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The Career Enhancement Fellowship Program seeks to increase the presence of minority junior faculty members and other faculty members committed to eradicating racial disparities in core fields in the arts and humanities. The Fellowship, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supports the Mellon Foundation’s mission to strengthen, promote, and, where necessary, defend the contributionsContinueContinue reading “Career Enhancement Fellowship Opportunity”

Dr. Nancy Greer-Williams recently contacted CCHE about assistance with alerting the HELI network about her employment search. Please consider alerting her to any opportunities in your spheres and sharing this communication with others you may know! Dr. Greer-Williams’ academic interests include social determinants of health and global populations, community-based participatory interventions, and graduate level studentContinueContinue reading “HELI 2010 alum, Nancy Greer-Williams, PhD, MPH, PCPH, seeking opportunity”

Congratulations to HELI 2016 alum Charles R. Rogers, PhD, MPH, MS, CHES on his new K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)! The K01 project is entitled “Developing a Barbershop-Based Trial on Masculinity Barriers to Care and Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake among African-American Men using a MixedContinueContinue reading “NCI K01 Award for HELI Alum Dr. Charles Rogers!”

Multiple congratulations are in order for HELI 2015 alum Dr. Vernon Grant! Dr. Vernon Grant (Blackfeet Nation) was appointed as an Assistant Research Professor in the Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIHRE) at Montana State University in January 2018 after finishing his T-32 Primary Care Research Fellowship with the UW-Madison Department ofContinueContinue reading “Congrats to HELI alum Dr. Vernon Grant!”

Congratulations to HELI 2015 alum Devon Payne-Sturges, DrPH, on her new K01 Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)! The K01 project is entitled “Systems Science Approaches for Assessing Cumulative Impacts of Air Pollution and Psychosocial Stressors on Neurocognitive Outcomes Among Children,” and Dr.ContinueContinue reading “K01 Award for HELI alum Dr. Devon Payne-Sturges!”

Congratulations to HELI 2018 alum Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, on her recent Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76) from the National Institute on Aging (NIA)! The prestigious Beeson award program is a collaboration between the NIA, the John A. Hartford Foundation, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeContinueContinue reading “Congrats to HELI alum Dr. Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi!”

The UNC Cancer Outcomes Research Program has an unexpected vacancy for a post-doctoral fellowship in their Cancer Care Quality Training Program (CCQTP), a multidisciplinary research training program. Strong post-doctoral candidates are encouraged to apply for this training program. The CCQTP is a NCI-funded training program focused on processes of cancer care delivery, including quality, access,ContinueContinue reading “Post-doc fellowship opening in UNC Cancer Care (CCQTP), 2018-2019”

The UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health is seeking candidates for the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology & would appreciate your help in identifying potential candidates for this key leadership position. The Department seeks a recognized leader with proven leadership and management skills as well as an outstanding academic background and strong clinicalContinueContinue reading “Chair of Anesthesiology Opportunity at UW-Madison”

The HELI team from the Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE) has a new publication! “Commentary: Critical Race Theory Training to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: The Public Health Critical Race Praxis Institute,” is published in the Journal of Ethnicity & Disease August 2018 Supplement 1: Applying Critical Race Theory in Health Equity Research. AuthorsContinueContinue reading “New Publication by Maryland Team”

CCHE would like to alert you to THREE tenure track positions available via a cluster hire at UW-Madison. UW-Madison is recruiting a cluster of three tenure track/tenured faculty across campus in order to build cross-disciplinary research expertise focused on reproductive equity. This Reproductive Equity Cluster was developed to build cross-disciplinary research expertise necessary to examineContinueContinue reading “UW-Madison Reproductive Equity Cluster Hires”