| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome/State of the EA Program/Meeting Charge
- Yvonne Maddox, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Regina Smith James, M.D.
Acting Director, Division of Special Populations, NICHD Director, Extramural Associates (EA) Program, NIH
- Carl V. Hill, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Health Scientist Administrator Division of Special Populations, NICHD
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| 9:15 a.m. |
Opening Address: Building Institutional Infrastructure to Conduct Health Disparities Research (PDF - 306 KB)
- Thomas LaVeist, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins University
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Session 1: Best Practices Lessons Learned in the Development of a Health Disparities Research Infrastructure (PDF - 2.9 MB)
- Robert L. Anders, Dr.P.H., APRN, C.S., CNAA, FAAN
Director, Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center, University of Texas El Paso
- Derrick C. Tabor, Ph.D.
Program Director, Project EXPORT, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH
- Jean-Flagg Newton, Ph.D. (Moderator)
Special Assistant to the Director, Division of Special Populations, NICHD
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Optional Networking Lunch |
| 1:00 a.m. |
Session 2: Best Practices
A Multi-Informative, Multi-Level Approach to Understanding the Role of Stress in Breast Cancer Disparities (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- Sarah Gehlert, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research, University of Chicago
Transdisciplinary Team Science: Multi-level Challenges (PDF - 398 KB)
- Kara Hall, Ph.D.
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute, NIH
- Andrea Pfeffer (Moderator)
Program Analyst, Division of Special Populations, NICHD
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| 2:00 p.m. |
Update on the New NIH Review Process
- Sangeeta Bhargava, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Division of Receipt and Referral Center for Scientific Review, NIH
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| 2:45 p.m. |
New NICHD Division of Special Populations Funding Opportunity (PDF - 437 KB)
- Jean Flagg-Newton, Ph.D.
Division of Special Populations, NICHD
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Current Issues in NICHD/EA Research Development Award (EARDA) Grants Management (PDF - 1.2 MB)
- Bonnie Jackson/Mario Martinez
Grants Management Branch, NICHD
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Evaluation
- Andrea Pfeffer
Division of Special Populations, NICHD
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
- Carl V. Hill, Ph.D, M.P.H.
Division of Special Populations, NICHD
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