Job Opportunities, educational resources and other information of interest for those who seek to improve the lives of children and youth.
Do you have an opportunity you’d like to share? Submit on-line or by email, ChildrenYouthNetwork@wustl.edu.
Looking for funding opportunities? Check out Grants and Awards.
IPH Summer Program: Public & Global Health Track
Application deadline Jan 17
Gain knowledge, conduct real-world practice and research, receive career counseling, and build a network of colleagues
Posted 11/15/2024
Applied Health Behavior Research (AHBR) Spring Courses
Register by Jan 8
Designed for professionals to gain a wider perspective of how health behaviors impact clinical outcomes
Questions? Contact ahbr@wustl.edu.
Posted 11/14/2024
IDDRC Resource: Gene Database
Organized by Tychele Turner (WashU Genetics; IDDRC Scientific Liaison)
Aggregating data across campus for different genes to encourage collaboration
Learn more and add your contact information and gene to the database.
Posted 11/4/2024
Postdoctoral Training Program in Genomic Medicine
Rolling admission
To support physician-scientists who are engaging in medical genetics research
Posted 11/4/2024
IDDRC Brain Gene Registry
A collaborative network across the 15 NCATS-funded IDDRCs
Pairing clinical genetic test results with standardized neurobehavioral assessment and EHR data to advance the understanding of rare monogenic neurodevelopmental disorders
Posted 11/4/2024
CAHSPER provides access to AHA data
WashU users can register for access
Access provided through a partnership with Olin Business School and I2DB
Posted 10/29/2024
Rapid Expert Consultation: Guidance on Routine Childhood Immunizations
Societal Experts Action Network
Disparities in coverage by race, ethnicity, poverty status, insurance status, and urbanicity persist since the COVID-19 pandemic and in some cases have been exacerbated. Promoting routine childhood immunization is imperative to preventing avoidable illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Posted 9/26/2024
Consensus Study Report: Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, And Families
Board on Children, Youth and Families
Explores how to better meet all children’s needs and leverage community supports by rethinking health care financing, public health investment, community partnerships, and accountability
Posted 9/19/2024
Consensus Study Report: A New Vision for High-Quality Preschool Curriculum
2024
Examines preschool curriculum quality for children ages 3-5, with special attention to needs of Black and Latine children, multilingual learners, children with disabilities and children experiencing poverty in the U.S.
Posted 9/16/2024
Consensus Study Report: Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children
2023
Identifies causes/costs/effects of the opportunity gap in young children and explores how disparities in access to quality educational experiences, health care, and positive developmental experiences from birth through age eight intersect with key academic, health, and economic outcomes.
Posted 9/16/2024
Consensus Study Report: Social Media and Adolescent Health
Ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Recommendations for policymakers, regulators, industry, and others; Focus areas include platform design, transparency and accountability, digital media literacy among young people and adults, online harassment, and supporting researchers
Posted 9/11/2024