October 7, 2011  || Vol. 3, Issue 40
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Funding Opportunities
Secondary Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging
Deadline: November 3, 2011
The National Institute on Aging supports collection of data and biological samples including a broad array of measures that are relevant to: the dynamics of health and disability, cognition, psychosocial and sociodemographic factors, genetics and biomarkers, long-term care, caregiving, behavioral medicine, retirement, economic status and well-being over the lifecourse (see the Resources Section below for links to NIA sponsored data sources). The purpose of this FOA is to solicit one-year applications for (1) secondary analysis of data on aging in the areas of psychology, behavioral genetics, economics, demography or (2) archiving and dissemination of data sets to enable secondary analyses in order to further advance research. Click here for more information.

ADD New sign Translational Research to Help Older Adults Maintain their Health and Independence in the Community
Deadline: Standard Dates Apply
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Administration on Aging (AoA) invite applications using the R01 award mechanism for translational research that moves evidence-based research findings towards the development of new interventions, programs, policies, practices, and tools that can be used by community-based organizations to help elderly individuals remain healthy and independent, and living in their own homes and communities.  The goal of this FOA is to support translational research involving collaborations between academic research centers and community-based organizations with expertise serving the elderly (such as city and state health departments, city/town leadership councils, and Area Agencies on Aging) that will enhance our understanding of practical tools, techniques, programs and policies that communities across the nation can use to more effectively respond to needs of their aging populations. Click here for more information. 

Payment Reform Strategies for High Value Care
Deadline: October 27, 2011
RWJF seeks to fund locally based health care payment experimentation that promotes high-value health care outcomes. In spite, or perhaps because of the current activity and attention to payment reform, RWJF believes that there remains an important need and opportunity for innovation in health care payment. That includes innovation: (1) around potential new payment models; but also (2) regarding the implementation of fundamental payment change that manages to navigate successfully through stakeholders with varying needs, willingness and goals. Click here for more information.

Social and Behavioral Research on the Elderly in Disasters
Deadline: September 7, 2014
This FOA issued by the National Institute on Aging encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications from institutions or organizations that propose to conduct research in the behavioral and social sciences on the consequences of natural and man-made disasters for the health and well-being of the elderly, with an ultimate goal of preventing or mitigating harmful consequences. Disasters include weather-related events, earthquakes, large-scale attacks on civilian populations, technological catastrophes or perceived catastrophes, and pandemics. Click here for more information.

Patient-Center Outcomes Research Institute Funding Opportunities
The Patient-Center Outcomes Research Institute has announced a $26 million Pilot Projects Grants Program that will support approximately 40 awards.  Funding may be requested for up to $250,000 in direct costs per year for up to two years.
Key Dates:
�October 18, 2011 - Webinar for interested applicants
�November 1, 2011 - Letters of Intent are required and must be received on or before this date
�December 1, 2011 - Grant applications must be received on or before this date
The FOA is mostly methods oriented, and seeks to 1) Inform PCORI priorities, 2) Enable collection of preliminary data, and 3) Address challenges in research methodology. As stated in the FOA, "For this announcement, PCORI is not interested in comparative effectiveness research (CER) studies aimed at determining comparative efficacy for specific diseases or conditions. Rather, PCORI is interested in the development of research methods, patient-oriented outcomes instruments, patient-provider communication and other decision-making strategies, building collaborative research teams, translating research findings into clinical practice, stakeholder engagement, and research agenda setting strategies that can be used in future comparative effectiveness research." PCORI is particularly interested in applications that bring together researchers, health care providers, and other stakeholders. Information about the program and how to apply is on the PCORI web site.
 
Behavioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health and Retirement Study
Deadline: September 7, 2014
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS; see at http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/ ) is a longitudinal, nationally representative sample of the US population aged 50 years and older (plus spouses) with an oversample of African and Hispanic Americans and a total sample size of over 20,000. Using funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the HRS is currently conducting genome-wide scans of DNA samples from approximately 20,000 participants, using the Illumina HumanOmni 2.5 Quad chip. It is anticipated that the genotype data for the first 13,000 subjects will be released to the public via dbGaP in the Fall of 2011, with data from the remaining participants to be released by the end of 2012. This FOA encourages applications taking advantage of the newly available genetic data to advance our understanding of how genetic, behavioral, and psychosocial factors affect the health and well-being of older Americans. Click here for more information. 

SRCD Fellowships in Public Policy
Deadline: December 15, 2011
Policy Fellowships with the Society for Research in Child Development will be available for 2012-2013.   SRCD Policy Fellows - in both Congressional and Executive Branch placements - work as "resident scholars" at the interface of science and policy. Applicants must have a doctoral level degree in any discipline related to Child Development.  Both early and mid-career doctoral level professionals of all scientific disciplines related to child development are encouraged to apply.   The deadline for applications is December 15, 2011.  For more information and application instructions, please click here.

CDC Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 14, 2011
(From the ASPH Friday Letter)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) two-year post-graduate fellowship, the Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program, is accepting applications through November 14.  Public health informatics is the systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research, and learning. The program is geared toward those interested in designing, developing, and implementing surveillance systems and disease registries; working with electronic health records to benefit public health; and those desiring to have an impact on population health by applying information technology knowledge and skills to public health challenges and problems. The programs allows fellows to traverse the realm of public health and explore how information management can support and enhance practice, research and learning. Click here for more information. 

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Tobacco Control Research
Deadline: January 25, 2012
(From the ASPH Friday Letter)
The purpose of the Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education's Postdoctoral Fellowship is to attract diverse individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds in medical, biological, social, behavioral, and policy sciences to develop a new generation of academic leaders in tobacco control. Postdoctoral fellows will have exposure to diverse training including both didactic coursework and individualized mentoring to build a personalized research program.  Prior tobacco research experience is relevant, but not necessary for acceptance. The program offers individual mentorship with University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) faculty along with courses in tobacco specific topics, health policy, cancer control and prevention, grant and scientific writing skills, career development, interdisciplinary research, and biostatistics. UCSF is a global leader in tobacco science, a World Health Organization collaborating center, and home of the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library. The program places a high priority on developing a fellowship program that reflects the diverse communities it serves, and encourages qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Click here for more information. 
Calls Calls  
Call for Papers
Journal of Social Service Research
Pre-School Children with Chronic Illnesses
Deadline: October 31, 2011

Journal of Social Service Research
seeks multidisciplinary research-related manuscripts, for a special issue on preschool children (under the age of five) suffering from chronic, congenital or terminal illness. Topic areas related to the stressors and challenges affecting parents and families will be considered for peer-review. Manuscripts on relationships between illnesses and family interactional patterns as well as how culture, race and ethnicity impact chronically ill children and their families are encouraged. All articles need to reflect research that is data-based OR extensive literature reviews that clearly outline previous research and make recommendations for future research. Deadline for submission is October 2011. Information on related topics, submission guidelines and how to contact the Guest Editor is available here 

Call for Abstracts
8th Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision

Join social work practitioners, supervisors, and researchers, as well as colleagues from other mental health disciplines for engaging plenary sessions, paper presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions addressing clinical supervision theory, practice, and research. The Executive Committee is pleased to invite submissions of proposals for presentation at the Eighth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision to be held June 13-15, 2012 at Adelphi University, Garden City, New York. Abstracts may be submitted beginning November 1, 2011. Visit the website for more information. The Conference is being held in coordination with the 34th International Symposium on Social Work with Groups (June 14-17, 2012) hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups (AASWG).

Call for Abstracts
Children's Environmental Health Network Research Conference
Deadline: December 16, 2011

The Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN) will convene a research conference titled "The Contribution of Epigenetics in Pediatric Environmental Health" in San Francisco, CA from May 30-June 1, 2012. This conference will help mark CEHN's 20th Anniversary and highlight the role of epigenetics in determining the impact of the environment on pediatric disease and children's current and future health. Conference organizers are seeking abstracts for scientific and/or poster presentation at the conference. Click here for more information. 
Conferences & Trainingsconf
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association
2011 Annual Conference Research Meeting
Bakersfield, CA
November 10, 2011

The Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association is hosting its annual pre-conference research meeting. The purpose of this workshop is to gather interested individuals together to spend the day talking about topics pertaining to SFBT research and practice. This all-day event is a wonderful opportunity to hear more about the emerging research on SFBT as well as providing an opportunity for attendees to network, discuss research opportunities, and consultation on research issues. More information about this conference can be found
here
Research Publications & Data ResourcesResearch 

Stepparents and half-siblings: Family complexity from a child's perspective

In this issue of Fast Focus, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven T. Cook summarize findings published in the journal Demography, which document the incidence and evolution of family complexity from the perspective of children. Following a cohort of firstborn children whose mothers were not married at the time of their birth, the authors consider family structure changes over the first 10 years of the child's life-considering both full and half-siblings who are coresidential or who live in another household. Click here for the complete report and other publications from the Institute for Research on Poverty.  

 

ICPSR New Data Additions

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community. Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive:

*31574 Global Snap Poll on Tsunami in Japan and Impact on Views About Nuclear Energy, 2011

*32081 Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS): Wave 2, 2002 

Click here for more information.      

 

AARP Public Policy Institute Releases Report Examining Housing for Older Adults: The Impacts of the Recession

(From the Healthy Aging Listserv)
This paper summarizes findings from State Housing Profiles 2011, which uses several sources, including the 2009 American Community Survey, to look at key housing indicators for older adults.  The data show that conditions have deteriorated significantly for older households during the last decade. Older homeowners and renters face greater affordability issues, and many low-income households face more unsustainable housing costs since the housing crisis and recession that began in 2007. Disability rates, family structures, foreclosure rates, and the age of homes are other factors that have shifted in the decade, as older households adapt to face new and continuing challenges. To view the full report, please visit the website.   

 

Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the January-March 2011 National Health Interview Survey

(From the Healthy Aging Listserv)
In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the January-March 2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and presents estimates from 1997 through 2010 for comparison. The 15 measures included in the present report are lack of health insurance coverage and type of coverage, having a usual place to go for medical care, obtaining needed medical care, receipt of influenza vaccination, receipt of pneumococcal vaccination, obesity, leisure-time physical activity, current smoking, alcohol consumption, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, general health status, personal care needs, serious psychological distress, diagnosed diabetes, and asthma episodes and current asthma. The 15 Early Release measures are being published prior to final data editing and final weighting, to provide access to the most recent information from NHIS. The estimates will be updated as each new quarter of NHIS data becomes available. To view the full report, please click here.
 
Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University Explores Economic Insecurity for African-Americans and Latino Seniors

(From the Healthy Aging Listserv)
Brandeis University's Institute on Assets and Social Policy recently released a policy brief concerning Economic Insecurity for African-Americans and Latino Seniors. Analysis using the Senior Financial Stability Index (SFSI) reveals dramatic increases in economic insecurity in recent years: Over half (52 percent) of African-American and 56 percent of Latino seniors are economically insecure; just four percent of Latino and eight percent of African-American seniors are economically secure, meaning they have adequate resources to maintain a secure standard of living for the remainder of their lives; ninety percent of Latino and 83 percent African-American senior households have insufficient retirement assets to last throughout their expected life spans; and sixty-two percent of African-American and Latino households spend 30 percent or more of their incomes on housing expenses. To learn more, please see the website.     

 

Arrest Trends Nationwide Detailed
"Arrest in the United States, 1980-2009" (NCJ 234319, 24 pp.) provides national estimates and trends of arrests on data collected by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. This report expands upon the estimates of total arrests published by the FBI in its Crime in the U.S. series to provide separate estimates by sex, age group, and race, with 11 offense categories. Click here for more information.
 
Bulletin Examines State Juvenile Transfer Laws
"Trying Juveniles as Adults: An Analysis of State Transfer Laws and Reporting" (NCJ 232434, 28 pp.) is part of the Juvenile Offenders and Victims National Report Series. This bulletin provides the latest overview of state transfer laws and practices and examines available state-level data on juveniles who are adjudicated in the criminal justice system. Click here for more information.
 
Criminal Victimization in U.S. Reported
"Criminal Victimization, 2010" (NCJ 235508, 20 pp.) presents 2010 estimates of rates and levels of criminal victimization in the U.S., including violent victimization (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), property victimization (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft), and personal theft (pocket picking and purse snatching). Click here for more information.    

 

New Interactive Data Analysis Tool Developed
The dynamic Arrest Data Analysis Tool allows you to generate graphs and tables of arrest trends over the 30-year period from 1980 through 2009. You can view national arrest estimates, customized either by age group and sex or by age group and race, for many different offenses. Click here for more information.  

News & Notices
NIH Holds First Joint NIAAA-NIDA Advisory Council Meeting
On September 12, NIH held its first joint meeting of the NIAAA and NIDA Advisory Councils to discuss issues related to the proposed reorganization of substance use, abuse and addiction research at NIH.  The event was webcast and the archive can be viewed here.  During the meeting, NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow and NIAAA Acting Director Dr. Ken Warren provided overviews of the NIDA and NIAAA research portfolios.  The Council discussion that followed those presentations, (which begins 52 minutes into the webcast), centered mostly on concerns about whether or not portions of the existing portfolios (primarily medical consequences) would be moved to other institutes and centers.  NIH Deputy Director Dr. Lawrence Tabak then briefly reviewed the history of the reorganization effort and provided the Councils with an update of the timeline for implementation of a reorganized entity.  During the Council discussion, (which begins 89 minutes into the webcast), members expressed their interest in providing input to the process and Dr. Tabak indicated that the two Councils would be given the opportunity to preview, and comment on, the draft strategic plan before it was presented for broader public comment. The Councils met separately for their regular fall meetings the next day to receive Director reports from Dr. Volkow and Dr. Warren.  As follow-on to the reorganization discussions from the preceding day a working group comprised of members from each Council will be selected to begin a dialogue about strategic planning activities, with the first meeting to take place at NIH before the end of the 2011.

NICHD Vision Process Statement Announced
On Thursday, September 22, the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council met to provide their own input on Director Alan Guttmacher's Vision Process Statement. Notably, behavior and cognition were combined into one scientific theme and an additional theme of population dynamics was added.  The other themes are: reproduction; pregnancy; developmental biology; early origins of health, disease, growth, and development; plasticity and rehabilitation; and the conduct of science. Guttmacher also reminded Council members that while the goal of the Vision Process is to advance the science, the Vision Statement will not include every disease, condition or area of science the institute will pursue in the next ten years.  As most of the institute's research is still investigator-initiated, Guttmacher made clear that the Vision Statement "will inform what we do, but will not dictate what we fund." Click here for more details.

**Correction**
The funding announcement posted last week about the DoD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In-Home Therapy Clinical Trial Award is no longer open to general applicants, only to those whose letter of intent was accepted in the initial grant request cycle. Sorry for the misinformation!
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