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April 2023
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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Early-Stage Investigator Lectures 2023: Advice From Future Leaders in Prevention Research
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ODP’s Early-Stage Investigator Lecture recognizes early-career prevention scientists who have not yet successfully competed for a substantial NIH independent research award, but are poised to become leaders in prevention research. We are honoring three awardees in 2023, and we asked each of them to share their best advice for students and trainees interested in a career in prevention research.
Drs. Lilah M. Besser, Justin B. Echouffo Tcheugui, and Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco will give their lectures on May 3, May 10, and June 7, 2023.
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ODP Seeks Input on its Next Strategic Plan — Prevention Research: Creating a Healthier Future for All
ODP is developing its next strategic plan and wants to hear from you! We are inviting public feedback on our draft priorities for Fiscal Years 2024–2028 (FY24–28) by May 22, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
ODP's draft plan consists of seven priorities to advance prevention research and methods. ODP seeks feedback on any or all of these priorities, including but not limited to potential benefits, drawbacks or challenges, and areas where targeted efforts by ODP could help accelerate prevention research.
Our final FY24–28 strategic plan, which will be published later this year, will outline activities coordinated by ODP to assess, facilitate, and stimulate research in disease prevention, and disseminate the results of this research to improve public health.
Reminder: Independent Panel’s Draft Report on Research Gaps in Postpartum Health Open for Public Comment
ODP invites you to comment on the independent panel’s draft report from the recent Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Identifying Risks and Interventions to Optimize Postpartum Health. The report summarizes the workshop discussions and identifies research gaps and priorities to help move the field forward.
Public comments will be accepted through April 21, 2023. Additional resources, including the workshop recordings and graphics from the roundtable discussions, can be found on the ODP website.
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Prevention Research Funding Opportunities
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Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Data, Trends and Maps
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This interactive database provides national and state-level data about the health status and behaviors of Americans as well as environmental or policy supports. Categories include breastfeeding, fruits and vegetables, physical activity, sugar drinks, television watching, and obesity/weight.
Bright Futures
Health Resources & Services Administration
The Health Resources & Services Administration maintains and shares clinical guidelines for infants, children, and adolescents that are age-specific, are based on the best available scientific evidence, and help increase the quality of primary and preventive care.
Office of Minority Health Resource Center: Knowledge Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
This collection includes more than 70,000 documents, books, journal articles, reports, and media related to the health status of racial and ethnic minority populations. The collection also includes sources of consumer health material in more than 40 languages.
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April 25, 2023, 3:00 p.m. ET
Modern Meta-Analytic Methods for Prevention Science
Methods: Mind the Gap Webinar
Emily Tanner-Smith, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
May 4, 2023, 2:00 p.m. ET
Power Analyses to Plan Idiographic Clinical Trials, Illustrated for Prevention and Rare Diseases
Methods: Mind the Gap Webinar
Ty Ridenour, Ph.D., M.A.
Stephen Tueller, Ph.D., M.S.
RTI International
May 17, 2023, 2:00 p.m. ET
Getting to the "Heart" of Cardiometabolic Health Disparities
Robert S. Gordon, Jr. Lecture in Epidemiology
Lisa Angeline Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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May 3, 2023, 11:00 a.m. ET
Structural and Social Determinants of Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Early-Stage Investigator Lecture
Lilah M. Besser, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
May 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m. ET
Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Focus on Heart Failure
Early-Stage Investigator Lecture
Justin B. Echouffo Tcheugui, M.D., Ph.D., M.Phil.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
June 7, 2023, 11:00 a.m. ET Cardiometabolic Health and Cardiovascular Prevention in Latino Population
Early-Stage Investigator Lecture
Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, M.D., Ph.D.
Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
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Recent Webinars
Prevention in Focus Webinar Series
Methods: Mind the Gap Webinar Series
Results From the 2022 I Statement Reporting Survey
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) publishes insufficient evidence (I) statements when it is not possible to make a recommendation about the benefits or harms of a service because the scientific evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting. Each year, ODP conducts the I Statement Reporting Survey to collect information about current NIH activities that address research needs and gaps in USPSTF I statements. Researchers can use the survey results to:
- Identify opportunities for investigator-initiated activities to address I statements
- Explore NIH activity related to addressing the I statements
- Learn about grants and funding opportunities that address the I statements
The results from the 2022 I Statement Reporting Survey are now available on our website.
NIH Releases FY23–27 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for DEIA
NIH recently issued its Fiscal Years 2023–2027 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA). The plan articulates NIH’s commitment to embracing, strengthening, and integrating DEIA across all NIH activities. The plan will guide actions across the agency in a transparent and accountable manner to achieve NIH’s vision of being a people-centered organization where all feel a sense of belonging when advancing the NIH mission.
The plan organizes NIH’s DEIA priorities in three key areas or objectives to address DEIA in NIH’s operations, its workforce, and in the research it supports. Across all these priorities, NIH emphasizes three crosscutting themes — promoting transparency, communication, and engagement; fostering sustainable change; and harnessing data.
Showcasing the Impact of NIH Research
The NIH Impact Pages have been redesigned and updated with new content and an interactive format! These webpages feature powerful examples of how NIH has contributed to decades of advances that improve health, revolutionize science, and serve society by turning scientific discoveries into better health for all. For example, NIH-supported research provides USPSTF with the scientific evidence base needed to make the recommendations used by primary care clinicians, patients, and families to guide decisions on preventive services such as screenings, behavioral counseling, and preventive medications.
NIH Honored by the American College of Preventive Medicine
NIH Associate Director for Prevention and ODP Director Dr. David M. Murray recently accepted a 2023 American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) President’s Award at the Preventive Medicine 2023 conference on behalf of NIH and Dr. Larry Tabak, who is performing the duties of the NIH Director. The award recognized NIH’s work in advancing the field of preventive medicine by funding scientific discovery and translating evidence into practice and policy to optimize the health of all patients in their communities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality were also honored with a 2023 ACPM President’s Award.
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