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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Hello everyone,</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM)
<a href="https://nnlm.gov/call-proposals-nnlm-covid-19-infodemic-symposium-due-february-26-2021">
<span style="color:#0563C1">invites proposals for a virtual symposium: <i>Responding to the COVID-19 Infodemic</i></span></a>, on April 8-9, 2021.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the disparities of underserved, minority and underrepresented communities. This includes ensuring
equal understanding of accurate health information, education in hard hit communities and valuing inclusion in clinical research to overcome COVID-19.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The NNLM Virtual Symposium is an opportunity to engage with NNLM Network members to address misinformation and mistrust, raise
awareness about the pandemic and efforts to combat it. Symposium attendees can expect to come away from this experience with a better understanding of COVID-19 as well as strategies and programs that can be used to engage with communities.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">NNLM is currently seeking proposals for presentations and panel discussions related to COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation,
including, but not limited to:</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Health Equity across a variety of demographic factors (race, gender, geography, socioeconomic status, etc.)</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Vaccination</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Emergency preparedness and response</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Public health</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Communication</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Community outreach and programming</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Education</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Presentation Formats:</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">15-minute Paper/Oral Presentations: 10 minutes to present and have 5 minutes for questions.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">1-hour Panel discussions: Panelists will be grouped together to respond to questions related to a similar topic</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Proposals are due by 8:59 p.m. PT February 26, 2021</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">.
Decisions will be made and presenters/panelists will be notified of their acceptance by <b>mid-March</b>.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">To submit, please fill out the
<a href="https://umaryland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02Rij6t1NdjxxKm"><span style="color:#0563C1">submission form</span></a> by February 26.
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">For any questions, concerns or submission issues, please email Sarah Levin-Lederer at
<a href="mailto:Sarah.LevinLederer@umassmed.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">Sarah.LevinLederer@umassmed.edu</span></a> and Sharon Han at
<a href="mailto:shan4@library.ucla.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">shan4@library.ucla.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Carolyn Martin, MLS, AHIP | Consumer Health Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NNLM Pacific Northwest Region<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">University of Washington Health Sciences Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Box 357155<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Seattle, WA 98195-7155<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:martinc4@uw.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">martinc4@uw.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nnlm.gov/pnr"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">https://nnlm.gov/pnr</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
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