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Georgia CTSA Informatics Co-Director Named Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow

Congratulations to newly elevated IEEE Fellows including Georgia CTSA Informatics Co-Director Gari D. Clifford, Emory University, for his contributions to machine-learning applications in cardiovascular time series. IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. The Board of Directors confers the grade of Fellow upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments including their Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) membership. The number of Fellows selected in a year may not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the voting membership.

Funding (* New Opportunities)

NIH Funding Opportunities Specific to COVID-19

This page contains a listing of active and expired funding opportunities specific to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Georgia CTSA Pilot Grants RFP – LOIs due January 13

Georgia CTSA's Pilot Grants program is soliciting proposals that either generate preliminary data and refine research strategies for subsequent extramural grant applications or develop the best approaches and methodologies to address complex translational and clinical research problems. Preference will be given to proposals conducted across Georgia CTSA partner institutions and proposals with a focus on Health Equity.

Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center Pilot Grant – LOIs due January 18

The NIH funded Emory/Georgia Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) is excited to announce the launch of its inaugural Pilot Grant request for applications for tuberculosis (TB) related research from Early-Stage Investigators (ESI) and investigators new to TB. The purpose of these pilot grants is to stimulate new research ideas, catalyze new research collaborations, provide resources for investigators to generate preliminary data to support external grant submissions, and attract established non-TB investigators to pursue multidisciplinary TB research.

Enhancing the Use of the All of Us Research Programs Data – LOIs due January 30

The All of Us Research Program (All of Us) within the Office of the Director (OD) encourages investigators to apply for grant awards that will advance research in high-priority mission areas of the Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) through two companion FOAs (1) one to use standard methods and approaches to analyze currently available data within the All of Us Research Program’s Researcher Workbench and (2) one to develop new methods, models, and tools and use them to analyze data in the Researcher Workbench. The new tools will be made broadly available to the scientific community. This FOA uses the R03 grant mechanism to support data analysis using standard methods, while the companion FOA uses the R21 grant mechanism for new tool development and application.

Racial Justice and Racial Equity Request for Proposals – Due January 31

This funding opportunity seeks to identify and support research proposals from current, full-time members of the Emory faculty whose research, scholarly efforts, and creative activities address racial justice/racial equity. Research projects with racial justice/racial equity as a central theme should be rigorous, impact-oriented scholarship that will effectively contribute to the goal of eradicating inequities in American society.

Education

Certificate Program in Translational Science: Interest Meeting – January 20

Georgia CTSA KL2-Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars Program – Due February 1

A two-part KL2 Application Workshop was held on October 20 and 27, 2022. These sessions were recorded and are now posted on the Georgia CTSA KL2 website . The goal of the KL2 Scholars program is to support and enhance career development for junior faculty (MD, PhD, MD/PhD, PharmD) committed to a career in clinical and translational research (CTR) and clinical and translational science (CTS). Georgia CTSA is committed to assisting junior faculty at partner institutions to become independent, established, and ethical CTR and CTS investigators.

Pediatric and Reproductive Environmental Health Scholars Southeastern Environmental Exposures and Disparities (PREHS SEED) Program – Due by February 1

The PREHS-SEED mentored K12 career development program will provide junior clinical faculty from Emory School of Nursing and School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine with comprehensive training in pediatric and reproductive environmental health research. Faculty scholars will collaborate with local community partners and the Region 4 PEHSU — a region burdened by systemic racism and increasing climate change-related environmental threats that intensify health disparities. Faculty scholars will conduct research to assess environmental health exposures and disparities to improve health equity and safeguard the health of at-risk women and children in the Southeastern United States.

2023 Emory Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health RFA – Due February 1

The Emory Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health program is a highly selective career development program for junior faculty interested in women's health research and/or sex/gender science. The goal is to train junior faculty, through mentored research and career development experience, to become independent investigators who use novel, interdisciplinary approaches to advance the science of women’s health and sex/gender research. Communicable disease research (HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, influenza, HCV/HBV, bacterial and fungal diseases, antimicrobial resistance, etc.) is an area of focus for the Emory BIRCWH program. However, compelling applications outside these areas, but aligned with the BIRCWH research objectives, will also be considered.

Georgia CTSA TL1 (T32-like) Training Grant Clinical and Translational Research Training - Predoc Due February 15, Postdoc Due March 15

The 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 supports predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees (medical and PhD students, resident and fellow physicians, PhD postdocs, and PharmD residents).

Research Resources

Grant Wise

Would you like an experienced grant writer to help provide guidance for your grant? The Georgia CTSA Grant Wise service offers the opportunity for one-on-one feedback from experienced senior faculty on grant writing. Receive support with developing a timeline, reviewing specific aims, writing/editing the text, and responding to reviewers. Grant Wise is available to faculty of institutions within the Georgia CTSA - Emory, Georgia Tech, MSM, & UGA.

Georgia CTSA Match

Looking to connect with experts in your field? Join the new Georgia CTSA Match! The platform encourages meaningful networking and collaboration by pairing researchers based on similar interests. These matches will help you to build networking opportunities acting as a catalyst to spur your research forward. Discover more and Join Now!

Georgia CTSA Ethical Dilemma of the Week

Innovation & Translation

Bench2Market Talk: Investment and Dilution - January 18

Join this hybrid event via Zoom or in person at Georgia Tech on January 18 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM for an interactive discussion that will review the basics of equity negotiation, fundraising, and dilution for life science start-ups. Our speaker, James Stubbs, PhD, has over 20 years of commercialization experience, executive roles in five medical device start-ups, teaches medical device design at Georgia Tech, and is an active private investor.

Translational Science 2023 – April 18-20

Join ACTS in person in Washington, DC for Translational Science 2023, the leading meeting for trainees, junior faculty, and senior scientists in translational science and clinical research. Learn from experts in the field how to innovate translational science for research, explore research from a variety of fields of study, build your professional community, and explore the Nation’s Capital.

Community

RADx COVID-19 Research Testing Site at Executive Park

Emory, Georgia Tech, and Children’s are working with NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program to evaluate and bring more COVID tests to market and recently opened a new COVID testing site at 59 Executive Park South NE. Symptomatic individuals who agree to participate in the research will receive a $50 gift card and no cost PCR COVID test. Learn more .

RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery

Help us better understand the long-term effects of COVID-19! If you or someone in your family recently had COVID, or are feeling the long-term effects of COVID, you might be able to help us understand more about it and how to treat it. Those who have not had COVID are also encouraged to participate.

Events

ARC Seminar – January 10

Join us in Egleston Classroom 5, 6, & 7 or via Zoom from 12:30 – 1:30 PM for a discussion on, "Why Are You Doing Two Fellowships? A Path to Improving the Lives of Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders” with speaker Tik Patel, MD.

CCNR Seminar – January 12

Join us in Emory Children’s Center Conference Room 302 or via Zoom from 12:00 – 1:00 PM for a discussion on, “Elucidating Medulloblastoma Tumor Cell Heterogeneity and Tumorigenesis to Guide Development of Novel Therapeutics” with speaker Yanxin Pei, PhD. Register by January 10.

Team Science Skill Workshop – January 13

Kick off our Team Science Skill Series by joining us via Zoom from 12:00 – 2:00 PM for the first workshop, “Crash Course” on Team Science with Christopher Wiese, PhD.

Pediatric Research Grand Rounds – January 18

Join us via Zoom at 8:00 AM for a discussion on, “Modeling Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Genetics in Primary Human Hepatocytes” with speaker Ype de Jong, MD, PhD.

Blue Sky Group – RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery - January 19

2023 Southeast Regional Clinical & Translational Science Conference – March 1-3

Mark your calendar and plan to join us in 2023 as we bring together researchers from across the region to present the best new health-related preclinical, clinical, implementation, and population-based research and build collaborative relationships. Register Now !