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Georgia CTSA
Weekly eRoundup
March 13, 2020
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| | | | | Emory's first coronavirus patient began receiving infusion therapy as a result of Georgia CTSA's assistance in coordinating the approvals needed within 48 hours. Georgia CTSA's Navigator Team utilized the new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for its Rapid Response Team service to obtain fast-track approvals across the Emory system.
Sherry Coleman, DNP, RN, CHRC, Georgia CTSA Associate Director of Clinical Research Support Services and Associate ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | Georgia CTSA's Informatics program is soliciting proposals to support investigator-led teams in developing and testing innovative healthcare apps. The support is for project costs that are associated with data access, informatics resource access, and technical personnel. We strongly encourage applications that use our Real Time Analytics platform. Applications that do not include budget lines for informatics resources will be considered non-responsive.
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| | | | Emory’s entry for #STATMadness, a “March Madness” style bracket competition for biomedical research, features Dr. Gari Clifford’s research on detecting Alzheimer’s and MCI by tracking eye movements. | | | | Vote Today! | | |
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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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| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | | | Georgia CTSA's Informatics program is soliciting proposals to support investigator-led teams in developing and testing innovative healthcare apps. The support is for project costs that are associated with data access, informatics resource access, and technical personnel. We strongly encourage applications that use our Real Time Analytics platform. Applications that do not include budget lines for informatics resources will be considered non-responsive. | | | | 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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| | | | This RFP is intended to support quality improvement (QI) initiatives that focus on the implementation of updated pneumococcal immunization recommendations, as described in the updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for adult pneumococcal immunization. | | | | 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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| | | | Wake Forest Primate Signature Program provides access to nonhuman primates (NHPs) and related resources for studies that advance translational research. To assist new NHP researchers, the Program is providing funds for feasibility studies to be conducted using monkey-related resources. The objective is to facilitate the collection of data from NHPs in support of applications for extramural funding. Applications are open to faculty members or KL2 scholars of CTSA supported institutions. | | | | 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 Medical Innovation Residency Track is a 24-month program now open to both Emory and MSM participants to provide a foundation of knowledge to participate in entrepreneurship and design for innovate technologies. Upon successful participation and completion of this track, residents will be awarded a certificate of distinction in Medical Innovation from Emory University School of 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. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Participant Recruitment: Making it Harder to Say No (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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| | | | View the event website for more details. | | | | 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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| | | | According to the American Cancer Society, the death rate from cancer in the U.S. has declined steadily over the past 25 years. As of 2016, the death rate for men and women combined had fallen 27% from its peak in 1991. This translates to more than 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths between 1991 and 2016 (ACS, 2019). Gail G. McCray, MA, MCHES, Georgia CTSA Community Engagement Health Educator and Capacity Building Liaison, shines a light on this significant news and the most notable findings in changes in cancer mortality, particularly those updates related to Multiple Myeloma. This cancer is the second most common blood cancer after leukemia and the most common blood cancer in African Americans. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Due to global concern over coronavirus, the Atlanta Science Festival Exploration Expo on March 21 in Piedmont Park has been cancelled this year. | | | | 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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| | | | 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. We have updated both sessions to be an online webinar. Please select a date and register to attend to receive the conference line details. | | | | 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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| | | | Due to global concern over Coronavirus, EIGC’s 10x Genomics Scientific Seminar has been postponed. More details will be available when the seminar is rescheduled. | | | | 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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| | | | Due to global concern over coronavirus, this year's 2020 Emory Core Day has been postponed with intentions of rescheduling the event for September 2020. More information will be forthcoming when final arrangements have been decided. | | | | 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 9:00am – 10:30am via Zoom. 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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| | | | 2020 Statistical Methods in Imaging (SMI) Conference will be held at Emory Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH). The SMI conference is the annual meeting of the ASA Statistics in Imaging section. Please be aware that due to global concern over coronavirus, the dates of the conference are subject to change. | | | | 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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