ACU is joining in celebrating Corps Community Day on October 10, in recognition of the contributions that National Health Service Corps members make to patients and communities every day. Corps Community Day will be observed during National Primary Care Week (October 7 - 11). Are you a current or former Corps member? Does your organization sponsor Corps members to work in your community? As part of the celebration, we invite you to tell us what the National Health Service Corps means to you. Click the Tell Your Story button to share your thoughts about the Corps. 

There is still time to apply for an ACU scholarship covering the full cost of registration to attend the IHI 25th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Dec. 8 - 11 in Orlando, Fla. Here's what one of last year's scholarship recipients, Dr. Lois Mendez Catlin of the Phoenix Family Health Care Center, had to say about her experience in attending the IHI National Forum. "I would not have been able to attend the conference without the scholarship.  The conference was definitely worth every minute." The scholarship application form is available online.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program has issued a call for applications. The program provides the nation's most comprehensive fellowship experience at the nexus of health science, policy and politics in Washington, D.C. It is an outstanding opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and health care policy promoting the health of the nation. Fellows participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care and health policy. The application deadline is November 13, 2013.

The CDC Experience Applied Epidemiology Fellowship is seeking applicants for a program in which selected fellows spend 10-12 months at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, where they carry out epidemiologic analyses in various areas of public health. This challenging, diverse and intellectually stimulating environment provides multiple opportunities to enhance skills in research and analytic thinking, written and oral scientific presentations, and preventive medicine and public health. The application deadline is December 6, 2013.

The Joseph L. Henry Oral Health Fellowship in Minority Health Policy offered by the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School is seeking applicants for the 2014-2015 fellowship year. This fellowship is a one-year or two-year academic degree-granting program, designed to develop oral health leaders, particularly minority oral health leaders, who will pursue careers in health policy, public health practice and academia. The deadline for applications for the program starting in July 2014 is December 26, 2013.

Dr. Jeffrey Brenner has been named a MacArthur Fellow. Also known as "MacArthur genius grants," the fellowship includes a cash prize of $625,000. Dr. Brenner was selected for his work creating a health care delivery model to meet the needs of the underserved in Camden, New Jersey. The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers brings together community-based physicians, nurses, hospital staff and social workers to support and coordinate care for patients with complex medical and often social issues. Brenner calls these "extreme patients." Good data, patient engagement and well-run care coordination teams are the keys to fixing health care for the most extreme patients and reducing emergency room visits and lowering health care costs.