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2015 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty

The Center would like to alert you to the 2015 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty application materials, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (WW). The fellowships aim to increase the presence of minority Junior Faculty (African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, NativeContinueContinue reading “2015 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty”

Congratulations to HELI Alum Abiola Keller on RWJF New Connections Grant Award!

Congratulations to HELI 2012 Alum Abiola Keller, PhD, MPH, who was recently awarded a two-year $100,000 grant through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) New Connections program!Dr. Keller is a clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Marquette University and the grant will allow her to evaluate the increasing role ofContinueContinue reading “Congratulations to HELI Alum Abiola Keller on RWJF New Connections Grant Award!”

HELI 2015 Dates: June 14-19th!!

We are pleased to announce that HELI 2015 will be scheduled for Sunday, June 14th-Friday, June 19th. Please Save the Dates! We will share further details as they develop. The official Save the Date flyer for HELI 2015 is now available. Please share this flyer widely across your professional networks and encourage excellent health equityContinueContinue reading “HELI 2015 Dates: June 14-19th!!”

Recent Article – NIH to probe racial disparity in grant awards

The Center would like to alert you to a piece in the recent issue of Nature: NIH to probe racial disparity in grant awards. The NIH will assess whether grant reviewers are biased against minority applicants. Link to the article PDF available, here. Thank you to our colleague, David Burgess, Professor of Biology at BostonContinueContinue reading “Recent Article – NIH to probe racial disparity in grant awards”

Call for Applications: Minority Serving Institution Fellowship – Deadline: Sept 10, 2014

The Center would like to alert you to a call for applications from the American Evaluation Association for the 2014-2015 Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) Faculty Initiative. This initiative will bring a cohort of faculty from MSIs together throughout the 2014-2015 academic year and into the 2015 summer to participate in webinars, the AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation WorkshopContinueContinue reading “Call for Applications: Minority Serving Institution Fellowship – Deadline: Sept 10, 2014”

Assistant/Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences with a focus in Maternal and Child Health Opportunity at UIC

The Maternal and Child Health Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health has an opening for a tenure track faculty member. Please see the position notice form, including instructions for applying, here: Position Notice Form (PDF) For fullest consideration please apply by November 30, 2014. The anticipated start date isContinueContinue reading “Assistant/Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences with a focus in Maternal and Child Health Opportunity at UIC”

CTSA Tool Shop Webinar this Friday, June 27th @ Noon E.T.

The Center would like to alert you to an upcoming CTSA Tool Shop Webinar on Friday, June 27th at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. This webinar will focus on Rapid Response Team (RRT) Grant Proposal Software and will be presented by Robin Faria from the University of California Los Angeles CTSI. The online RRT Grant ProposalContinueContinue reading “CTSA Tool Shop Webinar this Friday, June 27th @ Noon E.T.”