Other Events, Opportunities and Resources

  EVENTS

2022 Merrimon Lectureship Series

One of the UNC School of Medicine’s oldest and most prestigious endowed lectureships, the Merrimon Lectureship sponsors an annual event of public lectures and consultations involving a distinguished senior speaker addressing issues in the ethics and history of the health professions. The Center for Bioethics coordinates this lectureship, in collaboration with the UNC School of Medicine Dean’s Office.

• Driving Down Infant and Child Mortality: Victories, Dilemmas, and Persistent Disparities
  Nov. 3, 12:00 – 1:00p; 321 MacNider Hall (UNC) & Zoom
  

NIH @ NC State grantsmanship series open to TraCS partner institutions

The Proposal Development Unit in the Office of Research and Innovation at NC State University invites everyone in the broader NC TraCS community to participate in the NIH @ NC State Fall Grantsmanship Series. These seminars will acquaint you with the basics of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—from navigating the many institutes that make up the NIH to learning how to use the NIH RePORTER tool and more.

Sessions include:

• The ABCs of RPGx, Oct. 13
• RePORTER Tips and Tricks, Nov. 10

Housing as a Human Right: Next Steps to Health Equity

September 26; virtual

Hosted by P4HE Collaborative. Although housing is a human right, we are far from everyone having access to safe and adequate housing. Large inequities in housing affordability and quality persist in the U.S. and policies continue to perpetuate those injustices. Cross-sector efforts are needed to ensure fairing housing for all. In this webinar, we will learn from cross-sector leaders about efforts at  community, state and national levels to address housing equity.

From COVID to Monkeypox: A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci

October 4; virtual

The nation’s top infectious disease specialist will join us for a conversation with national health reporter Dan Diamond of The Washington Post. We’ll talk about the evolving threat posed by monkeypox, the current state of the COVID pandemic, and broader lessons on how we respond to emerging disease

Age My Way NC Summit

October 5; Raleigh

Governor’s Hometown Strong, the North Carolina DHHS, and AARP North Carolina invite you to join NC policymakers, aging experts, and advocates to plan for the future where, in a few short years, there will be more older residents than younger ones.

NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series

October 6; virtual

The next NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series lecture will feature guest speaker Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs at the University of Miami, Guillermo (Willy) Prado, Ph.D. Join NIMHD for his presentation, “Reducing Health Disparities in Hispanic Families: 20 Years of Research, Lessons Learned, and Opportunities.”

Semi-structured Interviewing (NC TraCS)

October 13

This interactive online workshop from NC TraCS will focus on semi-structured interviewing, a data collection method used in qualitative research. Participants will have the opportunity to practice developing interview questions and using interviewing skills.

2nd Annual Columbia Street Lecture

October 13; Fox Auditorium (UNC School of Nursing) and virtual

Monica R. McLemore, R.N., MPH, Ph.D., FAAN, will give the second annual Columbia Street Lecture: “Retrofit, Reform, and Reimagine: Paths to Health Equity.”
The purpose of the lecture is to inspire, interrogate and explore the ideas at the nexus of medicine, nursing, and public health, and to spur actions that move these ideas forward together.

AAMC Mid-Career Minority Faculty Leadership Seminar

Oct. 13-15; Washington, DC

This seminar is designed for associate professor level faculty who aspire to the professor and senior leadership levels and identify with a racial, ethnic or other group historically underrepresented in medicine. Discounted registration rates expire Sept. 7.

How to Protect Healthy Volunteers from Exploitation in Biomedical Research

October 19; virtual

Focusing on North America, this regional seminar will be hosted by the CMORE (The Comparative Model Organism Research Ethics) for Healthy Volunteers Project and the University of North Carolina Center for Bioethics. It will include discussions on real-life situations experienced by attendees from the USA and Canada, including that of healthy volunteers from the USA. Please note that the meeting will be recorded.

Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM) Cancer CARE Workshop

Feb. 23-24 and 27, 2023; virtual

This workshop seeks to provide participants with knowledge and skills to conduct quality and culturally appropriate research to improve care for SGM people across the cancer care continuum.

RAC Health Equity and Clinical Research in Southeastern NC Awards

Applications due October 4

The Research Advisory Council (RAC) is accepting applications for the promoting Health Equity and Clinical Research in Southeastern NC Awards in two areas of focus – clinical research and health equity research. The RAC is seeking to support collaborative projects, by design, principal investigators and team members for the UNC-SOM and Novant/NHRMC will engage in research projects that help to build our cross-site research portfolios while aiming to advance community health and wellness, access to high quality health care, and health equity in southeastern North Carolina.

Whole Community Connection Applications Open for Community-Academic Partnerships

Applications due October 18; open to Edgecombe and Robeson County, NC

Whole Community Connection invites applications form existing community-academic partnerships advancing health and well-being in Edgecombe or Robeson County, NC. Selected teams participate in leadership development and receive funding to implement community-led solutions

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows

Applications due November 7

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows has offered hands-on policy experience since 1973. Applications are open for the next cohort of Fellows. Preliminary applications are due November 7.
Register for an information session; available September 27, October 12 and October 25.

NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRP) Application Cycle Open

Applications due November 17

Have you thought about applying for an NIH Extramural LRP award? Do you know someone that should? Awardees can receive up to $100,000 of qualified educational debt repayment with a two-year contract

AJPH Call for Papers: Leveraging the Power of Communities in Public Health Crisis

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), in collaboration with the NIH, intends to publish a supplemental issue on the science of community-engaged research in documenting, understanding, and intervening to reduce or eliminate COVID-19-related health disparities and advance health equity.

  RESOURCES

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.