Congratulations to Dr. Randy Brown!

The Center is delighted to congratulate 2011 HELI Alum Dr. Randall Brown on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure by the University of Wisconsin Social Studies Divisional Committee! Read more about Dr. Brown’s background and research interests in his Department of Family Medicine directory page, here. Congratulations, Randy!

HELI 2014 Application Now Available

The HELI 2014 Application is now available online for HELI Alum! Please take 10 minutes to complete your application via the following link, https://uwmadison.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6y7aWmKM2JSMTat. As announced, HELI 2014 will target our Alumni from the previous 4 years of HELI; all Alumni are eligible to apply. The application is required since we don’t have the capacityContinueContinue reading “HELI 2014 Application Now Available”

Congratulations to Dr. Cindy Haq on Inaugural Community Impact Award!

The Center would like to congratulate CCHE team member Dr. Cynthia Haq on earning the inaugural Community Impact Award, presented by the Medical Society of Milwaukee County (MSMC)! Dr. Haq is a professor of Family Medicine and Population Health Science in UW-SMPH, is the Community-Engaged Research & Education Coordinator for CCHE in Milwaukee, directs theContinueContinue reading “Congratulations to Dr. Cindy Haq on Inaugural Community Impact Award!”

February 2014 Conference on Complex Systems, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges

The Center would like to alert you to a call for poster submissions for the upcoming Complex Systems, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges conference, February 24-25, 2014 in Bethesda, Maryland.The University of Michigan Network on Inequality, Complexity and Health has organized this event to bring together scholars and practitioners from the United StatesContinueContinue reading “February 2014 Conference on Complex Systems, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges”

Training Opportunity on Randomized Clinical Trials – Deadline Jan. 24, 2014

The Center would like to alert you to an NIH Training Opportunity on Randomized Clinical Trials for early career scholars. The 14th Annual Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials will take place July 20-August 1, 2014 at the Airlie Conference Center in Warrenton, Virginia. Applications are due Friday, January 24, 2014.Further details are available,ContinueContinue reading “Training Opportunity on Randomized Clinical Trials – Deadline Jan. 24, 2014”

HELI-2011 alum, Chidi Obasi MD MS PhD, seeking immediate research opportunity in health disparity/health equity research

Dr. Chidi Obasi recently contacted the Center about assistance with alerting HELI alum about his employment search – his academic interests include health disparities, public health and preventive medicine. His work has focused on developing research instruments and complementary medicine useful in evaluating the severity of acute respiratory infections in communities. He recently completed aContinueContinue reading “HELI-2011 alum, Chidi Obasi MD MS PhD, seeking immediate research opportunity in health disparity/health equity research”

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Call for Proposals – Round 8

Thank you to Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn, CCHE academic collaborator and HELI faculty, for alerting us to the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) New Connections Call for Proposals!Today, the RWJF New Connections program launches its eighth annual Call for Proposals. New Connections offers early- and mid-career researchers from historically underrepresented backgrounds funding opportunities, as wellContinueContinue reading “Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Call for Proposals – Round 8”

New CRIHB Resource on Infant Health Outcomes

The Center would like to alert you to a new resource – the Community and Research Information for Healthy Births (CRIHB) website is a “one stop shop” for accessing data about factors that affect Milwaukee and Wisconsin infant health outcomes.Using a population health framework, CRIHB explores the broad social determinants of health and how theyContinueContinue reading “New CRIHB Resource on Infant Health Outcomes”