Announcements

CDC/OMHHE Hosts Hispanic Heritage Month Webinar

CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) will host “Getting Data Right – and Righteous to Improve Hispanic or Latino Health” featuring Alfonso Rodríguez-Lainz, PhD, DVM, MPVM. As lead author, Rodríguez-Lainz will discuss the importance of population health monitoring programs to collect data elements that better capture Hispanics’ diversity. Rodríguez-Lainz will also cover ways to provide language assistance to assure meaningful inclusion of all Latino and Hispanic populations in national health monitoring. The webinar will be held on October 3, 2017, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (ET) during Hispanic Heritage Month. You can link to the webinar by visiting OMHHE’s Minority Health Events webpage. This webinar is open to physicians, public health practitioners and workers, community leaders, and state and local health agency staff. Registration is not required. For questions or information, contact OMHHE@cdc.gov.

Funding Opportunities

PA-17-247 Implementation and Evaluation of New Health Information Technology (IT) Strategies for Collecting and Using Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Measures (U18). Application Deadline: September 25, 2017, September 25, 2018, September 25, 2019.

PAR-16-356 NIH: Social Epigenomics Research Focused on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R21). LOI due 30 days prior to the application due date. Application Deadline:  November 15, 2017, November 15, 2018.

PAR-17-265 Initiation of a Mental Health Family Navigator Model to Promote Early Access, Engagement and Coordination of Needed Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents (R01). Application Deadline: January 7, 2018

PAR-17-266 Pilot Studies to Test the Initiation of a Mental Health Family Navigator to Promote Early Access, Engagement and Coordination of Needed Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents (R34). Application Deadline:  January 7, 2018

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Charitable Giving program is actively seeking grant proposals supporting Native health initiatives throughout the Unites States. There is a fairly wide latitude of flexibility in terms of the specific initiative. The typical funding amount for a first time applicant is about $5,000 to establish a relationship. Proposals are reviewed quarterly. For more information, contact Mindy Silva, Program Officer, (909) 864-8933 X 3153. Application Deadline:  Not listed

Conferences/Meetings

August

Advisory Committee on Minority Health Meeting – August 28 – 29, 2017, Rockville, MD

September

Tenth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved – September 25-28, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia