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· PIs and Project Coordinators please be sure to complete the Progress Report survey: http://hmcrc.srph.tamhsc.edu/surveys/progress_report/progress_report.htm · Please utilize the HMCRC web site and the individual Supplement & Workgroup Share Point sites as much as possible. These sites are designed to make working together and sharing information with other sites more efficient. Please use the site for: - Posting minutes - Reviewing/editing papers - Storing data...etc. |
Special Announcements from the HMCRC
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· Welcome Christine Kaunas, our new Program Manager for the HMCRC. Kerrie will be working part-time for the Resource Center as Chris transitions, but please start sending your questions to clkaunas@srph.tamhsc.edu. · NEWS FLASH! The individual Share Point sites for the supplements and workgroups are complete! PLEASE visit the site that corresponds to your group and let us know if you have any questions! There is also a link directly to the Share Point sites from the main HMCRC web site for easy access! · Please send in research findings and pictures from your studies so that we can use them in a rotating picture file for the web site! Please E-mail the pictures here! · The next meeting for HMC will be held on March 6-7 at the Watergate Hotel. In order to secure the gov’t. rate of $186/night please call 1-800-289-1555 by Friday, Feb. 3rd and use group promotion code “A.H.A. Health Maintenance Consortium”. |
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· Community Assessment Tools (ENACT): http://www.preventioninstitute.org/sa/enact/enact/index.htm · Tracking Health in Underserved Communities: www.factline.org ———————————————————— · The Prevention Communication Research Database (PCRD): http://www.health.gov/communication/ · The Information Architecture of Behavior Change Websites: http://www.jmir.org/2005/2/e12/ · ASA Physical Activity Module: · CDC HQORL Website at: |
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From HMCRC: Grantee Action Items!
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HMCRC November 2005 E-Newsletter |
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November 2005 |
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Volume 4, Issue 1 |
Current Job Openings
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· Health Communications Research Scientist · Health Disparities Research Scientist · Assistant Professor, Aging Services · Associate Dean for Research, Policy and Practice · George Mason University Department of Communication ** Please let us know if these jobs have been filled ** To view a complete list of jobs available, please visit the announcements section of the Grantee web site! http://hmcrc.srph.tamhsc.edu/Grantee_Section/Announcements/Announcements%20Page.aspx |
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· NIH Launches Major Program to Transform Clinical and Translational Science Please send us special reports, publications and abstract deadlines you would like posted. |
Recent Reports and Publications
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Funding Opportunities
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Below is a link to NIH PA-05-029 "Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health." This R01 requests applications to "link basic research to practice for improving prevention, treatment, health services, and dissemination.” Particular areas of interest include the environmental contexts, social relationships, interpersonal processes, and cultural factors that lead people to engage in healthy behavior. Application cycles are (February 1) June 1 and October 1. Full announcement is here: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-029.html#SectionIV3A |
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· Supplement Chairs: appoint 1 group member to be the point person for your Supplement Share Point site and let the HMCRC know by Nov. 18 · An All Supplement Chair call will be hosted before the end of the year; please respond promptly to the request for meeting times · Let HMCRC know about any planned HMC meetings so we may post on the calendar with call-in information. E-Mail Christine with any information. |
Web-Site Highlights
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· Each supplement & workgroup now has their own ListServ e-mail address. This will allow everyone to send an e-mail to one address and it will automatically be forwarded to everyone in your group. Each group has a link at the bottom of their individual Share Point site that is linked to the ListServ address. The ListServ is hot-off-the-press, so check your individual Share Point sites for more upcoming events and announcements! |
Upcoming Workshops / Meetings
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Minority Investigators Workshop on Behavioral Methodologies Please visit the “Meetings of Interest” link on the Announcements page of the Grantee site: http://hmcrc.srph.tamhsc.edu/Grantee_Section/Announcements/Announcements%20Page.aspx |
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· The new logo on the right side of the main HMCRC web site (as seen to the right) will take Grantees DIRECTLY to the individual Supplement & Workgroup Share Point sites! Simply click the logo and the individual sites will open up in a new page. Please utilize these sites as much as possible! NIH Announcement NIH plans to transition all of its competing grant programs one by one from paper to electronic by May 2007. NIH's electronic submission timeline is available at: |
