Deadline: March 1 Understanding and manipulating the microbiome has huge implications in human and animal health, both directly through the microbiomes found in and on humans and animals as well as microbiomes found in the …
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Call for Applications: UW ICTR Advancing Health Equity and Diversity (AHEAD) program
The UW ICTR Advancing Health Equity and Diversity (AHEAD) Program announces the release of the AHEAD pilot grant RFA for post-doctoral scholars or assistant professors who embrace an interdisciplinary approach to health equity research, including those who genuinely engage community partners and stakeholders. …
The Badger Herald reports on Whitney Robinson’s visit to the UWPRC
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health associate professor Whitney Robinson spoke at the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Population Health Sciences seminar Monday about principles that have guided her work in …
Call for Applications: Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE)
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) …
DHS Announces Weekly Newsletter to Keep Public Informed of COVID-19 Response and Vaccine Progress
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 …
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Special Interest Projects announced
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 …
Applications open: Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for the Bureau of Community Health Promotion
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 …
UW-Madison offers surge testing to community amid rise in cases
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 …
Dr. Patrick Remington on the COVID response in WI
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 …
The Public Humanities Exchange (HEX) seeks graduate and undergraduate applicants
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 …