Newsletter 2021.4

Hello Scholars,

I think Spring is really here—as long as you don’t mind the occasional snowstorm on the flowers.  I hope you are all able to catch a breath as you round the corner to summer, fall, and the changes those might bring for you professionally and personally.  

I’m sending some updated trainings and opportunities—including one today. As always, reach out to me with questions or ideas.  

Best wishes,
Kate

Opportunities

National Health Service Corp Loan Repayment Programs

Health Resources & Services Administration, the AHEC’s federal funding source, offers the National Health Service Corp Loan Repayment Programs. Find information on which program you might be eligible for here: nhsc.hrsa.gov/loan-repayment/nhsc-all-loan-repayment-programs.  If/when you are preparing an application, remember that we can help!  Ask us to write a letter of support or help you identify a potential practice site. HRSA is accepting applications through May 6, 2021, at 7:30 PM.

NH AHEC Health Service Scholars Invited to Apply

Help us develop and deliver The Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth, a week-long virtual program for NH high school students  We are offering modest honoraria for:

  • Conducting brief interviews with NH-based health care providers and public health policy experts.  I will help set up the interviews based on your availabilty—but we’d love to have your voices in the mix with these providers.  Great networking opportunity!  Happening between now and early/mid June.
  • Designing case-based exercises for student engagement.  Happening between now and early/mid June.
  • Case facilitation during program June 28 to July 2, 2021—this role would have you helping the students work through case problems, for about an hour, between 10-Noon that week.

Please email me if interested in any roles, no matter how limited.

UNH Second-Year Scholars Will Host a Lunch-n-Learn

Thursday, May 20, 2021 (12:15–1:00 pm)

They have invited a special guest to help us better understand social determinants of health in rural NH through her human services work in medically underserved Merrimack County.  More info to follow, but please hold that time!

Upcoming Live Events

A Look Back, A Path Forward: A Town Hall Event Featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci

Monday, April 26 (1:00 to 2:00 pm)

Location: Live via Zoom.  Registration Link 

Virtual Presenters: The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderated by Axios Health Editor Sam Baker

Fourteen months into an unprecedented, worldwide pandemic, we now find ourselves on the precipice of hope. Thanks to the miracle of science and increases in production and distribution, the U.S. is now averaging more than 3 million vaccinations a day. Yet many hurdles remain. A race against a fourth wave driven by variants. A fight to overcome vaccine misinformation and resistance. Enduring inequities in both vaccine access and disease treatment. And a new, long-overdue testing strategy that is still in its nascent stages. Anthony Fauci, who has led the nation since day one of this crisis, will join Karen DeSalvo, chief health officer of Google Health, Garth Graham, director and global head of healthcare and public health at YouTube, and Harvard experts Michael Mina and Mary Bassett for a special town hall program.

Cultures Forum: COVID Vaccine Hesitancy

Southern NH Area Health Education Center

Thursday, April 29 (12:30-1:30pm)

Location: Live via Zoom. Registration Link

Virtual Presenters: Community speakers from diverse backgrounds
Moderator: Lynn Clowes, Cultural Effectiveness Trainer for Ascentria Care Alliance

Let’s learn from Latinx, African, Brazilian, African American, and other community members. Join us on Zoom to hear insider information from client and cultural perspectives. Live panelists will discuss beliefs and myths about COVID and its vaccines that are circulating in their communities. Their presentations are geared to help providers understand what types of education (a) are needed, (b) can build trust, and (c) will help community members take advantage of vaccination.

Learning Objectives:
1. List at least 3 barriers, to getting the COVID vaccine (or healthcare generally), faced by the represented cultures / groups;
2. Discuss the represented co-culture’s customs, beliefs and/or communication patterns and how they impact the receipt of care;
3. Identify 3 practices on the part of providers that can help co-cultural community members comfortably utilize COVID vaccine clinics, healthcare generally, or/and other services.

Black Women’s Health Study Cohort

Thursday, April 29 (12:00–1:00pm)

Location: Live via Zoom. Contact for registration: Evan.G.Vickers@dartmouth.edu

Virtual Presenter: Yvette Cozier, DSc, MPH. Investigator, Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS), Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, Boston University School of Public Health. 

Organized by Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, virtual seminar on Health Disparities, Race, & Racism.

Log Reminder

Remember, log any Scholars-related activities online, either in the link under the calendar announcement of the event, or as an independent activity.  If you have been able to do independent clinical work or community service, please make sure to enter it in the Independent Activity Log.

Scholars’ Bios

Add your bio to our Scholars’ page! Please forward a photo (png, jpeg fine; as high a resolution as possible) and a brief introduction to yourself (150–250 words). You are welcome to re-use something you’ve already used elsewhere!