administration plans to enable access within the Black community. Access the guidebook here.

• Dr. Stephaun Wallace Profile in GatesNotes

o    Dr. Stephaun Wallace of the COVID-19 Prevention Network was profiled in Bill Gates’ blog, Gates Notes. Learn more about the profile and see the accompanying video here.

• New Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander COVID-19 Tools

o    Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum and their partners recently launched two exciting new tools to support AA and NHPI communities and providers. AA-NHPI Health Response is a health education website aimed at providing COVID-19 and vaccination information to communities. Project Firstline is a provider-based education tool that offers COVID-19 and vaccination information. 

• Community Vaccination Resources

o    Public Health Seattle-King County (WA) has a suite of COVID-19 vaccination resources and materials on their website in many languages. Learn more about the materials and resources here.

• Prevent COVID U

o    The CoVPN announced the launch of Prevent COVID U, a new study evaluating SARS-CoV-2 acquisition and transmission among college students vaccinated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Learn more about this study here.   

• The Conversation: Between Us, About Us

o    Kaiser Family Foundation and the Black Coalition Against COVID-19 launched a new campaign aimed at providing Black communities with credible information about COVID-19 vaccines and the variants. In it, Black doctors, nurses, and researchers dispel misinformation and provide facts via short videos. Learn more about the campaign and view the videos here. 

• Community Engagement Materials Menu (updated 10 Mar 2021) 

o    You can access all of the CoVPN Community Engagement materials that have been created and share with your friends, colleagues, and communities via a secure Dropbox here (Password: CoVPNTria!$) or see the attached menu document.

• COVID-19 Toolkits

o    The CDC released a new toolkit to assist community-based organizations in educating communities about COVID-19. You can access the toolkit here. AdCouncil also released a series of toolkits for Black, Hispanic, Faith, and public health communities. You can access the toolkits here.

 Circling Back:

• HIV in the USA

o    HIV is an epidemic that continues to impact communities around the world, burdening some communities disproportionately, especially during COVID-19. Check out this open-access series of published works by leading experts in community engagement, epidemiology, and healthcare here.

• Urban Indian Health Institute COVID-19 Resources

o   The Urban Indian Health Institute produced many resources focused on engaging American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Check out the resources and videos here.

• Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum COVID-19 Resources

o   The Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum produced many resources focused on engaging Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Check out the resources and videos here.

• Latino Commission on AIDS COVID-19 Resources

o    The Latino Commission on AIDS has curated and developed many resources focused on engaging Hispanic/Latino communities. Check out the resources here.

• Black AIDS Institute COVID-19 Resources

o   The Black AIDS Institute has compiled resources focused on engaging Black communities. Check out the resources and videos here.

• Treatment Action Group COVID-19 Resources

o    Treatment Action Group has compiled resources focused on engaging diverse communities, including persons living with HIV. Check out the resources here.

• UnidosUS COVID-19 Resources

o    Our partners at UnidosUS have compiled resources focused on engaging Hispanic/Latino communities. Check out the resources here.

• CoVPN Virtual Community Sessions

o    You can watch past recordings of our community education and engagement discussions COVID in Black, PANDEMIA, and Imam and COVID-19 on the CoVPN YouTube Page here.

The CoVPN is also pushing out some amazing content that is definitely worthy of sharing. If you are on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, please follow the CoVPN and share our content with your contacts and networks!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PreventCOVID19
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PreventCOVID_19
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/preventcovid19/And of course, check out our website for more information on the network and the clinical trials:www.PreventCOVID.org

THE DIGEST Your bi-weekly round-up of graduate student events, opportunities & resources.

 

Greetings all, The winter quarter months can be long and cold, even without a pandemic. The UW Counseling Center has some great resources to help us take care of ourselves, whether it’s supporting our mental health during winter, coping with social isolation or navigating living at home again. If you’re looking for safe entertainment amidst the cold, see below for free talks hosted by the Graduate School’s Office of Public Lectures, including a conversation with legendary sexpert, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, as well as a discussion with Meklit Hadero on music and well-being. Information below subject to change. Please always refer to the source pages for the most up-to-date details on fellowships, jobs and events.

 

FUNDING Pad your wallet

 

For more fellowships with upcoming deadlines, see the Graduate Funding Information Service blog. The Jacobs Research Funds Application Deadline: February 15, 2021 For studying indigenous languages and cultures of the peoples of North and South America Priority areas are indigenous languages and cultures of the Pacific Northwest One of the researchers should have a master’s degree or equivalent Grants range from $3,000 to $9,000 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Summer Internships Application Deadline: February 15, 2021 For beginning graduate and undergraduate students Research interests in environmental science and public engagement Includes stipend of $600 per month American Foundation for the Blind Scholarships Application Deadline: February 15, 2021, 9:59 p.m. Pacific Time For graduate students who are legally blind Scholarships range from $2,000 to $7,500 Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Application Deadline: February 15, 2021 For women graduate and undergraduate students In engineering, engineering technology or computer science UCLA Labor Center Dream Summer Fellowship Application Deadline: February 19, 2021 at 12 p.m. Pacific Time For immigrant youth and allies No academic affiliation required Open to social justice leaders and those wanting to learn Includes a $5,000 fellowship award Data Science for Social Good Summer Program Application Deadline: February 15, 2021, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time For graduate students and advanced undergraduate students Ten-week full-time applied data science projects Stipend of $7,000 Restricted to international students with work visas, U.S. citizens and permanent residents Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Research Grants for Graduate Students Application Deadline: February 8, 2021 For UW graduate students Research topics on work, workers and their organizations Grants up to $5,000 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Grants for Health Services Research Dissertations Application Deadlines: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 For doctoral candidates Conducting dissertation research in health services Award budget is up to $40,000 in direct costs Restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents Tillman Military Scholars Program Application Deadline: February 28, 2021 For veterans, active duty military service members and their spouses For master’s, doctoral, professional and undergraduate students Average award of $10,000 per academic year ARDRAW Small Grant Program Application Deadline: February 26, 2021 For master’s, Ph.D., and postdoctoral researchers Topics relevant to Social Security work incentives and employment supports One-year, $10,000 stipend Restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents LAGRANT Foundation Graduate Scholarships Application Deadline: February 26, 2021, 5 p.m. Pacific Time For master’s and doctoral students of color In advertising, marketing and public relations fields Award $3,750 and professional development Open to DACA recipients, U.S. citizens and permanent residents Danone North America Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant  Application Deadline: February 15, 2021 For graduate students Topics including gut microbiome, probiotics and yogurt Fields include biology, health sciences and nutrition Award of $25,000

 

JOB HUNT Make your next career move

 

To find jobs aligned with your interests and degree, login to Handshake with your UW NetID and use the filters underneath the “Jobs” tab. For more job-hunting tips, see this post. You can also reach out to handshake@uw.edu with questions. Research Project Manager – Cancer Consortium Office of Community Outreach and Engagement – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Job in Seattle, WA Applications due: March 15 The Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium’s (the Consortium) Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (OCOE) is seeking a Research Project Manager to oversee research projects for the OCOE. The candidate will facilitate partnerships among Consortium researchers, OCOE faculty and staff, and external organizations on collaborative projects related to health equity in Washington State (WA) and beyond. Seeking – Candidates with a master’s degree Graduate Student Public Policy Intern, Energy and Environment – General Motors Internship, Remote Applications due: April 30 The Energy and Environment team within the Public Policy Center supports GM’s global product development and compliance efforts with government regulations affecting the auto industry. Interns will be prepared to quickly gather and evaluate information related to their project(s), conduct independent research, and perform quantitative analysis. Seeking – Candidates seeking a master’s degree SPPR Program Modeling and Analysis Scientist (Natural Resource Scientist 3) – Washington State Department of Ecology Job in Shoreline, WA Applications due: March 24 WA State Dept. of Ecology is building a highly collaborative modeling and analysis team to perform new scientific research. The SPPR (Spill Prevention, Preparedness, and Response) Program Modeling and Analysis Scientist position will be part of a first of its kind team at Ecology responsible for qualitative and quantitative analysis of risks related to the transportation of oil by vessel, rail, and pipeline. Seeking – Candidates with a master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, quantitative analysis of natural resource topics, or a related field. Handshake Tip of the Week: Fuel Your Job Search: Follow Employers There are more than 500,000 employers hiring students on Handshake. From notable brand names to incredible organizations in your backyard, you can find the right employer for you. Check out Handshake’s blog post to learn how to follow employers.

 

GRAD CONNECTIONS Events, activities, connecting

 

Reconstruction, Reconsidered: Belonging and Urban Contestation in Mogadishu’s ‘Building Boom’ Feb. 3, 12–1:30 p.m., online Despite a remarkable post-war building boom and returning diaspora, Somalia’s capital city remains contested. Ballooning property values and the refurbishment of public and private spaces continue to embody the politics of urban belonging, memory and violence of the past three decades.Global Leadership Series: Dr. Anu Taranath Feb. 4, 7–8:30 p.m. PT Dr. Anu Taranath is a speaker, facilitator, consultant, author, and educator specializing in issues of diversity, racial equity and social change. She is currently a professor across English, Humanities, and Comparative History of Ideas (CHID) at the UW and has been teaching for over 25 years. She has collaborated with social change agents and innovative thinkers in 10 different countries, centering inclusivity and collaboration to amplify the voices of those who have not been heard. Rethinking Israeli Citizenship: The Case of Ethiopian Jews and Their Struggle for Naturalization Between 1955-1975 Feb. 10, 9–10:30 a.m. PT, online The story of Ethiopian Jewish immigration to Israel typically begins after 1975. But foregrounding the pre-1975 years offers a unique case study for understanding the Israeli-Jewish citizenship regime and immigrants who do not conform to the normative and racialized national character of citizenship. Sexually Speaking: An Evening with Dr. Ruth Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m., livestream Join the Office of Public Lectures for an evening with behavioral therapist, sexpert and Alzheimer’s caregiving authority, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Moderated by Dr. Pepper Schwartz. Community Conversations: Stereotypes Feb. 3, 7–8 p.m. PT This winter, join other UW students in a series of conversations about who we are, who we want to be, and how we can better understand one another’s identities. We will center constructive, safe, and validating dialogue about different components of identity and intersectionality. This session will focus on stereotypes — What are experiences we’ve had with them? How are they harmful to us? How can we push back against their use in everyday life? Meklit Hadero – How Music Connects Us: Belonging, Wellbeing, and Sonic Lineage Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m., livestream In this talk, Meklit Hadero explores how music knits people and communities together with personal history, behavioral psychology/neuroscience research, and post-COVID-19 landscapes. Arming the Police and the ‘Social Source of Our Distresses’ Feb. 3, 6–7 p.m., Zoom In this lecture, Associate Professor Bruce Hevly will investigate the use of handguns by American police officers beginning with Teddy Roosevelt’s tenure on the New York City Police Commission in the 1890s. Digital Discontents, from the Age of the Mainframe to the Era of Big Tech Feb. 10, 6–7 p.m., Zoom In this talk, Professor Margaret O’Mara will tackle the unexpectedly long history of today’s worries about invasions of data privacy, untrammeled artificial intelligence, and the power of large tech platforms. Patty Hayes – The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Impacts of Systemic Racism Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m., livestream COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on how racism impacts the health and well-being of Black, Indigenous and People of Color across our county and country. While Public Health’s mission is to improve the health all members of our community, institutional racism has meant that BIPOC communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 despite public health efforts. Patty Hayes, Director of Public Health — Seattle & King County, discusses the impact of the pandemic on BIPOC communities and what systemic changes need to be made now to avoid long-lasting impact.

 

GRAD HACK Guidance & strategies for navigating grad education

 

Better than Best Practices: Inclusive Data Visualization  Feb. 2, 10–11:30 a.m. Data visualization design “best practices” often do not prioritize (or outright reject) efforts to be inclusive. This workshop will establish new “best practices” and provide an opportunity to test them out in a visualization. Data visualization experience is not required, though some familiarity with accessing and using spreadsheet software may be helpful.Learn How to Fund Your Graduate Education Feb. 4, 4:30–5:30 p.m. GFIS works with current and admitted UW graduate students, helping them identify and locate funding opportunities for graduate school-related expenses including tuition, research, conference and research travel. In this session you’ll learn more about how you can fund your graduate education. Join the Graduate Funding Information Service for an overview of funding types, search tools, and search strategies. UW Libraries Pressbooks Workshop: Introductory Session Feb. 10, 10–11:30 a.m. Learn how Pressbooks can be used to create textbooks, monographs, and teaching materials that can be published and exported in multiple digital and print formats that can help save students money! Media Arcade Technical Help Hours Office hours are most Wednesdays from 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Get to know UW Libraries Media Arcade. They can help you with media-related projects and tools like Photoshop, Adobe, audio/video production software, and more. The Media Arcade team can also assist with technical troubleshooting and hardware issues. Stop by and say hello! Weekly Drop-In Research Help from Foster Business Library Daily sessions Monday to Friday, 12:30–1:30 p.m. Get help from the Foster Business librarians. All business research questions welcome! No appointment necessary. Digital Scholarship Project Help Office Hours Office hours are most Fridays, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Open to faculty and students, UW Libraries offers weekly office hours to advise on digital scholarship for research and course related projects. Examples include digital publishing, building digital exhibits, data research management, and more! Get help finding the right tools, resources and instruction whether you’re just getting started or are working on an on-going project.

 

COVID-19 Resources, FAQs, support

 

Teaching Everywhere blog In response to the coronavirus outbreak—and without in-person classes—UW faculty have transitioning at warp speed to deliver instruction remotely. They are using technology, from Zoom to Canvas, in new and interesting ways to ensure their students are learning, no matter where they are located. Visit the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Teaching Everywhere blog to see what your colleagues are doing.Coping with Social Isolation, from the UW Counseling Center The coronavirus pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges for daily life, including increased physical separation as a result of social distancing guidance. Humans have an innate need for connection and social contact, and research has demonstrated a significant association between social isolation and mental health concerns. Social distancing can feel like social isolation, but it does not have to. Here are some resources for coping with feelings of isolation as well as provide suggestions about how to remain connected to others while practicing social distancing. Staying safe this winter Throughout the academic year, our goals remain the same: provide a high-quality Husky Experience for every student, support the University of Washington’s vital research and service missions, and continue providing the outstanding medical care that keeps our community healthy. Information and resources for students and for staff, faculty and other academic personnel are available, and UW Bothell, UW Tacoma and UW Medicine also offer additional resources specific to their communities. New supports for UW employee caregivers Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, UW Human Resources has worked with partners on-campus and in the community to increase resources for UW’s working and student caregivers. Additional caregiver supports are now available to benefits-eligible UW employees and UW students. Access to the services is being provided by Bright Horizons. Employees and students will continue to have nationwide access to Bright Horizons backup care services for children and adults/elders and to receive enrollment priority at Bright Horizons child care centers throughout the country. Counseling Center’s Winter Toolkit: COVID-19 edition This winter, the typical mental health concerns have an additional layer of complexity as we navigate through the continued pandemic. In developing the winter toolkit, we collected relevant information for those topics in the context of COVID-19. There are many gaps in information for some of the topics simply because the research cannot keep up with the changing experiences of the pandemic. However, there are many different coping strategies that we have gathered that may be useful in sustaining our mental wellbeing throughout the pandemic. Emergency aid available for students We understand life can be unpredictable. Unexpected costs and needs can cause significant stress and impact your academic success and personal well being. That’s why the three campuses of the University of Washington have Emergency Aid to support currently enrolled UW students.

 

CAREER & ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT Bulk up your C.V.

 

Advances in Higher Education Research Seminar Feb. 9, 2:30–3:20 p.m., Zoom Are you curious about holistic course redesign, making your course accessible to all, and alternative grading approaches? Join us for this Advances in Higher Education Research Seminar with St. Edward’s University Professor Santiago Toledo. Dr. Toledo will discuss his use of Marzano’s Taxonomy for drafting content-based student learning outcomes. This taxonomy provides students with a structure for their learning process and allows them to access course content expectations more transparently. After discussing ways to implement Marzano’s Taxonomy, Dr. Toledo will review an alternative grading scheme that leverages content-based learning outcomes and provides targeted and actionable feedback to both students and instructors. This approach makes use of Mastery-Based and Specifications Based Grading.

Highlighted News  Important addition to OFFER team and support services for you! The OFFER team is now greatly enriched by the addition of Dr. Tasha Murphy to our team! In addition to assuming the role of newsletter editor, Tasha will be a support resource  for a variety of questions SSW community members may have during the grant submission process, from topics such as IRB, budget preparation, etc.  More details to follow, but please join us in welcoming Tasha! Also, going forward,  please now send your Newsletter contributions to Tasha. You can contact Tasha at tbmurphy@uw.edu.

Dr. Tasha Murphy has been involved in clinical research throughout her career. She did her postdoctoral fellowship in the department of Anesthesiology at UW, and served as an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine. She was a Research Scientist and Instructor at SSW before moving to Seattle Children’s in 2017, where she managed the Research Coordinator Core and supervised the Grants and Contracts Administrators for the Center for Clinical and Translational Research. She is very happy to be coming back to SSW!

Tomorrow! Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science January 6, 1:00pm          Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.

New Publication: Olson, J.R., Lucy, M., Kellogg, M.A., Schmitz, K., Berntson, T., Stuber, J., Bruns, E.J. (2021) What happens when training goes virtual? Adapting training and technical assistance for the school mental health workforce in response to COVID=19  School Mental Health Published Online First: 4 January 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-020-09401- Current Research Funding Opportunities List of all active NIH grant opportunities Selected Grant Opportunities *Newly Added* Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities Deadline: January 08, 2021 This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) highlights the need for research strategies and interventions to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and implementation among populations who experience health disparities in the US.* *Newly Added* Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality January 13, 2021 (LOI, 1st round, Major and Officers’ grants) May 5, 2021 (LOI, 2nd round, Major grants only) August 4, 2021 (3rd round, Major and Officers’ grants Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program Deadline: January 29, 2021 This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply. Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants Deadline: February 01, 2021 Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students. Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant Deadline: February 1, 2021 Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology. APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant Deadline: February 15, 2021 Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape. *Newly Added* Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative Deadline: February 16, 2021 The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders Wayne F. Placek Grants Due March 1, 2021 to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021. Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional) Deadline: March 02, 2021 Health Policy Research Scholars Deadline: March 17, 2021 Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities. *Newly Added* Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021 The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.

Research Events  Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work. Beyond Economic Mobility: Can Higher Education Advance Racial Equity? Thurs. Jan. 7, 5:30pm a moderated discussion about the role higher education can play in achieving a more just society in a challenging budget session. Disabling Relations: Injured Bodyminds & Active Witnessing – Sona Kazemi Hill. January 14, 3:00pm. Register at  https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlceuoqD0jGNz The Center for Humanities. While settler-colonialism has received some attention in Disability Studies, imperialism has largely remained unexplored. . The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse. Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm. Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families. Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW. Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals Deadline: January 21, 2021 The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences Deadline Tuesday January 19, 2021 2 pm PST. Now accepting applications for 2021. . The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021 Team Science Boot Camp, February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free. 8th Annual Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference, April 14-16, 2021 Deadline December 31, 2020 This year’s theme: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: ACKNOWLEDGING INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND CULTIVATING SOCIAL JUSTICE 9th Annual LGBTQ Research Symposium June 3 – 4, 2021 (fully online) January 02, 2021 Theme: “Looking Back, Moving Forward: Queerness, Accessibility, Intersectionality” Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss January 5, 2021 2:00 ET This webinar will discuss common reactions, emotions, and the challenges that survivors of suicide loss may experience. This webinar will equip healthcare providers with the tools needed to support survivors. Call for Papers American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure Deadline: January 21, 2021 AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism. 39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference April 11-14, 2021 – online This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies 39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference April 11-14, 2021 – online the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies

Fellowship Applications Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships Deadline: February 1, 2021 These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions. UWRA Scholarship in Aging Deadline: January 29, 2021 The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each. UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging Deadline: January 29, 2021 A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.

Call for Papers Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education Deadline: January 15, 2021 this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted. Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration” Deadline April 30, 2021 Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work Deadline: June 01, 2021 The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism

To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.

Highlighted News
Early bird registration for SSWR ends January 4, 2021.
All presenters/speakers are required to register for the conference and must be current 2021 SSWR members. This includes ALL oral paper and poster presenters, symposia organizers, symposia paper presenters and discussants, and workshop and roundtable speakers and SIG conveners.
Register here

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

Selected Grant Opportunities
*Newly Added*
Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities
Deadline: January 08, 2021
This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) highlights the need for research strategies and interventions to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and implementation among populations who experience health disparities in the US.*

*Newly Added*
Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
January 13, 2021 (LOI, 1^st round, Major and Officers’ grants)
May 5, 2021 (LOI, 2^nd round, Major grants only)
August 4, 2021 (3^rd round, Major and Officers’ grants

Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.

Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Deadline: February 01, 2021
Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students.

Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology.

APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.

*Newly Added*
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders

Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.

Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021

Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.

*Newly Added*
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.

Research Events 

Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
January 6, 1:00pm          Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington

Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.
Beyond Economic Mobility: Can Higher Education Advance Racial Equity?
Thurs. Jan. 7, 5:30pm
a moderated discussion about the role higher education can play in achieving a more just society in a challenging budget session.
Disabling Relations: Injured Bodyminds & Active Witnessing – Sona Kazemi Hill.
January 14, 3:00pm.
Register at  https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlceuoqD0jGNz
The Center for Humanities. While settler-colonialism has received some attention in Disability Studies, imperialism has largely remained unexplored. .

The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities
January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online
This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse.

Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.

Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.

Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.

Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops

Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences
Deadline Tuesday January 19, 2021 2 pm PST. Now accepting applications for 2021. . The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021

Team Science Boot Camp,
February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free.

8th Annual Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference, April 14-16, 2021 Deadline December 31, 2020 This year’s theme: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: ACKNOWLEDGING INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND CULTIVATING SOCIAL JUSTICE 9th Annual LGBTQ Research Symposium June 3 – 4, 2021 (fully online) January 02, 2021 Theme: “Looking Back, Moving Forward: Queerness, Accessibility, Intersectionality” Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss January 5, 2021 2:00 ET This webinar will discuss common reactions, emotions, and the challenges that survivors of suicide loss may experience. This webinar will equip healthcare providers with the tools needed to support survivors.

Call for Papers
American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure
Deadline: January 21, 2021
AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism.

39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies

39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies

Fellowship Applications
Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions.

UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.

UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.

Call for Papers

Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education
Deadline: January 15, 2021
this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted.

Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021

Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism.

To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.

Reminder Today is the last day for Courtney Howell, the OFFER newsletter’s wonderful, and first editor. Please let’s all wish them well in their new position as an administrator for RedCap. (And if you need RedCap assistance, their skills are fortunately still available to us through the University’s RedCap services!) We are searching for a new person to fill their position, but in the meantime please send anything you want posted in the newsletter to my email (rlevy@uw.edu) with, as usual, the word newsletter in the subject line. Thanks! Rona

Highlighted News Early bird registration for SSWR ends January 4, 2021. All presenters/speakers are required to register for the conference and must be current 2021 SSWR members. This includes ALL oral paper and poster presenters, symposia organizers, symposia paper presenters and discussants, and workshop and roundtable speakers and SIG conveners. Register here Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences We are now accepting applications for 2021. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 5pm Eastern Time. The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021

Current Research Funding Opportunities List of all active NIH grant opportunities Selected Grant Opportunities Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations” Deadline: December 30, 2020 Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups. Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 Deadline: December 30, 2020 In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities. Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program Deadline: January 29, 2021 This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply. Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants Deadline: February 01, 2021 Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students. *Newly Added* Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant Deadline: February 1, 2021 Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology. APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant Deadline: February 15, 2021 Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape. Health Policy Research Scholars Deadline: March 17, 2021 Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.

Research Events *Newly Added* The More the Merrier? THC Potency in the Legalization Era December 17, 10am – online Learn how legalization for non-medical marijuana use has transformed the cannabis plant into manufactured products of high THC potency. Washington State researchers will share a recently published Washington State Scientists Consensus Statement on high potency cannabis and the findings of an accompanying report from this same group. Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues. January 6, 1:00pm          Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work. The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse. Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm. Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families. Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW. Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals Deadline: January 21, 2021 The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders. MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences Deadline: February 3, 2021 NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops 39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference April 11-14, 2021 – online This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies

Fellowship Applications Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships Deadline: February 1, 2021 These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions. UWRA Scholarship in Aging Deadline: January 29, 2021 The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each. UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging Deadline: January 29, 2021 A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.

Call for Papers Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education Deadline: January 15, 2021 This issue will focus on continuing education and training practices that have been developed in the face of challenges experienced by educators during the COVID-19 era as well as best practices in online continuing education and training that were in use prior to the pandemic. Specifically, this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted. Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work Deadline: June 01, 2021 The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism, and be able to more effectively address and confront the phenomenon in their professional practice. Preferred manuscripts will provide a systemic and rigorous formative or summative assessment of current initiatives or offer a detailed and conceptually focused description and rationale for prospective plans.

To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.

Highlighted NewsBlackwell Seminar: What do we know about racial disparities in NIH peer review?
Previous research has found that funding disparities in NIH grant applications are driven by applications’ final impact scores and that only a portion of the black/white funding gap can be explained by bibliometrics and topic choice. In this talk, Elena A. Erosheval will start with an overview of the past research on racial disparities in NIH peer review. A seminar presented on November 13th, the full recording can be viewed here.

Recent Publications and Presentations
The Latino Center for Health (LCH) recently published a report on the Latinx Physician Shortage in Washington State, titled “Today’s Changes for Serving Tomorrow’s Diverse Communities: Increasing the Latinx Physician Workforce NOW”. The report is based on a study funded by the state legislature and conducted by LCH. You can find the executive summary here (Spanish version here) and the report here. More information about the study, including the symposium where we presented the study findings and discussed policy solutions, can be found here.

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities Selected Grant Opportunities
*Newly Added*
Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grants
Deadline: December 4, 2020
Proposals are now being accepted from academic and administrative units for transformative projects that will enhance the University of Washington’s tri-campus community. Up to $3,000 will be made available per project for the upcoming cycle.
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
Deadline: December 12, 2020
The Outreach Program is a community-based grant program aimed towards promoting rural health care services by enhancing health care delivery to rural underserved populations in the local community or region. Through consortia of local health care and social service providers, communities can develop innovative approaches to challenges related to the specific health needs in rural areas that expand clinical and service capacity in rural communities.

Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations”
Deadline: December 30, 2020
Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups.

Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19
Deadline: December 30, 2020
In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.

Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.

*Newly Added*
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.

Research Events
Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
December 3, 12:30pm Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University
December 9, 2:00pm Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington Dates and time vary depending on the speaker’s availability. Each event is schedule to last no more than 1.5 hours. A Zoom invitation will be sent for each event.
*Newly Added*
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.
MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: February 3, 2021
NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
*Newly Added*
Prevention Ethics
December 1, 3, 8, and 10, 2020, 12pm – 1:30pm – online
This 2-week distance learning series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to explore the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics using realistic examples designed to strengthen participants’ abilities to manage challenging situations in their work. The learning series is structured to also provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to application of an ethical decision-making process.
*Newly Added*
Effectively Managing Family Conflict: A Sample from Guiding Good Choices Virtual Parenting Program
December 10, 2020, 11am – 12:30pm – online
Many families are experiencing the combined stressors of the pandemic and the pending holiday season. Prevention practitioners are seeking timely ways to reach out to families with relevant tools, practices, and programs that are research-based and available in an online format.
Data for Black Lives Conference
December 11-13, 2020 Cambridge, MA
Data for Black Lives is a movement of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people. But history tells a different story, one in which data is too often wielded as an instrument of oppression, reinforcing inequality and perpetuating injustice. Redlining was a data-driven enterprise that resulted in the systematic exclusion of Black communities from key financial services.

Call for Papers
Poverty, Inequality and Social Development: Innovations Around the World22nd Biennial Conference of the International Consortium for Social Development
Deadline: November 30, 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other social challenges have had devastating impacts on lives and livelihoods across the globe, exacerbating poverty, inequality, and other social challenges. We invite papers, poster presentations, and session proposals from practitioners, researchers, students, community organizations, and policymakers. The conference will critically appraise the social challenges of our time and advance novel

COVID-19
For general COVID-19 information and resources, go to The Huddle: UW Medicine and School of Social Work COVID-19 Information & Resources

Six weeks of drop-in meetings to address difficulties and challenges associated with adjusting to a quarter with remote learning. This drop-in space is a place where you can talk about grief, loss, frustration, loneliness, and coping strategies throughout this adjustment.

Time: Wednesdays, 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Start Date: 10/28
Location: Online
Who: All currently-registered UW Seattle students
Intake needed: No
Cost: Free
Facilitators: Tomomi Ito, LMHC and Yuxin Sun, PhD

To register: Email counsels@uw.edu and we will send you a Zoom link for the workshop when available.

The King County Mobility Coalition is preparing to apply for a pretty cool grant. As part of the grant application, it is seeking both individuals and community partners to engage in some qualitative storytelling related to the impacts of COVID-19.  Participants will be paid for their participation. Please see below for more information. If you identify with or support the communities they are looking for, I encourage you to get more information. If interested please contact Cassidy Giampetro cgiampetro@hopelink.org 

The King County Mobility Coalition is looking to submit an application for the Communities of Opportunity grant funding, Learning from Community Stories: the Impact of COVID-19. This opportunity seeks to tell the stories of communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 through qualitative and quantitative methods, and then develop distribution materials or deliverables to share these stories. The grant is looking for applicants that will use a participatory approach to community engagement, working alongside communities to elevate stories and gain data. We think this is a great extension of our Inclusive Planning efforts, bringing this lens of community-lead partnerships to assess and address needs into the COVID-19 space.

 The research question the KCMC is currently planning around is: how have changes in mobility programs and transit due to COVID-19 helped or hurt access to services for immigrants and refugees? Our intention would also be to intentionally reach elder immigrant and refugee and immigrant and refugee with disabilities populations.

The application for this grant is due very soon, on September 21^st. If awarded, the grant would span from November 2020 to December 2021.

The UW Food System COVID-19 Survey was created to better understand how COVID-19 has impacted people’s access to food on UW Seattle’s campus. Anyone affiliated with UW Seattle who is 18 or over is invited to participate and enter a drawing to win a $50 gift card (one of ten) to the University Bookstore! Documenting your experience during this difficult time can help improve things for the future.

Click on the link below to access the survey:
http://washington.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bCQ1K7a9KolJv2l

Questions? Please email: UWCOVID19survey@gmail.com

As part of this new Interprofessional Health Sciences project students will connect with residents of Northhaven Retirement Center and Wisteria View Manor via letter/telephone/zoom.  These centers have identified many residents who are becoming increasingly isolated due to COVID restrictions.  Student volunteers will make a three-month commitment to contact their “grandparent” a minimum of once every other week.  Students who are fluent in other languages are encouraged to join.

For more information contact Patti Matsuda, pmatsuda@uw.edu

When: July 24, 2020
Time: 10am-1pm
Where: Virtual Only – Zoom
Contact Hours Available: 3

Register Now!

About the workshop: This three hour webinar is designed for social workers and behavioral health providers who are adapting to our digital society. Join our webinar to understand how you can provide continued care, amid COVID-19. Through an engaging presentation, hands-on learning, and an interactive Q + A, we’ll teach you how to utilize the right devices, policies, and practices for teletherapy services you can use to limit risk and maintain ethical practice.

• During the pandemic, are you working from home in contrast to a traditional office?
• Are you struggling to adapt to the digital shift that COVID-19 has heightened?
• Do you feel lost overwhelmed with the thought of shifting to teletherapy, and you don’t know where to start?
• Are you confused or lacking clear information about when and how to transition back to normal, post-COVID? What should your new normal even be?
• Are you able to access the same technology/software at home that you had in your office?
• Is this your first time trying out phone and video therapy?

If you’re trying to navigate these changes alone during COVID-19, you’re probably feeling overwhelmed. By attending this webinar, you’ll learn that you’re not alone. We have solutions to help you confidently maintain confidentiality.

In This Webinar…

• Discuss the new federal guidelines for phone and video therapy
• Learn how to prepare your clients/patients for the day-to-day challenges that come with remote practice
• Identify specific criteria to choose the right software for electronic communication, with coworkers and with clients/patients
• Establish a security protocol to ensure security safeguards of client/patient information while working from home
• Cover the essentials you’ll need to add to your client/patient consent form for teletherapy
• Explore opportunities and understand barriers to practicing across state lines

UW Hall Health and a team of MPH students are studying mental health among students during the COVID-19 epidemic, and how UW could be more supportive.

Please take a moment to complete a survey from UW colleagues on mobility impacts from COVID-19. The survey will take 15 min or less depending on your employment status. https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/moudon/390833

The pandemic has abruptly changed travel habits of most people in the region, with telecommuting, online shopping, virtual socializing, and remote learning becoming much more widespread. UW researchers and planners at the Puget Sound Regional Council are interested in getting a better understanding of how these changes affect people’s behaviors, attitudes, and well being.  Findings from this IRB approved survey will provide important information on how people have adjusted to working from home. Lessons may be learned to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution after the threat of COVID-19 is gone.

UWCHAT (a collaboration between medical and public health students) are working to provide information about the COVID-19 pandemic that is factual and easily digestible by the general public. The purpose of this is for respected students and professionals to share these “Covid-19 Facts of the Day” within their social media communities.

Facts will be distributed in English, Spanish, and Chinese to start, with more languages added down the line.

Facebook – Covid-19 Fact of the Day
Instagram – uwchat
Twitter – uw_chatfotd

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