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April 2021
Quarterly updates from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) including upcoming events, funding opportunities, and resources to help you conduct high-quality prevention research.
We want this information to be valuable to you, so please send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].
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Ending Structural Racism in Biomedical Research and Eliminating Health
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The ODP stands with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and the 27 NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices in support of the new UNITE initiative to end structural racism and racial inequities in biomedical research.
Achieving racial equity in biomedical research and addressing health disparities is a complex challenge that requires sustained investment and unwavering dedication from all of us. The NIH and the ODP continue to roll out efforts to promote equity and inclusion and eliminate structural racism.
Learn about current activities including calls to develop, implement, and disseminate innovative and effective interventions that will prevent, reduce, or eliminate health disparities and advance health equity.
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Did you know?
- The NIH extended the deadline for its Request for Information seeking public comment on efforts to strengthen equity in the biomedical research workforce. The ODP encourages you to share this with your networks in the scientific research, advocacy, clinical practice, and non-scientific communities and to provide feedback via the submission website by April 23, 2021.
- The ODP has a new Health Disparities webpage where you can find resources, funding, news, and information about research on health disparities and disease prevention.
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Prevention Research Funding Opportunities
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PhenX Toolkit Smoking Cessation Measures
National Institutes of Health
Recommended measurement protocols for research in smoking cessation, harm reduction, and biomarkers.
HDPulse Data Portal
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
A searchable database of evidence-based cancer control programs in physical activity. The database provides a review of easy and immediate access to materials for use by program planners and public health practitioners in a community or clinical setting.
Data and Statistics on Physical Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Latest facts, statistics, and surveillance systems related to physical activity including maps, interactive databases, state indicator reports, and more.
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2021 Early-Stage Investigator Lectures
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Our annual Early-Stage Investigator Lecture recognizes prevention scientists who are poised to become future leaders in prevention research. Join us for their virtual lectures!
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April 28, 2021, 11:00 a.m. ET
Morgan Philbin, Ph.D., M.H.S.
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
The Social Side Effects of Biomedical HIV Technologies: Facilitating the Roll-Out of Long-Acting Injectable ART and PrEP
Dr. Philbin will discuss current research on long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with a focus on the multilevel barriers and facilitators to successful implementation. She will also highlight key points that must be addressed to scale up biomedical HIV technologies in ways that maximize population health impact and reduce existing disparities related to current formulations of PrEP and ART.
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May 5, 2021, 11:00 a.m. ET
Stephen P. Juraschek, M.D., Ph.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
Dietary Patterns to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Juraschek will describe novel evidence in support of healthy dietary patterns to prevent mechanisms of subclinical cardiovascular damage. He will also discuss the status of healthy eating and opportunities to enhance adoption of healthy eating in the United States.
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New Webpage: Healthy People 2030 Research Objectives
The Healthy People program sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade. Find a list of Healthy People 2030 research objectives that highlight important public health issues that need reliable baseline data and associated evidence-based interventions.
Spotlight on 2020 Annual Report
We are excited to share our Spotlight on 2020 annual report highlighting a few of the ODP's accomplishments last year. The report summarizes key projects related to each of the ODP’s six strategic priorities and outlines how they impact public health.
2021 Robert S. Gordon, Jr. Lecture in Epidemiology–Epidemiology of Cognitive Aging: Why Observational Studies Still Matter
During her February 2021 Gordon Lecture, Kristine Yaffe, M.D., highlighted how epidemiological studies can advance the field of cognitive aging by generating hypotheses, applying innovative methods across the life course, and investigating populations often not included in trials.
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ODP's 35th Anniversary
The ODP is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2021! Stay tuned for news about how we’re commemorating the Office’s accomplishments and the advances in prevention research that have improved public health over the past three-and-a-half decades.
Staff News
Carrie Klabunde, Ph.D., will be retiring from full-time federal service at the end of June but will continue to serve as an advisor to the ODP following her retirement. Dr. Klabunde joined the ODP in January 2015 as a Senior Advisor for Disease Prevention. Over the past six years, she has led the ODP’s efforts to identify prevention research areas for investment across the NIH, served as the scientific advisor for the ODP’s Pathways to Prevention Program, and was the NIH liaison to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Community Preventive Services Task Force. Before coming to the ODP, Dr. Klabunde spent nearly 20 years at the National Cancer Institute. We are grateful for all she’s done for the ODP and the NIH!
Kaitlin Akif, M.P.H., joined the ODP as a Presidential Management Fellow in March 2021.
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Staff Publications
Establishing a Research Base to Inform Tobacco Regulation: Overview Frechtling JA, Dunderdale T, Price S, Meissner HI, Mayne RG, McCrae T, van Bemmel DM, Bahde AL, Mandal R, Nagler CF, Hull LC. Tobacco Regulatory Science. 2021 Mar;7(2):144-154(11). doi: 10.18001/TRS.7.2.6
New NIH Primary and Secondary Prevention Research During 2012-2019 Murray DM, Ganoza LF, Vargas AJ, Ellis EM, Oyedele NK, Schully SD, Liggins CA. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2021 Mar 18:S0749-3797(21)00087-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.01.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33745818.
Childhood obesity prevention across borders: A National Institutes of Health commentary
Vorkoper S, Arteaga SS, Berrigan D, Bialy K, Bremer AA, Cotton P, Czajkowski S, Neilson E, Osganian SK, Pratt CA, Price LSN, Tabor DC, Walker JR, Williams MJ, Anand N. Obesity Reviews: an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. 2021 Mar 19:e13243. doi: 10.1111/obr.13243. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33739585.
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