[ECPN] Tony Biglan is the contact for Grand Opportunity Initiative of NIH

Tue May 12 13:55:05 EDT 2009

Dear ECPN,

If you are interested in the Grand Opportunity Initiative of NIH, please
direct your questions directly to Tony Biglan at tony at ori.org.  Please do
NOT send your inquiries as a reply to the ECPN listserv.

Thanks

Jennifer

Jennifer Lewis, CAE

Executive Director

Society for Prevention Research, Inc.

11240 Waples Mill Road, Suite 200

Fairfax, VA 22030

703-934-4850, ext. 213

703-359-7562, FAX

jenniferlewis at preventionresearch.org

www.preventionresearch.org

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From: ecpn-bounces at preventionresearch.org
[mailto:ecpn-bounces at preventionresearch.org] On Behalf Of Cheong, Jeewon
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 1:54 PM
To: 'Early Career Preventionists Network'
Subject: Re: [ECPN] Grand Opportunity Initiative of NIH

Dear Deejay,

Is it possible for us to receive a bit more detailed information about the
project, e.g., what are the teams that you will create and what kind of
roles the ECPN members would play if it gets funded? I am interested in
getting involved in the prevention efforts but I'd like to know a bit more
about the project.

Thank you.

JeeWon

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   JeeWon Cheong, PhD
   Assistant Professor
   Department of Psychology
   University of Pittsburgh
   210 S. Bouquet St.
   Pittsburgh, PA 15260
   E-mail:  <mailto:jcheong at pitt.edu> jcheong at pitt.edu
   Phone: 412-624-3065
   Fax:   412-624-4428

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From: ecpn-bounces at preventionresearch.org
[mailto:ecpn-bounces at preventionresearch.org] On Behalf Of DEEJAY GARRINGO
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:58 PM
To: 'Early Career Preventionists Network'
Cc: tony at ori.org
Subject: [ECPN] Grand Opportunity Initiative of NIH
Importance: High

Dear ECPN member: 

We are putting together a proposal for the Grand Opportunity Initiative of
NIH that would develop intervention research in the nation's highest poverty
communities. As you may know, President Obama has proposed the creation of
20 "Promise Neighborhoods" that would be modeled after the Harlem Children's
Zone.  I believe that this effort-and the needs of the many neighborhoods
that will not be among the 20-will be strengthened if the behavioral
scientist community gets significantly involved in doing intervention
research in these communities. We have the potential to truly translate
existing knowledge into broad public health benefits. 

Our plan involves having early career scientists funded on each of the teams
we will create. The idea is to enable them to get experience and support in
developing this work and to thereby create the infrastructure for the next
generation of prevention research. 

If you are interested in being considered as one of the people to be
involved, please send me your vita.  This would not require you to move. You
could work from you current position, provided that we could work out a
subcontract. 

This is due May 29, so if you are interested please contact me ASAP.

Here is an abstract for the project: 

               ABSTRACT

            This Grand Opportunity project will create the infrastructure to
begin research on comprehensive preventive interventions in the nation's
highest poverty neighborhoods. Neighborhoods of concentrated poverty are a
major contributor to the high levels of drug abuse, antisocial behavior,
depression, academic failure, and intergenerational poverty in the U.S. and
are thus a critical target for public health interventions. The recent
accumulation of evidence-based preventive interventions (IOM, 2009) shows
that substantial reductions in the prevalence of these problems are
achievable. However such changes will not be achieved until existing
knowledge is translated into effective interventions in high poverty
communities. The Obama administration has called for a "Promise
Neighborhood" initiative in which twenty high poverty neighborhoods are
helped to implement comprehensive preventive interventions. However, the
scientific infrastructure to support such interventions and to do the
research needed to evaluate them and refine them does not exist. And, it is
possible to assist more than twenty such neighborhoods. 

            We therefore propose to create the Promise Neighborhood
Consortium, which will develop the infrastructure by which the scientific
community can assist America's high poverty neighborhoods in translating
existing knowledge into widespread improvements in wellbeing, including the
prevention substance abuse, antisocial behavior, risky sexual behavior,
depression, and academic failure. The Consortium will (a) build a network of
neighborhood and community leaders and behavioral scientists; (b) define and
begin to implement measures of wellbeing and risk and protective factors
that are fundamental to evaluating preventive intervention in neighborhoods;
(c) develop research on the impact of evidence-based policies, programs, and
practices when they are implemented in high poverty communities. These
activities will be supported by a state-of-the-art website that networks
people and organizations, obtains and displays data about neighborhoods,
disseminates information about evidence-based interventions, advocates for
research and intervention in high poverty neighborhoods, and supports
intervention research in these neighborhoods. 

            Over two years this project will: (a) create a network of high
poverty neighborhoods that are linked together in systematic efforts to
implement and evaluate preventive interventions;  (b) implement monitoring
systems in these neighborhoods; and (c) develop experimental evaluations of
intervention research in these neighborhoods that will advance the
efficiency and effectiveness of efforts to reduce intergenerational poverty
in America. 

Regards,

Tony

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Anthony Biglan, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Oregon Research Institute

1715 Franklin Blvd.

Eugene, OR 97403-1983

Phone: 541-484-2123

Fax: 541-484-1108

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