Men's Health Week June 11 – 17, 2012

June is Men's Health Week
Men's Health Week is about bringing national attention to the state of men's health in order to "heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys."

Celebrated during the month of June (Men's Health Month) and leading up to Father's Day, the week allows health care providers, public policy makers, media, family and friends to encourage men and boys to regularly participate in preventive screenings, seek regular medical advice and receive early treatment for disease and injury.

Surgeon General's Video Contest on Tobacco

For the Surgeon General's Video Contest on Tobacco, teens and young adults are invited to submit original videos in which they speak up about tobacco and tell us why they aren't using it. Videos will be accepted in four categories:
ages 13-17 (English)
ages 13-17 (Spanish)
ages 18-25 (English)
ages 18-25 (Spanish)
Review the contest rules before submitting videos. The deadline for submissions is 11pm EDT April 20, 2012. There will be a $1,000 grand prize winner in each category (four total prizes), and three $500 runner-up winners in each category (12 total prizes). This contest is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in conjunction with the Surgeon General's 2012 report on tobacco use.

2010 U.S. CENSUS MAP

Remember about a year & a half ago you filled out a census form? Well here are the result of this process. What you will see is a Map of the US - not just the 48 states but all of the 50 states. Territories are not in the census - but they did provide information during this process. So let us say you are in Virginia, you can go by county & as you zoom in by city to see the increase or decrease & then you can see the changes of the various races within these cities. Look at places you know & also look at the map at the darker brown location.

You can zoom in & out to get the information on the places you know. Use your cursor can move map around & you can zoom in on specific counties to get current stats. It is very interesting!

Fascinating!!! Just glide your cursor over the map & it displays every county. Can't imagine how long it took to create this map!!
Amazing!!!
Click the "2010 US Census" Map Below.
2010 U.S. CENSUS MAP
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1

AIDS 2012: Black Stakeholders Outreach Webinar

Your Invited February 24, 9:30-11:00 AM Pacific // 12:30-2:00 PM EST.

Black AIDS Institute and the U.S. Positive Women's Network, in partnership with Countdown AIDS 2012 and Road to AIDS 2012, invite you to an AIDS 2012 Outreach Webinar targeting Black American Stakeholders

Friday February 24
9:30am-11:00am PT/10:30-12pm MT/11-12:30 CT/12-1:30 ET

To register for the webinar, click here:
http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EC51DE83854F

The Black AIDS Institute and the U.S. Positive Women's Network will be co-hosting the second in a series of webinars targeting Black Americans with information about the upcoming International AIDS conference in Washington (AIDS 2012). AIDS 2012 will be a one-time chance to dramatically influence the trajectory of the AIDS response in Black America, and in the U.S. overall. It is incumbent upon Black community members and stakeholders to come together and make our voices heard in the halls of Washington, and around the globe.

The 90 minute webinar will be an exclusive opportunity to learn about some of the activities being planned by, for, and about Black people attending the conference. Now that the abstract deadline has passed, we also invite you to share with the group what programming you're planning for the conference.

To register for the webinar, click here:
http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EC51DE83854F

Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center Summit

We are pleased to announce the inaugural Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center Summit, a premier event that will bring together leading telehealth resources, experts and programs throughout the mid-Atlantic region and the nation. This innovative conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 15th and 16th, 2012 at the University of Virginia's renowned Darden School of Business. During these two days there will be opportunities to hear from national leaders on telehealth policy and resources, to explore a broad range of innovative new technologies and approaches to telehealth, to formulate strategies to remove barriers to application and to collaborate with experts in a broad number of areas.

View the event agenda here - http://www.matrc.org/#agenda2
To register click here - http://cmetracker.net/UVACME/doSelectForm

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity: The ACHIEVE Research Partnership: Action for Health Equity Interventions

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity: The ACHIEVE Research Partnership: Action for Health Equity Interventions
Centre for Research on Inner City Health
St. Michael's Hospital - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website: http://bit.ly/ztcglB

“…..We are motivated by the CIHR’s goal to produce the next generation of “creative agents for change,” and by the Institute of Population and Public Health’s call for interventions research, defined as “the use of scientific methods to produce knowledge about policy and program interventions that operate within or outside of the health sector and have the potential to impact health at the population level.”

ACHIEVE will be explicit in promoting a community of practice and a philosophy of engaged scholarship, which the Big Ten universities has recently endorsed as the partnership of university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, and creative activity; enhance curriculum, teaching, and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic values and civic responsibility; address critical societal issues; and contribute to the public good.

ACHIEVE will offer an intensive 24 month, collaborative curriculum for new researchers to develop the following competencies that are typically unavailable through traditional graduate training, yet necessary for closing the gap between *measuring *urban health disparities and *reducing*them….“ From Carles Muntaner

Program Information:
- Two-year term: September 2012 – August 2014
- Stipend: Based on CIHR guidelines for qualified candidates
- Fellows are required to complete all training program components within the two years.
- 3-5 Fellows may be accepted for the 2012-2014 term
- Fellows are required to work onsite in Toronto, Canada
- Deadline to apply: February 13, 2012
- Decision announcements: May 2012

Statement from Secretary Sebelius on National Native American Heritage Month

This month we celebrate National Native American Heritage Month, to honor American Indians and Alaska Natives who have contributed a great deal to our country. I recently had the opportunity to visit Indian Country in Alaska and I can say first hand that Native Americans are passionate, determined people who play a momentous role in enriching the spirit of our Nation. They are among some of America's most significant authors, artists, scientists, and political leaders. And they have fought to protect this country as members of our Armed Forces. Native Americans have long demonstrated their commitment to advancing the common goals of this Nation, and we honor their resolve in the face of years of marginalization and broken promises. The Obama Administration is addressing problems that have burdened Native American communities for far too long. Here at the Department of Health and Human Services we are working to expand access to affordable health care. Thanks to the new health care law, we have given the Indian Health Services office the authority to establish expanded health care services such as mental and behavioral health treatment and prevention, long-term care services, and dialysis services. We also support the First Lady Michelle Obama’s recently launched Let's Move! in Indian Country initiative, which aims to encourage healthy living specifically for American Indians and Alaska Natives. It is our mission to raise the physical, mental, and social health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level. And our goal is to assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to American Indian and Alaska Native people. Our work is rooted deeply in the foundation to uphold the Federal Government’s obligation to promote healthy American Indian and Alaska Native people, communities, and cultures as well as to honor and protect the inherent sovereign rights of Tribes. So join us in paying tribute to the rich heritage and many contributions of American Indians and Alaska Natives this month and always.

NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunities

The following funding opportunities from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of interest:

NIH Guide Notice:
• NOT-HL-11-158: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for RFA-HL-11-032, "Utilization of a Human Lung Tissue Resource for Vascular Research (R03)"
Request for Applications (RFAs):
• RFA-HL-12-029: Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Institutions That Promote Diversity (K01)
Program Announcement (PA):
• PAR-11-307: Discovery of Genetic Basis of Mendelian or Monogenic Heart, Lung, and Blood Disorders (X01)