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Call for Applications: Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE)

Posted on January 19, 2021

Please see the following announcement from the University of Souther California Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.   Apply to become a RISE fellow here.   What is RISE? Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE) …

Posted in Calls for papers and applications, News and Events

DHS Announces Weekly Newsletter to Keep Public Informed of COVID-19 Response and Vaccine Progress

Posted on January 14, 2021

WI State residents can sign up for weekly emails containing updates, news, and resources. The Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today a newsletter the public can sign up for to get direct information about the …

Posted in COVID, News, News and Events

Funding Opportunity: 2021 Special Interest Projects announced

Posted on December 21, 2020

Each year the CDC releases a group of Special Interest Projects (SIPs) through the Prevention Research Center (PRC) Program. The 2021 Special Interest Project Grants Notice was released on December 21, 2020. If you are interested in …

Posted in Calls for papers and applications, News and EventsTagged funding, sips

Applications open: Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for the Bureau of Community Health Promotion

Posted on December 10, 2020

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Division of Public Health (DPH) is recruiting to fill the Chief Medical Officer & State Epidemiologist for Community Health, within the Bureau of Community Health Promotion (BCHP). This position can be …

Posted in News, News and EventsTagged job posting

UW-Madison offers surge testing to community amid rise in cases

Posted on November 16, 2020

UW-Madison has started offering free COVID-19 testing to area residents, ages five years and older, beginning Thursday, Nov. 12. This testing is for members of the public and participants do not need to be UW–Madison students or employees. Rapid …

Posted in COVID, News, News and EventsTagged covid

Dr. Patrick Remington on the COVID response in WI

Posted on November 2, 2020

UWPRC’s Associate Director of Training, Dr. Patrick Remington, was recently interviewed by The Guardian for its “Wisconsin battles rapid rise in COVID cases amid partisan disputes over safety” article. Dr. Remington discusses factors that have …

Posted in COVID, News, News and Events, UWPRC affiliate

The Public Humanities Exchange (HEX) seeks graduate and undergraduate applicants

Posted on October 19, 2020

UWPRC affiliate, Dr. Heidi Brown and her academic and community-based colleagues, Tia Murray (Harambee Village) and Mariela Quesada Centeno (Roots4Change Coop) are excited to announce a funding opportunity in partnership with The Center for the Humanities …

Posted in Calls for papers and applications, News, News and Events

New infant mortality study by UWPRC director

Posted on October 19, 2020

According to a new Pediatrics study by UWPRC director Dr. Deborah Ehrenthal and her colleagues Hsiang-Hui Daphne Kuo and Russell S. Kirby, higher infant mortality rates in rural US counties are best explained by their greater …

Posted in News, News and Events, Published work, UWPRC affiliate

African American Breastfeeding Network: National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Month Events

Posted on October 5, 2020

OCTOBER 10 and 15 UWPRC community partner, the African American Breastfeeding Network (AABN), is hosting two virtual events in honor of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Month: Comforting through COVID-19 Webinar Saturday, October 10, 2020 …

Posted in Community Partnerships, Events, News and Events

NYU Langone’s 6th Annual Health Disparities Symposium

Posted on September 29, 2020

OCTOBER 13-16, 2020 Registration for NYU Langone’s 6th Annual Health Disparities Symposium is now open! This year, the event will be held virtually over the course of the week of October 13th. Continuing medical and …

Posted in Events, News and Events, Workshops
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