Georgia CTSA Newsletter
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Georgia CTSA
Weekly eRoundup
July 20, 2018
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| | | | | Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and director, Fellowship Program, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids, Emory University School of Medicine, continues his collaboration with Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance’s (Georgia CTSA) Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Research Design (BERD) program to design an ongoing pilot study examining the role of vitamin D deficiency in gut and lung microbiota in cystic ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | Faculty and postdocs are welcome to enroll in a fall semester course which is part of the curriculum in the Georgia CTSA’s Master of Science in Clinical Research degree program in the Laney Graduate School. Tuition awards are not available, but Emory faculty and postdocs may be eligible for the Emory Courtesy Scholarship which would cover tuition for the course. This is a semester-long course which meets on Thursdays, from 10:00 to 11:50 am. ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This FOA solicits Phase I (R43) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) to develop and/or adapt novel technologies to enable the characterization of human exposures to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and to monitor or assess ENMs in diverse media ranging from biological samples to air and water. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This award aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and to encourage young investigators in clinical studies related to Alzheimer's and related dementias. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications to support a Leadership Group for a Clinical Research Network on Antibacterial Resistance (AR), which was initiated to develop, implement, and manage a clinical research program to address key clinical research questions in AR. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | CDISC Education exists to ensure an authoritative transfer of knowledge from the CDISC standards development teams to users, to support consistent implementations of the CDISC standards that will achieve the benefits of standardized data. Courses are available online or in the classroom as public or private, in-house training. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | Faculty and postdocs are welcome to enroll in a fall semester course which is part of the curriculum in the Georgia CTSA’s 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 Mondays from 3:00-4:50 p.m. from September 10 until ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Conflict of Interest-When an investigator recruits himself for a study | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | This summer, UGA's Office for Proposal Enhancement is offering a six-hour, two-part grant proposal writing workshop. These intensive sessions will strengthen your grant writing skills, targeting critical areas of your proposal for maximum impact. You will also improve your ability to find funding, understand RFPs and develop your budget. You'll emerge from the workshop with a polished proposal summary or specific aims page, as well as a roadmap for the rest of your proposal. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Please join Georgia Bio's Emerging Leaders Network for our next Industry Tour at Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology at the Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech has extensive expertise and longstanding experience in electronics design, materials, and devices and packaging; semiconductor design, materials, device fabrication and characterization, biomedicine, nanomaterials and policy. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Please join the Georgia Bio's Emerging Leader Network a small dinner event featuring Patty Fritz, vice president, U.S. Corporate Affairs for UCB, Inc, overseeing policy, government affairs, advocacy, patient engagement, communications, and UCBCares®. Patty leads efforts to create value for patients and their families through strategic engagement and positively influencing the health care environment and policy landscape. | | | | Read More | | |
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| |  | | The Georgia CTSA recently partnered with the All of Us Research Program. All of Us is a health research program funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its goal is to help researchers better understand why people get sick or stay healthy. The mission of the All of Us Research Program is simple: to speed up health research and medical breakthroughs. To do this, All of Us is asking one million people from across the U.S. to share their health ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Learn more about clinical trials and find a trial that might be right for you. Clinical trials are voluntary research studies designed to answer specific questions about the safety or effectiveness of drugs, vaccines, other therapies, or new ways of using existing treatments. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | The Sidney A. McNairy Jr., Science of Disease Seminars address specific research topics from the perspective of a basic scientist, clinician, and population scientist to stimulate research collaborations that integrate and transcend separate disciplinary boundaries. They are held at Morehouse School of Medicine.
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| | | | NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity Hannah Valantine, MD, will describe the NIH's current approach and activities for inclusion in the U.S. scientific workforce. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Have you considered applying for the NIGMS Maximizing Investigators¿ Research Award (R35) to support your research program? NIGMS has announced that it eventually intends to support most investigators through the MIRA R35 mechanism. Bring your lunch and learn more about the MIRA for early stage and established investigators. This session will be held at UGA.
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| | | | Presented by Stephanie Meisner, RN, Children's Director, Clinical Research, Research Administration; Cheryl Stone, RN, Lead Research Nurse, Pediatric Research Center (PRC); Cindy Brawley, MHA, System Laboratory Manager, Children's Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Brad Hanberry, PhD, Laboratory Director, Children's Clinical & Translational Discovery Core; and Van Pineda, PhD, Clinical Chemist, Children's Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Lunch will be served. RSVP by August 22. | | | | 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. Panelists will detail their roles and provide a rich context for the audience to gain a clear understanding of the skills, aptitudes, competencies, and personalities that thrive in their particular functions. Attendance is open to current graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and others interested in careers in the life sciences industry. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | Part of the THINK BIG Symposium Series, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administrative Building Auditorium. Keynote speaker, Jacques Ravel, University of Maryland School of Medicine, will present "The Host-vaginal Microbiota Interaction and its Impact on Women's Health." | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | In parallel to fastPACE, CTSA organizations have the opportunity to observe University of Michigan expert teaching team and learn how to launch this program at their home institutions providing their biomedical faculty with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the initial process of innovation and commercialization. This course is a hands-on collaborative learning experience. | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | As scientific teams become normative environments in which to advance and accelerate medical and health discoveries, there is a growing need for these teams to work with greater effectiveness to achieve their scientific goals. Participate in this free interactive workshop to learn best practices for working as a scientific research team, held at Morehouse School of Medicine. ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | | *** Registration closing soon; only three waiting list spots available. The Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance’s Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Research Design (BERD) program hosts the research forum at Morehouse School of Medicine from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Keynote speaker, Andrea Cook, PhD, University of Washington School of Public Health, will present. This forum focuses on advances and challenges in pragmatic clinical trials ... | | | | Read More | | |
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| | | | As part of this year's theme, attendees will hear about results from PCORI's comparative clinical effectiveness studies, efforts to promote essential findings, and those findings' impacts. This meeting will also discuss important trends in patient-centered outcomes research and connect with colleagues to share ideas for future research opportunities that will help patients and those who care for them make better-informed healthcare decisions. | | | | Read More | | |
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| |  | | Registration deadline today, February 15.
Michael G. Kurilla, MD, PhD, director, Division of Clinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health will serve as keynote speaker. Georgia CTSA brings together researchers from across the state to present the best new clinical and translational research and build collaborative partnerships. The conference will be held at the beautiful Callaway ... | | | | Read More | | |
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Please include the following citation in any publications resulting from direct or indirect Georgia CTSA support, "Supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1TR002378. 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 KL2TR002381 and TL1 Trainees should also list TL1TR002382. |
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