Virtual sessions will be scheduled for 30-minute intervals with a WU-CDTR team member. Sample discussion topics include: Feedback on a grant or manuscript concept Opportunities to plug into WU-CDTR activities Advice for upcoming CDTR-related funding opportunities Advice on building a research trajectory Various dates and times available between March – May 2022. Sessions are scheduled […]
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WU-CDTR receives continued NIH funding through 2026 (Links to an external site)
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded $4.3 million to renew the Washington University in St. Louis Center for Diabetes Translation Research (WU-CDTR).
Council on Black Health introduces the Black Health Bill of Rights (Links to an external site)
The Council on Black Health, directed by SDBA Core Lead Melicia Whitt-Glover, released the nation’s first Black Health Bill of Rights, developed to serve as the framework for improving the health of Black Americans in communities across the nation
Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity (Links to an external site)
WU-CDTR leadership, including Ross Brownson, Shiriki Kumanyika, Matthew Kreuter and Debra Haire-Joshu, propose a vision and set of action steps for making health equity a more prominent and central aim of implementation science, committing to conduct implementation science through equity-focused principles to achieve this vision in U.S. research and practice.
Dr. An receives grant to study egg consumption (Links to an external site)
WU-CDTR member and pilot recipient Ruopeng An has received a $90,000 three-year grant from the Egg Nutrition Center for a project titled “Influence of Whole Egg Consumption on Diet Quality and Cognitive Function among U.S. Older Adults.”
NIDDK Job Postings: Basic Scientist, Behavioral Scientist, Health Equity Scientist
NIDDK is hiring program directors and program officials within the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases. See below for additional details. Program officials with basic science expertise Program Director for Diabetes Behavioral Science Program Director for Health Equity Research
WU-CDTR researchers awarded $1.5 million to study COVID-19 disparities (Links to an external site)
HCSN Core Leads Matthew Krueter and Charlene Caburnay have received two grants to study the impact of the pandemic on low-income workers and develop and test communication strategies to increase testing and vaccination.