Academy User’s Guide
- The New York Academy of Medicine: A User’s Guide: Booklet describes the Academy’s research, education and advocacy efforts. To request a copy, contact the Academy's Development Office at 212.822.7248.
- Web links to resources in aging, policy and advocacy and social work research: on the Geriatric Social Work Initiative's website (http://www.gswi.org)
- Facts on aging: http://socialwork.nyam.org/practitioners/facts_on_aging.html
- Annotated Working Bibliography on Social Work and Aging: includes curriculum and other resources that can help to infuse aging materials into non- aging courses. (http://www.cswe.org/html)
- Annotated list of key articles about field education and other practice issues in the field of aging (http://socialwork.nyam.org/resources/bibliography.html)
- Helpful publications related to geriatric social work (http://www.cswe.org/html)
- Biomedical Research and the New York State Economy: Report measures the importance of biomedical research to the economic health of the state.
- Biomedical Research Alliance of New York (BRANY) website: explains BRANY, the Academy- founded initiative of 106 medical centers, medical schools and practice settings that assists pharmaceutical and biotech companies in setting up clinical research. BRANY helps select clinical trial sites nationwide, and provides for one IRB, one contract, and one IBC for all participating institutions. (www.brany.com)
Calendar of Events:
A useful guide to upcoming events at the Academy. (http://www.nyam.org/events/)
Collaboration/Partnerships: - Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health (CACSH) website: explains CACSH, which works to enhance the capacity of communities to implement health- promoting partnerships. (http://www.cacsh.org)
- Partnership synergy tools:
- Web- Based Partnership Self- Assessment Tool (http://www.partnershiptool.net) Findings from the National Study of Partnership Functioning (http://www.cacsh.org/researchandinstruments.html#nspf)
- Framework for Achieving Partnership Synergy: (http://www.cacsh.org/synergypaper.html)
- Research instruments to measure partnership synergy and potential predictors of synergy: (http://www.cacsh.org/cresources.html#researchinstr)
- Pocket Guide to Cases of Medicine & Public Health Collaboration http://www.cacsh.org/mphguide.html
This funding resource guide offers a compilation of funding agencies nationwide. (http://www.jointogether.org/)
- Patient’s Guide to Safe Gun Ownership (pdf)
- Physician’s Guide to Promoting Gun Safety (pdf)
- Preventing handgun injury and death (pdf)
- National Center for Adherence Support Evaluation (CASE) website: documents the progress of the CASE project, which was set up to help create a standard of clinical care for those focused on adherence support for complex HIV treatment regimens.(http://www.case.nyam.org).
