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| February 27, 2019  In This Issue:  | | - HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH): Facebook Live Q&A. Research Spotlight: Women of Color in STEMM. As part of Black History Month, join speaker Sadhana Jackson, MD, Assistant Clinical Investigator in the Neuro-Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). During this Q&A, Dr. Jackson will answer questions about her work on the role of sex and gender in health and disease, and on the health of women from the perspective of an African American woman working in biomedicine.
February 27, 12:00 pm ET. Learn more.
|  | | - HHS/OMH: Webinar. Holistic Health and Sickle Cell Disease: A Focus on Mental and Behavioral Health. This webinar will discuss the various aspects of mental and behavioral health in sickle cell patients, as well as a holistic approach to treatment. Presenters will share information on the mental health disparities that exist among sickle cell patients and ways that health care providers can work to address them.
February 28, 1:00 pm ET. Register. | OMH Grants - HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH): Grant. OMH Hepatitis B Demonstration Grant Program. OMH seeks to develop model comprehensive hepatitis B programs that include strategic partnerships between: community-based organizations servicing communities-at-risk; departments of health; perinatal hepatitis B programs; safety net providers; research centers; and healthcare facilities.
Deadline is April 13. Learn more. Federal Grants - US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Grant. Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages. Eligibility is limited to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) governments (Federally recognized), AI/AN tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), and private institutions of higher education.
Deadline is March 20. Learn more.
- HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Grant. Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants. The goal of this program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12-20.
Deadline is March 22. Learn more.
- HHS/SAMHSA, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT): Grant. Building Communities of Recovery. The purpose of this program is to mobilize resources within and outside of the recovery community to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term recovery support from substance abuse and addiction.
Deadline is April 2. Learn more.
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA): Grant. Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants - Opioid. Provides financial assistance to enable and improve distance learning and telemedicine services that address opioid addiction prevention, treatment and recovery among rural populations.
Deadline is April 15. Learn more. Non-Federal Grants - First Nations Development Institute: Grant. Native Youth and Culture Fund. Supports projects that focus on AI/AN youth and incorporate culture and tradition to address drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, mental health and/or other social issues.
Deadline for Letter of Intent is March 12. Learn more.
- Colorectal Cancer Alliance: Research grant. Chris4Life Research Program. Supports research projects on specific colorectal cancer risk factors, high-risk populations, effective screening and early diagnosis, and biomarkers.
Deadline is March 18. Learn more. Scholarships / Fellowships - American Indian College Fund: Full Circle Scholarship. Eligibility is limited to AI/AN students seeking undergraduate or graduate degrees at Tribal colleges and universities or at other non-profit and accredited schools.
Deadline is May 31. Learn more. Webinars -
The Dibble Institute: Rural Vs. Urban Youth: Are They Really That Different? Join presenters Torri Childs (AMTC and Associates), Crystal Agnew (Trinity Church Peacemakers Family Center) and Melissa Ballard (Mission West Virginia) as they discuss the evidence-based Love Notes Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) curriculum being used in rural West Virginia and in New York City.
March 13, 4:00 pm ET. Learn more. Other Events - Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK): Presentation. Making Connections: Meet the IMLS Native American Library Grantees. Join IMLS and FEDLINK for an opportunity to hear from recent awardees of IMLS Native American Library Services Enhancement grants and to identify ways federal libraries can build support for the nation's tribal libraries and information centers. Registrants can attend onsite or online.
March 12, 1:30 pm ET in Washington, DC. Register.  | | - University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, in partnership with the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis: Toolkit. Mental Health in Rural Communities. This toolkit compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations implementing mental health programs in rural communities across the United States, with a primary focus on adult mental health. Learn more.
| - Johns Hopkins University, in collaboration with the University of Maryland and the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Behavioral study. Sleep and Pain in Sickle Cell Disease. Researchers seek volunteers age 18 or older who have a diagnosis of sickle cell hemoglobinopathy (homozygous sickle cell disease, hemoglobin SC disease, or sickle/beta-thalassemia). Study to be conducted at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Learn more.
- Augusta University, in collaboration with Gilead Sciences and NIH NHLBI: Phase 1 clinical trial. The Role of Endothelin-1 in Sickle Cell Disease. Researchers seek volunteers age 18-65 years old with SS or sickle/beta-thalassemia for a study to determine the safety and tolerability of the drug ambrisentan. Study to be conducted at Augusta University in Augusta, GA. Learn more.
The report Physical and Mental Health Interventions for Black Men in the United States describes the findings of a field study on mental and physical health interventions for males of African descent ages 18 and older in America. It explains distinctions among the interventions as well as their effects on health outcomes of men who participated in the programs.
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