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Funding (* New Opportunities)

* Addressing Health Inequities in Clinical Diagnostics: Notice of Technical Webinar - July 10

NCATS and participating Institutes and Centers will hold a pre-submission technical assistance live webinar regarding applications in response to PAR-24-157 and PAR-24-158 – Addressing Health Inequities in Clinical Diagnostics.  The webinar will be held on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET.  All interested individuals must register in advance to participate in the webinar via Zoom.

Education and Training

Emory Translational GI/Hepatology (GI-T32) Research Training Program – Apply by June 6

The Translational GI/Hepatology research training program seeks to recruit and train highly qualified and motivated postdoctoral fellows in Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The training program will emphasize working at the interface between basic biology and translational medicine to fill important gaps in knowledge and therapeutics.

Phlebotomy 101 Training – June 27 & 28

Phlebotomy 101 is a two-day introductory classroom and clinical hands-on training that teaches the techniques of venipuncture. Led by the GCRC nurses, the course is offered to Georgia-CTSA affiliated partners.

Calling All Clinical Research Professionals: Discover the Power of eMPACT!

Are you looking for a free, comprehensive career navigation system that can help you achieve your professional goals in the field of Clinical Translational Science? Introducing eMPACT (Empowering Purposeful Advancement of Careers and Training in the Research Workforce), a dynamic platform designed to promote purposeful training and career advancement for professionals like you.

Free Online Trainings for Clinical Research Professionals

Georgia CTSA and SC CTSI created an Online Course Catalog with free course and program offerings available to clinical research professionals. Participants earn a certificate or badge with contact hours (continuing education – CE) from an accredited provider upon completion of a course or program (series of courses). Featured Program: Role of Genomics in Medical Product Development

Research Resources

Georgia CTSA Resources and Support Programs Guide

Are you a research investigator with an appointment at Emory, MSM, Georgia Tech, or UGA? This resource guide is for you! Take a look at the broad range of Georgia CTSA resources and support programs available including consult offerings, clinical/translational research & clinical trials, innovation & entrepreneurship, education & career development, grant writing, funding, collaboration, team science, databases, conferences, and more.

Call for Mentors: Georgia CTSA TEAMS Program

Calling all mid to senior-level faculty from Emory, Georgia Tech, MSM, and UGA to join our Mentoring Community! Invest just ONE hour a month to pay it forward by lending your expertise to a junior faculty member and build your network. Georgia CTSA TEAMS (Translational Education and Mentoring in Science) is seeking experts in public health, clinical and translational science, community engagement, health equity, and more. Apply Now! View flyer.

Calling All Mentees: Apply by TODAY, May 31, to be a TEAMS Fellow!

Calling all mentees from Emory, MSM, UGA & Georgia Tech! Georgia CTSA TEAMS (Translational Education and Mentoring in Science) provides 1:1 and group mentoring for junior-level faculty, post-doc or clinical fellows doing research in public health, clinical & translational science, implementation science, community engagement, health equity & more. Expand your network across Georgia CTSA. Apply Now: Create a CTSA Match account & then select Fellow. View flyer.

Georgia CTSA Match

Looking to connect with experts in your field? Join 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

Misconduct: Handling a Case of Cheating (PDF)

Innovation & Translation

Bioentrepreneurship Networking – June 20

Join us on June 20, from 4:30 – 6:00 PM, at Emory’s HSRB-II, 1st floor, Room N100.

Emory SOM will host its last Bioentrepreneurship Networking event for the spring semester. Biolocity’s Managing Director, Courtney Law, PhD, brings insight into the program that supports and accelerates the commercialization of early-stage medical technologies with intellectual property at Emory and Georgia Tech. Learn what makes a good applicant, as well as lessons learned along the way. Don’t miss out on this exciting chance to connect, converse, and collaborate. Food will be provided to attendees.

Community

Community-Engaged Research (CER) Conference: CER Pathways to Equitable Programs and Policies – June 6

The National African American Child and Family Research Center (NAACFRC) welcomes you to attend in person at Morehouse College’s Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center or virtually the 2024 Community-Engaged Research (CER) Conference: CER Pathways to Equitable Programs and Policies from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.  This conference is designed to highlight community-engaged research, including innovative research approaches, stories of successful research collaborations, and lessons learned from research. Moderator: Latrice Rollins, PhD, Director, NAACFRC. Learn more. View agenda.

Events

Georgia CTSA Maternal Health Webinar – June 3

Join us via Zoom on Monday, June 3, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM for a webinar to stimulate dialogue around challenges and opportunities in recruiting pregnant patients for research in the current Georgia legislative climate. Carrie Cwiak, MD, MPH, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Epidemiology, Emory University, will be leading this session. View flyer.

2024 Annual Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference – June 7

The 2024 conference is our thirteenth annual conference and will take place at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, bringing together clinicians, scientists, and bioengineers to showcase cutting-edge child health research. This year's conference theme is "Pediatric Research in the Digital Age: Innovation, Collaboration, and Translation." 

Informatics Lunch and Learn - June 12

Georgia CTSA’s Informatics program is pleased to offer the next webinar in the Lunch and Learn Series to provide free informatics guidance to the university research community. Join us on Wednesday, June 12, from 12:00-1:00 PM to discuss SPARK2 - A Near-Real-Time Explainable Sepsis Prediction Tool. Alasdair Gent, PhD, Bioinformatics Scientist, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, will be leading this session. View Flyer.

CTSA: Integrating CTS into the CTSA Virtual Visiting Scholar Program – June 18

Join a Grand Rounds lecture: Aaron Dawes, MD, PHD, Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford University will present his research on “Optimizing Medicaid Managed Care to Improve Access, Quality and Clinical Outcomes for Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancers,” on June 18 at 12:00.

2024 Pediatric Early Career Researcher Conference – August 27

The Annual Pediatric Early Career Researcher Conference showcases the local clinical, basic and translational research conducted by our fellows and junior faculty at Emory and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. In-person only: Emory Health Services Research Building I Auditorium. Keynote Speaker Kristy Murray, DVM, PhD, 'Academic Alchemy: Transforming Unforeseen Paths into a Scholarly Journey'