Population Health Sciences
Founded in 2015, the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences (PHS) aims to improve the health of populations by bringing together diverse disciplines and data in order to address social and environmental determinants of health (SEDoH). The overall strategy of PHS is built around four pillars:
1. Collaboration and Community - Fostering partnerships and transdisciplinary research
2. Research Resources - Providing a portal for data discovery and analysis to enable research
3. Translation -Turning research into action and impact
4. Education and Training - Teaching and disseminating PHS discoveries
It is well documented that SEDoH factors are strong predictors of health and disease, and contribute to social inequalities in health. The field of population health sciences, which focuses on understanding and addressing these factors, sits at the intersection of medicine and public health, spanning basic and social sciences, enabling integrated research that encompasses virtually every domain of life and society. The PHS Spectrum Pilot Grants are intended to stimulate novel research that can advance our understanding of how environments, policies, and programs impact population health and social inequalities in health.
Proposals should have a focus on 1) a social, economic, community, or environmental factor and its influence on health, 2) have implications for reducing social inequalities in health, and 3) demonstrate a means of translating research into impact. Projects involving multidisciplinary teams, particularly those that span the seven Stanford schools, are highly encouraged. For prospective applicants coming from a non-population health background, we encourage you to use this opportunity to incorporate new population health collaborations, data sources, and theories into your proposals. All prospective applicants should review the projects of our previously awarded grantees as well as the CDC’s Social Determinants of Health Toolkit to get a sense of the types of research being prioritized for this funding opportunity.
Unfortunately, we are not able to fund foreign projects at this time. Please also note that clinical trials as defined by the NIH are not eligible.
Deadline:
All proposals must be submitted by Wed, March 31, 2021 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time).
Apply here: https://seedfunding.stanford.edu/opportunities/2021-spectrum-phs-pilot-grants
Projects involving multidisciplinary teams, particularly those that span schools, are highly encouraged.
• Population Health Sciences projects funded during the 2020 cycle
• All projects funded by the Stanford CTSA Innovation Accelerator Pilot Program
• Population Health Sciences website