PHF E-NEWS Original date: March 11, 2002 Subject: Public Health Research is on the Move! Two Calls for Abstracts CONTENTS: * A place for public health systems researchers to call home * Showcase your public health systems research & academic-practice partnerships * AHSRHP abstract and Linkages Award deadlines * Bolster your prevention research budget with funding from the CDC NEW AHSRHP PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH AFFILIATE <Retired Link> [For more current information, visit http://www.academyhealth.org/ First meeting: June 23-25, AHSRHP 2002 annual meeting, Washington DC The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (COL) is pleased to announce that the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy (AHSRHP) has established a Public Health Systems Research Affiliate.  The development of this affiliate came in direct response to recommendations from the First National Public Health Services Research Forum, a COL sponsored session at the 2001 American Public Health Association meeting in Atlanta.  This affiliate provides an opportunity for those in or interested in public health systems research to share methods, findings, and questions. Join the National Public Health Services Research Forum Online <Retired link> "[For more current information, visit http://www.academyhealth.org/interestgroups/phsr/index.cfm]." Includes a one-page summary of the first Research Forum meeting plus a message board to share information and documents about the development of a national public health practice research agenda. AHSRHP Call for Abstracts <Retired link> [For more current information, visit http://www.academyhealth.org/]   Deadline: March 31, 2002 Present your research at the first Public Health Systems Research affiliate meeting!   AHSRHP will select five abstracts for oral presentations and fifteen abstracts for poster presentations. For more information please contact Tamar Klaiman at cdc@ahsrhp.org   CASH IN ON COLLABORATION 2002 Annual Linkages Award <Retired link> [For more current information, visit www.phf.org/Link/projects.htm#LinkagesAwards] Deadline for abstracts: May 4, 2002 Does your local or state public health agency or organization engage in collaborative activities with academic institutions?  How about joint population-based activities in research, technical support, education, and training?  Interested in cash awards or the opportunity to present your efforts at a National conference?  If so, submit an abstract about your collaborative activities for the 2002 Annual Linkages Award, sponsored by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice.  Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to present a poster as part of the National Association of County and City Health Officials' Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, July 10 - 13, 2002 and/or the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials' Annual Conference in Nashville, TN, September 10 - 13, 2002. Winners will receive: First Place $1,000 Second Place $500 Third Place $250 BOLSTER YOUR PREVENTION RESEARCH BUDGET WITH FUNDING FROM THE CDC Program announcement: [<Retired link> For more current information, visit http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/PHResearch/grants/community/index.htm] Letter of Intent Deadline: March 20, 2002 Grant Application Deadline: April 30, 2002 Approximately $13,000,000 for Community-Based Participatory Prevention Research is available for fiscal year 2002 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Office of Extramural Prevention Research.  Based on the "Healthy People 2010" focus area, Educational and Community-Based Programs, this grant program will strengthen the capacity of our Nation's communities and population groups to address health promotion and the prevention of disease, disability and injury through participatory research. Back to E-News Main Page PHF Home Page Updated 8-19-07