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ACTSI Weekly eRoundup
January 8, 2016
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| | | | | The K-Club provides an educational forum to assist fellows and faculty. Featuring Dr. Stacy Heilman, Department of Pediatrics, along with a panel of experienced investigators. A light lunch will be provided at noon in Egleston, classrooms 5-7. Flyer | Attend Remotely ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI)-supported team, Viapore wins first place at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) World Congress in Boston. Viapore is a team stemming from Georgia Institute of Technology’s TI:GER program which assembles students into competitive teams of two MBA students, two law students, and a PhD student in order to address the issues that arise in technology ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The NIH Common Fund's Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) program aims to study human gene expression and regulation in multiple tissues, providing valuable insights into the mechanisms of gene regulation and, in the future, its disease-related perturbations. The GTEx Legacy Plan solicits subcontractors to consolidate all project biospecimens to a final location and manage sample processing and distribution. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | PCORI is seeking applications for Tier I projects through the Pipeline to Proposal Awards. This initiative supports the development of research ideas designed by partnerships of patients, caregivers, and other healthcare stakeholders. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | | The HERCULES Center in the Environmental Health Department at the Rollins School of Public Health and the new Center for Children's Health, the Environment, the Microbiome and Metabolomics in Emory's School of Nursing are requesting applications for their 2016 pilot grants program on the role of the environment in human disease. Projects can include basic, biomedical, translational, clinical, epidemiological, behavioral, or community-based participatory research approaches. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The purpose of this FOA is to encourage small business concerns (SBCs) to pursue translational non-clinical studies and clinical studies for recording and/or stimulating devices to treat nervous system disorders and thereby better understand the human brain. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The purpose of this FOA is to encourage small business concerns (SBCs) to pursue a small clinical study to obtain critical information necessary to advance recording and/or stimulating devices to treat central nervous system disorders and thereby better understand the human brain. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems that cost at least $50,000. The maximum award is $600,000. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The results from this research should inform future intervention research in adults with type 1 diabetes. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This FOA is soliciting Research Education Grant (R25) applications to develop and implement short courses on neurotherapeutics development for academic neuroscientists. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | In addition to Morehouse School of Medicine students and AUC undergraduate students performing research at MSM, they are also seeking the participation of students involved in research at other Georgia colleges and universities, due January 15. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This collaborative, year-long program is designed for community members and academic researchers with limited Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) experience who are interested in using this approach to eliminate health inequities in their communities. The academy includes three core components: a one-week intensive course; a full year of structured mentoring and learning opportunities to support development of a CBPR partnership; and access to a Community-Academic Scholars Network for ongoing networking and support. An informational conference call is scheduled for January 15, at 2:00 p.m. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The purpose of this FOA is to develop of a cadre of talented scientists prepared and willing to take an active leadership role in transformative change that will lead to improved health care outcomes. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | Junior faculty members at the MD or PhD level from a wide variety of disciplines at Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, or Georgia Tech who are committed to an academic career in clinical and/or translational research and who have excellent potential to become independent clinical investigators are encouraged to apply to the KL2 – Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars (MCTRS) Program. The KL2 award provides support for didactic ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | Applications are being accepted for the Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) degree program in the Emory Laney Graduate School for classes beginning in August 2016. The MSCR provides didactic and mentored clinical and/or translational research training and is designed for participants who hold a doctorate or equivalent degree (such as physicians and PhD-level scientists) and have demonstrated a commitment to a career in clinical investigation ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | Faculty and postdocs are welcome to enroll in a spring semester course which is part of the curriculum in the Certificate Program in Translational Research in the Laney Graduate School. Tuition awards are not available, but faculty and postdocs at Emory may be eligible for the Emory Courtesy Scholarship if employed at least one year. This is a semester-long course which meets on Tuesdays from 1:00-2:50 p.m. from January until early May. ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | A new video course called "Learn the Command Line...for Science!" is calling for backers on Kickstarter.com. This class will walk trained scientists through the basics of using the command line interface, an absolute requirement to run scientific applications and take advantage of high performance computing resources. It is also great preparation for learning to code, and eventually contribute new and novel tools to computational science. | | | | Learn More | | |
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| | | | Participant Recruitment-Making it Harder to Say No | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | | If you have a research ethics question or are pondering a research ethics dilemma, John Banja, Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory, and Rebecca Pentz, Professor of Research Ethics in Hematology and Oncology, Winship, are available to confidentially discuss it and offer non-binding advice. Please call or email John at 404-712-4804/jbanja@emory.edu or call or text Becky at 404-831-1758. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Cardiovascular Imaging Research Core (CIRC) is looking for healthy volunteers ages 10-21 for a new vascular research study. This study is designed to learn more about the vascular function in heart transplant recipients and its influence on cardiac function. The study results may help target some risk factors to improve vascular function. The one, free exam is painless and requires the volunteer to lie down for the majority of the visit for a blood pressure test and imaging exams. Volunteers will be compensated their time and travel.
Babies who join will have seven appointments at Emory Children's Center. Reimbursement for travel and study visits is available.
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| | | | LabTV features hundreds of young researchers from universities and institutes around the U.S., who tell the public about themselves and their research. The videos include childhood photos and explanations from the scientists about what they do and what motivates them. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Emory¿s Department of Pediatrics Division of Neurology partnered with several other groups at Emory to purchase a 12-month academic license to the 2009-2013 MarketScan® Commercial Claims and Encounters (CCAE) and Medicare Supplemental and COB (MDCR) databases. The license allows all faculty and research staff in the Emory School of Medicine to use the data for intramural sponsored research for a nominal cost-share fee. Presented by Likang Xu, MD, MS, mathematical statistician, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC at noon in Egleston Classroom 5 with Videoconference to SR Sleep Lab Conference Room | | | | RSVP | | |
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| | | | A must for anyone interested in submitting an SBIR/STTR in bio/life science/health/medical device/health IT technology. The SBIR Program Manager for the CDC, part of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), will be at the ATDC to discuss SBIR and STTR for the DHHS components (NIH, CDC, FDA). | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The world's largest annual premier conference on laboratory science attracts more than 16,000 attendees from industry, academia, and government. Pittcon¿s target audience is anyone who identifies, quantifies, analyzes, or tests the chemical or biological properties of compounds or molecules, or who manages these laboratory scientists. Pittcon serves a diverse constituency encompassing life sciences, pharmaceutical discovery and QA, food safety, environmental, bioterrorism, and other emerging markets. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | | ACTSI and Georgia Bio organize the conference annually to provide critical information on how academia and industry can work together to translate science into discovery and engage communities in clinical research efforts and outcomes. This year's event will explore Georgia's biotechnology climate, venture capital innovation, and feature an expert panel highlighting commercialization training options throughout the state. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Cox Enterprises is teaming with a nationally recognized boot camp for entrepreneurs to launch Techstars Atlanta. | | | | Read More | | |
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