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ACTSI Weekly eRoundup
January 20, 2017
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| | | | | ACTSI and the Community Engagement Research Program's supported research is featured in the January issue ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | Please join the exciting training and hear from community and academic researchers about their experiences in developing partnerships and nurturing and sustaining those partnerships. Improving the health of our communities depends most of all on successful partnerships. ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | In addition to five PFAs under PCORI's National Priorities for Research, there are two targeted announcements on chronic low back pain. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This FOA invites eligible U.S. small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications that propose to develop a product, process or service for commercialization with the aim of reducing disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes in one or more NIH-defined health disparity population group(s). Appropriate technologies should be effective, affordable, culturally acceptable, and deliverable to racial/ethnic minorities, low-income and rural populations. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The purpose of this FOA is to stimulate translation of scientific discoveries and engineering developments in imaging or spectroscopic technologies into methods or tools that address problems in cancer biology, risk of cancer development, diagnosis, treatment, and/or disease status. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Thanks to generous gifts from the Senior Men¿s Golf Association of Dunwoody Country Club and the Club¿s John Kauffman Prostate Cancer Golf Event, Winship Cancer Institute is pleased to announce a prostate cancer research pilot grant opportunity for Winship investigators. Innovative proposals that address prostate cancer research including but not limited to basic or translational research, investigator initiated clinical trials (related IRB submission must be either in review or approved), health disparities, imaging, survivorship or quality of life will be considered for funding. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The purpose of this FOA is to encourage grant applications for investigator-initiated exploratory clinical trials to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The trials must address questions within the mission and research interests of the NINDS and may evaluate drugs, biologics, and devices, as well as surgical, behavioral and rehabilitation therapies. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The fund supports innovative research designed to bring science closer to the day when diseases of the brain can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated. To this end, the McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award assists scientists working to apply the knowledge achieved through basic research to human brain disorders that affect memory or cognition. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | If you are scheduled to take the SOCRA CCRP examination on February 25, there are some available training sessions to help you prepare. These sessions are offered by Anyi Ihiasota (CRC II) and Ashlea Moore (CRC II) in January and February. | | | | Read More | | |
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| |  | | | Build your leadership skills through this no-cost program. PROMISED training will expand your career coaching, leadership, and mentoring skills to help you more effectively mentor scientists who belong to underrepresented groups, as defined by the NIH. If you are a mentor at the assistant professor (at least five years in rank or equivalent) or above, PROMISED is designed for you. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | The TL1 program is focused on providing innovative didactic and mentored research training for individuals interested in careers that encompass clinical and/or translational research. The TL1 program supports both predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. The TL1 program supports didactic and mentored research training through the Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) program. ... | | | | 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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| | | | | Emory's Office of Technology Transfer, along with the Georgia CTSA, offers the Kauffman FastTrac TechVenture entrepreneur training course again in 2018. This is a six full-day course (over seven weeks) designed to train faculty entrepreneurs who plan to create a start-up company to commercialize their inventions. The course has been conducted at Emory seven times since 2012 and it was well received by faculty participants. All faculty members at ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Mentorship of a less experienced researcher is a pivotal responsibility of all scientists. This partnership establishes independent researchers, aiding with the professional evolution of the mentee. Success in research, however, does not always equate to good mentorship. These relationships often exist on a spectrum, ranging from the overly friendly mentor that creates boundary issues, to the mentor hyper-focused on their own work, offering vague direction to their dependent. Problems easily coalesce. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Revisions to modernize, strengthen, and make the Common Rule more effective, the final rule is intended to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This researcher and patient advocate talk about the benefits of having patients and other stakeholders come together and be involved in every facet of healthcare research. | | | | Watch | | |
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| | | | The webinar includes technical assistance for sexual orientation and gender identity data collection and reporting. Presenters include The Health Initiative: Georgia's Voice for LGBTQ Health and The Fenway Institute at 1:00 p.m. at Morehouse School of Medicine. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | The 3rd Annual ACTSI-Community Engagement Research Program Forum will be held all-day on April 27 and half-day on April 28 at the Atlanta Technical College Dennard Conference Center. We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity and share your translational research and/or program experiences related to academic and community partnerships. Register | Save the Date | Forum Goals ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Presented by Michael Rossi, PhD, assistant professor, Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, at 12:15 p.m. in the John H. Kauffman Auditorium (C5012, 5th Floor Winship). | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Join PhD, MBA, and JD students and postdoctoral fellows across Emory and Georgia Tech to practice effective networking skills in a speed networking, structured format from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Emory. | | | | 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. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Presented by keynote speaker Douglas R. Lowy, MD, acting director, National Cancer Institute, NIH at Morehouse School of Medicine's National Center for Primary Care Auditorium at 1:30 p.m. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | The K-Club provides an educational forum to assist fellows and faculty. Facilitated by Stacy Heilman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Director, Pediatric Research Operations, Emory University Department of Pediatrics & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and presented by Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, MD, Assistant Professor, Director, Pediatric Research Operations, Emory University Department of Pediatrics & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
A light ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Full-day workshop providing comprehensive overview of the major components involved in clinical research and resources available at Emory. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Presented by Dr. Herman Taylor, Jr., Morehouse School of Medicine, and hosted by NHGRI. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | At the College Football Hall of Fame | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Acknowledge the outstanding contributions of the investigators and educators you work with by submitting a nomination for one of the awards presented at Translational Science 2017. | | | | Read More | | |
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Please include the following citation in any publications resulting from direct or indirect ACTSI support, "Supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1TR000454. 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 KL2 TR000455 and TL1 Trainees should also list TL1 TR000456. |
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