The Office of Research in the College of Nursing at UMass Amherst

Speaker: Julia Melkers, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Date: Monday Feb 3, 12:30-2 PM
Location: LSL S330-340

While scientists conduct their work in collaborative teams both, locally, nationally, and globally, participation in teams is not necessarily diverse. In some disciplines where women and people of color are severely underrepresented, opportunities to collaboratively engage may experience additional challenges. This workshop builds on existing empirical work to address how academic faculty can more deliberately construct and meaningfully collaborate in ways that are more inclusive and equitable.

Cosponsored by the UMass Amherst ADVANCE program, Institute for Social Science Research, and Office of Faculty Development. Lunch included; registration required, available here.

NINR’s Division of Intramural Research (DIR) will convene a half-day symposium to mark a milestone anniversary of its Summer Genetics Institute. “The 20th Anniversary of the Summer Genetics Institute” will be held June 22, 2020 in the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH campus, in Bethesda, Maryland.

The symposium will include keynote addresses, scientific presentations, a scientific panel discussion, and a research poster session. It will highlight SGI graduates’ many accomplishments and showcase the positive impact of this program in accelerating genetics and genomics in nursing science. This event is free of charge, but registration is required.

The Summer Genetics Institute celebrates 20 years of providing nurse scientists with a foundation in molecular genetics appropriate for use in research and clinical practice. Nearly 450 SGI graduates are making a difference in communities across the country — building programs of nursing research in genetics, disseminating the results of genetics-related research in peer-reviewed scientific publications and at scientific conferences, and integrating genetics content in nursing school curricula and nursing practice.

The symposium will be broadcast live and archived at: http://videocast.nih.gov. Visit https://www.ninr.nih.gov/newsandinformation/events/sgi-20  for more event details as they become available.

On March 5, Dr. Randy A. Jones will present “Complex Decision Making in Prostate Cancer,” from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Lipsett Amphitheater in the Clinical Center (Building 10) on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

This lecture will also be broadcast live and archived at: http://videocast.nih.gov.

Randy A. Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN is a Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing.

Dr. Jones’ research and publications focus on health disparities, prostate cancer, chronic illness, end-of-life care, and decision-making. He has received funding from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), American Cancer Society, and the American Nurses Foundation. He is currently a principal investigator on an NINR-funded study focusing on treatment decision-making among patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Dr. Jones is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), a RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alumnus, and a National Advisory Committee member for RWJF Clinical Scholars and AAN’s Institute for Nursing Leadership.

Dr. Jones is committed in promoting research, evidence-based practice, health policy, and enhancing higher education and clinical practice.

The Massachusetts Rural Domestic and Sexual Violence Capacity Building Program is pleased to announce that registration is now open for Dialogues Across Differences: Critical Skills to Build Equity in All Communities, a three day training institute facilitated by JAC Patrissi (Growing a New Heart) and Tanisha Arena (Arise for Social Justice). This comprehensive training is designed to prepare domestic/sexual violence advocates, educators, community organizers and other violence prevention professionals interested in developing/enhancing skills  to advance equity and social justice  through community engagement, and facilitative dialogue.

The Training Institute will take place January 30, January 31 and February 14, 2020 from 9:00am-3:30pm at the Friend’s Meeting House, 43 Center Street, Northampton, MA.

Space is limited to 20 people and priority will be given to participants working in western MA. Registration materials and more information are available on-line using this link: http://www.cvent.com/d/bhqc16.

This three-day event is free of charge and lunch will be provided.  In addition, an introductory conference call about the program will take place on January 6, 2020 from 10:00-10:30am. See program application for more information.

The deadline to apply is January 10, 2020.

In this NINR Director’s Lecture, Dr. Patricia Stone will discuss her program of research that focuses on enhancing the quality of care for older adults, including preventing healthcare-associated infection and improving infection management and end-of-life care.

Date: November 19, 2019
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Lipsett Amphitheater | Clinical Center (Building 10)
NIH Campus | Bethesda, Maryland

The lecture will also be broadcast live and archived: http://videocast.nih.gov

The Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds will hold a webinar on Thursday, November 14 at 11:00 AM to provide information and answer questions around developing and submitting an application for the Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP) Processes funding opportunity. Please register here if you are interested in joining.

Below is a list of some points of contact for people interested in connecting with those who are currently involved in this work:

Phoebe Walker – Franklin County/North Quabbin area
Director of Community Services
Franklin Regional Council of Governments
Phone: (413) 774-3167 x 102
Email: walker@frcog.org

Catherine Ratte – Hampden County/Hampshire County
Principal Planner/Section Manager
Land Use & Environment
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Phone: (413) 285-1174
Email: cratte@pvpc.org

Becky Basch – Hampden County
Senior Planner, Land Use & Environment
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Phone: (413) 285-1178
Email: bbasch@pvpc.org

Sarah Bankert – Hampshire County
Program Manager, Healthy Hampshire
Collaborative for Educational Services
Phone: (413) 588-5581
Email: sbankert@collaborative.org

Caitlin Marquis – Hampshire County
Coordinator, Healthy Hampshire
Collaborative for Educational Services
Phone: (413) 588-5562
Email: cmarquis@collaborative.org

Laura Kittross – Berkshire County
Manager, Public Health Program
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
Phone: (413) 442-1521, x32
Email: LKittross@berkshireplanning.org

The Inaugural NIH Rural Health Seminar (November 18, 2019 from 9:30-Noon) will bring together researchers, medical practitioners and others to explore topics in rural health and to share research ideas for how innovations in clinical and translational science could improve rural health outcomes.

For registration and agenda please go to: Website/Agenda/Registration.

This event will be videocast here: https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=35176&bhcp=1

Agenda

9:30 am-9:40am: Welcome by Dr. Christopher P. Austin, Director, NCATS
9:40am-10:00am: Opening Remarks by Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Director, NIMHD
Dr. Gary H. Gibbons, Director, NHLBI
10:00am-11:00am: Inaugural Rural Health Seminar – “Resilience to adversity and the early origins of disease among rural African Americans” by Dr. Gene Brody, Director and Regents Professor, Center for Family Research, University of Georgia
11:00am – 11:05am: Break
11:05am – 11:45am: Panel Discussion – Dr. Michael G. Kurilla, Director, DCI, NCATS (Moderator); Dr. Jon R. Lorsch, Director, NIGMS; Dr. Diana W. Bianchi, Director, NICHD; Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Director, NIMHD; Dr. Wilson Compton, Deputy Director, NIDA, Dr. Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Director, Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity, NIMH; Dr. Melissa Walls, Johns Hopkins University
11:45am-12:00pm: Closing Remarks, Tom Morris, Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy, HRSA