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Contents of this Newsletter
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Start 2024 off with healthy eating tips from Dr. Lilian De Jonge
In January, many people make New Year’s resolutions based on healthy eating and how they can sustain health practices around food. Dean Melissa Perry talks with interim Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Lilian de Jonge about healthy eating. Watch the video here.
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College welcomes three new advisory board membersThe College is pleased to welcome three new members to the College Advisory Board: David Goldberg, Elma Levy, and Ondrea McIntyre-Hall. Learn more.
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CPH Faculty and Staff Awards - Faculty Awards now open
Recognize a fellow CPH faculty or staff member who is making outstanding contributions to the work of the College. Nominate them for a CPH Award to be presented at the April College Faculty & Staff Awards ceremony.
Submission materials linked below with submissions deadline:
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From the Associate Dean of Research
I recently read a brief article that highlights several ways in which faculty can connect their academic research more closely to policy. One way is to comment on proposed regulations that have been posted for public comment, before they are revised and become final regulations. You can create an account on the Federal Register and be notified of regulations open for feedback. Alternatively, each agency is required to publish its regulatory agenda, which provides a short- and long-term forecast of upcoming regulations and is updated every six months. Regulatory agendas are published on reginfo.gov. Your comments can support the proposed regulation or be critical. Be sure to support your comments and disclose any conflicts of interest. More insights into this process, and considerations of why faculty may be underinvolved in the policy process are summarized in this interesting brief by Ahmed et al from the Yale Tobin Center for Economic Policy. Their lessons extend beyond the economics discipline.
Funding Opportunities
I also want to point out funding opportunities that are currently open, including 3 that have a Virginia focus.
Jeffress Trust Awards Program in Research Advancing Health Equity. Proposals are due February 7.
- Partnership/Collaborative Establishment Awards: Two-year $150,000 awards supporting the development and establishment of collaborative research activities to advance health equity.
- Research Awards (open to previous Partnership/Collaborative Establishment Awardees only): Three-year $600,000 awards supporting established collaborative research consortiums that seek to advance health equity.
Virginia's Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund. Awards of up to $50,000. A Letter of Intent (LOI) is due February 2. Potential applicants will be contacted if LOIs are deemed inappropriate. After approval of the LOI, applicants will be emailed a link to submit the full application by March 1. View full details here.
What are the priorities at PCORI? Join a 30-minute webinar on Feb 7, 2 PM to find out. Register here.
Hear members of PCORI’s executive leadership share information about: Upcoming funding opportunities; ways PCORnet can support your patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research; how to share your experiences and knowledge through public input, advisory panels, and more.
PCORI is also hosting a Town Hall on its Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Funding call. Webinar is Jan 18 at 12 PM. Learn more.
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New Events - first time in newsletter
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Faculty Peer Support Sessions
Alternating Mondays at 4 pm and Thursdays at 8 am
Starting Thursday, January 18 | 8 am | Zoom
Join your faculty colleagues and an associate dean each week for the faculty peer support sessions. The objective of the sessions is to increase connection among faculty and provide a sense of community. Topics include but are not limited to:
- faculty well-being,
- innovative approaches to engaging students,
- maintaining positive energy at work and outside of work,
- recognizing outstanding faculty achievements,
- discussing current national and global events in the classroom,
- supporting colleagues, and post-covid faculty expectations during challenging times.
Feel free to attend once or every week. We are open to any and all suggestions on tweaking the sessions along the way. The sessions are opened to all CPH full-time and adjunct faculty. You will receive a calendar invite and Zoom link for all the sessions. Please contact Cathy Tompkins with any questions.
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CEIE Guest Lecture with Pat Kinney: Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Health
January 17 | 1:30 PM
Johnson Center Room A or Zoom
Meeting ID: 925 3236 0871 | Passcode: 939528
Pat Kinney, from the Boston University School of Public Health, will discuss his research into how climate change can adversely affect air pollution and health, and how actions to address climate change can yield health benefits from improved air quality as well as through other pathways. Learn more about Kinney and his research here.
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Homecoming Service OpportunitiesJanuary 23
For students, faculty, and staff!
INOVA Blood Drive | Hub Front Ballroom | 10 am-4 pm
Sign up here: https://bit.ly/GMU0123.
Pack the Truck | outside of the Hub | 10 am-4 pm
Donations for the Patriot Pantry and Food for Others can be delivered to the SI2GO truck on the third level of the Hub.
Plant Pot Decorating | Hub Back Ballroom | 10 am-12 pm
Help us decorate plant pots in green and gold to be donated to the Campus Gardens!
Power Packs for Kids | Hub Back Ballroom | 1 pm-3 pm
Helping us pack lunchboxes for children in need.
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Dean’s Speaker Series Featuring Flavio Marsiglia: "Advancing health equity in the Southwest US during the COVID-19 pandemic: A community health workers/promotoras’ driven intervention"
February 26, 2024 | 11:45 am
PHC Multipurpose Room
Lunch to follow
The next Dean’s Speaker Series features Flavio Marsiglia, Regents Professor and Director, Global Center for Applied Health Research at Arizona State University School of Social Work. He will discuss "Advancing health equity in the Southwest US during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Community Health Workers/promotoras’ driven intervention."
The COVID-19 pandemic brought existing health disparities into the surface, spurring unprecedented efforts to overcome multifaceted barriers to COVID-19 testing and vaccination. This presentation focuses on a cross-sectoral collaboration of university researchers, community health organizations, a testing lab, local community health centers and other community leaders. The project engaged the expertise of Community Health Workers,also known as promotoras, to address the social determinants of health (SDoH) that contribute to COVID-19 disparities. CHWs with strong and long-lasting community embeddedness implemented the intervention and effectively reached out and engaged vulnerable and underserved residents across Arizona. The presentation will discuss the practice, policy and research implications of the model and its potential for sustainability and replication with other vulnerable and underserved communities. Learn more about Marsilgia here.
The event will followed by lunch. RSVP to come.
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Leading Thriving Organizations Certificate Program
Orientation on March 19 | 12-2 pm
Class meets from 1-4:30 pm on March 26, April 2, April 9, April 16, April 23
The Leading Thriving Organizations (LTO) Certificate Program focuses on building leadership skills to support the well-being of the healthcare workforce. The program is delivered by the Mason Center for the Advancement of Well-Being and offered virtually with synchronous instruction via Zoom. Find more information about LTO here. Apply here.
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Save the Date: Media Training Workshop
March 21 | 12 pm
The Faculty Development Committee invites you to a Media Training workshop presented by Michelle Thompson. Learn about working with the media, responding to media inquiries, social media, and improving your professional online media presence. You may participate online or in person. In person attendees will receive lunch provided by the Office of Faculty Affairs. RSVP to follow.
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Event Reminders & Deadlines
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Steps Challenge starts a new semester
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Faculty/Staff Yoga
Every Tuesday, starting January 16 | 12 pm | Peterson 2800
You are welcome to stay for as much or as little of the class as you are able. If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Tompkins (ctompkin@gmu.edu).
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Compassionate Conversations
January 22 | 10 am-12 pm | Zoom
RSVP here
Join this workship that encourages and supports Compassionate Conversations as a skillful communication practice. Participants will learn to stay grounded while engaging in difficult conversations, recognize and set healthy boundaries to ensure psychological safety, recognize, and work with our own obstacles to empathy, and build a collaborative language system of functional vocabulary with which to engage in healthy conversations.
Dr. Erikca Brown, associate director of Inclusive Education, will moderate.
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