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January 2021
As we begin a new year, we are excited to welcome you to the first issue of the Office of Disease Prevention’s (ODP) quarterly newsletter. You’ll find updates from our office, upcoming events, funding opportunities, and resources to help you conduct high-quality prevention research.
Feel free to share this newsletter with your colleagues and friends and invite them to join our listserv so they can receive future issues and other announcements from the ODP. We want this information to be valuable to you, so please send us your feedback and suggestions. We can be reached at [email protected].
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A Q&A with Dr. Julia Marcus, the 2020 ODP Early-Stage Investigator Lecture Awardee
It was our pleasure to honor Dr. Julia Marcus as ODP’s 2020 Early-Stage Investigator Lecture awardee. The award recognizes early-career prevention scientists who have not yet successfully competed for a substantial NIH-supported research project, but who have already made outstanding research contributions to their respective fields and are poised to become future leaders in prevention research.
Dr. Marcus is an infectious disease epidemiologist and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Her research focuses on improving the implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention.
On November 18, 2020, Dr. Marcus presented her research findings on strategies to improve PrEP uptake, including the use of electronic health records to help health care providers identify patients who may benefit from PrEP. You can visit our website to view a recording of her lecture and presentation slides.
In our most recent Director’s Message, we spoke with Dr. Marcus to learn more about her work, her perspective on the challenges facing HIV prevention research, and her approach to public health.
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Pathways to Prevention Program Updates
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The NIH Pathways to Prevention (P2P) program identifies gaps in research on important public health topics and outlines ways to move the field forward.
On December 1–3, 2020, the ODP hosted the virtual P2P Workshop: Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users? to discuss research gaps related to physical activity interventions for people who use wheeled mobility devices. The independent panel’s draft report summarizing the event and providing recommendations for future research is expected to be posted for comment within the next few weeks. Until then, we encourage you to watch the workshop recordings and provide feedback on the draft systematic evidence review. Comments are due by January 8, 2021.
The P2P team also recently wrapped up work on the P2P Workshop: Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services. The workshop was held in June 2019 to explore the scientific evidence on disparities in the use of clinical services for early detection and prevention of common chronic conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. It resulted in several publications that you can use to help guide your research, address evidence gaps, and increase the use of preventive services:
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Prevention Research Funding Opportunities
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Tobacco Regulatory Research Tools & Resources
Office of Disease Prevention
Tools, publications, statistics, and announcements for research to support the regulation of tobacco and tobacco products.
Evidence-Based Cancer Control Programs: Physical Activity
National Cancer Institute
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.
AtlasPlus
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
An interactive tool that gives users the ability to create customized tables, maps, and charts using more than 15 years of CDC’s surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis.
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Multimorbidity Funding Opportunity Announcements Technical Assistance Webinar
This pre-application technical assistance webinar—recorded September 1, 2020—provides an overview of two NIH multimorbidity funding opportunity announcements and addresses questions from prospective applicants. These two funding opportunities are accepting applications until September 2023.
2020 ODP Co-Funded Prevention Research
The ODP provides limited co-funding to support NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices, and other federal partners in prevention, particularly for initiatives to address gaps in research and practice. Learn what projects we supported in 2020.
Portfolio Analysis of NIH Prevention Research
The ODP plays an important role in characterizing the NIH prevention research portfolio. Read more about our portfolio analysis work, as well as summaries of our analysis and findings on our new webpage.
Methods: Mind the Gap–Past Webinars
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Staff Publications
Familiarity With and Use of Insufficient Evidence Findings From the Community Preventive Services Task Force.
Alston A, Cotter MM, Klabunde CN, Neilson E. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2020 Dec 10. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2020.08.005. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 33309452.
Social and Structural Determinants of Health Inequities in Maternal Health.
Crear-Perry J, Correa-de-Araujo R, Lewis Johnson T, McLemore MR, Neilson E, Wallace M. Journal of Women's Health. 2020 Nov 12. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8882. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 33181043.
Methods Development and Modeling Research: Contributions to Advancing TRS and Informing Regulations.
Price, S, Chansky, MC, Meissner, HI, Engstrom, MC, Dunderdale, T, Mayne, RG, Bahde, AL, Frechtling, JA, Mandal, R. Tobacco Regulatory Science. 2020;6(6):436-439. doi.org/10.18001/TRS.6.6.7.
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Staff Achievements
Mary L. Garcia-Cazarin, Ph.D. was selected by Dr. Francis Collins to receive the 2020 Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award, which is one of the NIH Director’s awards.
New Staff
Maria M. Babirye, M.P.H.
Scientific Program Analyst
Bramaramba Kowtha, M.S., R.D., L.D.
Public Health Advisor
Jonathan Moyer, M.S.
Statistician
Melissa Green Parker, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Cristan Smith, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst
Liberty Walton, M.P.H.
Health Science Policy Analyst
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