The National Institutes of Health is encouraging research to test the implementation of COVID-19 diagnostic testing in underserved or vulnerable communities through the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) initiative. NIH will hold two pre-application webinars covering the four RADx-UP funding opportunities: NOT-OD-20-119, NOT-OD-20-120, NOT-OD-20-121, and RFA-OD-20-013. RADx-UP Pre-Application Webinar I June 26, 2020 (2:00-4:00 p.m. EDT) For…

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WHEN: June 23, 2020 (1:00 pm-2:30 pm EDT) WHERE: https://usc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UFcl7xniRMOGD-rr3m7Csw COST: Free Are you interested in doing empirical work on COVID-19? This session will detail how six existing publicly available longitudinal studies are incorporating new measures to capture peoples’ experiences of the pandemic. The panel participants and surveys include: Session Organizer and Chair – Pam…

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Maternal mortality rates have increased in the United States. The purpose of this virtual workshop, co-sponsored by NICHD, is to develop a research agenda targeted at the clinical causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. An interdisciplinary team of experts will address the question of why women die from these conditions (e.g. postpartum hemorrhage, hypertension, cardiovascular…

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The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health has particular interest in studies of health patterns among vulnerable populations, including research on Americans who may be at high risk of becoming critically ill with a coronavirus infection. PRB created a list of illustrative grants…

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This Notice of Special Interest highlights the urgent need for social, behavioral, economic, health communication, and epidemiologic research relevant to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. This Notice encourages urgent competitive supplements and administrative supplements to existing longitudinal studies that address key social and behavioral questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including adherence to and transmission mitigation…

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NIH recently updated their Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients website with FAQs, new funding opportunities, and other materials. NIH also published a notice announcing that grant applications submitted late for due dates between March 9, 2020, and May 1, 2020, will be accepted through May 1, 2020. This notice applies to all relevant…

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