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October 2021
ODP Updates is a quarterly newsletter from the ODP featuring 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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Celebrating 35 Years of Putting Prevention Research First
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I’m honored to mark the 35th anniversary of the ODP. Our Office was founded in 1986 to promote and coordinate prevention research across NIH and with other public and private partners.
The field has changed dramatically since then. To get a sense of how much has been accomplished, ODP staff and I took some time to consider the past, present, and future of prevention research.
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Due Soon: Nominations for the 2022 ODP Early-Stage Investigator Lecture
Since 2017, the ODP has recognized early-career scientists who are poised to become leaders in disease prevention, and we are pleased to announce we are now accepting nominations for the 2022 ODP Early-Stage Investigator Lecture.
The award is made annually to early-career scientists who have made significant research contributions in disease prevention but who have not yet successfully competed for an R01 or R01-equivalent NIH research grant. The award winner will be invited to give a lecture at the NIH in 2022. The awardee will also have the opportunity to meet and network with NIH program directors and scientists. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the date and in-person status of the lecture will depend on travel and meeting guidance provided by the NIH.
Nominees should have:
- Innovative and significant research accomplishments in applied prevention research in humans, in areas that are relevant to the ODP’s mission.
- Evidence of highly collaborative research projects, especially those that bridge disciplines to offer new approaches and ways of thinking in disease prevention research.
Open for Comment: Draft Systematic Evidence Review on Provider-to-Provider Telehealth in Rural Areas
The draft systematic evidence review for the recent NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication is available for public comment through November 9, 2021.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-supported Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center conducted the systematic evidence review to provide a summary of research on the use, effectiveness, and implementation of telehealth-supported provider-to-provider communication to improve health outcomes in rural settings.
Other workshop resources, including video recordings and the independent panel’s draft report, will be available on the ODP website soon.
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New Infographic from the ODP
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We’re proud to unveil a new infographic highlighting some of the ODP’s accomplishments over the past 35 years! It covers a broad spectrum of our work and is a great snapshot of how we collaborate with our partners to advance prevention research. Take a look and learn more about what we do!
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Prevention Research Funding Opportunities
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Dr. Rashelle J. Musci from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health discusses the use of integrative data analysis to harmonize extant school-based cluster-randomized prevention trials.
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Redesigned Research Methods Resources Website, New Sample Size Calculator
The Research Methods Resources website has a fresh design, more user-friendly features, and sample size calculators for both group- or cluster-randomized trials and individually randomized group-treatment trials to help investigators better plan the design, conduct, and analysis of rigorous NIH-defined clinical trials.
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Staff Publications
Characteristics of Scientific Evidence Informing Changed U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Insufficient Evidence Statements
Klabunde CN, Ellis EM, Villani J, Neilson E, Schwartz K, Vogt EA, Ngo-Metzger Q. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2021 Oct 14:S0749-3797(21)00457-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.07.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34657771.
Staff Achievements
The ODP congratulates Mary L. Garcia-Cazarin, Ph.D., Scientific Advisor in the Tobacco Regulatory Science Program, on being selected as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's New Voices in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Program 2021-2023 cohort! After a competitive review process, 22 New Voices members, out of nearly 300 applications from academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations, were selected as early-career leaders and rising stars in the field. According to the NASEM, the new voices program was launched in 2018 to “to bring diverse perspectives from early-career U.S. leaders to important dialogues around how science, engineering, and medicine are shaping the global future.” Over the next two years, Mary and her fellow cohort members will meet “with a senior advisory committee to discuss key emerging challenges in science, engineering, and medicine, engage nationally with a wider group of young leaders from diverse groups, and attend international events on science policy.”
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New Staff
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Jennifer Baumgartner, Ph.D.
Health Scientist/American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow
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