Capacity Building Connection

Highlights 

• HomeGrown STL: Improving Black Male Well-Being, Economic Upward Mobility and Equity in the St. Louis Region – Sean Joe, PhD, MSW
  • January 19, 12:30pm-1:30pm CST
• ICHAD Speaker Series: Leveraging the Couple Relationship to Improve HIV Treatment Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa – Amy Conroy
  • February 9, 12:30pm-1:30pm CST
• Book Release Event: Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards Evidence Generation and Policy Development – Fred Ssewamala, PhD, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, PhD, Mary McKay, PhD
  • February 16, 10am-11am CST

Training and Research Support Opportunities

• Succeeding as a Postdoc – The Postdoc Academy
  • Deadline: January 24
• Institute for Implementation Science Scholars (IS-2) Washington University in St. Louis
  • Deadline: January 26, 5pm CST
  • Eligibility: Should be early-career to mid-career researchers who want to pursue D&I research in chronic disease prevention and control
• 6th Annual UCI Postdoctoral Scholar Research Symposium
  • April 14

 Funding

• L’Oréal USA For Women in Science
  • Deadline: January 28
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Epidemiologic studies in Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • Deadline: February 5
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities
  • Deadline: February 5
• Patient-Clinician Relationship: Improving Health Outcomes in Populations that Experience Health Care Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  • Deadline: February 5
• Measures and Methods to Advance Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities-Related Constructs (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • Deadline: February 5
• High Priority HIV and Substance Use Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  • Deadline: February 15
  • Eligibility: Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support
• Notice of Intent to Re-issue RFA-RM-21-022 – “Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity at Minority Serving Institutions (U01 Clinical Trial Allowed)”
  • Deadline: March 25
• Russel Sage Foundation Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics
  • Rolling deadline
  • Eligibility: Advanced doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, or non-tenured junior faculty members who are no more than two years beyond the receipt of their Ph.D. (or equivalent graduate degree)
• Grants Available for Family Well-Being Research
  • Rolling deadline
• Jeffrey Modell Foundation: Child Health Initiative to Lessen Disease through Research and Education Now (C.H.I.L.D.R.E.N.)

• Rolling deadline

• Roddenberry Foundation Catalyst Fund
  • Rolling deadline
  • Eligibility: Global eligibility. See the above link for more info.
• Active NIMHD Health Disparities Research Funding Opportunities

Presentations and Talks

• HomeGrown STL: Improving Black Male Well-Being, Economic Upward Mobility and Equity in the St. Louis Region – Sean Joe, PhD, MSW
  • January 19, 12:30pm-1:30pm CST
• Spring 2022 Seminar Series – Center for Social Development
  • January 24: “Family Bargaining with Altruism,” Robert A. Pollak, Washington University in St. Louis
  • February 7: “How West Indian Migrants Broke a Racial Cartel in Housing in Early 20th Century New York,” Eleanor Marie Brown, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law.
  • February 21: “Asset Building and Child Development: A Policy Model for Inclusive Child Development Accounts,” Jin Huang, Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School.
  • March 7: “Family Trees and Falling Apples: Intergenerational Mobility Estimates from U.S. Genealogical Data,” Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame.
  • March 21: “Is There a Bright Side to Nepotism? Family CEOs, Turnover, and Firm Performance,” Bart Hamilton, Washington University in St. Louis.
• Is Professionalism a Racist Construct? – Jewel Stafford, MSW and Cynthia Williams, MSW, LCSW
  • February 1, 12:30pm-1:30pm CST
• Solving Social Work’s Critical Leadership Problem – Barry Rosenberg
  • February 8, 12:30pm-1:30pm CST
• ICHAD Speaker Series: Leveraging the Couple Relationship to Improve HIV Treatment Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa – Amy Conroy
  • February 9, 12:30pm-1:30pm CST
• Book Release Event Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards Evidence Generation and Policy Development – Fred Ssewamala, PhD, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, PhD, Mary McKay, PhD
  • February 16, 10am-11am CST
• Strengthening Implementation Science With Systems Science by Douglas Luke at 2nd Conference of the Swiss Implementation Science Network
  • February 9-11
• Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health – Ongoing Friday Morning Seminar
  • Fridays, 10:00 am–12:00 pm EST

Conferences

• Moving Towards Impact – Implementation Science in Switzerland (Virtual & Hybrid)
  • February 9-11
• 2022 Annual Conference (In-Person)
  • April 1, 9am CST

Jobs

• Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist Position at Fordham University
• Associate Director for Research at Boston College
  • Eligibility: PhD in Public Health, Social Work, Psychology or other related field
• Clinical Assistant Professor at Boston College
  • Eligibility: Ph.D. in Social Work, Psychology, Public Health or other related areas
• Temporary Administrative Manager at Boston College
  • Eligibility: Master’s Degree in Public Health, Business, Public Administration, or other related field preferred
• Research Scientist Position – Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Director for Africa and The Middle East – Yale Office of International Affairs

 Additional Opportunities, News & Resources

• Listening Sessions – NIH Stakeholders Discuss Racial & Ethnic Equity
  • Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs), Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), Advocacy Organizations
    • January 18, 6pm – 7:30 pm EST
  • Students and Trainees
    • January 26, 6pm – 7:30 pm EST
  • Research Staff (Assistants, Associates, Technicians)
    • January 27, 3pm – 4:30 pm EST
  • Colleges and Universities
    • February 1, 1pm – 2:30 pm EST
• Director’s Message: Steps Toward Equity at NIMH
• Journal Club on Race in Science – Race & Opportunity Lab
• NIMHD Lauds New Awards on Innovative Health Disparities and Health Equity Research (NIH News Release)

• New Stigma and Discrimination Research Toolkit (NIH Research Tool)

• NIH awards $75M for Data Science for Data Science Research in Africa  (NIH Press Release)
• Faculty Positions at the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) in the College of Medicine at the University of Kentucky
  • Seeking Assistant, Associate, or Full Professors for tenure track, Regular Title Series, full time (12 month) positions
  • Application review will begin September 1, and will continue until the appropriate candidates are identified
• NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (LRP-HDR)
  • Eligibility: U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents of the U.S.
• Diversify Your Funding Portfolio (Article)
• NIMHD-Funded Study Evaluates a Trust-Based Intervention to Increase Minority Enrollment in Clinical Trials (Report)
• The Time is Now for Graduate Programs to Walk the Walk on Diversity (Article)