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Issue No. 145                                                                     November 22, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

PCORI Seeking Advisory Panel Members
PCORI is looking for individuals to join its five advisory panels: 1. Clinical effectiveness and decision science; 2. Clinical Trials; 3. Healthcare delivery and disparities research; 4. Patient engagement, and 5. Rare disease. Application deadline is March 31, 2023.

NIH Updated Instructions and forms for FORMS-H
NIH has released updated forms and instructions for FORMS-H forms, which are to be used for all grant applications with due dates on or after January 25, 2023.

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Issue No. 139                                                                     October 11, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

NIH Loan Repayment Program Application Window is Open!
NIH will help repay student loan debt to encourage outstanding health professionals in the pursuit of research careers in biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. Loan repayment benefits are in addition to the institutional salary received for research. The Loan Repayment Program (LRP) online application is open this year from September 1 to November 17. Click here for more information.

Provost Bridge Funding Program: Applications Due November 1, 2022
The UW Provost’s Office provides bridge funding to support faculty to span a gap in critical research programs. For eligibility requirements, directions for the application and submission process, budget information, notification of award, and post-award process, click here.

NIH New Application Forms for Application Due Dates Starting January 25, 2023
Reminder: NIH will begin using updated application forms [nexus.od.nih.gov] (FORMS-H) for applications due on or after January 25, 2023. NIH will begin adding FORMS-H application packages to active FOAs and instructions on October 25 to prepare for the transition. Please be sure that your upcoming applications are compliant with the new forms.

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, email Tasha Murphy at tbmurphy@uw.edu (please put “OFFER eNews” in the subject line) with details about your publications or awarded grants, research funding opportunities, and upcoming research events. Thank you!

New Publications

Berridge, C. and Grigorovich, A. (2022). Algorithmic harms and digital ageism in the use of surveillance technologies in nursing homes [frontiersin.org]. Frontiers in Sociology.
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Issue No. 138                                                                     October 4, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

NIH Loan Repayment Program Application Window is Open!
NIH will help repay student loan debt to encourage outstanding health professionals in the pursuit of research careers in biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. Loan repayment benefits are in addition to the institutional salary received for research. The Loan Repayment Program (LRP) online application is open this year from September 1 to November 17. Click here for more information.

Provost Bridge Funding Program: Applications Due November 1, 2022
The UW Provost’s Office provides bridge funding to support faculty to span a gap in critical research programs. For eligibility requirements, directions for the application and submission process, budget information, notification of award, and post-award process, click here.

UW Office of Research Website Redesign
The UW Office of Research has redesigned their website, which now includes several new helpful resources for faculty, including a “PI Resources Quick Start” page with links to guidance for researchers preparing grant applications.

NIH New Application Forms for Application Due Dates Starting January 25, 2023
Reminder: NIH will begin using updated application forms [nexus.od.nih.gov] (FORMS-H) for applications due on or after January 25, 2023. NIH will begin adding FORMS-H application packages to active FOAs and instructions on October 25 to prepare for the transition. Please be sure that your upcoming applications are compliant with the new forms.

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Hello Health Sciences Students!

  • Do you have an interest in the principles of high quality, interprofessional primary care for older adults?
  • Do you want experience discussing and problem solving real-world primary care of older adults?
  • Do you want to learn more about a team-based approach to care of older adults

Registration is now open for the the unique interprofessional education (IPE) offering- Age-Friendly Healthcare: Interprofessional Training Program!

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Issue No. 137                                                                     September 27, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

NIH Loan Repayment Program Application Window is Open!
NIH will help repay student loan debt to encourage outstanding health professionals in the pursuit of research careers in biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. Loan repayment benefits are in addition to the institutional salary received for research. The Loan Repayment Program (LRP) online application is open this year from September 1 to November 17. Click here for more information.

Provost Bridge Funding Program: Applications Due November 1, 2022
The UW Provost’s Office provides bridge funding to support faculty to span a gap in critical research programs. For eligibility requirements, directions for the application and submission process, budget information, notification of award, and post-award process, click here.

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Issue No. 136                                                                     September 20, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

NIH Loan Repayment Program Application Window is Open!
NIH will help repay student loan debt to encourage outstanding health professionals in the pursuit of research careers in biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. Loan repayment benefits are in addition to the institutional salary received for research. The Loan Repayment Program (LRP) online application is open this year from September 1 to November 17. Click here for more information.

Provost Bridge Funding Program: Applications Due November 1, 2022
The UW Provost’s Office provides bridge funding to support faculty to span a gap in critical research programs. For eligibility requirements, directions for the application and submission process, budget information, notification of award, and post-award process, click here.

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Levin Award
SDRC is now accepting applications for the 2022 Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Success in Young Children’s Mental Health Research [send.srcd.org]. The award aims to foster early career success in achieving federal funding for research informed by developmental science that addresses concerns affecting the foundations of children’s mental health. The award provides up to $25,000 to pre-tenured, early-mid-career investigators. Applications are due October 1, 2022.

Comments Requested for National Academies Committee on Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities
A new National Academies committee will be appointed [nationalacademies.org] to conduct an analysis of federal policies (e.g., social, economic, environmental) that contribute to preventable and unfair differences in health status and outcomes experienced by all U.S. racial and ethnic minority populations. The committee will write a report with conclusions and recommendations that identify the most effective or promising approaches to policy change with the goal of furthering racial and ethnic health equity. Written comments for consideration by the study committee will be accepted through September 30, 2022. Note: all comments will be placed in a public access file.

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Issue No. 129                                                                               July 19, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

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. The last session is:
July 21, 2:00-3:30pm: Responding to Reviewers
Click here to register (space is limited). Please direct any questions to katieost@uw.edu

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Levin Award
SDRC is now accepting applications for the 2022 Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Success in Young Children’s Mental Health Research. The award aims to foster early career success in achieving federal funding for research informed by developmental science that addresses concerns affecting the foundations of children’s mental health. The award provides up to $25,000 to pre-tenured, early-mid-career investigators. Applications are due October 1, 2022.

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Join the UW Libraries this summer for the fifth annual Graduate Student Research Institute (GSRI)!

Registration: https://forms.gle/2UkMT3LHASwTABc48

The Graduate Student Research Institute (GSRI) is a free and asynchronous multi-day online workshop offered by the UW libraries. It offers new and returning UW graduate students the tools and strategies they need to research smarter, not harder.  The workshop focuses on anti-racism and centering Black, Indigenous and Student of Color (BIPOC) experiences in academia. BIPOC graduate student experiences, advice and resources are included throughout the institute, with affiliate-spaces for BIPOC students and staff mentors to engage together in community.

The bulk of the content will be in Canvas, and participants can choose to engage in Slack, with customized support from UW librarians and other qualified experts in their subject areas.

GSRI can help you to:

  • Learn skills and strategies for effective academic research
  • Become familiar with core tools and resources for research productivity
  • Connect with relevant support units across the UW campuses
  • Build community with other UW students and campus support staff

There are two online, asynchronous sessions of GSRI being offered in Summer 2022:

Session #1: August 22-26, 2022

Session #2: September 12-16, 2022

Participation FAQs:

  • GSRI learning takes place over 5 days with no fixed participation times (asynchronous). There will be optional synchronous Zoom sessions to participate in.
  • GSRI requires daily engagement in the form of small activities and Slack discussions. We recommend you reserve one hour per day to complete the GSRI curriculum.
  • GSRI is a free, online, not-for-credit experience. All UW graduate students are welcome.

For questions, email: libraries-gsri@u.washington.edu.

Register online today: https://forms.gle/2UkMT3LHASwTABc48

Issue No. 117                                                                                April 26, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

Funding Opportunity for SSW Researchers
Public Interest Technology Network Challenge
UW Internal deadline: April 29, 2022
Announcing an excellent opportunity for SSW researchers! Public Interest Technology Network (PIT UN) universities are trying innovative tactics to produce graduates with multiple fluencies at the intersection of technology and policy. For its fourth year, projects are encouraged in the following priority areas: Educational Offerings, Career Pipeline/Placement, Faculty & Institution Building, and Strengthening the PIT University Network. UW will put forward 3 proposals; to be considered, submit a 1-page letter of intent with a description of proposed objectives, work plan, impact, timeline, list of collaborators, total amount requested and matching fund source(s) along with a CV (not NIH format) of the PI to welliver@uw.edu by 5:00pm Friday April 29.

Upcoming National Academy of Sciences Workshop
Structural Racism and Rigorous Models of Social Inequity
May 16, 2022, 7:00am-1:00pm
May 17, 2022, 6:00am-12:00pm

This workshop is designed to identify and discuss the sources and mechanisms through which structural racism operates. Invited experts will not only provide insights into known sources of structural racism and models of health equity, but also go beyond these to discuss novel sources and approaches. The workshop will help identify key research and data needs and priorities for future work on structural racism and health inequity. SSW Professor Michelle Johnson-Jennings will be a featured speaker at the workshop. Registration required.

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Please join for an intensive training experience on Somatics Clinical Practice!

Thursday May 5th, 1130a-215p

Room 026/030

**In-person seating is limited to first 40 students who register, but the event will be live-streamed, and a recording will be made available after the training.

Registration Link:

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/sswstsrv/421223

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Issue No. 115                                                                     April 12, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

Congratulations to Rona Levy, Margaret Kuklinski, and Jen Bailey!
Congratulations to Drs. Rona Levy and her colleague Tonya Palermo (Seattle Children’s Hospital) who, in collaboration with SDRG’s Drs. Margaret Kuklinski and Jen Bailey, have been awarded a five year NIH grant for a study entitled “Randomized controlled trial of an internet-based prevention intervention for young children at-risk for functional abdominal pain.” Rona explains “I am very excited about this study which will bring full circle into the prevention realm much of the observation and then intervention research our team has conducted over decades on the intergenerational transmission of the management of chronic pain and illness.”

Congratulations to Melissa Martinson and Tessa Evans-Campbell!
The Population Health Initiative has announced the award of eight Tier 2 pilot grants, and two of the funded projects (RODIS and STIM A SPU’US) include School of Social Work faculty! Congratulations to Melissa Martinson for the project “Population-Based Administrative Data to Understand Child Maltreatment and the Pandemic- The Risk of Death and Serious Injury Study (RODIS)” and Tessa Evans-Campbell for the project “STIM A SPU’US (“What’s In Your Heart”): A Culturally Adapted, Trauma Informed Parenting Intervention for the Colville Tribes”.

Funding Opportunity for SSW Researchers
Public Interest Technology Network Challenge
UW Internal deadline: April 29, 2022
Announcing an excellent opportunity for SSW researchers! Public Interest Technology Network (PIT UN) universities are trying innovative tactics to produce graduates with multiple fluencies at the intersection of technology and policy. For its fourth year, projects are encouraged in the following priority areas: Educational Offerings, Career Pipeline/Placement, Faculty & Institution Building, and Strengthening the PIT University Network. UW will put forward 3 proposals; to be considered, submit a 1-page letter of intent with a description of proposed objectives, work plan, impact, timeline, list of collaborators, total amount requested and matching fund source(s) along with a CV (not NIH format) of the PI to welliver@uw.edu by 5:00pm Friday April 29.

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Highlighted News and Announcements

Funding Opportunity for SSW Researchers
Public Interest Technology Network Challenge
UW Internal deadline: April 29, 2022
Announcing an excellent opportunity for SSW researchers! Public Interest Technology Network (PIT UN) universities are trying innovative tactics to produce graduates with multiple fluencies at the intersection of technology and policy. For its fourth year, projects are encouraged in the following priority areas: Educational Offerings, Career Pipeline/Placement, Faculty & Institution Building, and Strengthening the PIT University Network. UW will put forward 3 proposals; to be considered, submit a 1-page letter of intent with a description of proposed objectives, work plan, impact, timeline, list of collaborators, total amount requested and matching fund source(s) along with a CV (not NIH format) of the PI to welliver@uw.edu by 5:00pm Friday April 29.

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Issue No. 113                                                                     March 29, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

Congratulations Margaret Kuklinski and SDRG!
Please join us in congratulating Margaret Kuklinski, who was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the FORE Foundation. Margaret’s project, “Northwest Center for Family Support: Building Statewide Capacity to Implement Evidence-Based Interventions in Families with Opioid Use Disorder”! The FORE Foundation funds support organizations that are improving or expanding evidence-based opioid use disorder prevention strategies for children and families at highest risk across the U.S. Margaret’s project was one 9 selected for these funds out of more than 400 submissions. Well done, Margaret!

Congratulations Tess Abrahamson-Richards!
Tess Abrahamson-Richards, a first year doctoral student in the Social Welfare program, was selected as an awardee for the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, a 3-year fellowship that aims to facilitate the academic, intellectual, and professional development of individuals who have demonstrated superior scholarship, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Way to go, Tess!

NIH New Data Sharing Requirements
The NIH has announced new policies related to data sharing. Starting January 3, researchers funded by NIH will need to provide a formal, detailed data management plan for publicly sharing the data generated by their research. Researchers will also be required to share all the scientific data that other teams would need in order to validate and replicate the original research findings. For more information, click here.

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Issue No. 112                                                                     March 22, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

Clinical Social Work Journal: Call for Papers
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. The journal is 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. Abstracts are due May 31, 2022; manuscript deadline is September 30, 2022.

NIH Request for Nominations for Sexual & Gender Minority Research Investigator Awards Program
The NIH Sexual & Gender minority Research Office requests nominations for NIH’s 2022 SGM Research Investigator Awards Program, which was developed to recognize investigators who have made substantial, outstanding research contributions in areas related to SGM health and well-being. Awards are given to early-stage investigators (ESI) who are poised to become future leaders in the field.  Nominations are due on April 30, 2022. Click here for more information.

NIH Request for Nominations for the 2022 James Jackson Memorial Award
NIMH is seeking nominations for the 2nd annual James Jackson Memorial Award, which honors a researcher who has demonstrated exceptional individual achievement and leadership in mental health disparities research and excellence in mentorship, influence, and support of trainees. Click here for more information.

NIH Invites Feedback on their Strategic Plan Framework for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
The NIH-Wide Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan was released earlier this week (NOT-OD-22-061). Your input on the framework as the plan is developed is encouraged. Feedback will help ensure that DEIA principles continue to be embraced and integrated across NIH going forward. Feedback should be sent electronically by April 3, 2022.

NIH Request for Information: Seeking Stakeholder Actionable Input to Improve Research on Health and Well-being for Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
The National Institute of Health (NIH) seeks information and actionable recommendations on research gaps, needs, best practices, innovative study designs and measurement, resources and data resources, and opportunities to enhance health disparities research, and to promote equity and improve Asian and Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander health and well-being. Responses will be accepted through April 6, 2022.

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Upcoming Event! Join WSSCSW for: How to Start a Private Practice, with Jennifer Kennett MA LMHC. June 23, 2022, 6-8pm, via Zoom. 2 CEU’s offered. Pay-What-You-Can. https://wsscsw.org/event-4723579

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

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

Questions? Email us at benefitshub@uwkc.org.

 

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

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

Click HERE to register for the Workshop!

Free Weekly Grocery Delivery For Students!

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The Job Search:  What do Prospective Employers Want to Know?
Rachel Barrett, LICSW, CMHS
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021, 3:30-4:30 https://washington.zoom.us/j/92031975986

We create a résumé, write a cover letter, complete an application, research the organization, and practice for the interview….but, what is it that prospective employers really want to know?  Join with other Clinical Social Work Concentration students to learn what employers are looking for; what we should look for; and how to best position oneself for the process.

Rachel (she/her) is a part-time instructor at the School of Social Work lecturing on topics related to children’s mental health.  Rachel works as a mental health consultant for Seattle Public Schools, a consultant for the University of Washington CBT+ initiative and a researcher with the UW SMART Center.  Through her work Rachel routinely mentors and supports therapists new to the field and was previously responsible for hiring and training teams of therapists at a local community mental health organization.  In her free time Rachel does a lot of parenting, watching questionable TV, and buying ridiculous bandanas for her golden doodle puppy”.

How will your financial life change after graduation? What do you want your life to be like as you switch from a student budget to a salary? What should you do about retirement or other savings goals? Please join Professor Jennie Romich for a discussion about personal finances for new social work graduates. Note that this session discusses how loan repayment affects budgets but does not cover repayment options.

Time: May 14, 2021 03:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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