Requests for Proposals/Job Announcements/Awards

Requests for Proposals

Racial and ethnic approaches to community health across the U.S.
The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion announced the availability of FY 2007 funds for cooperative agreements to advance evidence- and practice-based programs and culturally-based community practices to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities through implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of state of the art knowledge. The deadline for submission is May 7, 2007. For more information, click here.

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Job Announcements

Youth Empowerment Coordinator, Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program
Individual will oversee a tobacco prevention movement involving teens from across the state of Montana. Click here for the full position description.

Public Health Program Director 2 Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program - Tennessee Department of Health
Click here for more details about this position.

Director of Research in the Research and Evaluation Department at the American Legacy Foundation
The Director of Research is primarily responsible for leading analyses, producing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication, and preparing presentations for professional conferences using nationally representative datasets and program evaluation data. More details are available by clicking here.

Public Health Program Consultant II Chronic Disease and Injury/
Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch - North Carolina
The major purpose of this position is to provide leadership to statewide efforts to identify and eliminate tobacco-related health disparities and to ensure diversity and inclusion within Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch (TPCB) and Health and Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF) Teen Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Initiative. Click here for position description.

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Awards

Fellowship Opportunity in Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine and Cancer Control
The Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) provides an outstanding opportunity to gain experience working as an extramural behavioral scientist at the National Cancer Institute. This one to two year position is with the Basic and Bio-behavioral Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences of the National Cancer Institute.

Applications must be received by May 11, 2007. For more information, contact Dr. Wendy Nelson at nelsonw@mail.nih.gov or 310-435-4590.

Sybil G. Jacobs Adult Award for Outstanding Use of Tobacco Industry Documents
This award from the American Legacy Foundation recognizes a person who has made a significant contribution to public health through use of tobacco documents. To read more or nominate someone, click here.

Christine O. Gregoire Youth/Young Adult Award for Outstanding Use of Tobacco Industry Documents
This award from the American Legacy Foundation recognizes a person aged 24 or younger who has made a contribution to public health through the use of tobacco documents. To read more or nominate someone, click here.

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