October 2024

Opportunities for Investigators

Applications are now open for the 2025 Short Course on Multilingual Approaches to Research Studies (MARS)! 

Now in its 4th year, MARS offers in-person sessions covering best practices for working with interpreters, translation protocols, and managing multilingual studies. Open to researchers across disciplines, this course is ideal for graduate, postdoctoral, early career, and senior investigators. Apply now—applications are accepted on a rolling basis!

Funding Opportunities

Calling on community organizations serving people with disabilities to propose new solutions that will increase health equity.

Deadline: Friday, November 1

Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Advancing Health Equity through Interventions to Prevent and Address Housing Instability (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

The funding opportunity from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) will aim to support research that advances health equity through development, testing, and evaluation of interventions that prevent and address housing instability. Applications responding to this funding opportunity should develop, test, and/or evaluate the impact of a housing intervention on both health and housing outcome(s).

The first estimated application due date is December 2024. Those who are interested should contact Julia Seay, PhD at julia.seay@nih.gov.

Community Resources

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a reminder to prioritize breast cancer screening. It’s important to talk with your primary care doctor or healthcare provider about the best time to get screened.

As part of our commitment to raising awareness, we’ve gathered a list of helpful resources that provide education, support, and assistance for those impacted by breast cancer. Please share these with anyone who might benefit!

• National Breast Cancer Foundation: Provides free educational guides, support programs, and an early detection plan app.
•  American Cancer Society: Offers comprehensive information on breast cancer, 24/7 support, and access to clinical trials.
• Susan G. Komen Foundation: Provides resources for risk assessment, screening, treatment assistance, and community support.
• CDC - Breast Cancer: Offers educational materials on breast cancer prevention and access to low-cost screening programs.

Upcoming Events

Dr. Steve Barnett, Dr. Alexandra Figueras-Daniel, Dr. Manuel Jimenez, Dr. Allison Friedman-Krauss, and Dr. Milagros Nores are part of the Big Ten Early Learning Alliance, which unites early childhood experts from Big Ten universities across 11 states. The Alliance collaborates on research to deepen understanding of early childhood development and shares findings to inform policy and practice. Their inaugural brief analyzes early childhood education for nearly six million children under five in conference states. Read the brief and register for their upcoming live panel on the state of early childhood data here.

Are you interested in learning how to effectively communicate scientific discoveries to diverse audiences, focusing on transforming complex research projects into clear, simple, and impactful messages?

Join us for the "Effective Science Communication" workshop, held virtually on November 11th at 2 p.m. EST. We look forward to seeing you there!

For questions, please contact Bianca Freda, MPH at biancaf@princeton.edu

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