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2011 Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is accepting applications for the 2011 Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program. This intensive summer program provides college students with an opportunity to work on policy issues in a Congressional office and to engage in original health policy research and analysis under the guidance of Foundation research staff. College seniors and recent college graduates who have a strong interest in addressing racial and ethnic health disparities or who are themselves a member of a population that is adversely affected by racial and ethnic health disparities are eligible to apply. The application deadline is December 3, 2010. For application materials and more information, see www.kff.org/minorityhealth/bjscholars/bjsapplication.cfm.

Director of Seinfeld to Produce Student Script

The University of Alabama’s Telecommunication and Film department is hosting a scriptwriting contest for UA students. The winning script will be produced by Tom Cherones, director of the hit television show, Seinfeld, on location in Tuscaloosa.

Cherones, who grew up in Tuscaloosa and received his master’s in broadcast and film communication from UA in 1976, will also teach a course to selected UA students during the spring semester called the Capstone Video Project.

Cherones directed or produced the first 86 episodes of Seinfeld, and also directed and produced episodes of Caroline in the City, Boston Common, Ellen, Growing Pains, News Radio, and Ladies Man.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Call for Proposals for Public Health Law Research

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to build evidence for and strengthen the use of regulatory and policy solutions to improve public health. The foundation is equally interested in identifying and ameliorating laws and legal practices that unintentionally harm health. As public health practitioners, policy makers, and others consider how laws influence the public’s health, they need evidence to inform questions such as: How does law influence health and health behavior? Which laws have the greatest impact? Can current laws be made more effective through better enforcement, or do they require amendment? The purpose of RWJF’s Public Health Law Research program is to answer such questions by building a field of research and practice in public health law.

Saucony Run for Good Foundation

Sponsor            Saucony
Deadlines         Dec 13, 2010; June 13, 2011; Dec 13, 2011
Purpose            Grants to organizations that initiate and support running and fitness programs for kids — which in turn will help them live longer, healthier lives. Research shows running can also help children do better in school, manage stress, and reduce childhood obesity.

Selection of grant recipients will be based on the following:
•Utilization of running participation for health and/or well-being in children.
•Serves youth populations not traditionally exposed to running programs.
•Demonstrates support and inspiration in creating a program that exemplifies the Saucony Run For Good Program’s mission of inspiring the community of runners.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention Training Centers

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 10/08/2010 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.
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Dr. Pryce, Col. Pryce Co-Authors of The Cost of Courage: Combat Stress, Warriors & Family Survival

08-19-2010, Dr. Josephine Pryce, associate professor of social work and husband David Pryce, a retired Vietnam veteran, stand in front of Col. Pryce’s military medals.

In 2010, the U.S. Army reported the suicide rate among Army personnel was above the civilian rate for the first time since the Vietnam War. 

Dr. Jo Pryce and retired Col. David Pryce, members of The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work, say the timing is not coincidental.

“Our government failed to plan for the human costs of the war on terrorism, especially with the effects multiple deployments have on the veteran and his or her family,” says Jo Pryce, an associate professor.