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2006 National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
To celebrate the heritage and contributions of American Indians and Alaska Natives, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Indian Health Service will sponsor an Opening Ceremony on Wednesday, November 1, 2006, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C.
NIGMS/NIH/IHS Meeting for NARCH Researchers
2005 American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month Program
You are invited to attend two events in celebration of the Fifth Annual NIH American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month Program.
National Library of Medicine Funds Native Hawaiian Outreach Project
Papa Ola Lokahi (POL), a federally-funded, non-profit community-based health
organization located in Honolulu, Hawaii, has received funding to develop and
implement Native Hawaiian community health education projects in Milolii, Hawaii,
and Waimanalo, Oahu, which will be conducted over a twelve-month period, beginning
in September, 2004.
Collaborative NIH and Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP)
Scholarship Opportunities for undergraduate/graduate students
NIH/AAIP Education and Outreach Information and Dissemination Project:
Through this program, AI/AN undergraduate student populations will be made aware of
the NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program, which offers a Summer Academy and various
internships to undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds who commit to
careers in biomedical research.
NHLBI Awards Grant, September
1, 2003.
On September 1, 2003, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
awarded a four-year grant, 1R01HL073824-01, "Wounded Spirits, Ailing
Hearts: PTSD and CVD in Indians," to the University of Colorado Health
Science Center in the amount of $4.2 million. The Principal Investigator
of the grant is Dr. Spero M. Manson (Pembina Chippewa), professor and head,
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine.
The Pathways Curriculum
Pathways, a research study funded
by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, is a school-based health
promotion
program
that
includes
physical
activity, nutrition, classroom curriculum, and family involvement. The
primary purpose of the Pathways study is to prevent obesity among American
Indian children by promoting increased physical activity and healthful
eating behaviors.
The Pathways Curriculum was created, published and copyrighted by the Pathways Cooperative Agreement. The Pathways Curriculum was made possible by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, grant numbers U01 HL50869, U01 HL50867, U01 HL50905, U01 HL50885, and U01 HL 50907.
For more information on Pathways, please visit http://hsc.unm.edu/pathways.
