We are delighted to announce and invite you to this series to grow our skills, knowledge, and practice in an emerging and rapidly growing social work practice area, Environmental Justice.

As you know Competency 3 calls on us to advance Environmental Justice.  We are honored that leaders in this area of practice and study are offering us a unique look at this emergent practice area.

We thank the UW SSW student group Social Workers for Environmental Justice, UW SSW faculty, Field Instructors, and community members for collaborating and planning this discussion panel series to deepen our understanding and practice of EJ in social work

February 14th from 1:00-2:30 PST  

EJ & Anti-Racism | Pre-Registration required: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMucOGoqzoiGtPtJ-oRYgLzCtraJZAUdJU6

• • Ray Williams (Black Farmers Collective)
  • Heather Day (Community Alliance for Global Justice)
  • Dr. Michael Yellow Bird (Dean of Social Work, University of Manitoba, Canada)
  • Jeff Smith, MSW (Makah) Director/former Director of NEKANI Native Services)

April 4th from 2:30-4:00 PST

EJ & Indigenous Perspectives and Connection to Land | Pre-Registration required: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItf-yrqjkiEtP4mcxr66kj-rzLlJYQULoF

• • Dr. Mike Tulee (United Indians for All Tribes)
  • Dr. Michael Yellow Bird (Dean of Social Work, University of Manitoba, Canada)
  • Jeff Smith, MSW (Makah) Director/former Director of NEKANI Native Services)
  • Other speaker TBA

May 23rd from 12:30-2:00 PST 
EJ & Food Sovereignty | Pre-Registration required: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtdO2qpzMrG9XfnDKr66a41ZGlpykOGUtu

• Ray Williams (Black Farmers Collective)
• David Lee (Interim CDA Wild Program)
• Jeff Smith, MSW (Makah) Director/former Director of NEKANI Native Services)
• Dr. Michael Yellow Bird (Dean of Social Work, University of Manitoba, Canada)

Issue No. 102                                                                      January 11, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

Congratulations to Dan Goldhaber!
The EdWeek recently released their Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Dan Goldhaber ranked in the top 50 among scholars who did the most in the last year to shape educational practice and policy.

NIH Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications for Spring 2022
The NIH has released guidance for applications submitted in Spring 2022. Specifically, NIH grant applications should NOT include contingency or recovery plans for problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, click here.

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Issue No. 101                                                                      January 4, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

SSWR Annual Conference Announcement
If you are planning to attend the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) annual conference from January 13-16, please note that SSWR has confirmed that the conference will continue to proceed in-person as planned. They will not have a virtual or hybrid option for attending this year. You can, however, live-stream some key events (plenaries, invited symposia, and doctoral student session).

NIH Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications for Spring 2022
The NIH has released guidance for applications submitted in Spring 2022. Specifically, NIH grant applications should NOT include contingency or recovery plans for problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, click here.

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Issue No. 100                                                                      December 28, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements

OFFER Newsletter’s 100th Issue
The OFFER team is pleased to announce the 100th issue of our research newsletter! We want to thank the SSW community for your contributions and updates each week, as they help keep everyone informed of events and funding opportunities.

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Issue No. 99                                                                      December 21, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements

CLIME Grand Round Session: 
Bias in Assessment – when to accept bias, minimize bias (and how), or throw the assessment out?
January 21, 2022, 1:00-2:00pm
Even the best designed assessment cannot escape bias. What we don’t know is when does a difference between subgroups indicate bias and can that bias be minimized? Furthermore, how much bias must be mitigated before we stop using scores from the assessment in decision-making? In medical education there are many high stakes decisions based on assessment performance so it is important to ensure assessments measure each trainee’s true ability.

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Issue No. 96                                                                       November 30, 2021

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

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

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Issue No. 94                                                                       November 16, 2021

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

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

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

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

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Tackling Homelessness Nationally: Adapting Services and Improving Housing Options

Friday 19^th November 2021

Speakers Confirmed:

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

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

Jennifer Speight, Speakers Bureau member, Community Life Services

Paul Muniz, Ph.D., Cornell University

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

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

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

Issue No. 93                                                                       November 9, 2021

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

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

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Issue No. 92                                                                       November 2, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
NIH Virtual Grant Seminar
This week, the NIH is hosting a virtual conference featuring topics related to the NIH grants process, grant writing, budget building, and more. The virtual platform is novel and fun to explore! It features avatars and easy-to-navigate spaces where you can enter auditoriums, attend workshops and presentations, peruse exhibits, schedule appointments with with NIH program offers to ask questions, network with other research professionals, and learn about NIH centers and resources. The conference continues through November 4. Investigators, grant staff, and students are all welcome to attend. You can register here to get immediate access to this helpful and informative event.

IRB 101 Tutorial and New Requirement
Starting on December 6, 2021, anyone new to working with the UW IRB, such as students and study coordinators, are encouraged to complete a new online tutorial called IRB 101: Get Started Fast. Students who are listed as a PI on an IRB application will be required to complete this training.

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Forefront invites you to join us for a panel discussion on Intimate Partner Violence and Suicide Risk, on October 20, 11am-noon PST.

Intimate partner violence as well as verbal and emotional abuse can cause PTSD, depression, hopelessness and other forms of psychological distress for victims, which can lead to thoughts of suicide. This panel brings together academics and practitioners to talk about how victims of IPV are impacted by suicide, the importance of screening for suicidal ideation when treating patients who have experienced IPV, and ways to mitigate/reduce the risk.

You can learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/APSEvent-Oct20

Issue No. 89                                                                       October 12, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements

New HSD Training: IRB 101
Beginning in December 2021, students and residents who are listed as the PI on an IRB application are required to take a one-time, on-demand, e-learning tutorial about getting started with the IRB. The IRB 101 tutorial covers the basics of human subjects research and provides important practical information about navigating the IRB process at UW. For more information, click here.

UW Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grant Opportunity
Dr. Justin Lerner received a UW Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grant for his project “Creating and Embodied Anti-Racist Culture at the UW School of Social Work”. Dr. Lerner is looking for white identified staff and faculty committed to anti-racist practice to participate in a pilot group that will meet once/month and attend a field trip every other month for 9 months with the goal of creating institutional transformation. For more information, please email Dr. Lerner at lernerj@uw.edu by Friday, October 15.

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Issue No. 88                                                                       October 5, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
NIH Request for Information re: Ending Hunger, Food and Nutrition Insecurity
The NIH is seeking broad input on a roadmap to end hunger, food insecurity, and nutrition insecurity through innovative and multidisciplinary research. Setting a nutrition insecurity research agenda will benefit from a landscape analysis of the state of the science. Click here for more information on how to participate in this RFI.

Application Reviewers Needed
The WA State Department of Commerce is looking for panel members to review applications to their recent funding mechanism: Homeless Service Provider Study. Applications will be reviewed between October 28-November 21, 2021. If interested, please email Kathy Kinard: Kathy.Kinard@commerce.wa.gov.

NIH OBSSR Update
The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research has announced that William (Bill) T. Riley, Ph.D. will be retiring from NIH at the  end of December 2021. Dr. Riley has led OBSSR for the past 7 years. OBSSR Deputy Director Christine M. Hunter, Ph.D. will serve as acting NIH Director of OBSSR.

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Issue No. 87                                                                       September 28, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
NIH Early Career Reviewer Program
The Center for Scientific Review at NIH is seeking to diversify proposal review panels in an effort to bring new viewpoints into the process. Early career scientists are invited to apply to their Early Career Reviewer program, which aims to help early career scientists become more competitive as grant applicants through participating in review panels. More information and application instructions can be found here.

New Publications/Presentations

Dr. Paula Nurius and Megan Kennedy (UW Resilience Lab) hosted a webinar series for the UW School of Medicine and Gonzaga University to address stress and mental health within the pandemic context. You can listen to an interview they did for a local radio station about this series.

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Issue No. 86                                                                       September 21, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
Special Announcement: EarthLab Innovation Grants Program
The UW Earthlab has expressed strong interest in SSW participation in their Innovation Grants Program, which seeks solutions at the intersection of climate change and social justice. An information session will be held on October 5 at 4:00pm.

Congratulations to Meghan Romanelli!
The September 14 issue of UW News highlighted Meghan Romanelli’s study that explored gender, racial, and ethnic differences among teens who think about and/or attempt suicide, as well as associated behavioral and environmental factors. You can read the article here.

New NIH Forms for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2022
The NIH application forms and application guide instructions will change for all applications (new, resubmission, renewal, and revision) due on or after January 25, 2022. Please click here for more information.

NIH Childcare Allowance for Fellowship Awards
NIH has made a childcare allowance available on its NRSA Fellowship awards. Fellows may now be reimbursed for qualified childcare expenses up to $2,500 per budget year.

NIH Workshop Recording Available
On June 28 and June 30, 2021, NIMH conducted a virtual workshop to discuss a wide range of statistical applications in mental health research and to highlight recent statistical innovations in the field of mental health disorders. A recording of this workshop has now been made available online.

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Issue No. 85                                                                        September 14, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
Congratulations to Justin Lerner!
Justin Lerner has received a Diversity Seed Grant from the UW Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity to fund his project “Creating an Embodied Anti-Racist Culture”. The selection process for these grants was highly competitive. Congratulations, Justin!

New Publications
Romanelli, M., Sheftall, A.H., Irsheid, S.B., Lindsey, M.L., & Grogan, T.M. (2021). Factors associated with distinct patterns of suicidal thoughts, suicide plans, and suicide attempts among US adolescents. Prevention Science.

Romanelli, M., Abay, L, & Ancharski, K. (2021). Mental health supports for transgender and gender expansive youth. In G. Mallon & J. Shelton (Eds.), Social work practice with transgender and gender expansive youth, 3rd edition. New York: Routledge

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Issue No. 84                                                                        September 7, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements

The Academy of Social Work and Welfare was recently asked by several foundations to provide feedback on an emerging agenda to increase the use of research in child welfare decision-making. They are inviting social work colleagues to register for a one-hour listening session where you can provide feedback. Listening sessions are scheduled throughout the month of September. If you are interested in participating, please email Tasha Murphy (tbmurphy@uw.edu) for dates and times.

Selected Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

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Issue No. 82                                                                        August 24, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements

UW Human Subjects Division Revised COVID Requirements for Human Subjects Research
Effective immediately, the following requirements apply to all human subjects research at UW:

• Masking: All study participants and research team members who will have in-person interactions must wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status.
• Social Distancing: If any study team members or participants are not vaccinated, they must observe 6 feet of distance from others, both indoors and outdoors.

For more information, including exceptions, please see the HSD COVID webpage.

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