On March 31st at 12pm (CST), this webinar will expand upon the October 2019 Rural Monitor article, NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences: Involving Rural America in Research. “Linking Research to Rural Communities with the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences” includes a discussion with the article's author as well as leaders from […]
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will make awards of up to $100,000 for a one-year project that supports convenings with patients, researchers, clinicians, purchasers, payers, health system leaders, and other stakeholders. Convenings should have a central focus or theme that unifies stakeholders, such as geography, health condition, or population such as rural, LGBTQ, or […]
The UNMC Vice Chancellor for Research Office will host a virtual Research Town Hall webinar on Tuesday, April 7 from 2 to 3pm to discuss changes and updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This town hall also will provide a way for the research community to have their questions answered by a panel of high […]
"Handling Stress in Uncertain Times" presented by the UNMC Wellbeing Coordinating Council will run from 1pm to 2:15pm on Thursday, April 9th. Presenters include Steven Wengel, M.D., assistant vice chancellor for campus wellness for UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Sarah Richards, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine and medical director of […]
The Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center hosts “The War on Drugs: (un)Intended Consequences,” presented by Joe Caldwell on Friday, April 10th from 12pm to 12:30pm. Depending on one's frame of reference, the War on Drugs can either be described as a catastrophic failure or strategic success. While the modern “War on Drugs” was spawned […]
The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) is happy to announce that their Translational Science 2020 conference is back on and will transform into an abbreviated, forward-focused scientific meeting with two virtual experiences planned. This innovative approach will provide a forum for leaders and scholars to present and discuss their work, demonstrate how clinical […]
Join us at the Nexus Informatics Conference on April 16-17 in Kansas City, MO. This conference combines a unique blend of informatics perspectives and expertise – industry, academia, medicine, agriculture, technology and biology – a true “nexus”. BioNexus KC, in partnership with Children’s Mercy, assembles researchers using informatics to address complex questions. Average attendance has […]
COVID-19 is threatening agricultural communities on many fronts. Occurring every Thursday at 11am until the end of May, a national COVID-19 Ag Task Force will convene to identify and address risks that farmers, farm workers and ranchers face as it relates to the current pandemic. This series of web-meetings is hosted by the AgriSafe Network […]
Ezequiel Piccione, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will present “Lymphoma and the Peripheral Nervous System” on Thursday, April 16th from 11:50am to 12:50pm. Dr. Piccione will discuss pertinent cases of peripheral nerve involvement from lymphoma, review different clinical phenotypes of neurolymphomatosis, and present key […]
“Making Space for Social Distance: Adapting Opioid Treatment Programs to COVID-19” will be presented on April 16th from 2:30 to 3:30pm. In this webinar hosted by the University of Rochester Medical Center, Patrick Seche and Itza Morales-Torres of Strong Recovery will discuss the steps they are taking to adapt substance use disorder (SUD) programs as […]
Join the Anxiety & Depression Association of America for a webinar titled, “Distinguishing Suicidal Ideation from Intrusive Self-Harm OCD”, on April 23rd at 11am (CST) presented by Mike Heady, MA. In this workshop, attendees will learn how to assess for and differentiate intrusive, unwanted self-harm obsessions that occur in OCD from genuine suicidal ideation and […]
COVID-19 is threatening agricultural communities on many fronts. Occurring every Thursday at 11am until the end of May, a national COVID-19 Ag Task Force will convene to identify and address risks that farmers, farm workers and ranchers face as it relates to the current pandemic. This series of web-meetings is hosted by the AgriSafe Network […]
Swetha Pedavally, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center will present “New Era in Migraine” on Thursday, April 23rd from 11:50 to 12:50pm. Dr. Pedavally will outline various theories behind the pathophysiology of migraine aura/headache, review recent pharmacotherapeutic advances in the treatment of migraines, and discuss […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will make seven awards of up to $1 million each to develop community-level support services for children exposed to violence. Eligible applicants are state and local governments, federally-recognized tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education. Funding under this program can be used to develop support services for […]
This initiative from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will support multidisciplinary research examining mechanisms underlying racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity, testing the efficacy and/or effectiveness of multi-level interventions, and/or research strategies to optimally and sustainably deliver proven-effective prevention and treatment interventions to reduce these disparities. Research projects can […]
COVID-19 is threatening agricultural communities on many fronts. Occurring every Thursday at 11am until the end of May, a national COVID-19 Ag Task Force will convene to identify and address risks that farmers, farm workers and ranchers face as it relates to the current pandemic. This series of web-meetings is hosted by the AgriSafe Network […]