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June 25, 2024

Summer 2024 Honoring Health Newsletter

Check out the latest edition of the Tribal Health Research Office's Honoring Health Newsletter. The Honoring Health e-newsletter includes information for American Indians and Alaska Natives and highlights NIH health topics, resources, events, training, and funding opportunities. Subscribe to the listserv to receive the latest in THRO news and updates.

June 21, 2024

Join THRO for the Bi-Annual In-Person NIH Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting

The Tribal Health Research Office is hosting the Bi-Annual In-Person NIH Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting on June 26-28, 2024, at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Main Campus), Rall Building, Rodbell Room ABC, at 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Durham, North Carolina.

The TAC meetings are an opportunity for the Tribal leaders to come together and advise the NIH on health research matters affecting American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people and ensure that Tribal and AI/AN perspectives are reflected in NIH programs and approaches.

To join virtually from a PC, Mac, iOS, or Android device, click on the URL link below.

June 26, Day 1: TAC Workgroup/Tribal Listening Session Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Residence Inn, Durham McPherson Duke University Medical Center Area, McPherson Room (Open In-Person Only)
June 27, Day 1: Public URL: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/webcasts
June 28, Day 2: Public URL: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/webcasts

June 13, 2024

Tribal Health Research Office Seeks Senior Health Science/Social Science Policy Analyst

The Tribal Health Research Office (THRO) in the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI), Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Senior Health Science/Social Science Policy Analyst candidate to join the THRO team. The open period for applications is June 24, 2024, to June 28, 2024.

June 13, 2024

Tribal Health Research Office Seeks Health Science/Social Science Policy Analyst

The Tribal Health Research Office (THRO) in the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI), Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Health Science/Social Science Policy Analyst candidate to join the THRO team. The open period for applications is June 24, 2024, to June 28, 2024.

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