Join Us for The Choose Virginia Conference 2013

Medical Students, Nurse Practitioner Students and Physician Assistant Students are invited to attend the Choose Virginia Conference scheduled October 12, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Richmond, Virginia.  The conference offers the opportunity for students to attend procedural skills sessions in the areas of OB/GYN, Dermatology, Musculoskeletal, OMT and others.  In addition to gaining exposure to faculty and residents of Virginia's Family Medicine Residency Programs during the skills sessions, students and residents will have the opportunity to learn more about loan repayment options and employment opportunities during designated times for exhibit hall visitation.

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Toolkit aims to reduce health disparities for racial, ethnic minorities.

American Medical News (9/10) editorializes, "Despite the best efforts of health professionals, patient advocates and policymakers, the US still struggles to eliminate pervasive health disparities, especially for racial and ethnic minorities." Recognizing physicians' clinical and ethical responsibilities to their patients, the AMA has produced a Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit, "an online resource designed to help large group practices and hospitals evaluate their own efforts to treat diverse patient populations." The "toolkit, which has been assisting users since 2008, utilizes surveys of patients and staff to determine how well a clinic or office handles impediments to care that might be driven by patients' language, culture, literacy, illness or fear.”

The Health Care Law and You: How does the ACA help Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders?

Sponsored by the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, this webinar will feature representatives from the Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the community who will speak about how the Affordable Care Act will increase health care access and reduce health care disparities for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

Title: The Health Care Law and You: How does the ACA help Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Region 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands)?
Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Speakers will include:

• Jaime Torres, Regional Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Region II
• Juliet Bui, Health Advisor, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
• Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza, Health Policy Director, Coalition for Asian American Children & Families
• Rhodora Ursua, Community Partner, Project CHARGE

Please register here to receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

*Note: this webinar is off the record and not intended for press purposes.

Virginia Youth Sharing Public Health Stories

Available Federal and Non Federal Grants

Federal Grants

Minority Population Specific: $500k or more . . .  

• Agency for International Development: Sustainable, Community Action and Leadership Enhancement towards Universal Health Care (UHC) through Clinical and Organizational Capacity-Strengthening of Midwives for Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN SCALE-UP) Grant. View Full Announcement
• Agency for International Development: Advancing Partners Community-based Family Planning Project Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or more . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Advancing Exceptional Research on HIV/AIDS (R01) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R01). View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Research Resource for Human Organs and Tissues (U42) Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or less . . .  

• HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Integrative Medicine Program (IMP) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: National coordinating center for Integrative Medicine Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Establish Sharing of Human Brain Image Data Relevant to Drug Addiction (Admin Supp) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Renal Function and Chronic Kidney Disease in Aging (R21) Grant. View Full Announcement

Non Federal Grants

$500k or less . . . 

• Greater Rochester Health Foundation: 2013 Opportunity Grants to support projects with maximum potential to positively impact the community's health in the areas of prevention and health care delivery. Learn More

Kendal Charitable Funds: Promising Innovations Grant supports improvements in serving older adults. View Full Announcement