April 29, 2021
After 19 years of service, Hua-Chuan Sim, MD, Acting Director of NLM’s Extramural Programs (EP) is retiring from federal service on Friday, April 30.
Dr. Sim served in many important roles. In his most recent role, as Acting Director, EP, since December 2020, Dr. Sim ensured the successful award of five-year cooperative agreements for seven Regional Medical Libraries and four National Coordinating Offices in the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), as well as preparations for the recompetition of NLM’s university-based training program in biomedical informatics and data science. Prior to taking on this role at NLM, Dr. Sim served for many years as NLM’s Chief Program Officer, with oversight and coordination of the entire grant program plus responsibility for the grant portfolio relating to clinical/public health informatics. We are grateful to Dr. Sim for his years of dedicated service to NLM.
NIH to invest $29 million to address COVID-19 disparities
To bolster research to help communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health is funding $29 million in additional grants for the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities. This funding was supported by the American Rescue Plan. The awards will provide $15 million to 11 teams already conducting research and outreach to help strengthen COVID-19 vaccine confidence and access, as well as testing and treatment, in communities of color. An additional $14 million will fund 10 new research teams to extend the reach of COVID-19 community-engaged research and outreach.
“The goal of this effort is to foster community-engagement research in communities which have been hit hardest by the pandemic,” said Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). “The alliance is designed to meet people where they are with the help of trusted m
UH center seeks to investigate vaccine hesitancy in Houston s underserved communities
With COVID-19 vaccines more readily available than ever, there remains vaccine hesitancy in diverse communities across metropolitan Houston and beyond. Why such vaccine hesitancy exists is now the business of the University of Houston s HEALTH Center for Addictions Research and Cancer Prevention in partnership with the Houston Health Department.
With a grant of $711,773 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the UH center seeks to discover what s driving these disparities and to develop a culturally responsive vaccine education program to increase the reach, access and uptake of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in underserved minority communities.
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