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New Research at NICHD-Funded Population Centers Examines the Magnitude of the Coronavirus Pandemic and Informs the Response

New research supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health aims to deepen public understanding of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and inform the response. This list of recently published journal articles shows the ways current and former NICHD-funded Population Centers are contributing…

Request for Information on NIH Effort to End Structural Racism in Biomedical Research

NIH launched an effort to end structural racism in biomedical research through a new initiative called UNITE. NIH Director Francis Collins issued a statement committing NIH to instituting new ways to support diversity, equity, and inclusion, and identifying and dismantling any policies and practices that may harm our workforce and our science. NIH has also…

NICHD Publishes Funding Opportunity for P2C and R24 Applications

NICHD has published funding opportunity announcements for P2C and R24 applications: Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2022 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed) : RFA-HD-22-013 Coordinating Center for the NICHD Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2022 (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) : RFA-HD-22-014

UNITE Common Fund Initiatives

Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity (U01 Clinical Trial Allowed) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-21-021.html The Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity initiative is soliciting applications to support collaborative investigative teams or individual scientists who propose unusually innovative research projects, which, if successful, would have a major impact in developing, implementing,…

New NIH Funding Opportunity to Address the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Purpose The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities with other NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices intends to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications on (1) observational research to understand the role of structural racism and discrimination (SRD) in causing and sustaining health disparities, and (2) intervention…

Webinar: Structural Racism, Police Violence, and Population Health Research

WHEN: February 1 (12:15 – 1:45 PM CT) WHERE: Online (Zoom Link) COST: Free The Minnesota Population Center (MPC) is a University-wide interdisciplinary cooperative for demographic research. Seminars are held during both the fall and spring semesters. For a full list of our spring seminars, visit https://pop.umn.edu/events/seminar-series. All of MPC’s seminars are virtual and…

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