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Updated May 19, 2013 |  | Teleconference/Webcast: Sensible Steps To Healthier School Environments—Session 1 of 8—Assessment and Team Building
Tuesday May 21, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
In today's challenging financial climate, the ability to identify and take simple, affordable steps to protect the health of students and staff in our schools has never been more important. This webinar series will outline sensible, low- or no-cost steps that school communities can take to create healthier environments in their buildings. Each webinar will feature school district personnel from across the country presenting their real-life examples and solutions. Join this interactive webinar to 1) explore essential building blocks of a model school environmental health program, 2) evaluate your school health status with the Sensible Steps Quick Assessment, 3) learn how to build an effective environmental health team in your school or district, and 4) discover steps Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District in Carrollton, Texas, took to enhance environmental health conditions in its schools.
Price: free
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday May 22, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's Risk Assessment Forum Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Technical Panel is currently developing guidelines on CRA and NCER is funding extramural research to advance the science further and introduce additional strategies for examining combinations of chemical, physical and biological stressors while factoring in population vulnerabilities. Invited speakers will present on a wide range of cumulative risk topics to inform participants about the development of the Agency's CRA Guidelines. The CRA Webinar Series will be presented monthly to run through December 2013. The CRA Webinar Series is open to the public to stimulate wider discourse on cumulative risk themes generally. The May Webinar will feature Dr. Glenn Suter, science advisor with the National Center for Environmental Assessment Office of Research and Development. His presentation is titled "Why and How to Integrate Your Assessment."
Price: free
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Contact: Devon Payne-Sturges, 703-347-8055 or payne-sturges.devon@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: 25 Years of the Superfund Research Program: Highlights and Hopes
Thursday May 23, 2013
10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment
From Love Canal in New York to the Palos Verde Shelf in California, more than 1,300 locations have been federally designated as Superfund sites since the program's inception in 1980. Many people are unaware that in addition to cleaning up hazardous waste, the Superfund program also includes a critical research component investigating health effects of toxic substances found at these sites, as well as translating this research for affected communities and others. In 2012, the NIEHS Superfund Research Program celebrated its 25th anniversary of research to protect human health and the environment. This call will include an overview of the program's history, highlighting some of the accomplishments of scientists, trainees and research translation efforts.
Price: free
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Contact: CHE, info@healthandenvironment.org
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Cancer: The Professional and the Personal: A Conversation with Dr. Susan Love and Susan Braun
Tuesday May 28, 2013
10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Susan Love, MD, MBA, is one of the leading figures in confronting breast cancer in our time. She is president and medical director of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, with a mission "to eradicate breast cancer and improve the quality of women's health through innovative research, education and advocacy." She is a clinical professor of surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Her books Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book and Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book have been helpful to countless women. Herself diagnosed with leukemia last year, she took time out for treatment and now says she is "back in action" and "getting stronger by the minute." Susan Braun is CEO of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, one of the nation's leading cancer research foundations. Prior to taking that position last year, she was the head of Commonweal, CHE's organizational home. She has been executive director of The American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Foundation, CEO of the CURE Media Group and President and CEO of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (now Susan G. Komen for the Cure). On this call Dr. Love will tell her story of how she has learned "the only difference between a researcher and a patient is a diagnosis." The two Susans will then engage in wide-ranging dialogue about cancer issues—treatment, prevention, politics—whatever they wish to address, we are certain it will be fascinating, informed, and even moving.
Price: free
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Contact: CHE info@healthandenvironment.org
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| Teleconference/Webcast: The Story of Camp Lejeune: Contaminated Drinking Water, Cancer Clusters, and the Struggle for Justice
Wednesday May 29, 2013
9:00 a.m. Alaska / 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment—Alaska
This call will be a one-hour discussion with special guest Jerry Ensminger, a retired Marine Master Sergeant of 24 years. Jerry's family is one of hundreds of thousands who bathed, drank, and cooked with water contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals at the North Carolina Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune. He lost his nine-year-old daughter Janey to leukemia in 1985. Jerry has dedicated his life to helping other victims of the contamination at Camp Lejeune, many of whom are men who developed breast cancer. In his pursuit of justice, Jerry illuminates how current policies contribute to disease clusters and works for policies that will prevent contamination and protect community health. His story, along with others who suffered tragedy from the water at Camp Lejeune, has been documented in the film, "Semper Fi: Always Faithful."
Price: free
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Contact: CHE, info@healthandenvironment.org
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| Teleconference/Webcast: The Alaskan Experience
Thursday May 30, 2013
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Commission for Environmental Cooperation
In parts of Alaska, one in four Native infants is hospitalized each year with acute respiratory infections, and hospitalization rates for acute and chronic respiratory diseases in infants of these communities are among the highest ever documented. Join Troy Ritter and A.J. Salkoski of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) to learn how they've been working to improve chronic health problems in Alaska's indigenous communities that are linked to substandard housing, overcrowding, poor indoor air quality and the lack of indoor plumbing.
Price: free
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Resources to Create or Expand Healthy Food Retail: Public and Private Grant and Loan Programs
Thursday May 30, 2013
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Healthy Food Acces Portal
Today more grant, loan and incentive opportunities exist than ever before to help you to build, renovate or plan for healthy food retail in your community. In most cases, however, several different grants, loans and incentives are needed to fully fund a project. This webinar will provide an overview of the "Find Money" section of the Healthy Food Access Portal and provide examples of specific federal, state and local resources that can be tapped to create or expand healthy food retail opportunities in underserved communities.
Price: free
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| Teleconference/Webcast: 2013 Webinar Series
June 3 - 12, 2013
various times throughout the time period
Sponsor: States-Tribes-EPA Climate Adaptation Symposium
Without getting too deep in a critical analysis of the EPA process, EPA is working with its partners to protect public health and the environment with programs that address indoor and outdoor air quality, climate change, pollution prevention, energy efficiency, industrial air pollution, pollution from vehicles and engines, radon, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, and radiation protection. Within this broad portfolio, most of these areas are vulnerable to future climate change, presenting challenges for EPA and a opportunity for our communities to further inform and push to reflect the needs of climate justice and frontline communities. Twelve webinars are scheduled, with each lasting an hour and a half. Topics include Adapting to Air Quality and Health Impacts of Climate Change, Equity and Adaptation for Vulnerable Communities, and more.
Price: free
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Contact: 919-515-3184 or susan_moore@ncsu.edu
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 | Other Event: US Senate Hearing: State of Wireless Communications
Tuesday June 4, 2013
2:30 p.m.
Washington, DC and virtual
at the Russell Senate Office Building, room 253
Sponsor: US Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
The hearing will be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website. Refresh the Commerce Committee homepage 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time to automatically begin streaming the webcast.
Price: free
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Stress as an Endocrine Disruptor: Maternal Psychosocial Stress during Pregnancy and Fetal Development
Thursday June 6, 2013
10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment Fertility and Reproductive Health Working Group
Stress during pregnancy has long been considered detrimental to the developing fetus. New data supports the idea that psychosocial stress in utero affects fetal development. This call will examine current research on prenatal stress in relation to neurodevelopment and reproductive development, discuss how stress may alter endocrine function, and present data from recent studies that illustrate these concepts. Dr. Tracy Bale will provide a brief overview of the literature on maternal stress and neurodevelopment of offspring in rodent models. Her most recent study uses a genomewide array approach to screen placental tissue for gene candidates that are sex-biased and stress-responsive in mice, in order to translate the information to humans. Dr. Bale will describe study results identifying the OGT gene as a promising placental biomarker of maternal stress exposure that may relate to sex-biased outcomes in neurodevelopment. Dr. Shanna Swan has done extensive research on a measurement of male reproductive development: anogenital distance (AGD). Changes in this physiological measurement have previously been associated with exposure to phthalates and other endocrine disruptors. Dr. Swan is the senior author, and Dr. Emily Barrett the primary author, of a new study entitled “Prenatal exposure to stressful life events is associated with masculinized anogenital distance (AGD) in female infants.” The co-authors will discuss the findings from their study and implications for considering stress as an endocrine disruptor.
Price: free
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Contact: CHE, info@healthandenvironment.org
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| Teleconference/Webcast: EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday June 12, 2013
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers. The presentations this month will be "Maternal and Fetal Exposures to BPA During Mid-Gestation", with speaker Tracey Woodruff of the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center: Formative Center at the University of California, San Francisco; and "Bisphenol A and Children's Health: Results from the CHAMACOS Study" with speaker Kim Harley of the Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH) at UC Berkeley.
Price: free
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Contact: Richard Callan, 703-347-8051 or callan.richard@epa.gov
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 | Meeting: CHE-Washington Children's Environment Health Working Group Meeting
Thursday June 13, 2013
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the Graham Visitors Center, Washington Park Arboretum, University of Washington Botanic Gardens
Sponsor: CHE-Washington Children's Environment Health Working Group
This would be a good time to join with a like-minded group of scientists, educators, researchers, policy makers, consultants, businesses, health educators, child care providers, advocacy groups, local, regional and state government agencies and NGOs, all of whom are committed to eliminating harmful environmental exposures to children during their most critical developmental years: pre-conception to age eight. The presentation will include good food, good life-giving information, good song and good fun in a high-energy, fast-paced good health presentation by Change Your Food—Change Your Life.
Price: free
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| Teleconference/Webcast: The Role of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Creating Healthy Learning Environments! Session 2 of 8
Tuesday June 18, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
In today's challenging financial climate, the ability to identify and take simple, affordable steps to protect the health of students and staff in our schools has never been more important. This webinar series will outline sensible, low- or no-cost steps that school communities can take to create healthier environments in their buildings. Each webinar will feature school district personnel from across the country presenting their real-life examples and solutions. Join this interactive webinar to 1) discover why IAQ is an essential component of green and healthy schools and healthy learning environments; 2) learn how robust IAQ management plans promote academic achievement; 3) gain in-depth knowledge on how the IAQ Tools for Schools guidance provides simple, low-and no-cost resources, such as the IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit, to create healthy learning environments; and 4) hear examples of how school districts have successfully implemented and institutionalized comprehensive IAQ management programs in their districts.
Price: free
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 | Request for Proposals: National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program
Deadline: Tuesday June 25, 2013
4:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program is soliciting proposals nationwide for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced by diesel engines and diesel emissions exposure, particularly from fleets operating in areas designated by the Administrator as poor air quality areas. Eligible entities include regional, state, local or tribal agencies (or intertribal consortia) or port authorities with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality, and nonprofit organizations or institutions that a) represent or provide pollution reduction or educational services to persons or organizations that own or operate diesel fleets or b) have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality.
Award: $30,000 - $800,000 per proposal
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Contact: please see page 34 of the RFP
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| Request for Proposals: Science for Sustainable and Healthy Tribes
Deadline: Tuesday June 25, 2013
11:59:59 pm Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Research
EPA, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research on science for sustainable and healthy tribes. This solicitation is focused on research to develop sustainable solutions to environmental problems that affect tribes. The objectives of the awards to be made under this solicitation are to improve understanding of 1) the health impacts of climate change on tribal populations and 2) the health impacts of indoor air pollution exposures that derive from or are directly affecting traditional tribal life-ways and cultural practices. In both cases, projects should focus on impacts to vulnerable subpopulations of the tribal communities. Proposals should also consider sustainable, culturally appropriate and acceptable pollution prevention and adaptation/mitigation strategies.
Award: for a regular award, up to a total of $920,000, including direct and indirect costs, with a maximum duration of 3 years
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Contact: see the website
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday June 26, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's Risk Assessment Forum Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Technical Panel is currently developing guidelines on CRA and NCER is funding extramural research to advance the science further and introduce additional strategies for examining combinations of chemical, physical and biological stressors while factoring in population vulnerabilities. Invited speakers will present on a wide range of cumulative risk topics to inform participants about the development of the Agency's CRA Guidelines. The CRA Webinar Series will be presented monthly to run through December 2013. The CRA Webinar Series is open to the public to stimulate wider discourse on cumulative risk themes generally. The June Webinar will feature Dr. Wenyaw Chan presenting "EPA STAR Grantee, Statistical Methods for Cumulative Risk."
Price: free
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Contact: Devon Payne-Sturges, 703-347-8055 or payne-sturges.devon@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Integrated Pest Management: Protecting Children in Schools from Pests and Pesticides—Session 3 of 8
Tuesday July 23, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
In today's challenging financial climate, the ability to identify and take simple, affordable steps to protect the health of students and staff in our schools has never been more important. This webinar series will outline sensible, low- or no-cost steps that school communities can take to create healthier environments in their buildings. Each webinar will feature school district personnel from across the country presenting their real-life examples and solutions. Join this interactive webinar to 1) understand what IPM is, 2) learn the benefits of IPM, 3) discover sensible steps for implementing or enhancing school IPM programs, and 4) see how to integrate IPM into a comprehensive Healthy School Program.
Price: free
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 | Training/Workshop: Facilitation Skills For Environmental Professionals
Monday and Tuesday, July 29 - 30, 2013
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
Sponsor: EOS Alliance
Facilitation skills are used to form productive teams, plan programs, and implement controversial projects. Trained facilitators help groups communicate productively, constructively manage diverse points of view, and create concrete actions as a result of meetings. It is also a personally satisfying experience when you, as the meeting facilitator, bring out the best in the people in a meeting and can help a team improve its performance. In addition to presenting a core program of facilitation skills and substantial practice with these skills, in this course we tailor the experience to the participants' specific needs. We do this by having participants complete a pre-workshop needs profile. By combining the core curriculum with the participants' needs, the training experience is customized to each audience and demonstrates the practicality of implementing the concepts in real-life situations. A study by Microsoft® pointed to worthless meetings as a major time waster in America. Respondents in their survey spend 5.6 hours each week in meetings and 71 percent of these people think those meetings "...aren't productive." Good meetings don't just happen. Leaders with outstanding facilitation skills are key to turning this wasted time into meetings that produce results. This course is intended for anyone who wants to increase their personal effectiveness and have greater influence over the work they do in groups.
Price: $695 or $645 for employees of Native American tribes, nonprofits, and government agencies; students; and NAEP members
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Contact: Northwest Environmental Training Center, 425-270-3274 ext 103
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| Teleconference/Webcast: EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday July 10, 2013
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers. The presentations this month will be 1) "Epigenetics, Endocrine Disruptors and Early Development" with Susan Schantz of Novel Methods to Assess Effects of Bisphenol A & Phthalates on Child Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and 2) "Placental Epigenetic Biomarkers of Exposure and Health" with Carmen Marsit of the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center at Dartmouth College.
Price: free
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Contact: Richard Callan, 703-347-8051 or callan.richard@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Designing Healthy Communities: Promoting Universal Design, Affordable, Accessible, Safe, and Healthy Communities
Thursday July 18, 2013
2:00 - 3:30 pm Mountain time
Sponsor: Health and Human Services Region VIII Federal Partners Workgroup
Part of the Improving the Health of Communities through the National Prevention Strategy series, this webinar will examine how homes and community design can promote inclusiveness for all populations. Understanding risks and impacts of municipal planning, including those that can affect health, will help ensure that land use and transportation decisions result in positive and equitable health outcomes.
Price: free
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Contact: Cherri Pruitt, 303-844-7872 or cherri.pruitt@hrsa.hhs.gov
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 | Conference/Seminar: Brain Development & Learning
Wednesday through Sunday, July 24 - 28, 2013
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
at the Westin Bayshore
Sponsor: BC Mental Health & Addiction Services, Brain Research Centre, Human Early Learning Partnership and NeuroDevNet
This is planned as an interdisciplinary conference devoted to improving children's lives by highlighting innovative programs and by making the newest research and insights from neuroscience, child development, psychology, & medicine understandable & applicable to those who work directly with children. Continuing education credits may be available.
Price: see the Registration page
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Contact: see the Contact page
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday July 31, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's Risk Assessment Forum Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Technical Panel is currently developing guidelines on CRA and NCER is funding extramural research to advance the science further and introduce additional strategies for examining combinations of chemical, physical and biological stressors while factoring in population vulnerabilities. Invited speakers will present on a wide range of cumulative risk topics to inform participants about the development of the Agency's CRA Guidelines. The CRA Webinar Series will be presented monthly to run through December 2013. The CRA Webinar Series is open to the public to stimulate wider discourse on cumulative risk themes generally. The July Webinar will feature Dr. George Alexeeff presenting "Cal/EPA Cumulative Impact Methodology."
Price: free
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Contact: Devon Payne-Sturges, 703-347-8055 or payne-sturges.devon@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday August 14, 2013
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers. The featured presentations will be "Autism" with Isaac Pessah and "Nutrition and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Importance and Potential Mechanisms" with Rebecca Schmidt. Both speakers are from the Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCEH) at UC Davis.
Price: free
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Contact: Richard Callan, 703-347-8051 or callan.richard@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Current Issues in Chemical Management, Best Practices for Schools and Districts—Session 4 of 8
Tuesday August 20, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
In today's challenging financial climate, the ability to identify and take simple, affordable steps to protect the health of students and staff in our schools has never been more important. This webinar series will outline sensible, low- or no-cost steps that school communities can take to create healthier environments in their buildings. Each webinar will feature school district personnel from across the country presenting their real-life examples and solutions. Join this interactive webinar to 1) get up-to-date information about best chemical management in schools; 2) learn sensible steps you can take to ensure your chemical management program applies to educational, art, and science supplies as well as to chemicals commonly used in facility maintenance and operation; and 3) discover measures one district took to educate students and staff, improve its chemical management practices, prevent accidents, and reduce health risks associated with use and disposal of chemicals in its facilities.
Price: free
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| Request for Proposals: Asthma in Older Adults
Deadline: Sunday September 8, 2013
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
This FOA encourages Exploratory/Developmental Grant applications that propose to study the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and/or management of asthma in older adults. Much of what is known about asthma in adults is based on studies in younger adult populations; however, the mechanisms underlying asthma in some older adults may differ, which may impact on diagnostic, treatment, and prevention strategies. This FOA is intended to stimulate research to address knowledge gaps and research opportunities in asthma in later life. A variety of study approaches are encouraged with this FOA including basic, translational, clinical, and epidemiological studies.
Award: variable
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Contact: GrantsInfo, 301-435-0714 or GrantsInfo@nih.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday September 11, 2013
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers. The presentation this month will be "Asthma", with featured speakers Andrew Liu of the Denver Children's Environmental Health Center, Environmental Determinants of Airway Disease in Children at National Jewish Health, Rob McConnell of the University of Southern California, and David Schwartz of the Denver Children's Environmental Health Center, Environmental Determinants of Airway Disease in Children at National Jewish Health.
Price: free
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Contact: Richard Callan, 703-347-8051 or callan.richard@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Preventing Violence: The Importance of Healthy Communication and Relationships
Thursday September 19, 2013
2:00 - 3:30 pm Mountain time
Sponsor: Health and Human Services Region VIII Federal Partners Workgroup
Part of the Improving the Health of Communities through the National Prevention Strategy series, this webinar will discuss federal programs and resources that focus on creating safe and healthy environments in schools, anti-bullying efforts, healthy relationships and communication.
Price: free
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Contact: Cherri Pruitt, 303-844-7872 or cherri.pruitt@hrsa.hhs.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Cleaning and Maintenance, Sensible Steps for Creating Healthier School Environments—Session 5 of 8
Wednesday September 25, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
In today's challenging financial climate, the ability to identify and take simple, affordable steps to protect the health of students and staff in our schools has never been more important. This webinar series will outline sensible, low- or no-cost steps that school communities can take to create healthier environments in their buildings. Each webinar will feature school district personnel from across the country presenting their real-life examples and solutions. Join this interactive webinar to 1) get insights on most current trends in green cleaning for schools; 2) learn steps other schools have taken to assess and improve their cleaning, maintenance and waste management practices; 3) discover how to create and sustain a clean, green and healthy cleaning and maintenance program in your school or district.
Price: free
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| Teleconference/Webcast: EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday October 9, 2013
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers. The presentations this month will be 1) "Parental Smoking Before and After Birth and Risk of Childhood Acute Leukemia", with Catherine Metayer of the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment (CIRCLE) at UC Berkeley and 2) "Human Fetal Lung Xenograft as Model of Antenatal Arsenic Exposure" with Monique DePaepe of the Formative Center for the Evaluation of Environmental Impacts on Fetal Development at Brown University.
Price: free
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Contact: Richard Callan, 703-347-8051 or callan.richard@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Sensible Steps for Energy Efficiency and Waste Reduction in Schools—Session 6 of 8
Tuesday October 22, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
In today's challenging financial climate, the ability to identify and take simple, affordable steps to protect the health of students and staff in our schools has never been more important. This webinar series will outline sensible, low- or no-cost steps that school communities can take to create healthier environments in their buildings. Each webinar will feature school district personnel from across the country presenting their real-life examples and solutions. Join this interactive webinar to 1) learn guidelines for energy management and waste reduction that your school can follow to improve energy and financial performance; 2) see how to evaluate your school's energy performance with ENERGY STAR'S new and improved Portfolio Manager; and 3) discover sensible steps that one award winning district took to enhance energy efficiency, reduce waste and realize sustainable operational savings.
Price: free
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| Teleconference/Webcast: EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday November 13, 2013
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers. The presentation this month will be "Exposure to Pesticides and Children's Health", with featured speaker Elaine Faustman of the Center for Child Environmental Health Risks Research at the University of Washington.
Price: free
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Contact: Richard Callan, 703-347-8051 or callan.richard@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Sensible Steps for Mold and Moisture Control In Schools—Session 7 of 8
Tuesday November 19, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
In today's challenging financial climate, the ability to identify and take simple, affordable steps to protect the health of students and staff in our schools has never been more important. This webinar series will outline sensible, low- or no-cost steps that school communities can take to create healthier environments in their buildings. Each webinar will feature school district personnel from across the country presenting their real-life examples and solutions. Join this interactive webinar to 1) get current information about health effects of mold and its impacts on schools, 2) learn sensible steps you can take to solve moisture and condensation problems before they become mold problems, and 3) get the most up-to-date information about effectively addressing indoor mold growth and contamination if it does occur.
Price: free
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Exercise Is Medicine: The Impact of Physical Activity on Health & Wellness
Thursday November 21, 2013
2:00 - 3:30 pm Mountain time
Sponsor: Health and Human Services Region VIII Federal Partners Workgroup
Part of the Improving the Health of Communities through the National Prevention Strategy series, this webinar will discuss the National Prevention Strategy's goals related to active living.
Price: free
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Contact: Cherri Pruitt, 303-844-7872 or cherri.pruitt@hrsa.hhs.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers 2013 Webinar Series
Wednesday December 11, 2013
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
Researchers at the Children's Centers continue to publish significant research results increasing awareness and making a difference in quality of life and our environmental impact awareness. This Webinar series is designed to share research progress and significant findings from the Childrens Centers. The presentation this month will be "Environment and Obesity", with featured speakers Karen Peterson of Perinatal Exposures, Epigenetics, Child Obesity and Sexual Maturation at the University of Michigan and Andrew Rundle of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at Columbia University.
Price: free
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Contact: Richard Callan, 703-347-8051 or callan.richard@epa.gov
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| Teleconference/Webcast: Renovate Right: EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program at Schools—Session 8 of 8
Tuesday December 17, 2013
3:00 - 4:00 Eastern time
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
In today's challenging financial climate, the ability to identify and take simple, affordable steps to protect the health of students and staff in our schools has never been more important. This webinar series will outline sensible, low- or no-cost steps that school communities can take to create healthier environments in their buildings. Each webinar will feature school district personnel from across the country presenting their real-life examples and solutions. Join this interactive webinar to 1) get up-to-date information about serious health effects of lead on children; 2) learn how federal law applies to K-12 schools; and 3) discover sensible steps that administrators, facilities managers, school nurses and early childhood learning professionals can take to protect their students from lead poisoning.
Price: free
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| Request for Proposals: Translational Research to Help Older Adults Maintain their Health and Independence in the Community
Deadline: May 8, 2014
Sponsor: US National Institute on Aging and the Administration on Aging
The goal of this FOA is to support translational research involving collaborations between academic research centers and community-based organizations with expertise serving the elderly (such as city and state health departments, city/town leadership councils, and Area Agencies on Aging) that will enhance our understanding of practical tools, techniques, programs and policies that communities across the nation can use to more effectively respond to needs of their aging populations.
Award: variable by program
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| Request for Proposals: NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings
Deadline: Monday September 7, 2014
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
The purpose of the NIH Research Conference (R13) Grant and NIH Research Conference Cooperative Agreement (U13) Programs is to support high quality conferences that are relevant to the public health and to the scientific mission of the participating Institutes and Centers.
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| Request for Proposals: Behavioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health and Retirement Study
Deadline: Monday September 8, 2014
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging
The Health and Retirement Study is a longitudinal, nationally representative sample of the US population aged 50 years and older (plus spouses) with an oversample of African and Hispanic Americans and a total sample size of over 20,000. Using funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the HRS is currently conducting genome-wide scans of DNA samples from approximately 20,000 participants, using the Illumina HumanOmni 2.5 Quad chip. It is anticipated that the genotype data for the first 13,000 subjects will be released to the public via dbGaP in the Fall of 2011, with data from the remaining participants to be released by the end of 2012. This FOA encourages applications taking advantage of the newly available genetic data to advance our understanding of how genetic, behavioral, and psychosocial factors affect the health and well-being of older Americans.
Award: variable
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| Request for Proposals: Maternal Nutrition and Pre-pregnancy Obesity: Effects on Mothers, Infants and Children
Deadline: Thursday January 8, 2015
Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research
This Funding Opportunity Announcement encourages R01 applications to improve health outcomes for women, infants and children, by stimulating interdisciplinary research focused on maternal nutrition and pre-pregnancy obesity. Maternal health significantly impacts not only the mother but also the intrauterine environment, and subsequently fetal development and the health of the newborn. One in five women is obese when she becomes pregnant. Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity is a contributing factor in the etiology of poor maternal outcomes such as gestational diabetes, pregnancy-induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia and venous thrombo-embolism. Furthermore, obese women have a higher rate of instrumental delivery and caesarean section, and longer postpartum hospital stays than non-obese women. In addition, the obstetric management of morbidly obese pregnant women (BMI >40 kg/m2) is particularly challenging, and these women are even more likely to develop the above complications during pregnancy. Maternal obesity contributes to development of a number of negative maternal health outcomes, more complicated deliveries, and greater use of health care services and resources. In addition to pre-pregnancy obesity, factors in the uterine environment, primarily maternal nutrition, can also impact infant outcomes, predisposing the developing fetus to obesity in childhood, adolescence or adult life. Environmental factors during intrauterine development or in early post-natal life can have life-long impact on gene expression and phenotype. Maternal diet and nutrient supply are principal environmental factors which can alter structure, function and metabolism of the developing embryo. Alterations of the maternal diet have been shown to produce modifications in the fetal epigenome. Identifying modifiable factors during pregnancy and the immediate post-partum period, and implementing health promotive strategies that achieve primal, primary and secondary prevention of obesity, reduction of risks for adverse events and improvement of health outcomes for mother, infants and children are the focus of this FOA.
Award: variable
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| Request for Proposals: Juvenile Protective Factors and Their Effects on Aging
Deadline: Monday July 6, 2015
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The purpose of this FOA is to invite both descriptive studies to identify putative juvenile protective factors, experimental studies to test hypotheses about their effects on aging, and translational studies to explore the potential risks and benefits of maintaining or modulating the level of juvenile protective factors in adult life. Juvenile protective factors are physiological factors that maintain or enhance certain functions across all or some stages of postnatal maturation, but which diminish or disappear during transitions between developmental stages (e.g., infancy, adiposity rebound, adrenarche, puberty, growth cessation). This FOA is uniquely focused on studies which involve comparisons between postnatal developmental stages or pre- vs. postmaturational changes to identify potential juvenile protective factors and their effects on aging. Studies in in vitro models, in laboratory animals or in humans may be proposed.
Award: The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
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| Request for Proposals: Research to Action: Assessing and Addressing Community Exposures to Environmental Contaminants
Deadline: Monday September 7, 2015
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Institute of Nursing Research
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is part of the NNIEHS "Partnerships for Environmental Public Health" (PEPH) program. The PEPH program supports a variety of research, outreach and training/educational activities to identify, prevent, reduce or eliminate environmental exposures that lead to adverse health outcomes in communities. This particular FOA encourages community-engagement projects designed to investigate the potential health risks of environmental exposures of concern to a community and to implement an environmental public health action plan based on research findings. This announcement also reflects the National Institute of Nursing Research's (NINR's) ongoing investment in clinical, biological and translational research programs in many areas, including chronic illness, symptom management, disease prevention, and patient-focused health programs that encourage and enable individuals to become guardians of their own well-being.
Award: direct costs must be less than $500,000 in any year
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| Request for Proposals: Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment
Deadline: Tuesday September 8, 2015
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
This solicitation encourages innovative research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity. Applications submitted under this FOA may include development of novel assessment approaches; better methods to evaluate instruments; assessment tools for culturally diverse populations or various age groups, including older adults; improved technology or applications of existing technology; statistical methods to assess or correct for measurement errors or biases, methods to investigate the multidimensionality of diet and physical activity behavior through pattern analysis; or integrated measurement of diet and physical activity along with the environmental context of such behaviors.
Award: Expected direct cost amounts for individual awards range from $200,000 to $650,000.
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| Request for Proposals: Environmental Exposures and Health: Exploration of Nontraditional Settings
Deadline: The FOA expires January 8, 2016, with deadlines for applications on February 16, June 16 and October 16 of each year until then
Sponsor: the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage interdisciplinary research aimed at promoting health, limiting symptoms and disease, and reducing health disparities in children and older adults living or spending time in nontraditional settings. These settings result in exposure to environmental pollutants and toxins that result in health risks, symptoms, and other health conditions/diseases including lower respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiovascular diseases. Risk identification and symptom management include prevention and behavior changes and actions to maintain health and prevent disease with an emphasis on the individual, family, and community which will advance nursing science. For purposes of this FOA, nontraditional settings, for children and older adults, include, but are not limited to places such as community centers, preschool and nontraditional school environments (e.g., churches, daycare, home-based schools, dormitories, and alternative schools), child and older adult foster care facilities, older adult day care facilities, half-way homes, assisted living and long-term care facilities. A companion funding opportunity is also available.
Award: the combined budget for direct costs for the two-year companion project period may not exceed $275,000. No more than $200,000 may be requested in any single year.
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| Request for Proposals: Health Impact Assessment Demonstration Projects
Deadline: There is no deadline to submit a letter of interest. The Health Impact Project will accept applications on a rolling basis until all grant funds are committed.
Sponsor: The Health Impact Project
Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) bring together relevant public input, available data and a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to anticipate the potential health consequences of a proposed policy, program or project. The goal of the CFP and subsequent HIAs is to improve health, demonstrate the effectiveness of HIAs and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal, and federal decisionmaking. Government agencies, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply.
Award: $25,000 to $150,000
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