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Issue Focus: Integration of Clinical Practice and Research in CSD Education
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HES Updates
Attention Program Directors!
The Higher Education Data System (HES) is a centralized data collection system that supports CSD programs through the collection and sharing of national data needed for effective strategic planning. Remember that data submitted via the Graduate Guide survey populates EdFind, where students, faculty, and consumers go for information on your academic program. For those programs that completed Hes surveys in 2007, the process will be faster and easier this year thanks to pre-population. Start planning your data gathering for the next HES Graduate Guide survey instrument scheduled for September 1-September 30, 2008. You will be receiving communications from hes@asha.org in the upcoming months. The following schedule can help you prepare for all HES survey instruments.
| September 1 – September 30, 2008 |
Grad Guide Survey |
| October 1 – October 30, 2008 |
CAPCSD Demographic Survey |
| November 1, 2008 – February 1, 2009 |
CAA Application |
| February 1 – March 15, 2009 |
CAPCSD Salary Survey |
| March 16 – April 30, 2009 |
ASHA-CAPCSD Research Doctoral Survey |
| May 1 – August 1, 2009 |
CAA Application |
ASHA Announcements
- Researcher-Academic Town Meeting
 This year's Researcher-Academic Town Meeting on November 19 will feature presentations, followed by questions and answers, on "Perspectives on Teaching and Technology: Micro and Macro Applications." The guest speakers will be Sarah Ginsberg, EdD, Eastern Michigan University; Doug Martin, PhD, University of Cincinnati; Lissa Power-deFur, PhD, Longwood University; Carol Dudding, PhD, James Madison University. The official event sponsor is Pearson. Seating is limited and is by invitation only to registered Convention attendees. Invitations will be e-mailed to academic and research faculty from academicaffairs@asha.org in mid September. RSVPs will be due by November 3.
- Downloadable Principles of Ethics Poster [PDF]
- New ASHA Audiology Web page on Hearing Aids and Cell Phones
- Student To Empowered Professional (S.T.E.P.) Mentoring Program
- Tips for Infusing Multicultural Issues into the CSD Programs
- Find Incidence and Prevalence Information at Epidemiology Across Cultures
Other Announcements
NIDCD Research Training and Career Development Opportunities for Audiologists
A new feature of the F30 predoctoral fellowship program is that students enrolled in integrated AuD/PhD programs of study are now eligible for up to six years of support over the clinical and research phases of their dual-degree doctoral program. The F30 fellowship program was heretofore reserved for MD/PhD students.
New Resource From USA Funds Help Graduate, Professional Students
USA Funds, one of the nation's largest education loan guarantors, is making available USA Funds Grad Guide. This online service offers loan counseling and information to graduate and professional students, who often face different challenges and economic responsibilities than the typical undergraduate. The program meets counseling requirements for both Stafford and Grad PLUS loans. Students may review their current loan debt status, and obtain information on the lowest-cost options available to pay for their further education. For more information about USA Funds, visit the USA Funds Web site.
NIH Director Announces Enhancements to Peer Review
The NIH will commit $1 billion over the next five years to investigator-initiated high risk, high impact transformative research.
Association of Academic Health Centers Report
Read HIPAA Creating Barriers to Research and Discovery [PDF].
Free AAC Webcasts for Classroom Use
Use this free programming, developed by the AAC Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC), to enhance your classroom instruction. ASHA CEUs are available as an option for individuals, for a modest fee.
Colleges and Universities Eligible for Disability Research Center Grants
The deadline for transmittal of applications is August 29, 2008.
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Spotlight on People and Programs
 Congratulations to Wichita State University's Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
The clinic will benefit from the 8.5 million donor gift from the Cassat estate, the second largest gift in university's history. Learn about Wichita's windfall from donors who never earned more than $6.00 an hour but who benefited greatly from the services provided by the University's speech, language hearing services.
Congratulations to the 2008 Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) Award Recipients
Five individuals were chosen to receive this year's award. The AARC Award program is aimed at reducing the shortage of PhD level faculty in the CSD discipline by encouraging new faculty who are at the beginning of their academic-research careers to remain in higher education.
Congratulations to the 2008 Students Preparing for Academic & Research Careers (SPARC) Award Recipients
Ten students were selected to receive the award. The goal of the SPARC Award program is to foster students' interest in the pursuit of PhD education and careers in academia in order to fill faculty/researcher vacancies in CSD over the next decade.
ASHA Award Recipients
The Committee on Honors is pleased to announce the 2008 ASHA award recipients. Please join these recipients for the Awards Ceremony the evening of November 21st at the 2008 ASHA Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
2008 Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA) Recipients
Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 SEEA. Winning essays will be posted soon.
Two of ASHA's Own Receive the Presidential Early Career Achievement Award for Scientists and Engineers
Two ASHA members, Drs. Laura Justice of Ohio State University and Carol Connor of Florida State University, share a unique distinction: they are the only winners of the Presidential Early Career Achievement Award for Scientists and Engineers to represent the field of education. Both were nominated based on their early career achievements by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). For more information on the Presidential Early Career Achievement Award for Scientists and Engineers, please visit the NIH Web site.
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Featured Question—Integration of Clinical Practice and Research in CSD Education
What resources are available to assist faculty with integration of clinical practice and research in education?
The Quality Indicators for Integration of Clinical Practice and Research: Program Self-Assessment, A Web based resource was developed to assist faculty in evaluating their efforts to integrate research and clinical practice in the curriculum. In 2007 select academic programs participated in piloting the Quality Indicators and reported some of their results. San Francisco State University's CSD faculty contributed an article for the Leader, Strategic Planning in CSD Programs: The San Francisco State sharing the program's process for self- evaluation and examining its ability to integrate practice and research for students. Additional information sharing among faculty is planned for 2008 ASHA Convention during the "Academic Program Tools for Integration of Clinical Practice & Research" session.
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Funding Opportunities
Grant: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Integrative Systems Biology Approaches to Auditory Hair Cell Regeneration (R21)
Summary: The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) invites grant applications using comprehensive systems biology approaches intended to restore lost auditory hair cells and their sensory function following damage to the inner ear from a variety of factors including disease, aminoglycosides, noise, and aging.
Funds: Number and amount of awards will vary based on nature and scope of proposed research.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement.
Grant: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Integrative Systems Biology Approaches to Auditory Hair Cell Regeneration (R01)
Summary: The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) invites grant applications using comprehensive systems biology approaches intended to restore lost auditory hair cells and their sensory function following damage to the inner ear from a variety of factors including disease, aminoglycosides, noise, and aging.
Funds: Number and amount of awards will vary based on nature and scope of proposed research.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement.
Grant: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Resource Program Grants in Bioformatics (P41)
Summary: The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) solicits Resource Program Grants in Bioinformatics for supporting the continued operation, improvement, and dissemination of databases, digital information, or software tools that are unique, and of special importance to research using animal models of embryonic developmental processes. Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with the Scientific/Research Contact listed below in Section VII to ensure that the proposed project reflects the objectives of this FOA and the programmatic interests of the NICHD.
Funds: Number and amount of awards will vary based on nature and scope of proposed research.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement.
Grant: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R01)
Summary: To encourage behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U. S. population. Health disparities between, on the one hand, racial/ethnic populations, lower socioeconomic classes, and rural residents and, on the other hand, the overall U.S. population are major public health concerns. Emphasis is placed on research in and among three broad areas of action: 1) Public policy, 2) health care, and 3) disease/disability prevention. Particular attention is given to reducing health gaps among groups. Proposals that utilize an interdisciplinary approach, investigate multiple levels of analysis, incorporate a life-course perspective, and/or employ innovative methods such as system science or community-based participatory research are particularly encouraged.
Funds: Number and amount of awards will vary based on nature and scope of proposed research.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement.
Grant: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Summary: The NIH recognizes a unique and compelling need to promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research workforce. The NIH expects efforts to diversify the workforce to lead to the recruitment of the most talented researchers from all groups; to improve the quality of the educational and training environment; to balance and broaden the perspective in setting research priorities; to improve the ability to recruit subjects from diverse backgrounds into clinical research protocols; and to improve the Nation's capacity to address and eliminate health disparities.
Funds: Number and amount of awards will vary based on nature and scope of proposed research.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement.
Grant: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers
Summary: The purpose of these supplements is to encourage such individuals to re-enter research careers within the missions of all the program areas of NIH. This program will provide administrative supplements to existing NIH research grants for the purpose of supporting full-time or part-time research by these individuals in a program geared to bring their existing research skills and knowledge up to date.
Funds: Number and amount of awards will vary based on nature and scope of proposed research.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement.
Grant: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Research on Causal Factors and Interventions that Promote and Support the Careers of Women in Biomedical and Behavioral Science and Engineering (R01)
Summary: On behalf of the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has published a Request for Applications (RFA) to support research on causal factors and interventions that promote and support the careers of women in biomedical and behavioral science and engineering. Broadly written, the funding opportunity supports research not only into women's careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, but in basic, clinical and interdisciplinary research settings as well as academic, governmental, or corporate settings. Through rigorous research efforts, the NIH and others can begin to change this reality by establishing the evidence base to better understand the causal factors affecting the career paths of men and women and identify new principles to inform the development and/or adaptation of intervention strategies.
Funds: This initiative will provide $2 to $3 million to fund up to eight R01 awards in Fiscal Year 2009.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): October 22, 2008.
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Upcoming Events
ASHA Events
- ASHA's Annual Online Conference: ASHA Audiology 2008, Cochlear Implants in Children and Adults, October 10–27, 2008
- Researcher-Academic Town Meeting, November 19, 2008 (by invitation only)
- ASHA Convention, November 20-22, 2008, Chicago, Illinois
- Graduate School Fair, November 20-21, 2008, Chicago, Illinois
- 18th Annual NIDCD-Sponsored Research Symposium at the 2008 ASHA Convention: Neurobiological Determinants of Human Communication: Prematurity and Early Childhood
Other Events
Visit the Faculty, Researchers, and PhD Students events page for information on more events of interest to the academic and research community.
Continuing Education
Learn and Earn!
Find an ASHA Continuing Education Program geared to fit your own schedule and your individual professional needs.
- Form an ASHA BookTalk group with several of your colleagues, and discuss readings from a professional text you select. Earn up to 1.2 ASHA CEUs.
- Write an article for a peer-reviewed publication, and you could earn up to 2.0 ASHA CEUs!
- Prepare a first-time presentation as part of a meeting, workshop, or in-service, and you could earn up to 1.0 CEU!
Get more information about ASHA BookTalk and the Learn and Earn program, fees, and registration applications on the ASHA Web site or contact Renee Levinson, ASHA Continuing Education, 301-296-5749.
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ASHA Journals
Need Help Keeping Up With Current Research?
Read on! HighWire Press, ASHA journals' host site, hosts more than 1,000 journals with more than 4 million articles. You can customize according to your research needs by registering on the HighWire site and browsing the alphabetical list of journals. Nearly all of them, including ASHA journals, offer free e-TOCs (tables of contents e-mailed with each new issue) as well as CiteTrack. Using CiteTrack, you can receive e-alerts based on topic, author, or when a specific article is cited. And try out the search engine on HighWire. A single search can cover all HighWire journals and include PubMed as well. Don't forget to sign up for e-TOC alerts to ASHA journals.
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