Weekly News and Announcements October 5, 2015

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1 Weekly News and Announcements October 5, 2015 Trouble viewing this ? Pdf versions of this and all prior announcements are available at SDHI ANNOUNCEMENTS - SDHI Scholarship & Research in Progress (SRIP) is Thursday, October 8th in ARSC Rm 622 at the School of Social Work Building (1800 SW 6 th Ave.) from 4-5:10pm. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Presenter: Dora Raymaker, PhD Title: Narratives of Autism and Employment Description: This exploratory, qualitative research proposal seeks to understand the experiences of autistic employees and their employers in situations where there has been self-identified successful employment, with the intention to inform a future intervention. Originally constructed as a Faculty Enhancement Grant (FEG) proposal, I'm now reworking it submit as an Enhancing Cross-disciplinary Infrastructure Training at Oregon (EXITO) proposal. Stage of Work: Early grant writing. Feedback: Ideas for how best to convert the proposed idea from FEG to EXITO, and where there might be holes or areas for improvement in the proposal in general. - Centers in Self-Management of Symptoms: Building Research Teams for the Future (NIH); Application Deadline: November 30, 2015; - Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Research Program Grants (NIH); Application Deadline: January 19, 2016; - Network for Social Work Management (NSWM) Policy Fellows Program; Application Deadline: October 8; - American Psychological Foundation Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grants; Application Deadline: November 1; - The Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation Fellowships for New Americans; Application Deadline: November 1; - Autism Speaks Dennis Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowships; LOI Deadline: November 5; Application Deadline: December 17; edoctoral_fellowship_rfa.pdf

2 - Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); LOI Deadline November 12, Application Deadline February 16, 2016; - Major Opportunities for Research in Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Resilience (R01) (NIA); Application Deadline: December 11; - Novel Approaches to Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease & Predicting Progression (R01) (NIA); Application Deadline: December 11; CALLS FOR ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS - Call for Book Chapters: Black Women's Health Imperative - Black Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability; For more information, contact Stephanie Y. Evans at contact@professorevans.net - Call for Papers: Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) 2016 Conference - Careers, Care, and Life-Course "Fit:" Implications for Health, Equality, and Policy; Deadline: November 2, 2015; CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT - Healthy People 2020 Public Comment; Open October 15-November 13; WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, AND CONFERENCES Addiction and Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference: Navigating a Changing Healthcare Landscape; October 14-16, Marina del Rey, CA; - National Association of State Health Policy (NASHP) 2015 Conference - Blazing New Trails: Innovations in State Health Policy; October 19-21, Dallas, TX; th Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS - The Social Work Response: This is What We Are About: Champions for HIV Care; May 26-29, Minneapolis, MN; c8d6ddedff93.pdf RESOURCES - World Family Map 2015: Mapping Family Change and Child Well-Being Outcomes; child-well-being-outcomes&utm_source=e- News%3A+How+the+U.S.+compares&utm_campaign=E-News+9%2F24&utm_medium= JOB OPENINGS - Research Assistant, PSU Regional Research Institute (RRI); Letter and Resume Deadline: October 9.

3 For more information on each of these, see below. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Centers in Self-Management of Symptoms: Building Research Teams for the Future (NIH); Application Deadline: November 30, 2015; This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to build P20 Centers in the selfmanagement of symptoms and build research teams for the future. The purpose of NINR P20 Centers is to plan and build new research teams in interdisciplinary, biobehavioral research for scientists conducting self-management of symptoms. Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Research Program Grants (NIH); Application Deadline: January 19, 2016; This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to participate in a research program cooperative agreement to support the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN). The Network will have the capacity to develop and conduct innovative behavioral, communitybased, translational, therapeutic, microbicide and vaccine trials in HIV-at-risk and HIV-infected youth ages 12 to 24 years, with a focus on the inclusion of minors. Investigators with innovative thinking and novel approaches to address the public health issues facing adolescents are encouraged to apply. Network for Social Work Management (NSWM) Policy Fellows Program; Application Deadline: October 8; The aim of this program is to encourage social workers in management to be at the forefront of policy. Social workers should engage proactively with policies that directly affect the individuals, families and communities they serve - either to redress those policies that now produce a negative impact, or to promote policy solutions in response to issues made evident in the course of doing work. The Policy Fellows program offers practical training in social work management for emerging and mid-career leaders seeking new experiences and skills. American Psychological Foundation Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grants; Application Deadline: November 1; $15,000 grant for empirical and applied research focused on lesbian, gay and bisexual family psychology and lesbian, gay and bisexual family therapy. The Roy Scrivner Research Grants provide graduate student grants (preference given to dissertation candidates) for empirical or applied research that encourages the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) family psychology and LGBT family therapy. Researchers from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences are encouraged to apply. The Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation Fellowships for New Americans; Application Deadline: November 1; Every year, The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports thirty New Americans, immigrants or the children of immigrants, who are pursuing graduate school in the United States. Full eligibility requirements can be found at: Each Fellowship supports up to two years of graduate study - in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program - in the United States. Please note that the Fellowship does not cover tuition for executive programs, accelerated Bachelor's/Master's programs, or online degrees. Each award is for up to $25,000 in stipend support (not to exceed $35,000), as well as 50 percent of required tuition and fees, up to $20,000 per year, for two years.

4 New Fellows join a strong community of current and past Fellows who all share the New American experience. The application deadline is November 1, 2015 at 11:59 pm EST. The competition is merit-based. Selection criteria emphasize creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained accomplishment. The program values a commitment to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The program does not have any quotas for types of degrees, universities or programs, countries of origin, or gender, etc. Autism Speaks Dennis Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowships; LOI Deadline: November 5; Application Deadline: December 17; l_fellowship_rfa.pdf The primary purpose of the Weatherstone fellowship is to provide highly qualified candidates with exceptional research training opportunities broadly related to the study of Autism Spectrum Disorders. General areas of research include: behavioral, psychosocial and /or educational challenges; family issues; language / communication; environmental factors; epidemiology and public health; health services research; genetics and/or genomics; health services research; medical / psychiatric comorbidities; biomedical and/or pharmacological interventions; developmental biology; neuroscience; physiology / anatomy; and technology development. Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); LOI Deadline November 12, Application Deadline February 16, 2016; This Notice encourages research institutions or consortiums of institutions with expertise in comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER)/patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), and in clinical research related to the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), to consider applying for this new PFA. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) seeks to fund randomized clinical trials (RCTs) or large observational studies that compare two or more alternative clinical strategies for treatment of MS that address the following questions: What are the comparative benefits and harms of different disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) or therapeutic strategies in patients with relapsing, remitting multiple sclerosis on symptoms, functioning, quality of life, disease activity, and disease progression? Strategies may include comparisons of initial DMT treatment or comparisons of follow-on treatments in patients for whom initial DMT treatment has failed, including strategies for sequencing or combining agents, changing to a different DMT, or escalating DMT dose. What are the comparative benefits and harms of different approaches, other than DMTs, for ameliorating important symptoms in people with MS? Symptoms of interest include fatigue, difficulty walking, memory or attention problems (cognition), bladder problems, numbness or tingling, and pain. Studies of patients with progressive forms of MS are of particular interest. What is the comparative effectiveness of telerehabilitation vs. conventional direct care interventions for improving outcomes in people with MS, such as functional status, fatigue, and quality of life? Major Opportunities for Research in Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Resilience (R01) (NIA); Application Deadline: December 11; This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages investigator-initiated applications addressing the epidemiology of Alzheimer s disease (AD) as well as protective factors for cognitive health and resilience. All projects in cognitive epidemiology and genetics/genomics relevant to AD are welcome. NIA especially encourages projects or revisions to projects that propose: augmenting existing longitudinal cohort studies; enabling precision medicine for AD; enhancing the power of multi-ethnic cohort studies; exploring trends in the risk of AD and their explanation via putative risk and protective factors; collecting

5 and sequencing DNA samples from well-characterized cases and controls; electronic archiving of cohort studies; harmonizing complex data sets relevant to AD; and harmonizing dementia assessment to enhance cross-national comparisons. Novel Approaches to Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease & Predicting Progression (R01) (NIA); Application Deadline: December 11; This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research applications to identify novel biomarkers to diagnose Alzheimer s disease and to predict clinical course. CALLS FOR ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS Call for Book Chapters: Black Women's Health Imperative - Black Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability. The Black Women's Health Imperative invites chapters that address mental wellness as personal, interpersonal, social, political, clinical, historical, and global phenomenon and that explore dimensions of holistic mind, body, and spiritual health. For more information, contact Stephanie Y. Evans at contact@professorevans.net Call for Papers: Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) 2016 Conference - Careers, Care, and Life-Course "Fit:" Implications for Health, Equality, and Policy; Deadline: November 2, 2015; We seek fresh and innovative scientific contributions on work and family issues from investigators in diverse disciplines. We value all disciplinary perspectives on the issues, including, but not limited to, anthropology, business and management, economics, family studies, gender studies, history, political science, philosophy, psychology, public health, social work, sociology, and related fields. Fresh and innovative submissions responsive to the conference theme are especially encouraged. We want to showcase the fact that individual, family, organizational, state, national and international research - qualitative and quantitative - has implications for workers' and working families' life quality as well as for understanding gender and other inequalities at all stages of the life course. Click here for more information. CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Healthy People 2020 Public Comment; Open October 15-November 13; The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is soliciting written comments regarding objectives proposed for inclusion in Healthy People 2020 since the last public comment period in fall Healthy People 2020 will continue to provide opportunities for public input periodically throughout the decade to ensure that Healthy People 2020 reflects current public health priorities. Public participation helps shape the framework, objectives, and targets of Healthy People During this round of public comment, we would like your input on objectives proposed for the following topic areas: Family Planning Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Preparedness Social Determinants of Health These proposed objectives were developed by topic area workgroups, which are led by various agencies within the Federal government. They have been reviewed by the Federal Interagency Workgroup on Healthy People 2020 and are presented now for your review and comment. You are also invited to

6 suggest additional objectives for consideration that address critical public health issues within the 42 existing topic areas of Healthy People WORKSHOPS, LECTURES and CONFERENCES 2015 Addiction and Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference: Navigating a Changing Healthcare Landscape; October 14-16, Marina del Rey, CA; The UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) in collaboration with the Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC) is pleased to announce the 2015 Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference. Researchers, clinicians, treatment providers, and policymakers are encouraged to attend. National Association of State Health Policy (NASHP) 2015 Conference - Blazing New Trails: Innovations in State Health Policy; October 19-21, Dallas, TX; 28th Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS - The Social Work Response: This is What We Are About: Champions for HIV Care; May 26-29, Minneapolis, MN; There will be over 125 presentations to be delivered in Minneapolis that will address all areas of contemporary HIV/AIDS social work practice. We will also put forth a strategy that envisions our professional HIV social work identity as champions for HIV care. RESOURCES World Family Map 2015: Mapping Family Change and Child Well-Being Outcomes; being-outcomes&utm_source=e-news%3a+how+the+u.s.+compares&utm_campaign=e- News+9%2F24&utm_medium= The World Family Map report monitors the global health of families by tracking 16 indicators in 49 countries, representing all regions of the world. This year's report includes an essay examining how parents divide labor-force participation, housework, and child care. JOB OPENINGS Research Assistant, PSU Regional Research Institute (RRI); Letter and Resume Deadline: October 9. Peggy Nygren and Anna Rockhill at the Regional Research Institute have received a contract from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to conduct home visiting program evaluation activities as part of the federally funded Maternal and Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV). The evaluation plan involves a mixed methods design, with both quantitative and qualitative arms, looking specifically at factors related to program retention. We are in need of research assistant support specifically related to the quantitative arm in the development and tracking of surveys, data management, and general support activities. Other team members will be responsible for instrument development and data analysis. The position will begin at.4 FTE [November - February] and drop to.25 FTE late spring 2016, with the potential to be extended contingent on project needs and funding. Interested candidates should show demonstrated abilities in the following areas: attention to detail, highly organized, knowledge of research methods/processes, effective communication of data collection activities/progress in both written and verbal form, and trouble shooting and problem solving. Duties will include but not be limited to development and organization of study documents, tracking survey responses, downloading and cleaning data from qualtrics, and preparing summary/frequencies statistics in SPSS. Experience with qualtrics and SPSS desired but not required.

7 If you are interested in the position, please send a letter and resume to Peggy (nygren@pdx.edu) and Anna (rockhill@pdx.edu) by COB Friday, October 9th, Feel free to contact either of us with questions.