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ow Opeen for . . . Savee the Date/1 Savee the Date/2 March 5: Chad Shen
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national Confference, May 15 and 16, Clleveland, OH / Penn State’’s Third Annual Conferrence on Chilld Protection and Well‐Beeing, May 5 an
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3:30 p.m., Ricchard Crosby
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Savee the Date/3 Commonwealth Pre
evention Alliiance Annuall Conference,, June 11–13, Nittany Lion Inn Sum
mmer Fello
owship Opp
portunity The Na
ational Resea
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Children is a h
hub of research to improvee the lives of Hispan
nics across thrree priority arreas‐(1) poverrty reduction and self‐suffficiency, (2) heealthy marria
age and ressponsible fath
herhood, and (3) early caree and educatio
on. The Centeer was establiished by a 201
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offering a neew 12‐week Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health Summer Research Fellowship program open to those currently enrolled in an advanced graduate program (Masterʹs, Ph.D., or ABD) who wish to carry out policy‐research in an applied setting, and in ways that can impact both policy and programs serving Hispanic children and families. Applications for summer 2014 research fellowship should be submitted by March 7th, 2014. 2014 Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH), July 21–25, 2014, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Applications now being accepted through April 6, 2014 for a 5‐day training institute that will provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting dissemination and implementation research in health. Faculty and guest lecturers will consist of leading experts (practitioners and teachers) in theory, implementation and evaluation approaches to D&I, creating partnerships and multi‐level, transdisciplinary research teams, research design, methods and analyses appropriate for D&I investigations and conducting research at different and multiple levels of interventions (e.g., clinical, community, policy). This training is designed for investigators at any career stage interested in conducting Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) research. To be eligible, participants must NOT have current R18, R01 or R01‐
equivalent funding as a PI for D&I research or received such funding in the past five year(s). Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate experience with, or potential for, working effectively in transdisciplinary teams and who have strong partnerships with—or are embedded within—healthcare delivery, public health or community‐based networks. In addition, to be eligible, participants must meet all of the following criteria: (1) hold a doctoral degree (PhD, ScD, MD, DrPH, DO, DVM, DNSc, DrPH, etc.); (2) have demonstrated experience and expertise in health science (e.g., medicine, behavioral medicine, nursing, medical anthropology, health economics, public health, health policy); (3) have a feasible D&I research concept to bring to the institute and develop throughout the week—this should be a project the applicant is seriously interested in conducting and/or submitting for funding; and (4) be willing and able to pay your own travel expenses (round trip airfare, ground transportation, and some meals) and attend the entire training 5‐day institute, if accepted. Applicants are NOT required to be citizens, permanent residents, or non‐citizen nationals of the United States. There is no fee to apply to attend the institute. However, all applicants are responsible for arranging and paying for their travel to attend. Send news about awards, new and forthcoming publications and reports, presentations, grants, and other information of interest to the PRC community to: prevention@psu.edu •Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center•College of Health and Human Development• The Pennsylvania State University•314 Biobehavioral Health Building•University Park, PA 16802•