Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network (SIREN)

Registration now open for upcoming SIREN webinar next Thursday (11/12) at 11am Pacific.

We are delighted to announce that thanks to funding support from Kaiser Permanente National Community Benefit Fund at The East Bay Community Foundation, the Blue Shield of California Foundation, and Unite Us, SIREN is able to offer a limited number of scholarships to attend the 2025 National Research Meeting. Scholarships will cover costs related to registration, travel, non-event meals, and accommodations for up to 3 nights.     Before applying for a scholarship, we ask that you explore options for financial support from your employer and/or any organizations that support your education and/or work. Preference will be given to applicants who are junior investigators or student/fellows in social care research, individuals from communities underrepresented in medicine and research (whether through racial/ethnic identity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, and/or veteran status), people with lived experience of social adversity (e.g., challenges affording medical care or basic expenses, navigating social services, exposure to interpersonal violence), accepted abstract presenters, and those with financial need. We are only able to offer scholarships to U.S.-based attendees. Applications must be submitted by October 21, 2024. Access the application here: https://lnkd.in/gMqkU7ie

Reminder: Call for Abstracts Closes next August 5th The Call for Abstracts is still open for the SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care, which will take place on February 2-4, 2025 in San Diego, California. Submit your abstracts and proposals by 11:59pm Pacific. We invite you to submit your social care research to the National Research Meeting! Submitted abstracts for posters, podium presentations, and workshops should focus on the implementation or effectiveness of healthcare policies / practices related to collecting data about social conditions and/or interventions informed by data about social conditions. These healthcare policies and practices may be targeted at the patient, system, or community level. We are particularly interested in research that examines equity-related outcomes. Key Dates Deadline for abstract submission: August 5, 2024 at 11:59pm Pacific Notice of acceptance: September 13, 2024 Registration opens: September 2024 Deadline for registration for conference presenters: October 15, 2024 Conference: February 2-4, 2025 Download the call for Abstracts here: https://lnkd.in/gg9vU_qB

Reminder: Call for Abstracts Closes August 5th   The Call for Abstracts is still open for the SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care, which will take place on February 2-4, 2025 in San Diego, California. Submit your abstracts and proposals by 11:59pm Pacific. We invite you to submit your social care research to the National Research Meeting! Submitted abstracts for posters, podium presentations, and workshops should focus on the implementation or effectiveness of healthcare policies / practices related to collecting data about social conditions and/or interventions informed by data about social conditions. These healthcare policies and practices may be targeted at the patient, system, or community level. We are particularly interested in research that examines equity-related outcomes. Key Dates Deadline for abstract submission: August 5, 2024 at 11:59pm Pacific Notice of acceptance: September 13, 2024  Registration opens: September 2024 Deadline for registration for conference presenters: October 15, 2024 Conference: February 2-4, 2025 Download the call for Abstracts here: https://lnkd.in/gg9vU_qB

SIREN Podcasts are back for the Summer!! Our first episode dropped last Wednesday and a new one is dropping this week. Make sure you are subscribed to The SIREN Podcast on your favorite podcast platform to listen to the latest episodes as soon as they are released. Here is our episode from last week: https://lnkd.in/gGF3yTyd

The recording from our June 5th webinar: Where should healthcare invest in food security interventions? Lessons from recent research is now available on the SIREN website and the SIREN YouTube channel. This webinar included researchers Drs. Kurt Hager, Hilary Seligman, and Ariana Thompson-Lastad in a discussion moderated by Dr. Monica Soni, Chief Medical Officer of Covered California on the impacts of interventions such as medically tailored meals and produce prescriptions on diet-related health conditions. Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/g6SXEhGh

We're excited to open the Call for Abstracts for the SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care, which will take place on February 2-4, 2025 in San Diego, California.   We invite you to submit your social care research to the National Research Meeting! Abstracts for posters, podium presentations, and workshops should focus on the implementation or effectiveness of healthcare policies / practices related to collecting data about social conditions and/or interventions informed by data about social conditions. These healthcare policies and practices may be targeted at the patient, system, or community level. We are particularly interested in research that examines equity-related outcomes. Learn more and download the Call for Abstracts here: https://lnkd.in/gg9vU_qB

On May 9th SIREN hosted a moderated panel with four National Consumer Scholars — advocates and activists with lived experience of complex health and social needs from across the country — as they shared their reactions to and reflections of the Camden Core Model RCT findings. The recording from the webinar is now available on our website and YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/g_CuyxK5