Soliciting Input for the Tribal Health Research Office Strategic Plan

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to invite comments and suggestions on the first National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tribal Health Research Office (THRO) Strategic Plan (FY 2018-2022). The THRO is publishing this notice to solicit input from its stakeholders, including members of the scientific, tribal, advocacy, and patient communities, basic, clinical, and translational scientists, as well as other interested members of the public, on topics under consideration for the strategic plan. See the RFI for more information on the background and on the five strategic priorities under consideration that are the basis for feedback. These themes are intended to stimulate new research areas, priorities, and approaches to help put science to work to improve the health of tribal communities. NIH seeks to improve, promote and strengthen communication between NIH and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, as well as communication among its Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs), on Indigenous health research and discoveries. The development of culturally-driven practice and research is vital to improve AI/AN health, build trust in the relationships between NIH and AI/AN communities, and facilitate further integration and collaboration among the AI/AN communities and the NIH ICOs as they develop research that will be accepted by and useful to AI/AN communities. Responses should be submitted by January 8, 2018. The link to the RFI is https://news.nnlm.gov/b...
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