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Center faculty members appointed to NASEM Committees. Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH, and Rachel Thornton, MD, PhD, were appointed to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committees. Lisa was appointed to the Committee on Integrating Social Needs Care into the Delivery of Health Care to Improve the Nation’s Health, which examines the potential for integrating services addressing social needs and the social determinants of health into the delivery of health care to achieve better health outcomes and to address major challenges facing the U.S. Rachel was appointed to the Committee on the Summertime Experiences and Child and Adolescent Education, Health, and Safety which studies the state of the science on how summertime experiences affect school-age children (rising K-12). These NASEM appointments are important manifestations of our Center’s efforts to inform policy. Keep up this important work Lisa and Rachel!
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From Left to Right: Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH, Center's Director, Bloomberg Professor in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health; Rachel L. Thornton, MD, PhD, the Center’s Associate Director for Policy, Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine.
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2018 Women Worth Watching Award. Sherita Golden, MD, MHS, was recently named a winner of the 17th Annual Women Worth Watching Awards from the Profiles in Diversity Journal. She is one of 132 winners from across the globe recognized as an executive leading the way to excellence in the workplace, marketplace and the world. Her profile will be featured in the August edition of the journal. Congratulations, Sherita! For the full list of winners, visit: https://bit.ly/2xZdmU4.
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Sherita Golden, MD, MHS, Professor in the School of Medicine
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Congratulations to Our Living the Johns Hopkins Mission Honorees! In preparation for the 125th anniversary of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, nominations were solicited for individuals who personify the Johns Hopkins mission to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in biomedical education, research and clinical care. We are proud to announce that a few of our faculty members and a trainee were among the 125 individuals recognized. Congratulations to: Deidra Crews, MD, ScM; Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH; Sherita Golden, MD, MHS; Chidinma Ibe, PhD; and Chiadi Ndumele, MD, MHS! To view the full list of honorees, visit https://bit.ly/2O0qe7C.
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From Left to Right: Deidra Crews, MD, ScM, Associate Professor of Medicine; Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH, Clinical and Research Fellow Department of Medicine; Sherita Golden, MD, MHS, Professor of Medicine; Chidinma Ibe, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Chiadi Ndumele, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine.
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Community Partner News and Recent Events
The Community Advisory Board (CAB) retreat was a great success! This year’s half-day CAB retreat was held at the beautiful Inn at Henderson's Wharf where we started our meeting with a warm breakfast and an icebreaker activity. From there we discussed the history of our CAB and its mission and vision. We then created goals for the next two years and developed strategies for achieving these hopes and aspirations. To complement our discussion, Lauren Green, our graphic recorder, captured, organized, and illustrated key points on a large canvas. We look forward to incorporating the feedback we received during the retreat to improve on the work we are doing. Thank you to everyone who attended – and a special thank you to our Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Chidinma Ibe, PhD, our facilitator, Liaza Otero, MSOD, and all of the Center staff who made the event a success.
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The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity's Community Advisory Board
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Rev. Debra Hickman and Randi Woods presented at an NASEM committee meeting. Rev. Debra Hickman, Co-Founder and CEO of Sisters Together And Reaching (STAR), and Randi Woods RN, MS, MBA, Sr. Director of Care Coordination at STAR, presented at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Integrating Social Needs Care into the Delivery of Health Care to Improve the Nation's Health committee meeting. In their talk titled Level Up: Leveraging Authentic Relationships to Decrease Disparities, Rev. Hickman and Randi discussed STAR’s experiences in addressing social needs of persons in Baltimore through training and support of community health workers, as well as their partnerships with healthcare systems and health care insurers, and other community groups. They called for a greater focus on relationship-building among all of the groups working to address social needs, and for a reframing of social factors as influences, rather than as determinants, of health. Thank you, Rev. Hickman and Randi, for using your experiences to inform policymakers about this important issue.
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From Left to Right: Rev. Debra Hickman, Co-Founder and CEO of Sisters Together And Reaching (STAR), and Randi Woods RN, MS, MBA, Sr. Director of Care Coordination at STAR
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Building Partnerships in Africa: In September, our Center’s Director for Strategic Initiatives, Nancy Molello, MS, and Benjamin Link, MPH, MSW, from the Alliance for a Healthier World, travelled to Uganda (Makerere University, Makerere University- Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Baylor- Uganda) and Kenya (AMPATH, Moi School of Public Health) to begin building partnerships as part of our joint work connecting health equity scholars and community stakeholders in the U.S. with those in global settings. As you know, the Center envisions a community, a nation and a world in which every person has a fair opportunity to achieve his/her best possible health. Their trip to Africa was a part of our efforts to achieve health equity around the world!
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From Left to Right: Nancy Molello, MS, Director for Strategic Initiatives at The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity and Benjamin Link, MPH, MSW, Executive Manager at the Alliance for a Healthier World
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Health Equity in the News
Even as the U.S. grows more diverse, the medical profession is slow to follow. In this Washington Post article, Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP, Assistant professor in the Weill Cornell Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, wrote “Between 1978 and 2008, 88 percent of graduates of U.S. medical schools were white or Asian. Blacks, American Indians and Hispanics together made up the remaining 12 percent.” Going on, Khullar explains that “a more diverse physician workforce… could help us move toward a system in which the lived experience of minority groups is better understood and validated, and the barriers they face more readily identified and addressed.” To expand on this, Khullar quoted our Center Director, Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, who said “This is about creating a system with more structural competency... It’s about giving doctors the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to understand the many societal and historical factors that affect health…” To read the full article, visit https://wapo.st/2xJoWCR.
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Health Equity Jam Sessions. The next Health Equity Jam Session, co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, will be held Wednesday, October 10th from 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm at 2024 E. Monument Street in the 1st Floor Powe Conference Room (The Welch Center). The session will feature Lisa A. Cooper MD, MPH, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, James F. Fries Professor of Medicine, and Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity and Nancy Edwards Mollelo, MSB, Program Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, who will present on, “Going Far Together: A Local to Global and Global to Local Health Equity Learning and Action Network.” To RSVP, visit https://bit.ly/2Ob06pL. For more information, please email the Center for Health Equity at healthequitytraining@jhmi.edu.
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Ready? Set? Go Heart Walk Team! As you may know, the 2018 Greater Maryland Heart Walk is the American Heart Association's premiere event for raising funds to save lives from this country's No. 1 and No. 5 killers: heart disease and stroke. Designed to promote physical activity and heart-healthy living, the Heart Walk creates an environment that's fun and rewarding for the entire family. Your participation will help raise even more awareness (and funds) in the fight to help save lives! This year’s walk will be held on October 13, 2018, from 8:00-12:00 pm, at the Camden Yards Sports Complex. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2N2G7F5.
SAVE the DATE – Center All-Faculty Meeting. We are planning a Center faculty meeting later this year on November 26, 2018. For those faculty members working with our Center, please be on the lookout for a SAVE the DATE calendar invitation and preliminary agenda from our Center’s Sr. Administrative Coordinator, Shekina Fasancy.
The Harvard Chan Yerby Fellowship Program draws on the rich research environment and intellectual resources of one of the world’s premier public health training institutions, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Named after Dr. Alonzo Smythe Yerby, an African-American pioneer in public health, this program aims to expand the diversity of those entering the academic public health field. The goal of the program is to advance the intellectual and professional development of each Yerby Fellow. Under the guidance of a senior Harvard Chan School faculty member with compatible interests, Yerby Fellows develop research agendas, receive grant support, and actively pursue publication in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, Yerby Fellows gain teaching experience and participate in a wide variety of professional development activities. The deadline to submit an application for this program is November 9, 2018. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2OOMJsr.
Recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Behavior Research. Dr. Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH at the Center for Health Behavior Research based in the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, is recruiting a talented and highly motivated postdoctoral fellow. The Center, directed by Dr. Karen Glanz, focuses on advancing the development, application, and testing of health behavior measurement and theories. Furthermore, the Center conducts and collaborates on innovative research on prevention, intervention, and program development for health behaviors. The postdoctoral fellow filling this position will have opportunities to collaborate on interdisciplinary research, secondary data analyses, and to work on new studies. Candidates should have a PhD in health psychology, behavioral or social epidemiology, health behavior or education, or a related field, and have an interest in nutrition, activity, or obesity research and or cancer prevention or control. For more information about this fellowship, visit https://bit.ly/2mKtEuX.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Programs to Increase Diversity among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE). This is an all-expense-paid research career advancement opportunity for scientists and research-oriented faculty who are from backgrounds currently under-represented in the biomedical sciences and those with disabilities. Applications will be accepted until slots are filled. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2DihIvI.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cancer Health Disparities Postdoctoral Training Program. This training program offers post-doctoral training on cross-cutting health disparity issues across the cancer continuum, from etiology and primary prevention to survivorship. Positions will remain open until they are filled. For more information, visit https://unc.live/2OMgHNq.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Services Research. Supported by the VA Office of Academic Affiliations, this is a two-year program that provides advanced interprofessional training in health services research, implementation science, and health system quality improvement. Focus areas include health equity in vulnerable populations; quality, safety and value of medications and medical procedures; dual use of pharmacy benefits across health systems; and behavioral economics and health care. Positions will remain open until they are filled. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2DiGU5j.
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Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture. Celebrate the legacy of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks on Saturday, October 6 from 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM, in Turner Auditorium, 720 Rutland Ave, 21205. Dr. Francis S. Collins, the current director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be this year’s keynote speaker. Special guests include members of the Lacks family and Dr. and Mrs. Pattillo of Morehouse College. To register, visit https://bit.ly/2xB7RM1.
Bridging Community & Health Care. The 2018 Community Integrated Health Conference will be presented by the YMCA of the USA and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The conference is an opportunity for the public health community to convene and discuss ways to connect the traditional health care system and community-based organizations to help all community members live their healthiest lives. Together, attendees will explore the growing field of community integrated health, the value of community-based organizations in health care, and how to create more seamless integration between the health care system and community-based health interventions. This event will take place on December 10-12, 2018 in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Hilton Hotel. For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2I4jgYF.
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Funding Opportunities
Innovations for Healthy Living - Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications that propose to develop a product, process or service for commercialization with the aim of improving minority health and/or reducing health disparities in one or more NIH-defined health disparity population groups. Appropriate technologies should be effective, affordable, and culturally acceptable. The open date for this funding opportunity is September 1, 2018. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2o2OPcm.
Systems for Action: Systems and Services Research for a Culture of Health. Systems for Action (S4A) is a signature research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that builds a Culture of Health by rigorously testing new ways of connecting the nation’s fragmented medical, social, and public health systems. Studies conducted through the S4A program test innovative mechanisms for aligning the delivery and financing systems for medical, social, and public health services, with a focus on estimating their impact on health and health equity. S4A uses a wide research lens that includes and extends beyond medical care and public health to incorporate social service systems—such as housing; transportation; education; employment; food and nutrition assistance; child and family support; criminal and juvenile justice; and economic and community development. Applicants must be either public entities or nonprofit organizations. The deadline to apply to this program is October 10, 2018. For more information, visit https://rwjf.ws/2uFh9VM.
2019 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize (the Prize)
This prize is designed to recognize communities that have come together around a commitment to health, opportunity, and equity through collaboration and inclusion, especially with historically marginalized populations and those facing the greatest barriers to good health. Because the Prize recognizes whole communities, applicants must think beyond their own individual organizations and initiatives to what has been accomplished across the community. The RWJF Culture of Health Prize honors U.S. communities; submissions representing the work of a single organization will not be considered. The application deadline for this prize is November 1, 2018. For more information, visit https://rwjf.ws/2NTsOLJ.
Funding: High-Priority Behavioral and Social Research Networks. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to provide infrastructure support for advancing the development of specific high-priority areas of behavioral and social research of relevance to aging. The infrastructure support will facilitate research networks through meetings, conferences, small-scale pilots, short-term educational opportunities (such as intensive workshops, summer institutes, or visiting scholar programs), and dissemination to encourage growth and development of specified priority areas and build resources for advancing aging-relevant research in the field at large. Network applications are limited to the following areas: (1) Midlife Reversibility of Biobehavioral Risk Associated with Early Life Adversity, (2) Stress Measurement, (3) Reproducibility in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, (4) Life Course Health Disparities at Older Ages, (5) Genomics of Behavioral and Social Science, (6) Integrating Animal Models to Inform Behavioral and Social Research on Aging, and (7) Rural Aging. The deadline for submitting a letter of intent is January 1, 2019. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2JMXFmR.
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