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Morales quoted on Washington’s Need for Spanish-speaking Medical Staff

CSDE Affiliate Dr. Leo Morales (Social Work, Health Systems and Population Health, Latino Center for Health) was quoted by the Everett Herald on Washington’s state’s shortage of Spanish-speaking nurses. There is a “great scarcity” of Spanish-speaking doctors and nurses across the country, said Dr. Morales, who also elaborated on the complexity that families face when it comes to medical interpreting. Morales discussed why family members and medical staff – who aren’t certified interpreters – should not interpret for safety reasons. Speaking directly with caregivers is more effective at ensuring patients return for follow-up and respond positively to advice. Read the full article here.

*New* NIH’s Population Dynamics Branch Provides List of Many Funding Opportunities

The Population Dynamics Branch (PDB) within the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development has recently posted a number of active funding announcements.  Please check them out and see if they are relevant for your research program.  If they are, CSDE is very happy to support you in preparing and considering an application.  Our team can help you with providing feedback on your application, providing you with mock review panel, connecting you with a program officer, etc.

NICHD PDB Active Funding Announcements

Notice of Special Interest = NOSI. Clinical Trials (CT)—Optional (O); Not Allowed (NA).
Funding Announcements Contact Activity CT Expired
 

NOT-HD-23-001 – NOSI: Mortality of Adolescents, Young Adults, and Other NICHD Priority Populations in the United States https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-001.html

  

Juanita Chinn

  

R01, ‌R15, ‌R21, ‌K01, ‌R03

  

O

  

2024-09-07
 

NOT-HD-23-003 – NOSI: Research to Improve Pre-Pregnancy Care and Enhance Healthy Birth Intervals
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-003.html

  

Ronna Popkin

  

R21, R03,‌R01

  

O

  

2024-09-07
 

PAR-22-261 – Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-261.html

  

Susan Jekielek

  

R03

  

NA

  

2025-11-16
 

NOT-HD-22-038 – NOSI: Research on the Impact of Policy Changes and Emerging and Evolving Public Health Crises on NICHD Populations of Interesthttps://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-22-038.html

  

Rebecca Clark

  

R15, R03,‌ R01, R21

  

O

  

2025-01-07
 

NOT-HD-21-025 – NOSI: Reproductive Health, Pregnancy, and Parenting among Women with Disabilities
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-21-025.html

  

Ronna Popkin

  

R01, R03

  

O

  

2024-05-30
 

NOT-HD-20-032 – NOSI: Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Child and Reproductive Population Health https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-20-032.html

  

Rebecca Clark

  

R01

  

NA

  

2024-05-07
 

PAR-23-112 – Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-112.html

  

Juanita Chinn

  

R01

  

O

  

2026-01-07
 

NOT-ES-22-006 – NOSI:  Climate Change and Health https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-ES-22-006.html

  

Randy Capps

  

Various

  

O

  

2025-05-07
 

NOT-OD-23-166 – NOSI in Research on Family Support and Rejection in the Health and Well-Being of SGM Populations  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-23-166.html

  

Ronna Popkin

  

Various

  

O

  

2026-05-07
 

NOT-MD-23-002 – NOSI: Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MD-23-002.html,  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-010.html

  

Randy Capps

  

R01,‌ R61/R33

  

O

  

2026-06-05
 

NOT-MD-23-003 – NOSI: Addressing Health Disparities Among Immigrant Populations Through Effective Interventions  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MD-23-003.html, https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-011.html

  

Randy Capps

  

R01

  

O

  

2026-06-05
 

PAR-21-275 – The Role of Work in Health Disparities in the U.S.
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-275.html, https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-21-044.html

  

Susan Jekielek

  

R01

  

O

  

2024-09-08
 

PAR-23-285 – Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-285.html,  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-028.html

  

Juanita Chinn

  

R34

  

O

  

2027-01-07
 

PAR-23-298 – Intervention Research to Improve Native American Healthhttps://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-298.html, https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-030.html

  

Juanita Chinn

  

R01

  

O

  

2027-01-07
 

PAR-23-299 – Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-299.html,  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-029.html

  

Juanita Chinn

  

R21

  

O

  

1/7/2027

Other Active Funding Announcements

Notice of Special Interest = NOSI. Clinical Trials (CT)—Optional (O); Not Allowed (NA), Required (R).
Funding Announcements

 

 Activity CT Expired
 

PAR-23-166 – Native American Research Centers for Health [NARCH] https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-166.html

  

S06

  

O

  

2026-08-07
 

NOT-OD-23-039 – NOSI: Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-23-039.html

  

Various

  

O

  

2026-02-04
 

NOT-OD-22-167 – NOSI: Research on Addressing Violence to Improve Health Outcomes https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-22-167.html

  

Various

  

O

  

2025-10-04
 

NOT-HD-21-026 – NOSI: Research on the Impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic and Risks for Abuse and Injury Among Vulnerable Children and Youth https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-21-026.html

  

Various

  

O

  

2024-05-07
 

PAR-24-059 – Understanding the Impact of Healthcare System and Clinician Factors on Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-059.html

  

R01

  

O

  

2027-01-07
 

NOT-HD-22-043 – NOSI: Implementation Science to Advance Maternal Health and Maternal Health Equity for the IMPROVE initiative https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-22-043.html

  

R03, R21, ‌R01

  

O

  

2025-05-07
 

NOT-GM-22-005 – NOSI: Administrative Supplements for Research on Women’s Health in the IDeA States https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-GM-22-005.html

  

Admin ‌Supp

  

O

  

2024-10-17
 

NOT-HD-23-021 – NOSI: The Road to Prevention of Stillbirth https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-021.html

  

Various

  

O

  

2026-11-16
 

NOT-MD-22-012 – NOSI: Research on the Health of Sexual and Gender Minority [SGM] Populations https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MD-22-012.html

  

Various

  

O

  

2025-08-07
 

PAR-23-122 – Research with Activities Related to Diversity [ReWARD] https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-122.html, https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-024.html

  

R01

  

O

  

2026-05-07
 

PA-23-189 – Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-23-189.html

  

Admin ‌Supp

  

NA

  

2026-05-07
 

PA-21-345 – Administrative Supplements to Promote Diversity in Small Businesses-SBIR/STTR) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-21-345.html

  

Admin ‌Supp

  

NA

  

2024-09-09
 

NOT-HD-22-003 – NOSI – Administrative Supplements for Research of Emerging and Existing Issues of COVID-19 Related to the Health and Well-Being of Women, Children and Individuals with Physical and/or Intellectual Disabilities https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-22-003.html

  

Admin ‌Supp

  

O

  

2024-06-05
 

NOT-HD-22-002 – NOSI – Emerging and Existing Issues of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Research Related to the Health and Well-Being of Women, Children and Individuals with Physical and/or Intellectual Disabilities https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-22-002.html

  

R01, R21

  

O

  

2024-06-05
 

NOT-MH-21-330 – NOSI: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Underserved and Vulnerable Populations https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-21-330.html

  

R01, ‌UG3/UH3

  

O

  

2024-09-07
 

NOT-HD-21-026 – NOSI: Research on the Impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic and Risks for Abuse and Injury Among Vulnerable Children and Youth https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-21-026.html

  

Various

  

O

  

2024-05-07
 

PAR-23-309 – Health and Health Care Disparities Among Persons Living with Disabilities https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-309.html

  

R01

  

O

  

2026-11-05
 

NOT-OD-24-038 – Health Influences of Gender as a Social and Structural Variable https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-24-038.html

  

Various

  

O

  

2025-09-30
 

PAR-23-318 – Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-318.html

  

R21/R33

  

O

  

2026-03-20
 

PAR-24-073 – Career Enhancement Award to Advance Research on Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-073.html

  

K18

  

R

  

2024-03-15
 

PAR-24-070 – Career Enhancement Award to Advance Research on Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-070.html

  

K18

  

NA

  

2024-03-15
 

NOT-DC-24-010 – NOSI: Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids (TALK) R01 Research Projects https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DC-24-010.html

  

R01

  

O

  

2026-11-05
 

NOT-OD-24-026 – NOSI: Advance Data Science Approaches Through Secondary Data Analysis to Reveal Scientific Insights of COVID-19 Testing Technologies https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-24-026.html

  

R21

  

NA

  

2024-07-15

 

Almquist and Colleagues Develop a Novel Mapping Protocol to Identify Family-based Services

CSDE Trainee Lars Almquist published research with co-authors in Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, titled “A Novel Approach to Geographically Mapping Effective Family-Based Services: Feasibility and Quality Comparison with 2-1-1“. The research was conducted in the UW CoLab for Community and Behavioral Health Policy, as part of work to assist other initiatives. Community social services are often fragmented and difficult to navigate. This presents a barrier to programs, such as health navigation, that focus on connecting individuals to available services. Existing service mapping efforts, such as those generated by 2-1-1, are helpful but limited in the specificity they provide, particularly with regard to whether services are based on evidence-informed principles. This may lead to a distrust of service quality or poor referral match. Authors developed a novel service mapping protocol to identify local, evidence-informed, family-based services, and compared results to 2-1-1’s resource list.

Their mapping protocol identified more evidence-informed services than 2-1-1 and collected greater detail related to accessibility. Their study offers recommendations for integrating this approach into routine community mapping efforts (e.g., 2-1-1) or as a stand-alone approach.

New Chapter by Berney Discusses the Role of UW’s Nehemiah Studio in Architectural Education

CSDE Affiliate Dr. Rachel Berney (Urban Design and Planning) recently co-authored a chapter, called “Building Beloved Community Through the University of Washington’s Nehemiah Interdisciplinary Studio” in the edited book, Interdisciplinary Design Thinking in Education and Architecture. The Nehemiah Studio is a university-community collaboration focused on preventing displacement, empowering change, and building beloved community. The group strives to build beneficial and transparent relationships with community members, students, and faculty to support community groups’ work and students’ development. Authors convey that well-functioning multi-disciplinary teams are more productive than other team arrangements and interdisciplinary teamwork lies at the heart of architectural education and practice. The Nehemiah Studio experience is uniquely positioned to contribute to architectural education.

CSDE Launches Its Lunch & Learn Series!

With support from the Population Health Initiative, CSDE officially launched its Lunch & Learn series on Wednesday with a successful first event! The first event was facilitated by CSDE Science Core PI Dan Eisenberg and focused on uusing “Telomere Length as a Measure of Environmental Exposures”. Participants included faculty, postdocs and graduate students from Geography, Global Health, Statistics, and School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. The Eisenberg provided an overview about how telomere length is an important determinant of senescence and can be a potential cumulative biomarker of environmental exposures. In particular, Eisenberg shared how and why telomere length predicts morbidity and mortality, especially from infectious diseases. Additionally, Eisenberg demonstrated how environmental factors such as psychosocial stressors and infections influence telomere length.

Stay tuned for details on our next Lunch & Learn event in Winter 2024 which will be led by NWFSRDC & UWDC Director Sofia Ayala!

The Hill Quotes Mokdad on Vulnerable Americans Entering the Holidays Unprotected Against COVID-19

CSDE Affiliate Dr. Ali Mokdad (Epidemiology, Health Metrics Sciences) was quoted in an article by The Hill on how many vulnerable Americans are going into the holidays unprotected against COVID-19. While the U.S. is entering the peak season for respiratory illnesses, few nursing home residents and staff have been vaccinated with the updated booster. Dr. Mokdad commented with two concerns. Those who are vulnerable will be unprotected during the holidays. In addition, new variants may arise. “Right now, we’re not ready and many people may not rush and get the vaccine,” Dr. Mokdad said. Read the full article here.