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Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Training Course In Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
Denver, Colorado Westin
Denver Downtown
May 29 - June 2, 2012
Deadline: March 2, 2012
The MCHB and CDC are offering a Training Course in MCH Epidemiology as part of their ongoing effort to enhance the analytic capacity of state and local health agencies. This national program is aimed primarily at professionals in state and local health agencies who have significant responsibility for collecting, processing, analyzing, and reporting maternal and child health data. Faculty working with state or local MCH departments are also eligible for the course. This year, the course is geared to individuals with intermediate to advanced skills in using statistical and epidemiologic methods, preferably in MCH or a related field. The training curriculum is designed to build conceptual, technical, and analytic skills for using data effectively, and focuses on applications that are relevant to the day-to-day work of participants. The training course is an intensive program, combining lectures, discussion, hands-on exercises, and opportunities for individualized technical assistance. In addition, the in-person training will be supplemented with webinars both before and after the course.
Training topics include:
· MCH epidemiology for needs assessment and priority-setting
· Population-based program evaluation design
· Multivariable regression modeling
· Data interpretation and presentation
· Trend analysis
· Small area analysis
· Multilevel models
· Propensity scores
· Population attributable fractions
· Modeling risk differences
The course will be held from mid-day Tuesday, May 29th to mid-day Saturday, June 2nd in Denver, Colorado. Lodging, breakfast, and lunch will be covered. A limited number of scholarships for airfare are available. STATE AGENCY EMPLOYEES: The application must be accompanied by a letter from your state MCH director indicating that he or she is aware that you are applying for the training course. This letter helps to foster communication between state MCH directors and data analysts. Go to www.positiveoutcomes.net to complete an online application. Only applications submitted online will be accepted. Completed applications must be submitted to Positive Outcomes, Inc. by 5 pm EST, Friday, March 2, 2012. For additional information, call Dr. Julia Hidalgo at: (443) 203-0305 or email Dr. Hidalgo at: Julia.hidalgo@....
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New England Workshop on Science and Social Change Spring 2012 Workshop 2
"Opening up New Directions in Epidemiology and Population Health"
Woods Hole MA, USA
May 19 (Sat, 9am)-22 (Tues, 2pm), 2012 (arriving Friday evening)
 
Organizer & Lead Facilitator: Peter J. Taylor, University of Massachusetts Boston, Science in a Changing World graduate track, http://www.stv.umb.edu/SICW.html.
Applications are sought from researchers (including graduate students) and other professionals who are interested in exploring ways to open up new directions in epidemiological thinking and research. An interest in "not simply continuing along previous lines" (to quote a participant in a previous workshop) means sharing and extending perspectives, problems, tools, connections, and audiences that draw us outside our previous comfort zones. The workshop activities will build on what the participants on tribute, but topics addressed might include:
*Popular epidemiology and community-based participatory health research
*Lay epidemiology and bringing epidemiological thinking into public discourse
*Promoting discussion among researchers beyond epidemiology proper
*Teaching non-specialists to become conversant with the methods, results, and controversies in epidemiology and related fields
*Innovative research designs; Alternatives to various statistical conventions
*Visual thinking and communication
*Lessons from historical case studies
*Bringing the histories and philosophies of other disciplines to bear in re-framing persistent or stubborn research questions
*How to support each other doing more in-depth, less-conventional work
*Conditions for professional and scholarly creativity
...and more (to be determined by participants)
The workshop will also introduce participants to tools and processes for individual reflection and group interaction designed to produce insights and deepen the people-connections valuable for putting those
insights into practice after the workshop. For more details, http://www.stv.umb.edu/newssc12b.html.
Registration is on a sliding scale--$125 (for those with low incomes and lack of travel support) up to $300 (for those with a decent income and institutional/grant support). Registration covers meal costs. Accommodation, at a local, moderately priced motel is extra. The funding available to help get people to the workshop is modest, but we have managed to subsidize travel and accommodation in past years according to need (which favors graduate students and independent scholars, but does not count out those with regular positions but no travel budgets). Applications accepted until workshop is full.
For more details, see http://www.stv.umb.edu/newsscarrange.html.
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Harvard University
7th Annual Program in Ethics & Health Conference: Statistical vs. Identified Lives - Ethics and Public Policy
The Inn at Longwood (April 19)/Sheraton Commander (April 20)
April 19-20, 2012
Sponsored by Harvard Global Health Institute, HSPH Center for health Decision Science, The Petrie-Glom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
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National Cancer Institute
Reality to Research Cyber-Seminar Series
Howdy, Partner! Using the PARTNER Tool to Track and Analyze Community Partnerships
February 21, 2012, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. ET
A major challenge facing public health researchers and practitioners today is how to partner with other organizations, agencies, and groups to collaboratively address public health goals while effectively leveraging resources.  The process by which organizations have engaged partners in collaboration has varied, with few ways to measure the success of these partnerships. Public leaders are eager to understand how to analyze these collaborations to determine whether the time and resources spent building these partnerships are worth the investment. The PARTNER Tool (Program to Analyze, Record, and Track Networks to Enhance Relationships),is a free social network analysis tool designed to demonstrate how community organizations members are connected, how resources are leveraged and exchanged, the levels of trust, and to link outcomes to the process of collaboration. n the National Cancer Institute's February Research to Reality cyber-seminar, we build on December's topic on systems thinking and highlight a practical tool that can help analyze and improve partnerships across all levels.  We will be joined by PARTNER Tool developer, Dr Danielle Varda, who will provide an overview of the tool, how it can be used, and the potential benefits for measuring and analyzing partnership activity. Additionally, two practitioners, Dr. Lea Ayers LaFave and Julia Ruschmann, will join us and share their experiences implementing PARTNER in their respective communities and organizations, their lessons learned, and implications of this resource for other local health departments and organizations. Register Now! Please click on the following link for more information and to register for this event: https://researchtoreality.cancer.gov/cyber-seminars. Following registration, you will receive a confirmation email with the toll free number, web URL,and participant passcode.  This cyber-seminar will be archived on the Research to Reality web site at https://researchtoreality.cancer.gov approximately one week following the presentation. Cyber-Seminar Archive: If you have missed any of the past cyber-seminars, you can view them all on the R2R Archive.  Watch the presentations, and join in the discussions.  Formore information on the cyber-seminar series please email ResearchtoReality@....
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National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities
2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities
Integrating Science, Policy and Practice: Building a Healthier Society
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center
National Harbor, MD
October 31-November 1, 2012
Save the Date! For more information, contact 2012summit@....
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Collaborative Center for Health Equity
3rd Annual Health Equity Leadership Institute
June 10-15, 2012
Deadline (for applications): February 24, 2012
In partnership with the Maryland Center for Health Equity in the School of Public Health, University of Maryland College Park, the Collaborative Center for Health Equity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers an intensive weeklong "research boot camp" focused on increasing the number of investigators, particularly minority investigators, engaged in health disparities/health equity research that are successful in tenure track academic appointments in schools of public health, medicine and other health and behavioral health science disciplines, assisting them in achieving research funding through the NIH. Focus: Translational community-engaged health equity research and how the National Institutes of Health supports health disparity/health equity research. Content: Presentations by health equity researchers from UW, other academic settings and NIH; visits to community partner research sites; tips for mentor selection and alignment, work/life balance, manuscript development and grant writing and mock study sections. Format: Large and small group sessions designed to provide career guidance and professional network development opportunities to health equity investigators. HELI Scholars: Up to 30 scholars will be invited to attend. Applications from minority fellows, junior faculty or post doctorates in health, social and behavioral sciences addressing research in minority health, health disparities, and health equity are especially encouraged. The HELI program is free; limited support for travel and accommodations is available. HELI is made possible through National Institute for Health Centers of Excellence grant awards from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to the University of Maryland and University of Wisconsin. For more information, contact: CCHE@.... NOTE to Kellogg Scholars and Alums: Please email Barbara Krimgold (bkrimgold@...) if you apply and are invited to attend this conference.
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FUNDED SHORT TERM TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FROM THE MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THE IRVING INSTITUTE AND THE COLUMBIA SUMMER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CSRI)
FIRST in CER seeks to recruit and train junior scientists who can improve public health and reduce health disparities throughout the nation. Recognizing the urgent and compelling need to promote diversity, the PRIDE award will provide rigorous training and mentoring opportunities to junior faculty members from diverse backgrounds, and equip them with the essential skills needed to conduct comparative effectiveness research and address some of the most complex health problems facing us today. The key elements of this program include:
·         Introduction to landmark research topics in heart, lung, blood, and sleep research 
·         Rigorous training in CER methods and responsible conduct of research
·         An ongoing, structured mentorship experience
·         Opportunities for interactions with existing programs at Columbia for mutual support
Components of this 14-month program include: didactic training through the Columbia Summer Research Institute (CSRI), mentoring and professional development, grant writing support, and CER seminars.
Eligibility: We are currently seeking applications from individuals with race/ethnic backgrounds that are under-represented in biomedical research; those from disadvantaged backgrounds; or individuals with disabilities that substantially limit one or more major life activities. Furthermore, applicants must be junior faculty members, holding instructor level or higher positions at any institution and health-related doctoral degrees such as the PhD, MD, DO, DrPH, DDS, DMD, DVM, or equivalent, as well as doctorally-prepared nurses.  Applicants from Columbia University with the title of Assistant of Clinical, Associate Research Scientist or Assistant Professor as of July 1, 2012 are eligible to apply.  This award is open to US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  Individuals ineligible for PRIDE include those with post-doctoral titles on July 1, 2012, and current and former principal investigators on NIH research grants (R01), subprojects or program project (P01) or center grants (P50). 
NOTE: One of the criteria for the Columbia University PRIDE program is residency in the NYC metro area (or the ability to provide your own living arrangements) so that you can commute daily to the program, located near Broadway and W. 168th Street in the Washington Heights district of Manhattan. The FIRST in CER PRIDE program does not cover meals or lodging.
We are NOW accepting applications from junior faculty for funding to begin July 1, 2012. Interested candidates should complete a pre-application by clicking here. http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/< wbr>< wbr>pridecc/2011/acceptingpre-applications2012si/< /wbr>< /wbr>< /wbr>< /wbr>
All application materials are due by March 1, 2012; Award Start Date: July 1, 2012
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The 7th Annual Education and Development Conference
5 - 7 March 2012, Bangkok, Thailand.
This three-day program is unlike most academic conferences. Addressing the
importance of education and its strong correlation with development, EDC2012
aims to bring scholars and students together as well as experienced
professionals offering them the opportunity to not only learn from each other
and share experiences, but also expand their global network, piling the
building blocks for change for years to come.
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Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health 
Deadline: March 2, 2012 
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is sponsoring this 5-day training institute to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting dissemination and implementation research in health. Faculty and guest lecturers will consist of leading experts (practitioners and teachers) in theory, implementation and evaluation approaches to D&I, creating partnerships and multi-level transdisciplinary research teams, research design, methods and analyses appropriate for D&I investigations and conducting research at different and multiple levels of interventions (e.g., clinical, community, policy). Click here for more information.
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13th Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI)  International Symposium on Health Disparities-- Call for Abstracts and Registration Opening
December 9-13, 2012
San Juan, Puerto Rico

This four-day symposium has been designed to offer opportunities for sharing research information in areas related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, cancer, women’s health, mental health, infectious disease, stroke, and behavioral and community health.  The program will highlight RCMI program institutions, partners, and collaborators.  We invite others who are engaged in clinical, basic science, education and policy research in health disparities to join us.
Registration Opens January 6, 2012<http://www.rcmibiennial.org/registration.html>
For more information, visit www.rcmibiennial.org.
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2012 National Community Organizing and School Reform Conference
Friday, March 23 – Saturday, March 24, 2012
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Registration is now open!
Register HERE to attend<http://www.events.harvard.edu/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x84703b92a>
Youth (18 and younger) attend free: contact registration@...<mailto:registration@...>

The Community Organizing and School Reform Conference will bring community organizers, education researchers, youth, educators, funders, and other stakeholders together to discuss the contributions of community organizing to school improvement and equitable education policy. The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss the role of community organizing in the current policy context, learn about new research and practice in the field, build relationships within and across stakeholder groups, and build capacity to advance the work of community organizing and school reform.

For more about the conference, registration, and hotels, visit us at: http://matchondrygrass.org/the-conference .
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NIH launches first online genetics course for social and behavioral scientists

A new genetics educational program will provide social and behavioral scientists with sufficient genetics background to allow them to engage effectively in interdisciplinary research with genetics researchers. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health, partnered with the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics to create the free, Web-based project. Increasingly, scientific outcomes are not fully explained by genetic, environmental, or social factors alone or as independent contributors. Instead, public health advances and scientific breakthroughs tend to rely on transdisciplinary teams of social scientists and genetic researchers. This creates a greater need among social and behavioral scientists for an understanding of the complexity of the genetic contribution to health, disease and behaviors. Click here<http://emergingscholars.net/opportunitykiosk/opportunities/list/29151> for more information.

6th Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory

Announcing an intensive, 7-day workshop for early career investigators July 14 to July 21, 2012 at the Fluno Center for Executive Education in Madison, Wisconsin.  The objectives of the institute are to allow approximately 30 attendees to extend their understanding of the assumptions underlying major types of health behavior theories, to explore how theories are tested and improved, and to examine how to use theories appropriately in designing interventions for behavioral risk factor modification.  The institute is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institute of Drug Abuse, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.

Applicants from all disciplines are welcome to apply.  Multiple disciplines have been represented at each of the previous workshops.  Applicants must have received a doctoral degree by the beginning of the course and have completed at least one graduate-level course in the behavioral sciences and one graduate-level course in statistics. Participants must be U.S. citizens.

There will be a $500 meeting cost to participate in the institute.  Travel, meals, and lodging will be provided.  More information, the application, and comments from previous participants are available at:

http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/workshop/<http://emergingscholars.net/node/29157/edit>
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UW Collaborative Center for Health Equity’s (CCHE) 3rd annual Health Equity Leadership Institute

Are you interested in health equity research?

SAVE THE DATES: June 10-15, 2012
Application release date: February 1st
Completed application: February 24th
HELI Scholars RSVPs needed: April 1st

In partnership with the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Center for Health Equity, the
Collaborative Center for Health Equity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers an intensive weeklong
“research boot camp” focused on increasing the number of investigators, particularly minority investigators,
engaged in health disparities/health equity research that are successful in tenure track academic appointments
in schools of public health, medicine and other health and behavioral health science disciplines and help them in
achieving research funding through the NIH.

FOCUS: Translational community-engaged health equity  research and how the National Institutes of Health supports
health disparity/health equity research.

CONTENT: Presentations by health equity researchers from  UW, other academic settings and the NIH staff; visits to
community partner research sites; tips for mentor selection and alignment, work/life balance, manuscript development and grant writing and mock study sections.

FORMAT:  Large and small group sessions designed to provide career guidance and professional network development opportunities to health equity investigators

HELI SCHOLARS: Up to 30 scholars will be invited to attend.

Applications from minority fellows, junior faculty or post doctorates in health, social and behavioral sciences addressing
research in minority health, health disparities and health equity are especially encouraged. The HELI program is free; limited support for travel and accommodations is available.
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Rebecca E. Hasson, Ph.D.
President, Society for the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues
Postdoctoral Fellow, Kellogg Health Scholars Program
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Center on Social Disparities in Health
3333 California Street, Suite 365, Box 0943
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 476-5217
Fax: (415) 476-5219


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