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Research Resources
A monthly newsletter of the
AOTF Institute for the Study of Occupation and Health
October 2009
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Dear
Colleagues,
Greetings from the
AOTF Institute for the Study of Occupation and Health, the programmatic
arm of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation.
This issue of Research
Resources features two AOTF Institute Cooperation
Spotlights. The first of these is on the Office of Research Integrity
(ORI) of the US Department of Health and Human Services. We are
grateful to our colleagues at ORI and to Kathlyn Reed, PhD, OTR,
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Texas Woman's University,
Houston, for their support in developing this spotlight on the valuable
research resources of the ORI for the occupational therapy research
community.
The ORI resources featured here complement the ORI-funded 2004
AOTF/AOTA joint project on "Promoting Integrity in the Next
Generation of Researchers: A Curriculum for Responsible Conduct of
Research in Occupational Therapy," which remains available on the AOTF
web site. This project uses readings, lectures, and case
studies to encourage responsible design, conduct, management,
dissemination, and review of research. The curriculum can be used as an
independent assignment, classroom presentation, discussion, or a
combination of these options. It is designed for occupational therapy
graduate students, clinicians, researchers, and faculty.
In cooperation with the Occupational
Therapy Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC),
the second AOTF Institute Cooperation Spotlight showcases
the inaugural international institute on the Model of Human
Occupation - a research symposium that highlights recent and ongoing
international MOHO research that is designed to understand and impact
practice. The Institute is being offered by the MOHO Clearinghouse at
UIC in collaboration with AOTF.
The AOTF Institute's cooperations with the ORI and UIC stand among the
many we have developed since we began our Cooperation Spotlights in
June 2008. All of these - and all twenty-two monthly issues of Research Resources
published to date - are archived on the AOTF
web site.
And now a final word, of sorts. As many of you may already know, I will
shortly be leaving the directorship of the AOTF Institute to become
deputy chief of the History of Medicine Division of the National
Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health. It has been
nothing less than an honor and a privilege serving the occupational
therapy profession through its foundation, and I wish AOTF every
success in the future as it builds upon its program successes and
organizational relationships to remain the best steward of research,
education, and leadership programs for the profession. To that end, I
wish to thank you again for subscribing to Research Resources and for
encouraging your colleagues to connect to AOTF through this monthly
publication and its associated news alerts. I, and every member of the
AOTF staff, have appreciated your thoughtful and generous support, and
we always will.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey S.
Reznick, PhD
Director, AOTF Institute for the Study of Occupation and Health
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AOTF Institute Cooperation Spotlight: Office of Research
Integrity of the US Department of Health and Human Services
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Introduction
The
Office of Research Integrity (ORI) promotes integrity in biomedical
and behavioral research supported by the US
Public Health Service (PHS) at about 4,000 institutions
worldwide. ORI monitors institutional investigations of research
misconduct and facilitates the responsible conduct of research (RCR)
through educational, preventive, and regulatory activities.
ORI Extramural and Intramural
Research, which features the work of NIH and non-NIH researchers
who study issues of research misconduct and integrity
ORI
Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research
Current issue of ORI's quarterly newsletter which
features the article "Authorship: What's in a Definition?"
ORI Handbook for Institutional
Research Integrity Officers
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AOTF Institute Cooperation Spotlight: The First International
Institute on the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO)
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The Occupational Therapy Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC) is proud to announce the inaugural international institute
on the Model of Human Occupation - a research symposium that highlights
recent and ongoing international MOHO research that is designed to
understand and impact practice. The Institute is being offered by the
MOHO Clearinghouse at UIC in collaboration with the American
Occupational Therapy Foundation
2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the
Model of Human Occupation (MOHO), the first contemporary model to
articulate a focus on occupation in practice. MOHO is supported by a
substantial body of research generated over the past three decades and
new research is developing at a rapid pace. To date, over 350 studies
related to MOHO have been published.
The institute is scheduled for Thursday and
Friday, January 14-15, 2010, at the University of Illinois at
Chicago. Practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students are all
welcome to attend. Attendees may register for either day ($50) or both
days ($75). Continuing Education Units for Illinois Licensed
Occupational Therapists will be offered.
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Grant Announcements &
Resources
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The Kellogg Health
Scholars Program
Through this two-year post doctoral fellowship program,
16 scholars will gain: competence to undertake research adding to our knowledge
about the nature of social disparities in health and interventions to
reduce those disparities, capacity to partner with communities
in carrying out research and building policy advocacy, and
skills to inform and support policy makers who seek to reduce and
eliminate health disparities. The deadline for submitting an application is Wednesday, December 2, 2009
(5:00 p.m. EDT).
AHRQ Supports Conferences
The
mission of the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Small Grant Program for Conference Support
is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of
health care for all Americans. The types of conferences eligible for
support include: 1) research development; 2) design and methodology;
3) dissemination conferences; and/or, 4) research training,
infrastructure and career development. AHRQ is especially interested
in supporting conferences that demonstrate strategies which include
plans for disseminating conference materials and products beyond the
participants attending the event.
All
NIH grant applications with due dates on or after January 25,
2010 require use of new forms and new instructions. Restructured
application forms and instructions will be posted by December
2009. Sign up on the NIH
LISTSERV to be notified when they become
available A detailed
guide to the revised application forms and instructions
can assist applicants who are preparing applications before the new
applications and forms are available (in December 2009).
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Remember AOTF
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Think of AOTF when you search
the internet or shop online. Use these sites by entering the American
Occupational Therapy Foundation and AOTF benefits from every
search or purchase!
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Join Our List
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This
conference will be of special interest to professionals in the field
of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) rehabilitation.
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Web-Based & Related
Resources
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New
Video Discusses Ethics of Science
Based on the book, On Being a Scientist, this seven-minute video interviews
several leading scientists on ethical issues. The book was
designed to supplement the informal lessons in ethics provided by
research supervisors and mentors and it describes the ethical
foundations of scientific practices and some of the personal and
professional issues that researchers encounter in their work. It
applies to all forms of research--whether in academic, industrial, or
governmental settings-and to all scientific disciplines. The book can
be read online for free. Committee on Science, Engineering, and
Public Policy (2009) On
Being a Scientist, National Academy of Sciences:
Washington, DC.
The Future of Primary
Sources: A Series of Micro-Webcasts for Researchers
The
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is engaged in a series of case
studies to examine the longevity of digital resources. The case
studies investigate the conditions that help digital content last for
substantial periods of time, as well as the factors that threaten the
survival of digital knowledge.To obtain scholarly input on these
studies, CRL will hold a series of brief online forums for
researchers in the fields of history, social sciences, and chemistry.
CRL seeks forum participation from scholars who depend on traditional
or electronic source materials. The forums will focus on three major
types of research materials: electronic news, social science data,
and chemical information. CRL will then survey scholarly participants
on how well its findings reflect and address their own concerns and
research needs.
The CDC Presents a Webinar
Series: Understanding Policy and Environmental Approaches to Reducing
Chronic Disease Risk Factors
The
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will present (with
the assistance of the National Association of County and City Health
Officials (NACCHO)) webinars focused on providing information on
policy, systems and environmental changes that target reducing
chronic disease risk factors of tobacco use and exposure, obesity,
physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. These webinars will be
useful to potential applicants of the recently released CDC Funding
Opportunity Announcement CDC-RFA-DP09-912ARRA09,
"Communities Putting Prevention to Work." The webinar will
be presented twice: Friday,
October 9, 2009 from 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT, for
audio dial 800-891-8357 and Wednesday,
October 14, 2009 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EDT,
for
audio dial 800-745-8951.
New
Mailing List for Educators Active in Undergraduate Study of Public
Health
Launched
by the Educated Citizen & Public Health (ECPH) Initiative of the Association
of Colleges and Universities,
this list is for educators
who are active in the emerging interdisciplinary field of public
health study for undergraduates. Subscribers will be able to
communicate with other educators as well as receive announcements
about ECPH events and funding opportunities and general news in
the field.
The Funding Exchange Presents a
Grantwriting Overview Webinar
Grantwriting Overview will be delivered in four three-hour webinar
sessions (October 13, 14, 19, and 20, 2009 from 1 pm to 4 pm ET or
November 12, 13, 19, & 20, 2009 from 1 pm - 4 pm ET).
Participants will learn about grants research as well as the basics
of writing a grant proposal and the terminology and structure of
the field of grantseeking.
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Publication Announcements
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Howard Hughes Medical
Institute researchers found that letter-writing activity, like
emailing, is dictated by circadian rhythm and a preference for task
repetition, and that shifts in correspondence patterns that occur
throughout a lifetime can be attributed to an individual's changing
communication needs. Malmgren, R.D., Stouffer, D.B., Andriana
Campanharo, S.L.O., & and Nunes Amaral, L.A. (2009) On
Universality in Human Correspondence Activity. Science, 325:
1696-1700
This new book offers a panoramic
overview on health and healthy living from classical antiquity
through to the mid-nineteenth century, when scientific medicine began
to gain ascendancy showing that despite the diverse notions of
health and illness, directions on healthy living remain surprisingly constant
throughout the centuries. Bergdolt, K. (2009) Wellbeing: A Cultural
History of Healthy Living Cambridge: Polity Books.
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AOTF Institute Image
of the Month
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Soldiers
fitted with prostheses participating in occupational therapy at
England General Hospital, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1946.
The
AOTF Institute makes this image, as well as the Guide to the Archives of the
AOTA, available publicly as part of its mission to honor the past
and be the best possible steward of the unique body of knowledge that
is occupational therapy. To this end, the AOTF Institute warmly
welcomes individuals from within and beyond occupational therapy to
explore the guide and use the archives for purposes of research,
education, and leadership.
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