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APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER
15, 2002!!!
for
pilot research studies on
bioethics and oral cancer - open to faculty and students
The Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research
and Health Care (TUNCBRHC), in collaboration with the
New York University Oral Cancer
Research for Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion (RAAHP),
recently announced its first annual competition for pilot research studies on
bioethical issues related to oral cancer in February, with an original grant
application due date of April 30, 2002.
Due to an insufficient number of
competitive applications received by that time, the deadline has been postponed
to October 15, 2002.
Qualified applicants selected will be awarded up to $15,000 (USD) to
conduct on year pilot studies (funding
eligibility). This opportunity is open to all University/College faculty and students
(including undergraduate, bioethics and dental school students). Racial/ethnic
minorities and new investigators will be given preference and are strongly
encouraged to apply.
Applications are available from TUNCBRHC beginning February 28, 2002 (preferably
per email request to Natasha Brown)
and will be accepted until April 30, 2002, which is the final submission
due date (application
procedures and selection process).
Please direct inquires to Mrs. Natasha Brown by
email or telephone at
334.724.4612. (questions
and information)
For more detailed information.
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of Research with Humans: Past, Present and Future
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The Bioethics Center in Brief
For more than three years the National Center for Bioethics in Research and
Health Care at Tuskegee University has given voice to core ethical issues in
health, and health care research involving African Americans and other
vulnerable populations. Established in 1999, the Center is the nation’s first
bioethics initiative dedicated to stimulating interest in and maintaining a
national focus on issues surrounding the inclusion of African Americans and
other communities of color in clinical research. The Center is a national
leader in the bioethics community and houses a wide range of live, recorded, and
written resources for the education and training of the African American
community in the area of bioethics. The Center has initiated a variety of
projects, and has ongoing collaborations with many US organizations and academic
institutions.
The Center has established itself as a premier provider and promoter of
interdisciplinary instruction, research and community outreach with the broad
mission of systematically and critically tackling questions of ethical issues in
medicine and health. The Center provides a unique opportunity to influence
health policy that has an effect on communities of color. As the Center enters
year four of its five year cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention the administration and staff are poised to move the
Center to the forefront of the public policy arena and to integrate its mission
into the broader public health agenda of the Nation.
The Center will reorganize and expand its Community Outreach component to
include a comprehensive Community Based Participatory Research Component. This
Component will work in tandem with the newly structured Research Component. The
Research Component will function as a team of research professionals with
specific skills and areas of expertise. This team of research professionals
will serve the Center on an as needed basis. Each member of the team has a
specifically identified area of expertise and will serve the Center in that
area.
These two components, Community Outreach and Research will be used campus and
community wide to enrich and institutionalize the Centers efforts at Tuskegee
University and, in Macon County, Alabama. Community based learning initiatives
provide for collaborations among students, faculty, administrators and the
community. The revised community emphasis provide students with opportunities
for community involvement and hands on research in the classroom.
Community-based learning enriches coursework by encouraging students to apply
the knowledge and analytic tools gained in the classroom to the pressing issues
that affect local communities. Working with faculty members and community
leaders, students develop research projects, collect and analyze data, and share
their results and conclusions with the organizations and agencies that need the
information, as well as with their professors. Not only does the community
benefit, but also students’ understanding of the subject is also greatly
enhanced.
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