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Georgia CTSA
Weekly eRoundup
March 6, 2020
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| | | | | Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) Core Laboratory Director Colleen Kraft, MD, MSc, has been named to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's Coronavirus Task Force. The 18-member task force of health, airport, school and emergency preparedness officials has been asked to identify the best way to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Georgia. Kraft will also be serving with fellow Emory infectious disease expert, Carlos del Rio, MD, on a NCAA ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | Over 250 researchers from across the Southeast presented the best new clinical and translational research and built countless new partnerships during the Georgia CTSA Southeast Regional Clinical & Translational Science Conference. This multi-day conference featured talks from top researchers across the region, dynamic poster presentations, breakout sessions on hot topics such as rural health, the opioid epidemic, and maternal health and multiple ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Georgia CTSA celebrates and recognizes team science annually by awarding the Presidents' Award of Distinction for Team Science and the Team Science Award of Distinction for Early Stage Research Teams. | | | | Learn More | | |
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| | | | The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to select universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry. This program supports the independent research of outstanding early-career scientists who have recently been appointed as assistant professors on a tenure-track appointment. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) proposals that focus on innovative ways to prevent or reduce the burden of diabetes and obesity particularly among high-risk populations and high-burden communities in the Southeastern U.S. - AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, and TN. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | In the wake of the current 2019-nCoV outbreak, the MP3 Initiative has created a special grant cycle to specifically support the efforts for across scales research focusing on 2019-nCoV. The goal of the MP3 Initiative is to facilitate and grow basic and applied infectious disease research across scales at Emory, from molecules and pathogens within hosts to populations and pandemics. Sizable seed grants available to interdisciplinary teams of researchers, to provide proof-of-concept and preliminary results for subsequent applications for research grants, program grants, center grants and training grants. An explicit requirement is the subsequent submission of extramural grants. Grants are only awarded to teams of researchers from different schools at Emory. Partnerships with the CDC and Carter Center are strongly encouraged. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Cures Within Reach has several new funding opportunity Requests for Proposals on their CureAccelerator platform. These funding opportunities include up to $100,000 for clinical and up to $50,000 for preclinical repurposing research in Meniere's disease, and up to $25,000 for comparative biology repurposing research in canines. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | As many as two awards of up to $20,000 each in total direct costs are available to support novel methodological research in biostatistics, epidemiology, or health economics to advance clinical and translational research. New investigators are encouraged to apply; meritorious applications from new investigators will be prioritized for funding. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | A key innovation strategy is to promote interdisciplinary and cross-departmental and -divisional research. The SOM I3 Education Awards are soliciting proposals that highlight, promote, and disseminate innovations in medical education and training (degree programs and GME) that enhance the Emory SOM mission. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Due to the recent outbreak caused by SARS-CoV-2, CCIV is conducting a special call for applications related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ONLY. Projects selected for award under this special RFA will have a project period of May 1, 2020 - April 30, 2021. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | A key innovation strategy is to promote interdisciplinary and cross-departmental and -divisional research. The SOM I3 Venture Awards are soliciting proposals to catalyze promising early-stage concepts with commercial potential that do not yet qualify for funding from external sources. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community's independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer's medical and/or scientific strategies. Projects that will be considered for Pfizer support will focus on increasing the understanding of targeted therapies including BRAF inhibitors and their use in the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community's independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer's medical and/or scientific strategies. Projects that will be considered for Pfizer support will focus on increasing the understanding of MAPK pathway inhibitors and their use in the treatment of melanoma. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | To assist investigators who have temporarily lost significant federal research funding, and to facilitate carefully planned changes in research direction, the Emory School of Medicine offers a Bridge Funding Program. Bridge funding up to $100,000 (including Department support/matching funds) will be available to investigators based on merit, potential for renewal of external funding, and availability of SOM funds. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The purpose of this Notice of Special Interest is to highlight the list of widely appreciated systematic barriers or translational science problems included in PAR-19-099 and PAR-19-100 to add the following topics of interest: Rural Health, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mortality, Applications for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Veterans' Health. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), along with the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA), will be offering the Kauffman FastTrac® TechVenture™ entrepreneur training course again in 2020. This is a six full-day course (over seven weeks) designed to train faculty entrepreneurs who plan to create a startup company to commercialize their inventions. All faculty members at the Georgia CTSA partner institutions can apply. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Georgia CTSA, NIH-supported Clinical and Translational Science Award TL1 program, is focused on providing innovative didactic and mentored research training to individuals interested in careers that encompass clinical and/or translational research. The TL1 program provides an opportunity to complete the Master of Science in Clinical Research or the Certificate Program in Translational Research. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | In anticipation of the JUNE 2020 deadline for the NIH K Career Development Award for new proposals (and re-submission proposals for March), the Office of Postdoctoral Education will be offering the “NIH K Grant Writing Tutorial”. The series will address the following K Award categories: K01, K07, K08, K22, K23, K25, K99/00 as well as VA CDA and other career development awards. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Phlebotomy 101 is a two-day classroom and clinical, hands-on training to venipuncture offered through the Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs). The course is offered quarterly to research coordinators from Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine and UGA. | | | | Class Schedule | | |
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| | | | The Emory Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) degree program, in the Laney Graduate School at Emory University, provides innovative didactic and mentored research training to those interested in pursuing a career in clinical and/or translational research. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Certificate Program in Translational Research (CPTR) is a formal 16-credit Emory Laney Graduate School program for trainees who seek to conduct research at the interface between basic and translational science and clinical medicine. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The new Georgia CTSA Grant Wise service offers the opportunity for one-on-one feedback from experienced senior faculty on grant writing. We are soliciting experienced faculty to serve as volunteer mentors. If you have experience in writing grants and you enjoy mentoring, we need you! After completing the online volunteer form, we will be in touch should we receive a request that matches your expertise. Contact lauren.james@emory.edu | | | | Volunteer Form | | |
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| | | | The Georgia CTSA has partnered with ACT Network to bring real-time cohort exploration and discovery to its researchers. ACT uses a web interface in a HIPAA-compliant manner, without require study-specific IRB approval. It offers open access to a national network of academic medical research centers and generates aggregate patient count data. Emory and Morehouse School of Medicine researchers can now explore patient populations, confirm and demonstrate feasibility, and find potential partners for multi-site studies. Access for Georgia Tech and UGA researchers is in development. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers - Emory University Hospital (GCRC-EUH) site is now open every second Saturday of the month. This is to expand our services offered to investigators and provide flexible visit options. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Participant Recruitment: When the Legally Authorized Representative is also the Investigator (PDF) | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Research Registry Toolkit is designed to support teams creating and managing research registries. Each section includes examples, best practices, and tools to guide conversations about research registry development and maintenance. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The statistics research group directed by ISyE associate professor Yajun Mei, is now offering free consulting for data-analysis questions in the domain of bio-related initiatives on the GA Tech Campus, every Monday from 10:30am to 11:30am in Room 3317 of the Petit Building. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Dr. Kevin Dobbin, UGA co-Director for the Georgia CTSA Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Research Design (BERD) Program, is offering a free internet-based statistical consulting clinic for UGA clinical and translational researchers (faculty, graduate students, post-docs) every Tuesday from 3:30pm-4:30pm. The virtual stat clinic is via Zoom video conferencing, and users must have UGA login credentials to access. | | | | Request Meeting Link | | |
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| | | | A free weekly walk-in statistical consulting clinic for Morehouse School of Medicine faculty, staff, and students from 10:00 a.m.-noon in MRC Annex, Bldg. F, S-14 Conference Room. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | More than 1,100 trainees, researchers and federal officers are heading to the nation's capital for Translational Science 2020 on April 14-17, 2020 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. Learn about the latest research and explore new opportunities for funding and collaboration. An informative education program and unique networking opportunities make this a can't-miss event. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Registration is now open for the SBIR Road Tour stopping at UGA in Athens, GA. National outreach effort connecting entrepreneurs working on advanced technologies to the country’s largest source of early stage funding – the SBIR/STTR programs. Opportunity for small businesses, innovators, researchers, entrepreneurs and technology companies to connect directly with SBIR/STTR program managers representing more than a dozen different federal agencies. SBIR/STTR programs provide over $3.7 billion in funding to small businesses each year in a wide variety of technology areas. | | | | Read More & Register | | |
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| | | | Atlanta’s biggest interactive science event is FREE and open to adults, families, and children of all ages and interests on Saturday, March 21, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM at Piedmont Park. Visit the Georgia CTSA-sponsored KIDS Georgia booth for a hands-on, interactive STEM activity and make a bracelet with your initials in binary code. | | | | Read More | | |
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| |  | | The Georgia CTSA recently partnered with the All of Us Research Program. All of Us is a health research program funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its goal is to help researchers better understand why people get sick or stay healthy. The mission of the All of Us Research Program is simple: to speed up health research and medical breakthroughs. To do this, All of Us is asking one million people from across the U.S. to share their health ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Come meet your Agilent team and learn about the latest additions to the Agilent QC and CRISPR portfolios on from 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM in Emory SOM 178P. Bring your Genomics workflow questions! | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Please join the K-Club for their event, "FAIL is not a four letter word: why success is more likely when you are willing to fail", featuring speaker Jennifer M. Heemstra, PhD on from 12:00pm – 1:00pm at Egleston, Classrooms 5-7. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | As part of the Aflac Research Conference, Chris Doering, PhD will present on "The Immune Response to Factor VIII in the Setting of Gene Therapy for Hemophilia A" and Kelly Goldsmith, MD will present on "Novel Immunotherapy Approaches in Neuroblastoma" on Tuesday, March 10th from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM in ECH Classrooms 5 – 7. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Please join the K-Club for their event, “Statistical Modeling of Left Ventricular MRI Data: A Model Misspecification Adventure”, featuring speaker Samantha Seals, PhD on from 12:00pm – 1:00pm at Egleston, Classrooms 5-7. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Come celebrate Women's History Month at our first networking event of the year at Tucker Brewing Company from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. All are welcome to attend, and this is a great opportunity to learn about Women In Bio and meet our chapter leaders in a friendly setting. Food and drinks provided. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This interactive workshop will guide you through the process of determining your most critical killer experiment. You will learn to move from specific aims to go/no go commercial milestones. Speaker, Brian Walsh, is an industry leader with decades of experience successfully taking technology from ideas to the marketplace. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Please join for an HSRC Lunch & Learn featuring Arlene Greenspan, DrPH, MPH, PT presenting on "Use of Electronic Health Records as a Data Source for Health Services Research", Wednesday, March 18th from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM in Emory SOM, Room 153A. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Join the Emory Integrated Genomics Core and 10x Genomics for a Scientific Seminar featuring discussions on single cell profiling technologies, experimental design, sample preparation, bioinformatics approaches, etc. at 10:00am at Winship Cancer Institute, Kauffman Auditorium, Winship C5012. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Join researchers and clinicians from across the Georgia CTSA for a session on Adolescent Sexual Health from 5:30-7pm in Emory SOM 153A. Blue Sky Groups are unstructured meetings that provide a unique opportunity for attendees to drive the agenda as well as utilize the session as a catalyst for future collaborations and research opportunities. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | From 3:00-5:00pm in the Emory Student Center, learn about statewide core facilities and shared resources that can support your research. Socialize with core leaders, other core users, and vendors displaying their latest platforms. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Please join the K-Cub for their event, "Targeting Endothelial Dysfunction to Reduce Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Sickle Cell Disease”" featuring speaker Bum-Yong Kang, PhD on Monday, March 20th from 12:00pm – 1:00pm at Egleston, Classrooms 5-7. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Join us for a Science of Team Science Workshop from 1:00pm – 4:00pm at UGA, Russell Hall Room 205. Participate in this free interactive workshop to learn best practices for working as a scientific research team! | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Save the date for the 2020 Emory Quality Conference from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the WHSC Auditorium and will be simulcast live to additional locations. This year’s conference will feature speaker Dr. Shivan J. Mehta, Associate Chief Innovation Officer, Penn Medicine Center for Innovation, Perelman School of Medicine. Additional details, including a link for registration, will be available in the coming weeks. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Please join our Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) staff for a very special 60th Anniversary Open House showcase on May 1st at the Emory University Hospital location, Unit HG-02. Tour and info sessions at 10:00am, 12:30pm, and 2:00pm. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Save the date for the 7th Annual Health Services Research Day on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM at the Emory School of Medicine, Auditorium 110. Join Georgia CTSA colleagues at this symposium and networking opportunity. Keynote Speaker: Michael Chernew, PhD, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab Director, Harvard Medical School. To register, visit bit.ly/2S2rVR3 | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Georgia CTSA is proud to announce it is a Silver Sponsor of this year's conference at the Georgia Aquarium! Registration is open now. Abstract submissions are encouraged from all Georgia CTSA institutions and are being accepted until March 13 at 1:00pm. Georgia CTSA Innovation Catalyst Director Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, is this year's co-chair. CME is also offered. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health will be in Athens, GA. ISEMPH 2020 is profoundly interdisciplinary and emphasizes the multiple interfaces between evolutionary biology and human health in the complementary fields of medicine, evolutionary biology, anthropology, evolutionary psychology, behavioral ecology and epidemiology. The meetings welcome students and clinicians at all stages of professional development. | | | | Read More | | |
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Please include the following citation in any publications resulting from direct or indirect Georgia CTSA support, "Supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1TR002378. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health." KL2 Scholars should also list KL2TR002381 and TL1 Trainees should also list TL1TR002382. |
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