Health Disparities

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NIBIB, along with @VentureWell, invite student engineers to enter the #DEBUT2025 Challenge. Design technological solutions to unmet clinical needs and compete for prizes totaling $190,000. Apply here: go.nih.gov/SfhZLyp

Join the growing community of researchers leveraging the PhenX Toolkit SDOH Collection to address health disparities and create positive change in our communities. Together, let’s contribute to a healthier world for all!🤝 bit.ly/3rYFRkq

New #RequestforApplications! Are you a researcher working to prevent, reduce, or eliminate disparities in eye and vision health? #NEI and @NIMHD are seeking applications addressing #VisionHealth and #SDOH. Apply for this #FundingOpportunity by 3/3/25: bit.ly/3DSNq20

Monday, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Through our mission to lead minority health and health disparities scientific research, NIMHD works for an America in which all populations have an equal opportunity to live long, healthy and productive lives. #MLKDay

Are you searching for more #FundingOpportunities this new year? Visit the NIMHD website for regularly updated research project grants, career development awards, and fellowships: bit.ly/41haUaR

Are you in search of how different social factors influence the health of minority racial and/or ethnic populations? Search no further! #HDPulse has all you need in terms of data and evidence-based interventions for your program needs. bit.ly/4cIuuPA

Browse #HP2030 resources from @HealthGov and learn about evidence-based programs, policies, and interventions you can use in your work: bit.ly/39mPUSg

Don’t miss the first Think-a-Thon in our new ScHARe series on using fair and ethical #AI to advance health research! Tomorrow, Jan. 15. Register now: bit.ly/TaT-Jan-2025s @NINR

The answer is false. The correct answer is that food security means having access to enough food for an active, healthy life. Consistent access, availability, & affordability of foods & beverages that promote well-being and prevent and/or treat disease is nutrition security.

Funding opportunity: Does your research focus on preventing, reducing or eliminating disparities in eye and vision health? @NatEyeInstitute & @NIMHD are seeking applications addressing vision health and #SDOH #RequestforApplications Apply by 3/3/25: bit.ly/3DSNq20

Test your knowledge on food accessibility, insecurity, and health outcomes topics. We’ll post the correct answer tomorrow! Food security is consistent access, availability, & affordability of foods & beverages that promote well-being and prevent/treat disease.

NIMHD’s PhenX #SDOH Toolkit provides individual and structural measurement protocols to help investigators share and compare data—ultimately leading to improvements in patient care, health outcomes, and quality of life for all. bit.ly/3rYFRkq

Join our Jan. 15 Think-a-Thon to discover a framework for using fair and ethical #AI to advance #HealthDisparities research. Register now: bit.ly/TaT-Jan-2025s @NINR

#HP2030 Overall Health and Well-Being Measures use national health data to track progress toward achieving the Healthy People vision: A society in which all people can achieve their full potential for health and well-being across the lifespan. Learn more: bit.ly/3m2Hxkq

Have you subscribed to NIMHD’s Weekly Funding Opportunities Digest yet? Subscribe today to get updates on the latest #funding opportunities. Sign up here: bit.ly/3scwfmz

As a member of the executive committee of the @NIH-wide Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Research Coordinating Committee, I am pleased to share a recent @JAMAInternalMed editorial that highlights the critical role of SDOH research in advancing health. go.nih.gov/G0VWWwV

The authors of the editorial are @NINR Director Dr. Shannon Zenk, @OBSSR_NIH Director Dr. Jane M. Simoni, and @NIMHD Director Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable.

Check out the new Healthy People 2030 population data tools from @HealthGov and @NCHStats to see differences in health outcomes across populations. Together we can address health disparities and work to achieve #HealthEquity: bit.ly/3r3htcW #HP2030

What is #HealthDisparityResearch? Where can you access comprehensive minority health and health disparities data? If you have these questions or more, visit #HDPulse to get publicly accessible data and evidence-based interventions all in one place! ➡️ bit.ly/4cIuuPA