Funding is available for local and tribal health agencies and other organizations through the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Title V program to provide consultation to Wisconsin DHS and other partners on how to …
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Call for Applications: Community-Led Seed Grants
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment is offering funding through Community-Led Seed Grants to support community-Medical College of Wisconsin academic partnerships in addressing Wisconsin’s leading health challenges and producing deeper impact on health and health equity …
March of Dimes Discovery Research Grants
March of Dimes is offering funding to established researchers with with a history of published work in the maternal fetal health and related fields. Funding is intended to make consequential translational discoveries that will drastically …
FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Opill (norgestrel) tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy. Opill is the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription. Nonprescription availability …
Birth Cost Recovery Program Research Recruiting Participants
University of Wisconsin-Madison Prevention Research Center Affiliate Dr. Tiffany Green and the UW-Madison Department of Population Health Sciences are recruiting research participants for 1-hour interviews about their experiences with the Birth Cost Recovery program. Participants …
Evidence-Based Public Health Article: Using Modernized Medicaid Data to Advance Evidence-Based Improvements in Maternal Health
An article recently published online in the American Journal of Public Health provides an overview of the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System Analytic Files (TAF), an underused data set in maternal health research. The article, …
DHS Releases New Reports on Infant Deaths in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) released two new Wisconsin Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) reports on birth outcomes highlighting risk factors contributing to infant death, and how to best reduce and address significant …
Birth Cost Recovery Program Research Recruiting Participants
Dr. Tiffany Green, UWPRC Affiliate, is recruiting research participants for 1-hour interviews about their experiences with the Birth Cost Recovery program. Participants will be compensated $50 for participating in a virtual interview. Black residents of Dane and …
Colorado School of Public Health Department of Community and Behavioral Health Tenure-track Faculty Position Application Open
From the University of Colorado: The Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH) and the Department of Community and Behavioral Health has an opening for a full-time position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, Tenure …