Parmender P. Mehta
Kaustubha Datta

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

http://www.unmc.edu/mspcf/index.htm

June 3-7, 2013
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Applications now being accepted through February 22, 2013

One of the most critical issues impeding improvements in public health today is the enormous gap between what we know can optimize health and healthcare and what actually gets implemented in every day practice. The science of dissemination and implementation (D&I) seeks to address this gap by understanding how to best ensure that evidence-based strategies to improve health and prevent disease are effectively delivered in clinical and public health practice.

Institute Goals

Washington University in St. Louis, with support from the National Institutes of Health (Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research in partnership with the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Mental Health) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is sponsoring this 5-day training institute to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting dissemination and implementation research in health. Faculty and guest lecturers will consist of leading experts (practitioners and teachers) in theory, implementation and evaluation approaches to D&I, creating partnerships and multi-level, transdisciplinary research teams, research design, methods and analyses appropriate for D&I investigations and conducting research at different and multiple levels of interventions (e.g., clinical, community, policy).

Participant Eligibility Requirements

This training is designed for investigators at any career stage interested in conducting Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) research. To be eligible, participants must NOT have received R18, R01 or R01-equivalent funding as a principal investigator for D&I research. Note: investigators who have received an R01 or equivalent are eligible, as long as the funding was not specifically for D&I research. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate experience with, or potential for, working effectively in transdisciplinary teams and who have strong partnerships with—or are embedded within—healthcare delivery, public health or community-based networks. We seek a balance of both junior and senior investigators, with the overall goal of bringing new people into the field of D&I research. While we anticipate most participants will be early to mid career individuals, we will enroll a limited number of senior researchers who are making the switch to D&I research.

In addition, to be eligible, participants must meet all of the following criteria:

• Hold a doctoral degree (PhD, ScD, MD, DrPH, DO, DVM, DNSc, DrPH, etc.).
• Have demonstrated experience and expertise in health science (e.g., medicine, behavioral medicine, nursing, medical anthropology, health economics, public health, health policy).
• Have a feasible D&I research concept to bring to the institute and develop throughout the week. This should be a project the applicant is seriously interested in conducting and/or submitting for funding.
• Federal employees are not eligible with the exception of individuals whose position allows them to receive grants and function as independent researchers (e.g., VA research investigators).
• Be willing and able to pay your own travel expenses (round trip airfare, ground transportation, and some meals) and attend the entire training 5-day institute, if accepted.

Applicants are NOT required to be citizens, permanent residents, or non-citizen nationals of the United States.

There is no fee to apply to attend the institute. However, all applicants are responsible for arranging and paying for their travel to attend.

For more information and instructions for how to apply, please visit the webpage: http://conferences.thehillgroup.com/OBSSRinstitutes/TIDIRH2013/index.html

Applications are being accepted for the all-expense paid Summer Institute in Cardiovascular Genetic Epidemiology at Washington University in St Louis, School of Medicine. 

Who:  Eligible applicants are junior-level faculty or scientists from minority groups that are under-represented in the biomedical or health sciences, and are United States Citizens or Permanent Residents.  Research interests should be compatible with those of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in the prevention of treatment of heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) disorders.  

What:  Our Program to Increase Diversity Among Individuals in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) is an all-expense-paid research training opportunity sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).  This mentored program will address the difficulties experienced by junior investigators in establishing independent research programs and negotiating through the academic ranks. The desired outcome is to improve the recruitment and retention of faculty from disabled and underrepresented minority groups in the study of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.
 
Where/When/Details:  The all-expense-paid program focusing on Cardiovascular Genetic Epidemiology brings participants to Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine for 3-week sessions during two consecutive summers, with a short mid-year visit and an Annual Meeting for all PRIDE Mentees and Mentors across 6 programs and the NHLBI. The PRIDE program provides mentor-mentee partnerships with matching based on common research interests.  The mentors are experienced in research and grant writing and will offer long-term collaborations.  The didactic curriculum involve faculty and mentors from multiple disciplines with various levels of hands-on training.  Special emphasis is placed on developing grantsmanship skills, with mentors assisting mentees one-on-one to develop specific research projects and improve long-term fundability.  NHLBI scientific program staff will provide a grants workshop to assist mentees with project focus and to identify viable funding sources to promote a sustainable independent research program for career advancement.

For additional details about the PRIDE Program visit: http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/pridege/  

A brochure and poster may be found at:  

http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/pridege/index_files/page447.htm

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Key Dates
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Estimated Publication Date of Announcement: Late winter, 2013
First Estimated Application Due Date: Spring, 2013
Earliest Estimated Award Date: Summer, 2013
Earliest Estimated Start Date: Summer, 2013

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AHRQ intends to publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to broadly solicit applications for research centers to participate in the “Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness” (DEcIDE) Network, a component of AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program (see http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/).  AHRQ plans to continue the collaborative research network that it established in 2005 with a specific focus on comparative effectiveness and patient-centered outcomes research (CER/PCOR) and methodologies that are designed to support evidence-base decision-making in patient communities served by (1) Medicare; or (2) State Medicaid and/or Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP) programs.  Overall FOA objectives are to conduct original research and appropriately disseminate the results to stakeholders. 

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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funded Research and the opportunities for New and Community-Based Medical Schools & Practice-Based Research Networks

Monday, December 3, 2012 – 3:00-4:30 pm ET

 To Register: http://tinyurl.com/c438jkr

(password: pcori)

 Featuring:
Ann Bonham, Ph.D., AAMC Chief Scientific Officer
Joe Selby, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Director, PCORI
Martin Dueñas, Director of Contracts Management, PCORI

The perspectives of current PCORI-funded researchers

This special webinar is free and targeted to medical school leaders, research administrators, and potential faculty applicants.
To submit questions before the webinar e-mail PCORI@AAMC.ORG.

Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns is an initiative to reduce early elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks and to offer enhanced prenatal care to decrease preterm births.

On Wednesday, November 28th, the CMS Innovation Center will be holding a webinar to discuss the importance reducing early elective deliveries has on improving the health of mothers and newborns across the country. Expert speakers will share some best practices on how to reduce early elective deliveries. Individuals representing the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, the March of Dimes, providers and payers will convey examples of successes and how reducing early elective deliveries can be accomplished. We invite all interested providers and payers to attend this event.

What:

Webinar: Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns – Reducing Early Elective Deliveries

When:

Wednesday, November 28, 2012     |     3:00pm – 4:30pm ET

Where:

Sign up to register.

Participants are strongly encouraged to use the web link for full access to the presentation. If you are unable to hear via your computer speakers, please dial 1-888-776-9631 and enter code 9100747# when prompted. Please connect to the webinar 10 minutes early to ensure that you are joined into the webinar.

Speakers include:

Erin Smith

Patient Care Models Group

CMS Innovation Center

Hal C. Lawrence, MD

Executive Vice President

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists

 Scott D. Berns, MD, MPH, FAAP

Senior Vice President & Deputy Medical Director

March of Dimes

Date: December 3, 2012
Time: 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm ET
Faculty: Amy Abernethy, MD (Duke)

This series is presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) Program in Collaboration with the Center for Learning Health Care at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. For more information, visit http://www.academyhealth.org/Training/ResourceDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=9479