Health Equity Action Network October Newsletter
Announcements
Annual Meeting Photo Gallery
Photos that were taken during the conference are now available in our Annual Meeting Album. You do not need to credit the photographer (Benton Cheung) to use the photos. You may also add your own photos to the album. If there are any photos that you do not want to be shown or if you have any other requests, please email Benton Cheung.
Click here to download the photos by category.
Headshots are currently being sent out and emailed directly to each person. If you did not receive yours, you should receive them next week. Thank you for your patience!
Annual Meeting Evaluations - Help Us Improve Future Meetings!
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the HEAN Annual Meeting! Please fill out our meeting evaluations to help us improve future meetings:
Evaluation for HEAN Annual Meeting→
***If you participated in the Equity Action Group (EAG) breakouts, please fill out this survey:
EAG Survey→
We appreciate your time and effort into making the Annual Meetings a success!
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ABMR 2024 Early-Stage Investigator Program
The Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (ABMR) is currently accepting applications for the ABMR 2024 Early-Stage Investigator Program. This exciting opportunity provides leadership training, mentorship, and networking opportunities to promising behavioral medicine researchers. It is designed to build an active, engaged support network of near peers. Scholars who are underrepresented in the scientific workforce as defined by the NIH are particularly encouraged to apply.
ABMR is a professional organization of distinguished mid-career and senior career scholars elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to behavioral medicine research. They hold an annual meeting for members each June – this is a small, single-track meeting that is an exciting forum in which they discuss innovative ideas and cutting-edge research and grapple with some of the most pressing topics and greatest challenges in the field. The ESI program that began in 2021 brings 10-12 ESIs to their annual meeting for leadership training, mentoring and networking with our members.
ABMR is seeking ESIs with a K-award or first R-series award from NIH or equivalent career development awards or independent research awards from other funding agencies who are doing research in behavioral or social sciences with a focus on health outcomes (broadly defined).
For more information, please view the RFA.
The application portal is open and we are accepting applications through Friday, December 1, 2023.
For questions, please email Susan Everson-Rose or ABMR.
NIMHD Designates People with Disabilities as a Population with Health Disparities
Eliseo J. Pérez -Stable, M.D., Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, announced the designation of people with disabilities as a population with health disparities.
The decision was made in consultation with Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, after careful consideration of the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities final report, input from the disability community, and a review of the science and evidence. This designation is one of several steps NIH is taking to address health disparities faced by people with disabilities and ensure their representation in NIH research.
As part of the effort to support research in this area, NIMHD also released a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to advance the science of disabilities research.
Director's Message→
Notice of Funding Opportunity→
Events
3-Part Implicit Bias Workshop Series (Free Zoom Event)
ACHIEVE GREATER's Engagement Core (CEC) is hosting the 5th Session of our 3-Part Implicit Bias Workshop Series. Consortium members are invited to this FREE session. You will be registering for all 3 workshops for the following dates (all occur between 6-8:15 pm ET on Tuesdays)
- 10/17/23
- 10/24/23
- 11/07/23
The 3 workshops are 2 hours, 15 minutes each and are virtual (via Zoom), interactive, engaging, and involve pools, individual activities, and small group activities. All registered attendees will be provided an interactive workbook for each workshop that contains the links to valuable video and resources. Attendees will also receive a digital certificate of completion, that fulfills state requirements for Implicit bias training for licensees. For more information, please find the attached flyer and objectives for each workshop.
The event will be hosted by Rhonda Dailey, MD and presented by Dr. Vicki T. Sapp of Sapp Consulting Group, LLC.
Register here →
Flyer here →
Introduction to Statistical Mediation and Moderation Concepts and Methods
Mark your calendar for the next Investigator Skills Development Unit (ISDU) webinar featuring Tor Neilands, PhD on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 10:30 am PT.
Register for the webinar here →
Virtual Workshop: Learning Community for Writing, Dissemination & Reviewing:
November 11th, 2023 | 5 p.m. to 8p.m. EST
PCHP (Progress in Community Health Partnerships), in partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center and CCPH (Community-Campus Partnerships for Health), are piloting a Writing, Dissemination and Reviewer Learning Community alongside the 2023 American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Annual Meeting on Saturday, November 11, 2023. The workshop builds upon an earlier Writing and Dissemination Institute held in 2017 at APHA. It will support community-patient-academic partners and teams to develop and enhance skills to contribute to academic writing in peer reviewed journals; as well as increase the pipeline of community-patient external reviewers for PCHP and other peer reviewed journals.
The November 11 workshop agenda is designed for participants to learn and practice skills through a dynamic skills-based curriculum, interactive presentations, small group sessions, coaching, and best practices and resources. Small group facilitators will support skills participants want to develop, and practice related to writing for academic publication.
Learn more:
Website→
Registration→
Flyer→
News From Our P50 Centers
C2DREAM Website Launch
C2DREAM is proud to announce the launch of their new website, mnc2dream.org! Learn more about their work to reduce disparities in cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and obesity experienced by BIPOC communities including immigrants and refugees across Minnesota.
Forge AHEAD Center Website is Now Live!
Forge AHEAD Center recently launched their new center website, forgeaheadcenter.com. Learn more about their work on prevention and management of cardiometabolic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and hypertension (HTN), associated with health disparities in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Funding & Job Opportunities
Community-Engaged Health Equity Research in Neuroscience Initiative (HERN)
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is pleased to announce the release of two Notices of Intent to Publish (NOITP) as part of the NINDS Community-Engaged Health Equity Research in Neuroscience (HERN) Initiative. The NINDS HERN Initiative is a multi-pronged approach to 1) Advance community-engaged health equity research across all neurological disease areas within NIH-designated populations that experience health disparities and 2) Support collaborations, education, and capacity building to conduct such research.
NOT-NS-23-070: Notice of Intent to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Community-Engaged Health Equity Research in Neuroscience Initiative (R01 CT Not Allowed)
NOT-NS-23-071: Notice of Intent to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Community-Engaged Health Equity Research in Neuroscience Initiative (R34 CT Not Allowed)
For inquiries related to the HERN Initiative, please email the NINDS HERN Initiative.
Resources
Slack Training Webinar