Issue No. 120 May 17, 2022
Highlighted News and Announcements
Congratulations to SSW Recipients of the Population Health Initiative Tier 1 Pilot Grants
Three SSW faculty have received funding from the UW Population Health Initiative pilot grants program. Tess Abrahamson-Richards and Jennifer Romich‘s project, “Understanding the Impacts of Washington Paid Family Leave Policy on American Indian and Alaska Native Birthing Parents and Newborns”, will collect quantitative data to conduct a future study examining birth outcomes among first time AIAN birthing parents. Abril Harris is co-investigator on “Residential Segregation and Pediatric Injury and Violence in Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma”, that will evaluate the association between residential segregation and the prevalence and severity of pediatric injury and violence in the three largest cities in WA. Congratulations to all the awardees!
Congratulations to Margaret Kuklinski!
The NIH HEAL Prevention Initiative has started a “Women in Prevention” series. Margaret Kuklinski was recently spotlighted in the HEAL Prevention Initiative newsletter, Progress in Opioid Misuse Prevention Research. Margaret is the co-chair of the HEAL Prevention Cooperative Economics Workgroup which includes HPC investigators who specialize in health economics and assess the cost-effectiveness of different types of substance use prevention interventions in adolescent and young adult populations. Congratulations, Margaret!
NIH Updated RPPR Instruction Guide
NIH has published an updated instructional guide for RPPRs (Research Performance Progress Reports). The new guide reflects changes associated with Other Support and Biosketch format pages, human subjects, trainee diversity report, and NRSA childcare costs reporting.
Grant Writer’s Boot Camp
The ALACRITY Center and the IMPACT Center at UW are offering a free boot camp to provide guidance and instruction to faculty submitting grant proposals to NIH in how to submit successful proposals focused on behavioral interventions and implementation strategies. Sessions are as follows:
May 27, 9:00-10:30am: Introduction to the NIH review process
June 2, 3:30-5:00pm: Specific Aims
June 7, 10:00-11:30am: Theory and Mechanisms
June 15, 2-3:30pm: Methods and Analysis
June 22, 12:00-01:30pm: Forms G/biosketch pointers
June 27, 3:30-5:00pm: Mock Review
July 21, 2:00-3:30pm: Responding to Reviewers
Click here to register (space is limited). Please direct any questions to katieost@uw.edu
Contact the Editor
The mission of the OFFER newsletter is to inform members of our social work community about a broad range of research-related events and opportunities with the goals of both encouraging and informing social work research activities. To assist us in providing this information, contact Tasha Murphy by sending an email to tbmurphy@uw.edu (please put “OFFER eNews” in the subject line} with information on your publications or grants awarded in the last month, research funding opportunities, and upcoming research events. Thank you!
New Publications
Narayana, V., McMeans, A.R., Levy, R.L., Shulman, R.J., Chumpitazi, B.P. (2002). Children with functional abdominal pain disorders successfully decrease FODMAP food intake on a low FODMAP diet with modest improvements in nutritional intake and diet quality. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. Advance online publication.
Lee, W. J., Hackman, D. A., Guttmannova, K., Kosterman, R., & Lee, J. O. (2022). Cumulative neighborhood risk and subsequent internalizing behavior among Asian American adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Advance online publication.
Selected Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
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Social Workers: Check out the National Institute of Nursing (NINR) for for your funding!
NINR (National Institute of Nursing Research) has just announced a new strategic plan, which emphasizes issues of health equity and social determinants of health.
Notice of Special Interest; Research to address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities
Deadline: May 25, 2022; NOTE: Due date may differ by institute (expires January 8, 2023)
This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) highlights the need for research on strategies, and interventions to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and implementation among populations who experience health disparities in the US and its territories.
Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01)
Deadline: May 26, 2022 (can submit on future NIH deadlines through September 26, 2023)
The Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant supports an innovative project that represents a change in research direction for an early stage investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist. Applications submitted to this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) must not include preliminary data. Clinical trials not allowed.
Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements for Research on the Health of Women Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported Populations
First Available Due Date: May 31, 2022; NOTE: Due date may differ by institute (expires February 1, 2023)
Administrative supplements are now available to PIs of active NIH awards to support projects highlighting common sources of disparities in women and girls’ health with a specific emphasis on those that integrate measures beyond the individual level and consider perspectives from multiple disciplines.
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NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards *Limited Submission*
UW OSP LOI Deadline: June 1, 2022
Sponsor deadline: September 2, 2022
The NIH Director’s Early Independence Award provides an opportunity for exceptional junior scientists to accelerate their entry into an independent research career by forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period. The award is intended for junior investigators who have already established a record of scientific innovation and research productivity and have demonstrated unusual scientific vision and maturity. UW will put forth 2 applications for this RFA. To be considered, submit a 1-page letter of intent with description of proposed aims and approach, biosketch or CV of the PI, and summary of plans to address specific requirements for a diversity statement (if applicable) to research@uw.edu by 5pm on June 1.
Leveraging Health Information Technology to Address and Reduce Health Care Disparities (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2022 (expires May 5, 2025)
This funding opportunity announcement seeks to support research that examines the impact of leveraging health information technology (health IT) to reduce disparities in access to and utilization of health care services, quality of care, patient-clinician communication, and health outcomes for populations that experience health disparities in the U.S.
Notice of Special Interest: Epidemiologic studies in Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Deadline: June 5, 2022; NOTE: Due date may differ by institute (expires November 19, 2024)
The purpose of this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is to stimulate novel epidemiological research to address key knowledge gaps within and between subpopulations of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. These populations are frequently aggregated in research, potentially masking important social and health differences.
Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2022 (expires February 5, 2025)
The goal of this initiative is to support family level health observational and intervention studies in the biomedical, clinical, population, behavioral or social sciences. Projects must include a focus on families from one or more populations that NIH designates as experiencing health disparities in the US and territories, which include Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minorities (SGM).
Notice of Special Interest: Research to Improve the Interpretation of Patient-Reported Outcomes at the Individual Patient Level for Use in Clinical Practice
Deadlines: June 5, 2022 (R01), June 16 (R21) (expires May 8, 2023)
The focus of this NOSI is on self-report (PRO) measures that: a) have already been developed and validated for use in clinical research and have strong, demonstrated psychometric properties, and b) are currently being used, or could have utility, in clinical practice. Specifically, this Notice calls for methodological studies that provide meaningful interpretation of PRO scores collected and acted upon at the individual patient level for use in clinical decision-making.
Patient-Clinician Relationship: Improving Health Outcomes in Populations that Experience Health Care Disparities (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2022 (expires October 5, 2024)
This funding opportunity supports innovative multi-disciplinary and multi-level (e.g., patient, clinician, interpersonal, health care system, community) research designed to understand how optimizing patient-clinician communication and relationship affects health care outcomes in patients from populations with health care disparities.
Effectiveness Trials for Post-Acute Interventions and Services to Optimize Longer Term Outcomes
Deadline: June 5, 2022 (expires February 5, 2024)
The National Institute of Mental Health seeks applications for research projects to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic and service delivery interventions for the post-acute management of mental health conditions affecting youth, adults, and older adults.
Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials of Complementary and Integrative Interventions Delivered Remotely or via mHealth
Deadline: June 5, 2022 (expires May 8, 2023)
This funding announcement encourages applications for investigator-initiated fully remotely delivered and conducted clinical trials to assess the efficacy or effectiveness of complementary and integrative health interventions.
Comprehensive Care for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus from Populations with Health Disparities
Deadline: June 5, 2022 (expires June 5, 2024)
This award will support innovative multidisciplinary and multi-level research designed to develop and/or test interventions to optimize care of persons with Type 2 diabetes from populations with health/health care disparities, including racial and ethnic minorities, sexual and gender minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and underserved rural populations.
Notice of Special Interest: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Underserved and Vulnerable Populations
Deadline: June 5, 2022; NOTE: Due dates vary by institute (expires September 8, 2024)
The purpose of this Notice is to highlight interest in research regarding the impact of COVID-19 on populations that experience health disparities (racial and ethnic minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.
The Role of Work in Health Disparities in the U.S.
Deadline: June 5, 2022 (expires June 5, 2024)
This funding opportunity supports innovative population-based research that can contribute to identifying and characterizing pathways and mechanisms through which work or occupation influences health outcomes and health status among populations with health and/or health care disparities, and how work functions as a social determinant of health.
Addressing Health Disparities among Immigrant Populations through Effective Interventions
Deadline: June 5, 2022 (expires January 5, 2023)
This announcement calls for multidisciplinary/multilevel research focusing on the design and implementation of effective interventions that will address immigrant-specific factors to reduce health disparities, particularly among migrant workers, recent and 1st generation immigrants.
Maximizing the Scientific Value of Secondary Analyses of Existing Cohorts and Datasets in Order to Address Research Gaps and Foster Additional Opportunities in Aging Research
Deadlines: June 5, 2022 (R01), June 16, 2022 (R21) (expires September 8, 2023)
This notice encourages the use of existing cohorts and datasets for well-focused secondary analyses on: (1) aging changes influencing health across the lifespan (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD)), (2) diseases and disabilities in older persons, and/or (3) the changes in basic biology of aging that underlie these impacts on health. Applicants should use the parent R01 and parent R21 application materials.
Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03)
Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21)
Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01)
Deadlines: June 5, 2022 (R01), June 16, 2022 (R03, R21)
These FOAs invite applications that will identify, develop, test, evaluate, and/or refine strategies to disseminate and implement evidence-based practices (e.g. behavioral interventions; prevention, treatment and disease management interventions) into public health, clinical practice, and community settings.
Young Scholars Program
LOI Deadline: June 9, 2022
Application Deadline: October 13, 2022
The Young Scholars Program (YSP) supports scholarship for early-career researchers. The program funds implementation research that is policy- and practice-relevant and that examines the preparation, competency, compensation, well-being, and ongoing professional learning of the early care and education (ECE) workforce.
Improving Postpartum Maternal Outcomes for Populations Experiencing Disparities
LOI Deadline: June 1, 2022
Application Deadline: August 31, 2022
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) plans to reissue the Targeted PCORI Funding Announcement (Targeted PFA) on May 3, 2022, seeking to fund large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and/or well-designed observational studies comparing multicomponent strategies to improve early detection of and timely care for complications up to six weeks postpartum for groups more often underserved or experiencing the greatest disparities in health outcomes
Demonstrating Policy Effectiveness to Promote Black Youth Mental Health
Deadline: June 22, 2022
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) solicits applications for projects for the Demonstrating Policy Effectiveness to Promote Black Youth Mental Health Initiative. This initiative seeks to identify health and wellness policies that are successful in improving Black youth mental health, including suicide prevention.
Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program
Deadline: June 24, 2022
The NIH has created the Lasker Clinical Research Scholars (Lasker Scholars) program that will offer applicants the opportunity to compete for a unique combination of intramural and extramural resources for clinical research. The program will support a small number of exceptional clinical researchers in the early stages of their independent careers to promote their development as fully independent scientists. The program combines a period of research experience as a tenure-track Investigator in the IRP with additional years of independent financial support.
William T. Grant Scholars Program
Deadline: July 6, 2022
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas.
NSF CAREER Program
Deadline: July 27, 2022
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative- New Innovator Award
Deadline: August 22, 2022
The Helping End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL) New Innovator Award supports a postdoctoral or newly independent Early Stage Investigator of exceptional creativity who proposes novel, original and insightful research concepts with the potential to produce a major impact, test scientific paradigms, or advance key concepts on broad, important problems in biomedical research related to pain, opioid use disorder (OUD), and/or overdose (OD). Applications proposing unexpected convergence of disciplines, new scientific directions, or the use of novel methodologies are encouraged.
Transition to Aging Research for Predoctoral Students (F99/K00)
Internal UW Deadline: 9/7/2022
Sponsor Deadline: 10/21/2022
This FOA seeks to foster the development of research and clinician scientists in the following areas: genetic, biological, clinical, epidemiological, neuroscientific, behavioral, social, and economic research on aging, both basic and translational. Successful applicants will be awarded the Transition to Aging Research Award, whose purpose is to facilitate the transition of outstanding and committed graduate students into aging-focused post-doctoral positions. UW will support 1 application for this FOA. If interested, please submit a 1-page LOI with a description of proposed aims and approach and a biosketch/CV of the applicant research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, September 7, 2022.
Addressing Mental Health Disparities Research Gaps: Aggregating and Mining Existing Data Sets for Secondary Analyses
Deadline: October 18, 2022
This initiative encourages research projects that aggregate existing data sets to examine mechanisms by which factors at multiple levels (e.g., policy, society, community, school, family, individual) contribute to, exacerbate, or reduce disparities across development in order to inform understanding of disparities in risk and etiology of mental disorders, to facilitate the development of preventive and therapeutic interventions, and/or to inform targets and timing of services interventions to address disparities in access, engagement, quality and outcomes of mental health services.
Understanding Suicide Risk and Protective Factors among Black Youth (R01)
Deadline: October 19, 2022, June 20, 2023
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) aims to advance translational research to better understand factors that confer risk and resilience for suicide among Black youth. This FOA encourages research that is designed to identify neurobiological, behavioral, social, and structural/systemic mechanisms underlying risk and protective factors for suicide among Black youth, with consideration for identification of novel targets for future development of prevention and intervention efforts.
Understanding Suicide Risk and Protective Factors among Black Youth (R21)
Deadline: October 19, 2022, June 20, 2023
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) aims to advance translational research to better understand factors that confer risk and resilience for suicide among Black youth. R21 exploratory grant awards in response to this FOA are intended to conduct preliminary work regarding the assessment and characterization of risk and protective factors, with consideration for the identification of novel targets for future development of prevention and intervention efforts.
Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements for Research on Sexual and Gender Minority Populations
First Available Due Date: January 31, 2023 (expires February 1, 2024)
This NOSI calls for research that will enrich scientific understanding of how sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or being born with differences/disorders in sex development (DSDs) or intersex characteristics relate to health outcomes, health risks, health behaviors, perceptions and expectations about health, and access to health-related services or associated barriers.
Measures and Methods to Advance Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities-Related Constructs (R01)
Deadline: February 5, 2023 (expires February 5, 2024)
This initiative will support research to improve the measures and methods for complex social constructs that capture the lived experience of populations that experience health disparities. Projects are expected to examine the performance and utility of specific measurement and/or methodological approaches.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity
Deadline: Rolling
This funding is focused on studies about upstream causes of health inequities, such as the systems, structures, laws, policies, norms, and practices that determine the distribution of resources and opportunities, which in turn influence individuals’ options and behaviors. Research should center on the needs and experiences of communities exhibiting the greatest health burdens and be motivated by real-world priorities.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: Rolling
Pioneering Ideas seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health.
Events and Lectures
NIH Virtual Meeting on the Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Structural Racism
May 17-19, 9:00am-2:00pm
The Racial Equity Initiative at the National Institute on Drug Abuse is hosting a 3-day meeting for interdisciplinary researchers to unpack the effects of structural racism on neurocognition, as it relates to substance use and mental health, and to discuss how to consider and contextualize structural racism in developing research studies.
CFAR Behavioral Science Core Workshop
May 19, 1:00-2:30pm
The UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) presents “Nothing is as Practical as a Good Theory: Incorporating a Theoretical Framework into HIV Research. Panelists include SSW’s Roberto Orellana! The event will be at the UW Hans Rosling Center, Room 101, and streamed via Zoom (click here to join).
*Newly Added*
White House Mental Health Virtual Event: The Neuroscience Behind the Youth Mental Health Crisis
May 19, 11:30am-12:00pm
Join the White House and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for the first in a series of virtual conversations to explore the science of psychological distress and mental health challenges and highlight promising areas of current mental health research. The first event in the series is dedicated to the increasingly urgent issue of adolescent mental health. Registration required.
NSF Spring 2022 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate Advisory Committee Meeting
May 20, 8:00am-2:00pm
The Advisory Committee for NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate meets twice yearly to provide advice, recommendations and oversight to the directorate concerning support for research, education and human resources. The meeting is open, and members of the public are welcome to attend as observers.
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Data Visualization Audits Workshop
May 24, 12:00-12:30pm
UW Libraries is hosting an online workshop to review data visualization accessibility auditing tips, as well as tools to help check the accessibility of web visualizations. The first half will go over an auditing worksheet and discuss the importance of reviewing visualizations for accessibility. During the last half, we will start to work through a visualization audit together. You are encouraged to follow along, but no active participation is necessary. Data visualization experience is not required. Registration required.
Roots & Wings Session II: Strategies for Supporting Anti-Racist Pedagogy & Scholarship
May 24, 9:00am-10:30am
Institutions of higher education have a critical opportunity to support anti-racist pedagogy and scholarship, understand how white supremacy and structural racism operate both within and beyond higher education, and recognize how higher education has been complicit in reinforcing and perpetuating institutionalized forms of racism. This session is convening a panel of academics to discuss their experiences of addressing systemic racism within their institutions and in their scholarship. Registration required.
Writing for General Audiences
May 25, 9:30-10:20am
The UW News Office, together with editors at The Conversation, is hosting a virtual seminar for UW faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and researchers who are interested in learning about op-ed and analysis writing for mainstream audiences. Registration required.
UW School of Mental Health Assessment, Research, & Training Speaker Series
May 25, 8:30-9:45am
Please join Dr. Tunette Powell, Director of Equity, Inclusion and Community at the Mirman School in Los Angeles and Walter Gilliam, PhD – Elizabeth Mears & House Jameson Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Yale University Child Study Center, Director of the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy for the their talk “What’s Going On: Choosing Understanding over Escalating and Punishing”. RSVP required.
Exploring the Science of Connection through Promoting First Relationships
May 25, 11:00-12:30pm
Promoting First Relationships ® (PFR: Kelly et al., 2008) is a brief 10-week home visiting intervention designed that focuses on the quality of the caregiver-child relationship as a source of protection from toxic stress. PFR has been evaluated in five randomized clinical trials. We will first describe the PFR model of intervention, show videotaped examples, and conclude with a brief overview of the evidence base.
Acknowledging and Rewarding Interdisciplinary Research with Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Processes.
May 26, 12:00-1:30pm
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences presents “Acknowledging and Rewarding Interdisciplinary Research within Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Processes”. This offering will provide an overview of the current landscape and efforts by the ITHS Team Science core and colleagues to promote the recognition of interdisciplinary collaborative research in the Promotion and Tenure (PT) processes at the UW and beyond.
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The Virus of Racism: Understanding its Threats, Mobilizing Defenses
June 3, 10:00am-1:00pm
The 15th NIH, Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors is hosting a half-day event, “The Virus of Racism: Understanding its Threats, Mobilizing Defenses”. This event will highlight innovative research from five Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Honorees, who were selected out of more than 250 submissions to our ESI paper competition, to present their recent behavioral and social sciences research findings.
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Prevention Ethics
June 6, June 8, June 13, June 15, 11:00am-12:30pm
This two-week, four-session series offers an interactive experience that explores 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 provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to the application of an ethical decision-making process. Registration required.
Team Science Workshop 2022
June 13-17, 11:30am-1:30pm daily (virtual)
The Institute for Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) at UW is offering a workshop for new and established research teams who wish to improve their team functioning, communication, project management, and role alignment. Participating teams will be introduced to best practices of high functioning research teams and strategies to address common team challenges. Registration required.
Health Equity Conversations
Ongoing
The Department of Medicine health systems team at UW is supporting Health Equity Conversations, a new limited series podcast hosted by Joshua Liao, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and associate chair. The podcast features people and groups around the country working on payment and other systems change efforts to improve health equity. The series builds off a prior call to action and efforts to raise awareness about these issues in peer-reviewed and other venues.
Conferences, Workshops, and Training Opportunities
Online Certificate in Mixed Methods Research
Mondays and Wednesdays in June 2022, 3:00-5:00pm, Online
This 30-hour program is designed for researchers and practitioners who are interested in learning more about the integration of qualitative and quantitative research methods and data, commonly used data collection methods and procedures, popular data analysis techniques used in the applied professions, and effective approaches to research conducted in practice settings.
University of Michigan Online Certificate in Mixed Methods Research
Mondays and Wednesdays in June 2022, 3:00-5:00pm, Online
This 30-hour program is designed for researchers and practitioners who are interested in learning more about the integration of qualitative and quantitative research methods and data, commonly used data collection methods and procedures, popular data analysis techniques used in the applied professions, and effective approaches to research conducted in practice settings.
LGBTQ Research Symposium
June 2-3, 2022 (virtual)
This symposium provides researchers an opportunity to present their work, discuss challenges and opportunities, and network with others conducting LGBTQ+ research across disciplines.
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Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities
June 10, 2022, 8:00am-1:00pm
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders will host a virtual workshop exploring the current scope of activities, gaps, challenges, and opportunities to prevent death by suicide in Indigenous communities. Registration required.
Network for Social Work Management’s 2nd Annual Forward Thinking Summit
June 14-16, 2022
Registration is now open for The Network for Social Work Management’s 2nd Annual Forward Thinking Summit in partnership with Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work. This year’s theme, Transforming the Workplace of the Future: A Commitment to Inclusion and Wellbeing is more relevant than ever. Registration required.
ICPSR Summer Program
First Session: June 20-July 15; Registration Deadline: June 12
Second Session: July 18-August 12; Registration Deadline: July 10
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is offering 4-week sessions consisting of more than 20 courses featuring intensive instruction in quantitative methods and statistical techniques such as “Bayesian Modeling for the Social Sciences” and “Race, Ethnicity, and Quantitative Methodology”. Courses will be offered in a hybrid format, including both in-person instruction in Ann Arbor, MI and Zoom.
National Organization of Forensic Social Work Annual Conference
June 14-16, 2022
The theme of this conference is Social Justice and Unjust Systems: Strategies to Advance Structural Change. Topics will include: understanding clients’ intersectionality in order to provide more inclusive and equitable services; disaggregating data and reporting outcomes with context; and developing theories of structural/systems change to support long term transformation and justice.
National Alliance on Mental Illness Annual Conference
June 15-18, 2022
As one of the largest community-driven gatherings of mental health advocates in the U.S., NAMI’s annual national convention connects and inspires people looking for resources, research, support and programming. NAMICon as a hybrid event in 2022, combining an in-person convention experience with select events and sessions streaming online.
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Using Innovative Data Science Approaches to Identify Individuals, Populations, and Communities at High Risk for Suicide: A Workshop
June 30, 2022, 8:00am-1:00pm
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders will host a public 3-part webinar series on Innovative Data Science Approaches to Assess Suicide Risk in Individuals, Populations, and Communities: Current Practices, Opportunities, and Risks
American Society on Aging and the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Online Gerontology Courses
Course dates Summer- Fall 2022 Online
The American Society on Aging and the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology are offering four different five-week online gerontology courses. The online learning curriculum will expand your knowledge of aging issues with in-depth information and insights.CE credits are offered from select accreditation providers.
American Public Health Association Conference
November 6-9, 2022
The American Public Health Association is celebrating its 150th year, and is hosting its annual meeting and expo in Boston, MA. This year’s theme is “150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity”.
Cannabis Pharmacology for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners Course
Ongoing
Cannabis Pharmacology for Substance Misuse Prevention Practitioners is a 4.5 hour self-paced course that provides important information on what prevention professionals need to know about cannabis. This 3-part series will cover the Effects of Cannabis, Cannabis and the Adolescent Brain, and Cannabis Pharmacology.
Pharmacology for Prevention Specialists (4-part series)
Ongoing
Explore the basics of how substances impact major brain regions and the acute and chronic symptoms associated with different substances. Topics include Basics of Pharmacology and Alcohol, Opioids, Psychostimulants, and Cannabis.
Boston University School of Social Work’s Center for Aging & Disability Research & Education (CADER)
Ongoing
Prepare for the challenges of a rapidly changing society with CADER state-of-the-art online training programs. All CADER courses cover content areas related to legal and ethical considerations, cultural competence, person-centered approaches, health literacy, and strategies for communicating effectively in difficult situations. These online courses are available separately or as part of a certificate program, are self-paced, and can be taken anytime, and provide continuing education credits.
Arizona Rural Women’s Health Network: Sexual Violence Training for Community Health Workers
Ongoing-online (CHEHs)
The Arizona Rural Women’s Health Network offers a free 4 hour course that provides an introduction to basic knowledge and skills useful in assisting and responding to victims of sexual violence. The online course includes self-paced modules, a workbook, and a simulated role-play scenario.
Junior Investigator Group: Quantitative Research Methods for Behavioral research around HIV and Mental Health
The UW BIRCH Methods Core is seeking a handful of early stage investigators to join a junior investigator group focused on quantitative research methods for behavioral research around HIV and mental health. The group will meet monthly and will focus on quantitative methods topics to assist participants in securing funding, actively publishing, and otherwise advancing in their careers.
Junior Investigator Group: UW/Fred Hutch Behavioral Science Core
The UW/Fred Hutch CFAR’s Behavioral Science Core supports an ongoing “Junior Investigator Group” or JIG that is open to new members for the next academic year. Co-facilitated by Drs. Deepa Rao, Judith Tsui, and Jane Simoni, the JIG assists early stage investigators who are interested in research on the behavioral aspects of HIV. The group meets monthly and assists members in securing funding, actively publishing, and otherwise successfully advancing in their careers.
Postdoctoral Fellowships, Internships, and Research Job Opportunities
Presidential Postdoctoral Scholar in Social Science- Justice and Equity
Deadline: May 27, 2022
Arizona State University invites applications for up to two postdoctoral scholar positions in the area of equity and fairness at the nexus of civil and criminal justice. Relevant scholarship can include, but certainly is not limited to, work in the areas of access to justice, domestic violence, immigration, involvement in multiple justice systems, reproductive rights, school-to-prison pipeline, school violence and safety, substance use and other risk behaviors, and tribal justice.
Research Scientist Position at SDRG
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at UW is seeking Research Scientists (PhD required) to work on grant projects funded by the NIH. SDRG is home to several longitudinal studies broadly focused on testing long-term effects of substance use prevention systems and interventions and understanding substance use (including e-cigarette use) across adolescence, young adulthood, and extending into middle-age. We are seeking research scientists to help us meet existing study aims, develop new research projects, and write grants. Responsibilities are primarily conducting quantitative data analysis and writing for publication as part of a team. For additional details, email Martie Skinner at skinnm@uw.edu
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Postdoctoral Scholar: NIH Research Workforce Diversity Initiative
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The BUILD EXITO project at Portland State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position focusing on a mixed-methods study of a comprehensive research training intervention for undergraduates historically underrepresented in clinical, social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences. Applicants should have a commitment to advancing equity in higher education for students marginalized due to race, disability, and social/economic adversity.
NIH-Funded Postdoctoral Position at Harvard Medical School
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Developmental Risk and Cultural Resilience Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School is looking to hire a postdoctoral fellow to coordinate a 5-year longitudinal study focused on perceptions of racial discrimination among Chinese American adolescents, racial socialization processes that take place within parent-, peer-, and social media contexts, and impacts to mental health.
Postdoctoral Researcher Needed at Vanderbilt University
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Research on Families and Comunities Engagement to Address Health and Educational Equities (Center for RFACE-HEE) at Vanderbilt seeks a postdoctoral researcher with interest in research, preventive interventions and policies targeting African American parents/caregivers and youth for a 2-year appointment.
Science Advocacy Internship
Deadline: Rolling
The National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives (NPSC) is offering an internship for undergraduate and graduate students. The purpose of the position is to expand awareness and commitment to leveraging evidence-based prevention approaches for reducing social ills (e.g., crime, poverty, trauma) and saving taxpayer dollars. The student will work with senior prevention scientists to translate research into products that are readable by a lay audience. Start date is flexible. For more information, please email Tasha Murphy (tbmurphy@uw.edu).
SSW Research Assistant/Coordinator Position
Deadline: Rolling
Dr. Megan Moore at SSW is hiring for a Research Assistant/Coordinator position to assist with a qualitative study to understand the impacts of COVID on stakeholder engagement as part of a larger PCORI-funded study of a transitions of care model with patients and family members who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. for more information, please email Dr. Moore at mm99@uw.edu or Leslie Kempthorne (ette@uw.edu).
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Implementation Research in Suicide Prevention
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Innovation in Suicide Prevention Implementation Research (INSPIRE) Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to begin in Summer or Fall 2022. This interdisciplinary training program provides an opportunity for social scientists to improve their knowledge of implementation science, health information technology, participatory design, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and how to conduct research that can improve outcomes for our most vulnerable citizens.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Boston College
Deadline: Open Until Filled
Boston College School of Social Work invites applications to a post-doctoral fellowship focused on issues of relevance to maternal and child health and health equity, with a special focus on child abuse prevention. This position will offer many professional growth opportunities including manuscript, report, and conference presentation writing and development; data management and analysis; grant writing; translation and dissemination of study findings; supervision and mentoring.
Postdoctoral Associate Positions in Research on Issues Related to Interpersonal Violence: Rutgers School of Social Work
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center on Violence Against Women & Children (VAWC) at the Rutgers School of Social Work is seeking two postdoctoral scholars interested in gaining further experience related to issues of interpersonal violence. Two postdoctoral scholars are currently sought to focus on 1) assessing campus climate related to interpersonal violence and 2) interpersonal victimization of Latinos.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social-Emotional Learning and Substance Abuse Prevention
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Innovation in Child and Family Wellness Research Group of Virginia Commonwealth University is accepting applications for a postdoctoral position to examine the efficacy of a trauma-informed, social- emotional learning program to reduce adolescent substance use. This is a 1-year fellowship, with the option to renew for an additional year.
Call for Papers and Abstracts
Clinical Social Work Journal
Abstract Deadline: May 31, 2022
Manuscript Deadline: September 30, 2022
This special issue of the Clinical Social Work Journal seeks original manuscripts dedicated to advancing knowledge and clinical social work practice on the topic of Child Welfare: Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Clinical Social Work Practice. We are interested in innovative clinical social work practice approaches to delivery of child welfare services to children and families from initial entry into system to exit via family reunification, adoption, or aging out of the system. Please email Tasha Murphy at tbmurphy@uw.edu for information on how to prepare and submit your abstract.
Special Issue: The Future of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Social Work: Challenges and Opportunities
Manuscript Deadline: September 15, 2022
the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work is publishing a special issue and is looking for papers that helps to create an intellectual space for us to imagine what the future of race, ethnicity and culture would look like in relation to social issues and problems that we are facing now.
Journal of Human Rights and Social Work Articles on COVID 19
Deadline: Rolling
Everyone’s well-being, livelihood, and human rights are at risk as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, however it has exacerbated existing disparities experienced by traditionally oppressed groups. The Journal of Human Rights and Social Work invites authors to contribute relevant articles examining human rights issues including but not limited to violations of the human rights to health and medical care, education, free speech, and a fair trial.
Notes from the Field: Narratives in Social Work
Deadline: Open Until Filled
For academics and practitioners who have social work direct practice experience with clients AND have experience with or are interested in writing creative non-fiction: Notes From the Field comprises essays (about 2,000 words) that encapsulate social problems through work (not office-based psychotherapy but other kinds of social work practice) with individuals, groups, families, or communities. Culturally diverse authors are particularly encouraged. If interested and to get more information, please contact Jacqueline Corcoran at cojacq@upenn.edu.
Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy Practice Special Call for COVID Research
Deadline: Ongoing
Global Social Welfare is inviting authors to contribute research articles sharing experiences and results (both positive and negative) with our readers who can use this information to inform the development and implementation of future social work, social policy and public health programs.
The database for BIPOC-Authored Social Work Papers
Deadline: Ongoing
The BIPOC-Authored Papers for Social Work database was created in an effort to amplify BIPOC voices and perspectives, and to increase the representation of BIPOC authors across social work curriculum. As faculty engage in critical analysis of their syllabi and curricula, the availability of BIPOC-authored materials is an essential element of dismantling the white supremacy embedded in social work and transforming social work education and practice. As a crowd-sourced database, this collaborative endeavor has the potential to elevate academic excellence and enhance a diverse, inclusive, values-based learning environment.
Call for Papers Related to COVID-19
Deadline: Rolling Submission
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing health disparities experienced by traditionally oppressed groups including older adults, low-wage workers and those living in poverty, and people with underlying health conditions. Public policies and practices that intentionally or unintentionally favor positive outcomes for certain groups over others violate human rights and must be rectified. As a result, rather than a one-time special issue of the journal, we invite authors to contribute relevant articles on a rolling basis for peer review.
Research Resources
NIH Grants YouTube Channel
The NIH hosts a YouTube channel where you can learn about NIH fundamentals, peer review, NIH policy, compliance, special funding programs, and more!
Research Resources for Investigators studying American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections has made available several materials from a recent workshop for those interested in conducting research involving AI/AN populations.
ITHS Scientific Success Committee
ITHS has created a Scientific Success Committee, a group of experienced investigators, statisticians and bioethicists who provide feedback on study design, strategy or feasibility from early stages of development until implementation of a study. The committee meets monthly, and requires a brief application for consideration.
ITHS Career Development Series
The ITHS Career Development Series consist of monthly lectures and workshops designed to provide junior faculty and investigators with tools, a forum for discussion, and learning opportunities to help advance their careers. Below you will find all the seminars we have recorded, so you can tap into this knowledge when ever you need to! Topics include: How to write Specific Aims, study recruitment strategies, grant writing skills, and responding to reviewer comments.
Video Guide: Overview of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards, especially the Individual Fellowships (F awards) and Institutional Training Grants (T awards)
In this video, NIH’s Dennis Twombly and Lisa Moeller will take you through an overview of these two types of awards, providing some tips along the way.
All About Grants Podcasts
The Office of Extramural Research (OER) at NIH hosts a series of podcasts relating to NIH grants that is designed for investigators, fellows, students, and research administrators. Episodes cover topics such as grant preparation, developing successful grant applications, advice for new and early career scientists, submitting your application, the peer-review process, and post-award activities and requirements. The latest episode focuses on the newly required Diversity Plans for conference applications. Episodes are available as mp3s for download, and via iTunes. To access mp3s and transcripts of each podcast, click here.
Process for submitting a grant application through SSW
OFFER has created a new proposal timeline, a step by step guide outlining all the steps involved from starting through completing the research grant application process at SSW. This form, along with a sample proposal checklist and other useful information can be accessed through MySSW/ProposalDevelopment/Getting Started.
