Future Talks

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Opportunities and Submission Process

Since 2019, the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation as awarded over $635m to organizations in NYS. In this presentation, we'll discuss the process for submitting to Mother Cabrini and share general comments from the program officers of what they look for in successful submissions

Speaker: Geoff Bartlett
Date:  April 16, 2024
Time: 12 p.m.

Leigh Allen, Ph.D., became a program officer with CRB in 2022. Prior to joining NICHD, Dr. Allen spent 6 years at the University of Minnesota in the College of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry. She was the research program manager for a portfolio of more than 15 different contraception-related projects and the administrative core of a Contraception Development Research Center grant (U54/P50). She managed the submission of more than $125 million in grants and contracts and administered the pre- and post-award grants. She also served on an executive committee of university governance and handled the operations of a 130-person academic department and its affiliated Institute for Therapeutics Discovery & Development. Dr. Allen earned her Ph.D. in chemistry from Duke University, where she was a trainee in their T32-funded pharmacological sciences training program. She performed postdoctoral studies in structural biology at both Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute in Buffalo, New York, and North Carolina State University. Her primary focus was the study of the mechanisms underpinning antibiotic resistance and bacterial biofilms, solving the structure of several enzymes involved in various key bacterial pathways, synthesizing substrates, and developing novel biochemical assays. During this time, she also was a contract scientific editor for journal articles covering nearly all fields of science.

Speaker: Leigh Allen, Ph.D.
Date: April 23, 2024
Time: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.

Jessica Thomas, DrPH, is responsible for directing HEDIS, QARR, NCQA, and Medicare Stars initiatives at Independent Health, which include collaboration among population health, risk, medical management, care management and network providers to drive innovative initiatives to improve quality outcomes and ensure member satisfaction.

Please join us for a Q&A session with Jessica Thomas, DrPH, and learn more about the resources and databases available to you through your research.

Speaker: Jessica Thomas, DrPH
Date: April 30, 2024
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. on Zoom