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ACTSI Weekly eRoundup
November 18, 2016
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| | | | | The Coulter Translational Program provides an operational roadmap to accelerate and fund the translation of technological innovations that improve patient care. All awards are milestone-driven, directed at the transfer of promising technologies from the university research laboratory to commercial development and clinical practice. Those interested should reach out to set up an initial meeting with the Coulter team. ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | PCORI is issuing this RFP to commission the conduct of a clinical trial simulation project modeling different aspects of the trial design, implementation, and analysis of the trial data for a clinical trial comparing second-line treatments used as add-ons to metformin in the treatment of type 2 DM when glycemic control cannot be maintained with metformin alone. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This is a three-year basic science award that provides young scientists with support for their research to bridge the gap between completion of research training and attainment of status as an independent research scientist. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Awards specifically aimed to support junior faculty at smaller GI training programs in the U.S. and Canada. Funds under this RFA are intended to make the promise of a research career more broadly available. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The primary goal of the program is to provide support for career intramural investigators at NIMH who aim to transition from the Division of Intramural Research Programs to an independent research faculty position in the extramural community. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This funding mechanism is intended to fund projects at earlier stages of development, however projects that already have a proof-of-concept system and wants to scale-up or develop further for translation, will also be considered. Each proposal must have a minimum of one investigator from Georgia Tech. Additional co-investigators from either Georgia Tech or other institutes are welcome. Multi-investigator proposals demonstrating convergence of multiple expertise will be favored. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The VentureLab offers access grant programs to help businesses explore and develop the commercial potential of research projects. Grant programs include the National Science Foundation I-Corp program and funding support from the Georgia Research Alliance. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The University Research Committee announces the call for proposals for the 2017-2018 funding cycle of regular URC and URC-ACTSI grants. Applications are welcome from all regular, full-time Emory faculty, regardless of rank. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program (Lupus Program) seeks to reduce lupus related health disparities among racial and ethnic minority and/or disadvantaged populations disproportionately affected by this disease by: implementing and assessing a national health education program on lupus; and developing, piloting, and assessing provider education interventions designed to increase minority participation in clinical trials for lupus and developing a plan for broader implementation of such interventions. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Partnership to Achieve Health Equity (PAHE) program will support partnerships that involve an organization with a nationwide reach, focus or impact, and which includes addressing social determinants of health to achieve health equity for racial and ethnic minority and/or disadvantaged populations, through programs which: (1) Improve access to and utilization of care by racial and ethnic minority and/or disadvantaged populations; (2) Test models of disease management including health promotion and disease prevention for individuals with multiple chronic conditions that disparately affect racial and ethnic minorities and affect morbidity. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Through this program, eligible institutions will establish partnerships with research intensive institutions with prominence in biomedical big data research to design collaborations to implement novel approaches of data science education that emphasize research experiences and curriculum development at the eligible institution. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | This grant writing tutorial is designed to provide in-depth instruction for those preparing institutional K grants (career development awards for junior faculty interested in research careers) including: 1) ACTSI KL2 Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars award (open to junior faculty at any of the ACTSI partner institutions – Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech, and University of Georgia College of Pharmacy who ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The symposium is scheduled for February 8, at 8:30 a.m. in the National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) auditorium. In addition to MSM students (medical, graduate, and residents) and AUC undergraduate students performing research at MSM, we are also seeking the participation of students involved in research at Georgia colleges and universities | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Emory BIRCWH is a highly selective career development program for junior faculty interested in women's health research and/or sex/gender science. Each year, BIRCWH scholars receive salary support to enable them to spend at least 75% of their professional time on research training and a $25,000 technical budget for research-related expenses and career development activities. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | The goal of the ACTSI KL2-Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars program is to support and enhance career development for junior faculty (MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or PharmD) from a wide variety of disciplines at Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), and University of Georgia (UGA). The ACTSI KL2 program is committed to assisting junior faculty at partner institutions to become ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The iADAPT 2.0 Project in partnership with the Centers for Black Women's Wellness and West End Library is providing chronic disease self-management and prevention sessions to celebrate American Diabetes Month. Sessions will focus on prediabetes, diabetes, heart health, and related mental health concerns. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Are you a healthy adult? The Emory Children¿s Center is collecting blood from healthy adults to study how the immune system works, how infections develop, and how vaccines and medicines can prevent and treat illnesses. This is a blood draw study only; no drugs will be given, and you will not be exposed to infectious diseases. Participants will be reimbursed $25 per visit. If you¿d like to participate, please email ECC.vaccine@emory.edu or call 404-727-4044. | | |
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| | | | Over 600 graduating seniors from across several disciplines of Engineering and Industrial Design will showcase their innovative projects designed and built during their Senior/Capstone Design course. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Georgia Bio Emerging Leaders Network and the Atlanta BEST Program have organized a series of networking and panel events focused on raising awareness of career paths that exist in life sciences for individuals with advanced degrees. This program will bring together experts across a wide range of disciplines and functional areas within the life science industry. Attendance for this program is open to current graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and others interested in careers in the life sciences industry. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | A free weekly walk-in statistical consulting clinic for faculty, staff, and students providing 20-minute immediate assistance for basic statistics questions, without scheduling a formal consultation. | | | | Flyer | | |
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| | | | Attendees will be challenged with helping to establish a framework for integrating objective physical activity data into routine healthcare delivery. Ultimately, this integration framework can help refine the development and implementation of wellness programs and clinical interventions for the prevention and management of more than 40 common and costly diseases related to inactivity such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancers, depression, osteoporosis and Alzheimer's. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Femgxia Yan, MS, MD, assistant professor of biostatistics, community health and preventative medicine, presents | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | NCATS is supporting this full-day workshop that will cover a broad range of critical concepts underlying assay development for high-throughput screening and lead discovery projects. This workshop, which will feature presentations by several NCATS staff members, is designed to disseminate critical information about the implementation of robust assay methods and is intended to benefit the entire drug discovery community. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | A 10-day celebration of science and technology in Atlanta with 100 events geared towards all audiences. The festival is in the midst of accepting expo applications (due January 9). | | | | Learn More | | |
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