Prevention Matters: CDC PRC Announcements - June 2018, Issue 2

In this issue:

• EVENTS & NEWS
• THEMATIC NETWORK NEWS
• AWARDS
• PRC PROGRAM PRODUCT

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EVENTS & NEWS

ASTHO and CDC’s Prevention Research Centers will host “Ask the Experts Event: Improving Health Disparities in Rural Communities” on June 29, 2-3pm EST - Register

Expert panelists will discuss innovative public health programs and partnerships for improving health disparities in rural communities.

New York University School of Medicine and City University of New York School of Public Health PRC invite partners to a Webinar Tour of new City Health Dashboard, July 16, 3pm EST.  

Explore the innovative features of the dashboard that has neighborhood and city downloadable health and other data for 36 measures of the 500 largest US cities.

Dartmouth Health Promotion Research Center will cohost “Tenth Annual C. Everett Koop, M.D., Tobacco Treatment Conference: It’s Not Just Cigarettes Anymore,” September 28, 8 am-4:30 pm EST. 

New York University School of Medicine and City University of New York School of Public Health PRC invite partners to a Webinar Tour of new City Health Dashboard, July 16, 3pm EST.  

THEMATIC NETWORKS

CDC Epilepsy Program highlights pilots of three evidence-based Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network programs that start this summer.

MEW Network publishes Epilepsy Self-Management Checklist brochure for adults with epilepsy.

MEW Network web site includes a link to the NEW Community Health Worker Curriculum on Epilepsy Self-Management.

In May 2018, members of the Cancer Prevention and Control Network held their annual spring meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  

New resource available from Nutrition Obesity Prevention and Evaluation’s (NOPREN) Hunger Safety Clinical Linkages Workgroup!  Download the new Food Insecurity Screening and Referral Algorithms:  For Adults, Patients Living with Diabetes, and Pediatric Patients.

AWARDS

The University of Arizona PRC received the 2017 The Andy Nichols Award, from the American Medical College Health Committee, celebrating organizations’ efforts to improve the quality of life in the Arizona-Mexico region through binational initiatives.

Dartmouth Study comparing self-management health programs for people with serious mental illness received $7.5 million PCORI Funding Award.

Case Western Reserve PRC’s Martha Sajatovic, MD, named Ohio Epilepsy Association’s 2018 Legacy Award winner in recognition of leadership and collaboration skills.

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, appointed University of Pennsylvania inaugural chair holder of The Founders President’s Distinguished Professorship April 23.

University of Pittsburgh PRC Director Anne Newman, MD, MPH, named clinical director of Aging Institute of University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

University of South Carolina PRC Director Sara Wilcox, PhD, elected Board of Trustees member of the American College of Sports Medicine.

CDC PRC PROGRAM PRODUCTS

The PRCs produce hundreds of publications each year and the CDC and the PRC program office develops products to promote those publications and research findings:

CDC web feature from University of South Carolina PRC focuses on “Ways to Improve Arthritis Symptoms.”

A new Prevention Research Matters podcast from University of Oregon Health and Science Center PRC: Telemedicine and Diabetic Eye Disease is available.