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    It’s Always Negotiable

    During the wine and cheese reception for the 2015 HIV Prevention Trials Network Scholars (HPTN) Program, my colleagues and I were engaged in a conversation about surviving (and thriving) in academia. We were all members of underrepresented racial/ethnic minority groups and Postdocs or early career faculty. The topic of salary came up. When I shared…

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    NIH Funding Opportunity

    Increasing Uptake of Evidence-Based Screening in Diverse Adult Populations. PA-18-932. R01 https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-932.html.

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    Native Health Research Training Conference

    Third annual National Native Health Research Training Conference, September 23-25 2019, at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA. The theme this year is the Tribal Health Research Agenda: Governance, Trust and Culture. The goal of the) Conference is to grow and sustain a Native health research community that honors tribal decision-making processes, builds…

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    LGBTQI Health Research and Clinical Practice at UCSF

    Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH (UCSF CADC/RCMAR Scientist) To Create Center for LGBTQI Health Research and Clinical Practice at UCSF. He and Annesa Flentje, PhD, received funding from the UCSF Vice Chancellor and Provost’s Strategic Initiative and will co-direct the new center. Key activities of the center will involve creating and leveraging existing resources across campus…

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    Interdisciplinary Aging Research to Address Health Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: A Scientific Training Program

    The USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging invites early career scholars to apply for an innovative training program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) health disparities.  Funded by the NIA, the program addresses the full range of biological, biomedical, behavioral, and health sciences supported by NIA/NIH. Designed for assistant professors and postdoctoral scholars…

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    Yes, you can—and should—negotiate academic job offers.

    New article just published in Science, written by UCLA CHIME/RCMAR Scientist Brandon Brown, MPH, PhD, who is now an Associate Professor at the University of California-Riverside. https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2019/06/yes-you-can-and-should-negotiate-academic-job-offers

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    NIH Funding Opportunity

    Leveraging Health IT to Address Minority Health and Health Disparities. PAR-19-093. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-19-093.html (note, NIA is not a participating institute, but you can use a “parent grant” mechanism https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-19-056.html if you have a related projects that fits in NIA better then NIMHD).

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    Pragmatic Trials of Managing Multimorbidity in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Pragmatic Trials of Managing Multimorbidity in Alzheimer’s Disease (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required). RFA-AG-20-029, due 2/3/2020 https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-20-029.html