Other Events, Opportunities and Resources

  EVENTS

WALS Lecture: Community-engaged Approaches for Preventing and Controlling Obesity Among U.S. Latinos/Hispanics

February 8, 2023; NIH Bethesda, MD campus & live webcast

The goal of the NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series, colloquially known as WALS, is to keep NIH researchers abreast of the latest and most important research in the U.S. and beyond. Guadalupe Xochitl Ayala, Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science Professor at SDSU School of Public Health, will deliver a lecture on community-engaged approaches for preventing and controlling obesity among the Latinx population in the U.S.

National Association for Hispanic Nurses’ Hispanic Health Policy Summit

February 9-11, 2023; Washington, DC

The first Hispanic Health Policy Summit will combine the strengths of the nation’s leading Latinx focused nursing organization, the National Association for Hispanic Nurses, with other Latinx focused medical professional organizations, across all disciplines, to transform healthcare policy and accelerate the pace of research.

2023 NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference

February 22, 2023; Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

The one-day event is presented by the Carolina Hunger Initiative at UNC and will take place Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at The Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill. Attendees will have a chance to connect with other child hunger leaders from across the state, learn about new strategies and success stories, and leave re-energized to continue the fight against child hunger.

Xavier University’s 16th Health Disparities Conference

February 22-24, 2023; New Orleans, LA

This year’s conference, titled “Public Health Transformations to Achieve Health Equity,” will address community engagement, policy, practice, education workforce, and science.

Tribal Public Health Conference 2023

April 11-13, 2023; Durant, OK

A 7th Generation and Southern Plains Tribal Health Board collaboration, the conference theme will be: “Restoring Health and Uniting Community.” The conference committee is planning a jam-packed event with well-respected spearkers, networking opportunities, a context PowWow, and a few thoughtful surprises.

16th Annual Academic & Health Policy Conference on Criminal Justice Health

April 13-14, 2023; Raleigh, NC

This annual conference provides a forum for researchers, clinicians, administrators, educators, policymakers, and grant funding leaders to network, share evidence, and learn about emerging research and relevant policy updates in the field of correctional health care.

North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (for graduate students)

This one-year interdisciplinary, mentored fellowship prepares graduate health professional students to serve and empower vulnerable people to live healthier lives and create healthier communities. Fellows receive a $3,000 stipend as responsibilities are met. Apply by February 1, 2023.

Society of Academic Urologists DEI Research Proposals RFA

The SAU DEI Pilot Grant funds projects that promote diversity, inclusion, and health equity within the field of academic urology. Grants may focus on innovative approaches to: recruitment of diverse trainees at the medical student, resident, or fellowship level; promotion of innovative mentorship strategies to foster the success of diverse applicants; recruitment of diverse urology residency graduates into academics; and retention and promotion of urologists from diverse backgrounds within academic institutions and institutional leadership. Submission deadline: February 1.

4th NCI Symposium on Cancer Health Disparities Call for Abstracts

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the 4th NCI Symposium on Cancer Health Disparities.
Abstract submissions are due March 1. The registration deadline is March 28. The symposium will be April 4 and 5 in Bethesda, MD.

NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI)

HDRI supports the career development of promising early-career minority health and health disparities research scientists, and stimulates research in the disciplines supported by health disparities science. Application period: February 6 – March 13, 2023 (5:00pm ET).

Two new funding opportunities from NINR

Application due dates vary

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) published two new funding announcements focusing on NINR areas of emphasis for research to optimize health and advance health equity.

NRHA Health Equity Conference Call for Presentations

The National Rural Health Association is accepting research posters through February 9, 2023, for the association’s 28th Health Equity Conference on May 16, 2023 in San Diego, California.

You & Me Healthy

You & Me Healthy, coordinated by the Duke Clinical Research Institute, is a community of participants, local community groups, and clinicians working together to improve public health across the United States. The goal of this Registry is to share information about COVID-19, ask and learn about your experiences to help keep our communities safe and healthy, and to reach out about future research opportunities.

  RESOURCES

Video: Importance of Multisector Collaboration for Health Justice

The AAMC Center for Health Justice is committed to partnering with public health and community-based organizations, government and health care entities, the private sector, and community members to achieve the goal of better health for all. In 2022, the center convened a Multisector Partner Group to bring together people of diverse backgrounds and sectors to use their expertise and leadership to contribute to the work of the center. A new video features members of the Multisector Partner Group and highlights the importance of collaboration across sectors to achieve health justice.

Find Neighborhoods Facing Health Disadvantages with the Area Deprivation Index

The PolicyMap team added a new dataset to help identify neighborhoods that are most socioeconomically disadvantaged to assist researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in guiding health resources and outreach efforts to areas in need. This information is provided by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Health Disparities Research, who have published the Area Deprivation Index to summarize the social determinants of health in a precise geographic area – a neighborhood – noting socioeconomic conditions that can contribute to poor health outcomes.

BELIEVE works to improve Black maternal health

A collaboration between Carolina and NC A&T is focused on strengthening birthing teams, including lactation consultants and doulas, and addressing the problem of Black maternal mortality and Black maternal health in general.

Podcast series: Health Equity in Rural Hospitals

This four-part podcast series from the National Rural Health Resource Center brings together a variety of voices to elaborate on the steps rural hospitals can take to implement sustainable health equity programs and efforts.

ICYMI: 2022 National Health Equity Research Webcast Recording

CHER was proud to co-sponsor the National Health Equity Research Webcast: “Environmental Justice: The Science, the People, the Politics.” If you missed the September 16, 2022 webcast, you can now watch the recording.

Health Equity and Behavioral Health Integration

A new resource from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Academy provides a brief overview of the role of behavioral health integration in reducing disparities in health and healthcare, and shares practical strategies and resources for ensuring integrated practices are advancing health equity.

A Playbook for New Rural Healthcare Partnership Models of Investment

From PHI’s Build Healthy Places Network, the Playbook is an action-oriented guide designed for healthcare organizations who want to pursue partnerships with rural communities, economic development and other sectors, to create the community conditions that support improved health. It includes case studies from across the country and four core strategies used by healthcare entities as examples for future multi-sector rural partnerships to follow.

Which strategies will make North Carolinians healthier?

Gillings School researchers say the focus should be on tobacco-use policies and excise taxes to reduce binge-drinking, sugary drinks and smoking.

Critical Term: Why are Black mothers and babies dying?

The latest documentary from WRAL News shines a light on the maternal and infant health crisis and how local programs are working to lower this rate.

Recap and Live Recording of ‘Housing as a Human Right: Next Steps to Health Equity’

If you missed the Housing as a Human Right webinar from Partners for Advancing Health Equity and Tulane University on Sept 26, the live recording is now available for viewing.

Study Demonstrates Black and Hispanic People in NC Have Highest Risk of Dying at Home Due to COVID-19

David Wohl, M.D., member of the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases and professor of medicine in infectious diseases, and first author Jessie Edwards, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, examined the cumulative probability of dying at home from COVID-19 in a new study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

NIH Issues Data Management and Sharing Policy

The National Institutes of Health has issued its Data Management and Sharing Policy, which becomes effective on Jan. 25, 2023. The policy aims to promote the sharing of scientific data.

Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal-Child Health and Addressing Disparities through a Reproductive and Birth Justice Lens

From 2014 to 2015, W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) partnered with the University of New Mexico evaluation team to conduct a study to examine if and how the Foundation’s investments in the strategies of folic acid initiative, home visiting, doulas, breastfeeding peer counselors and baby-friendly hospitals were improving maternal-child health in WKKF’s priority places in New Mexico.

AAMC Health Equity Public Opinion Polling

The AAMC Center for Health Justice conducts regular nationally representative polling to ask the public about the health equity issues that matter to them. Check out these research briefs and infographics to learn more about what communities have to say about their own opportunities for health.

Supporting Communities and Local Public Health Departments During COVID-19 and Beyond: A Roadmap for Equitable and Transformative Change

In this new report, the Public Health Alliance of Southern California and the California Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity share policy, program, and resource recommendations and best practice examples to help ensure that local public health departments are adequately prepared to protect communities most vulnerable to the health and socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19, as well as future public health emergencies.

Grapevine Health Media Company

Grapevine Health is a data-driven health media company that delivers trusted health information to people where they are. They use technology and digital media to engage underserved communities in their health through relatable, culturally-appropriate multi-media content. They have a YouTube channel, Twitter account, podcast and more.

Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

North Carolinians can get critical help to pay for high-speed internet from a $3.2 billion federal program opening in May for families and households working, learning and shopping from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.