An introductory webinar is scheduled for Thursday, January 5 at 10am PT/ 1pm ET. Attendees can register HERE. The Helping to End Addiction Long-term* Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative* is excited to announce an online networking and collaboration platform for pain researchers: the PURPOSE Network. The PURPOSE (Positively Uniting Researchers of Pain to Opine, Synthesize, and Engage) Network will: Provide a centralized community for research trainees and researchers across the continuum of basic, translational, and clinical research, Offer ongoing webinars and training opportunities, Deliver
Attention PCRC Members: We want to send you FREE STUFF to share with your frontline direct care workers, especially in home health, palliative care, and hospice to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations. These items are generously funded by a supplemental award to the PCRC (3U2CNR014637-09S1) and dissemination of these items is a funded aim of this award. We partnered with home health aides and hospice administrators to create messages that resonated with them related to COVID-19 vaccinations. Here is a link to request two documents 1) Communication Toolkit that has items available for ordering and
NIH has announced 2 Administrative Supplements for a Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) experiencing a critical life event such as childbirth, adoption, having serious personal health issues (e.g., an illness and/or debilitating condition), having a high-risk pregnancy, or having primary caregiving responsibilities for an ailing spouse, child, partner, parent or a member of one's immediate family during the project. NIMH supplements provide up to $70k in direct costs for the PD/PI to maintain the progress of research while the PD/PI is affected by the critical life event. First
The journal Cancers is inviting manuscript submissions to a special issue entitled "New Insights and Future Directions in Palliative Care across the Cancer Continuum". Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694) is an Open Access Journal by MDPI with an impact factor of 6.575 and is supported by an international editorial board consisting of a distinguished team of cancer researchers from major institutions around the world. The final deadline for submissions is August 1, 2023. Papers will be published on an ongoing basis. To access the call for submissions, click HERE
Cambia Health Foundation has opened the 2023 Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program call for applications, which will be the tenth and final cohort within the original program commitment of investing in up to 12 scholars per year for 10 years. As part of the leadership development program, each Sojourns Scholar receives $180,000 in funding ($90,000/year over a two-year period) to conduct an innovative and impactful clinical, policy, education, or systems change project in the field of palliative care. Each Scholar also receives individual mentorship and support to implement a leadership
The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory has published a new RFA for the Health Care Systems (HCS) Scholars Program. $120k in direct costs for 12 months. Goal: For investigators to partner with healthcare systems to develop research projects aimed at improving care for people living with dementia and their care partners Letter of Intent (Required): due by Dec. 19, 2022 @ 5pm ET Full Applications (Invitation Only): due by March 13, 2023 @ 5pm ET For more information click HERE
Improving Rural Health through Research Dissemination and Implementation The 2022 NIH Rural Health Seminar, hosted by the NIH Rural Health Special Interest Group, centers on the intersection of rurality and other factors that impact how research is implemented with rural populations. The event features expert insights into the effects of social determinants of health, culture, race and ethnicity, sexuality and gender, chronic complex conditions, and the lived environments. Register for the virtual event HERE. When: Thursday, November 17, 2022, from 12-1:30 pm ET For more information about this
The NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship (OCS) presents Blending Survivorship and Palliative Care for People with Advanced Cancer in the Precision Oncology Era presented by Dr. Laura A. Petrillo, MD and joined by Dr. Anne Charity Hudley, PhD. When: December 13, 2022 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET Register HERE This webinar will be archived on the OCS Events webpage HERE
The Notice for the technical assistance webinar for RFA-NR-23-001 HEAL Initiative: Prevention and Management of Chronic Pain in Rural Populations (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trials Required) has been released: NOT-NR-23-001: NOTICE OF NINR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WEBINAR FOR RFA-NR-23-001 Note: The technical assistance webinar is on Monday, October 24, 2022 from 12-1pm ET. The link to register is in the Notice (linked below): https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-NR-23-001.html
Building Skills to Conduct Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs) among People Living with Dementia (PLWD) and their Care Partners Wednesday January 25th, 2023 11am-3:30pm ET Thursday January 26th, 2023 11am-5pm ET Application deadline: October 21, 2022 Apply Here! This 1.5-day virtual workshop features all new material to build a foundation in practical aspects of designing and conducting ePCTs in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD). The
