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October 18, 2013 || Vol. 5, Issue 41
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Funding Opportunities
Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) (NIH)
Deadline: October 24, 2013
The Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) award is intended to support the research and research career development of outstanding scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who plan to make a long term career commitment to research in specific mission areas of the NIMH. This award seeks to assist these individuals in launching an innovative clinical, translational, basic or services research program that holds the potential to profoundly transform the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of mental disorders. Click here for more information.
Improving Health and Reducing Premature Mortality in People with Severe Mental Illness (NIH)
Deadline: November 7, 2013
This FOA will support grants of up to five years for rigorous effectiveness testing of innovative services interventions designed to reduce the prevalence and magnitude of common modifiable health risk factors related to shortened lifespan in adults with severe mental illness (SMI), as well as in children and youth with serious emotional disturbances (SED). Click here for more information.
Comorbid HIV, Chronic Pain, and Substance Use among Older Adults (NIH)
Deadline: November 15, 2013
To improve understanding of the intersection of HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is part of a multipronged 2014 expansion of HIV and AIDS related research within the context of drug and alcohol abuse among understudied populations and in understudied settings that show promise for the development of effective prevention and treatment efforts. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites innovative, exploratory research applications proposing to study the intersection of HIV, chronic pain, and substance use among older adults. Click here for more information.
VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment
Each year, one Allied Health Fellow from clinical psychology, counseling psychology, social work, nursing or pharmacy are accepted at each site. The primary goal of the fellowship program is to train MDs, psychologists and other allied health professionals to become leading clinical researchers in high priority areas of mental health. Over the course of the two-year program, fellows are trained in academic and health systems research, advanced clinical care service delivery, and program administration in an interdisciplinary setting. The fellowship combines individual mentored research and clinical training with state-of-the-art educational experiences. Click here for more information.
Health Foundation for Western and Central New York Health Leadership Fellowship
Deadline: December 17, 2013
The goal of the Health Leadership Fellows program is to expand a network of skilled leaders that will learn to lead collaboratively from both within and outside of their organizations and become advocates for improved health care delivery, particularly for the frail elderly and children from communities of poverty. Eligible applicants include professionals in decision-making positions of influence in health-related or safety-net organizations that serve frail elders or children living in communities of poverty in western and central New York. Click here for more information.
McGill University Centre for Research on Children and Families Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: November 1, 2013
In addition to pursuing their own program of research in child welfare, the Fellowship researcher will collaborate with faculty and graduate students on activities related to: (1) examining the dynamics and outcomes of child welfare services; (2) supporting
the capacity of child welfare agencies to analyze clinical and administrative data; and (3) developing expertise in analytical methods using administrative data within a participatory research framework. Click here for more information.
Perlman Foundation Bridging the Gap Awards
Deadline: October 31, 2013
This funding opportunity targets organizations that use innovative methods to positively impact individuals living in low-income communities. Recipients will be awarded a one-time, unrestricted, matching donation between $5,000 and $20,000 to further their mission. Click here for more information.
DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being
Deadline: December 15, 2013
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago is pleased to offer the Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being. These fellowships are designed to identify and develop a new generation of leaders interested in and capable of creating practice and policy initiatives that will enhance child development and improve the nation's ability to prevent all forms of child maltreatment. The fellows receive an annual stipend of $25,000 for up to two years to support the completion of their dissertation and related research at their academic institution. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Papers
The Journal of Gerontology: Special Issue on Social Networks
Deadline: November 1, 2013
The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences is announcing a special issue on social networks to be published in early 2015.We are particularly interested in papers that analyze social networks in sophisticated or innovative ways. Micro- and macro-level analyses as well as theoretical, quantitative, and qualitative approaches will be considered. Analyses involving egocentric or whole networks are welcome, as are analyses involving social network indices or triadic and higher-order processes. Papers may focus on aspects of social network structure in their own right or examine relationships between social networks and their determinants and/or effects. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work 26th Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS 2014: The Social Work Response
Deadline: December 10, 2013
The 2014 theme will examine the many ways in which HIV care is evolving. While social determinants and healthcare disparities continue to be critical issues in understanding HIV, some now see HIV as best treated primarily like a chronic disease. Treatment as prevention is another perspective under consideration that may have far reaching impacts on service delivery. We are especially interested in receiving presentation proposals that address aspects of the 2014 conference theme. Click here for more information.
STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
Call for Papers
Deadline: January 31, 2014
The National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP) is offering a Research Paper Competition for undergraduates and master's students this year and invites submissions from students and recent graduates at member and nonmember institutions. The paper must be on the topic of drug addiction or HIV, and students are encouraged to use data released by the National Addiction and HIV Data Archive PRogram. The purpose of the competition is to highlight exemplary research papers on topics related to addiction and HIV that are based on quantitative analysis. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Data Seal of Approval Conference
This conference will be held on October 8, 2013 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but all of the day's events will be available for live stream on the ICPSR website. Click here for more information.
UC-Davis Center for Poverty Research Conference - The Affordable Care Act & Low Income Populations: Lessons from and Challenges for Research
November 1, 2013 - Davis, CA
The conference will feature research highlighting what we already know about likely effects of the ACA on the poor and a panel discussion of the most critical new directions for research as the ACA is rolled out. Click here for more information.
The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Annual Colloquium on Social and Behavioral Science and Public Policy
November 4-5, 2013 - Washington, DC
The theme of the meeting is Societal, Technological, and Scientific Changes. It will feature presentations by the new director of the Census Bureau and leaders from the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health. Other highlights will include panels on America's Political Institutions in Trouble, Social Science and the Press, and Changes Regarding Race in America. In addition, there will be sessions on Changes in Living Arrangements and the Impact of Technology on Social Change. Click here for more information.
New England Alliance for Children's Health (NEACH) 2013 Children's Health Summit
November 5, 2013 - Worcester, MA
Click here for more information.
University of Bath Institute for Policy Research Workshop - Beyond International Security: Social Security and Social welfare in the Middle East and North Africa - What are the Research and Policy Choices?
December 3, 2013 - Bath, UK
To mark the recent establishment of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Social Policy Network which is dedicated to the promotion of research on issues of social protection and social welfare in the MENA region, we are pleased to announce our first workshop. The aim of this workshop is to highlight the pivotal importance of social justice and social welfare issues affecting local populations in the MENA region and to present the case for social policy as a vital form of public intervention aimed at solving the enormous social problems that this region faces. Click here for more information.
Cornell University National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect Summer Research Institute
June 9-13, 2014 - Ithaca, NY
The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) will sponsor its 21st Summer Research Institute (SRI) for child maltreatment researchers The Institute will be an intensive experience in secondary data analysis that combines colloquia with hands-on computing time. Participants are selected on a competitive basis from a variety of disciplines including psychology, social work, and medicine. The primary goal of the Institute is to facilitate secondary analysis projects from which researchers can publish their findings. In addition, the Institute will provide child maltreatment researchers an invaluable opportunity for networking and collaboration. Click here for more information.
Urbanization and Global Environmental Change 2nd International Conference - Urban Transitions and Transformations: Science, Synthesis, and Policy
November 6-8, 2014 - Taipei, Taiwan
Our global environment is changing and humanity is at the center of these changes. With more than half of the world's population living in cities - a trend expected to continue - we've moved into the Century of the City where urbanization will continue to be a defining social, economic, and environmental characteristic of this new centennial. Despite the fact that cities have been loci for a number of environmental problems such as air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, clean water accessibility, etc., cities are also centers of innovation, education and offer better accessibility to services such as health care and economic opportunities. With the majority of future growth expected to take place in smaller to medium-sized cities, particularly in the developing world, a central question is: How can we capture the benefits and opportunities of urbanization, whilst mitigating the negative effects, in order to sustainably transform our urban future? Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
State Health Policy Research Dataset (SHEPRD): 1980-2010
This dataset was developed to study trends in the adoption of state public health laws during 1980-2010. Specifically, the dataset covers annual trends in seatbelt laws, speed limits for passenger vehicles on rural interstates, minimum legal drinking ages, drunk driving laws, laws prohibiting the purchase of alcohol on Sundays, regulations for registering purchased kegs and/or prohibitions against selling kegs, beer taxes and total alcohol tax revenues, motorcycle and bicycle helmet laws, cigarette taxes, cigarette advertising bans, bans on workplace smoking, bans on smoking in restaurants and bars, and tobacco taxes (total revenue). The dataset contains information about these laws for each year between 1980 and 2010, inclusive. In addition, it contains variables that describe the social, economic, demographic, health care, political, and crime characteristics of the states in each of these years. Click here for more information.
East Asian Social Survey (EASS), Cross-National Survey Data Sets: Culture and Globalization in East Asia, 2008
The East Asian Social Survey (EASS) is a biennial social survey project that serves as a cross-national network of the following four General Social Survey type surveys in East Asia: Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), and comparatively examines diverse aspects of social life in these regions. Survey information in this module focuses on leisure and recreational activities, as well as cultural norms and expectations of respondents. Click here for more information.
Study: Disparities in Health Insurance Among Children With Same-Sex Parents (published in Pediatrics)
By: Gilbert Gonzales and Lynn A. Blewett
This study examined disparities in health insurance coverage for children with same-sex parents and how statewide policies such as same-sex marriage and second-parent adoptions affect children's private insurance coverage. Results showed that disparities in private health insurance for children with same-sex parents diminish when they live in states that secure their legal relationship to both parents. Click here for more information and for access to the full article.
New Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief: The Affordable Care Act's New Tools and Resources to Improve Health and Care for Low-Income Families Across the Country
This issue brief reviews provisions of the ACA that have the potential to benefit low- and modest-income individuals, including those that expand health insurance coverage; strengthen primary care and improve care coordination; bolster the capacity of providers serving low-income communities; move toward greater accountability for the quality and cost of care; and invest in public health. It concludes by highlighting some of the challenges that lie ahead. Click here to view the full report.
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News & Notices
Population Council Launches New Research Initiative to Improve Programs for Adolescent Girls
The Population Council announced today the launch of RISING, a ResearchInitiative for Success IN Girl programs. RISING will apply decades of Council research and expertise with adolescent girls to test solutions that address current questions in girl-centered programs. It will also provide funding and technical assistance to partner organizations seeking to improve the success of their girl-centered programs. Click here for more information.
Rural hospitals and health centers face difficulties in recruiting and retaining qualified health IT staff as many of these individuals are instead drawn to large and generally academic institutions in urban locations. The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is attempting to remedy this problem by investing close to $5.3 million in grants to train a rural health workforce and bolster support for the use of telehealth services for veterans in these areas. Click here for more information.
According to a study conducted by Dr. Patricia Conrod of the University of Montreal and its affiliated Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Centre, teacher delivered interventions for mental health problems can be effective at lowering depression, anxiety and conduct disorders. Click here for more information.
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