March 24, 2015 - Emory University Department of Medicine
Contents: Announcements | Congratulatory Corner! | Funding Opportunities | Recent Notable Publications | Divisional Seminars | Events & Educational Opportunities | Research Administration | Highlighted Researcher Announcements Last chance to register: 2015 FEED Conference Deadline for RSVP: March 27 The 2015 Faculty Education, Enrichment & Development (FEED) Conference will take place on Friday, April 17 at Egleston Children’s Hospital. Click to register by March 27. The full-day program includes information on the promotions process and social media, and researchers can participate in a mock study section plus learn about crowdfunding (and much more). Questions? Call for postdoc participation in 3rd Annual Emory-Laney Graduate School Research and Career Symposium Postdocs who are not already judging posters or participating in other ways are asked to consider attending attend the scientific sessions this Thursday, March 26. The attendees will be undergraduates, graduate students and faculty from all over the United States, most of whom are from groups that are underrepresented in their scientific disciplines. Read more (PDF)… Postdocs and students invited to attend, submit abstracts for Institute for Regenerative & Reparative Medicine Symposium This symposium at Georgia Regents University (GRU) on April 24th will focus is on moving translational research into clinical trials. The goal is to provide an opportunity to highlight the regional translational and clinical trial research by facilitating collaborations between groups at neighboring institutions and providing links to GRU clinical research programs. Post-doc fellows and students are welcome to attend and to submit an abstract to present a talk or poster. Read more… Reminder: Call for abstracts and honors submission: Postdoctoral Research Day Symposium Deadline: March 30 The Office of Postdoctoral Education (OPE) will be hosting the Annual Postdoctoral Research Day Symposium on Thursday, May 28, 2015. ALL Postdoctoral Fellows are invited to submit an abstract. Any poster used in the last year or that will be used in the next year can be submitted. Submit your abstract online today. OPE is also requesting postdocs submit their achievements over the past year. Please fill out the form to be acknowledged the Symposium booklet. NIH Notices Reminder: NIH Grant Applications and the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy Read more… Notice to Extend PA-12-139 "Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Studies in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (R21)" Read more… Submit an announcement to be featured here Back to Top Congratulatory Corner! Adinarayana Andukuri (Cardiology) Dr. Andukuri received a postdoctoral fellowship award from the American Heart Association entitled, “A Tissue Engineered Hybrid Myocardial Patch for Post-MI Cardiac Regeneration.” Anita Saraf (Cardiology) Dr. Saraf received a postdoctoral fellowship award from the American Heart Association entitled, “Evaluating Revascularization with Encapsulated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Overexpressing Hemeoygenase-1.” Submit a suggestion for the Congratulatory Corner Back to Top Recent Notable Publications Ihab Hajjar (General Medicine & Geriatrics) Hajjar I et al. “Apolipoprotein E, Carbon Dioxide Vasoreactivity, and Cognition in Older Adults: Effect of Hypertension.” J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Feb;63(2):276-81 Read more… Colleen Kelley, Paula Frew, Carlos del Rio (Infectious Diseases) Kelley C et al. “The Effect of High Rates of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections on HIV Incidence in a Cohort of Black and White Men who Have Sex with Men in Atlanta, GA.” AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2015 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print]. Read more… Jonathan Sevransky (Pulmonary) Needham DM et al. “Timing of Low Tidal Volume Ventilation and Intensive Care Unit Mortality in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Prospective Cohort Study.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan 15;191(2):177-85. Read more… R. Paul Johnson (Infectious Diseases) Billingsley JM et al. “Characterization of CD8+ T Cell Differentiation following SIVΔnef Vaccination by Transcription Factor Expression Profiling.” PLoS Pathog. 2015 Mar 13;11(3):e1004740. Read more… Sushma Cribbs (Pulmonary) Nirappil FJ et al. “Characteristics and Outcomes of HIV-1-infected Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.” J Crit Care. 2015 Feb;30(1):60-4. Read more… Submit a publication to be featured here Back to Top New Funding & Award Opportunities (view all) Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities & Notices Read more… Federal Funding Opportunities for Public Health Faculty Read more… Reminder: Emory+Children’s Pediatric Research Center: Pediatric Research Center Pilot Grants Deadline: April 1 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta with partners at Emory University, Georgia Tech, and Morehouse School of Medicine are pleased to offer an annual research pilot program. These award funds are designed to stimulate new research projects and build new collaborations in child health-related research areas. Read more… Rheumatology Research Foundation: Research Preceptorship Opportunities Deadline: May 1 (for all) Ephraim P. Engleman Endowed Resident Research Preceptorship/Resident Research Preceptorship: introduces residents to the specialty of rheumatology by supporting a full-time mentored research experience with the goal of attracting promising physician scientists to the field of rheumatology. Read more… Medical Student Research Preceptorship: introduces students to the specialty of rheumatology by supporting a full-time research experience. Read more… Lupus Research Institute (LRI): New Research Grants for Novel Approaches to Lupus Deadline: June 1 The LRI invites applications for financial support for idea-driven, novel research projects relevant to basic, translational or clinical investigation in lupus. Particularly encouraged are proposals that encourage projects based on novel explorations of human lupus biology—innovative studies that use human material to address the physiological, cellular, molecular and/or genetic basis of human lupus. Read more… American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Microbiome Junior Investigator Research Award Deadline: June 5 This award provides $30K per year for up to two years to junior investigators engaged in research related to the gut microbiome. Supported research may include basic, translational, clinical or health services investigation. Read more… American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Gilead Sciences Research Scholar Award in Liver Disease Deadline: June 25 This award provides $90K per year for three years (total $270,000) to a young investigator studying diseases of the liver. The award recipient will be acknowledged at the Research Recognition Celebration at Digestive Disease Week® 2016. Read more… Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Small Research Grant Program (R03) Deadline: Standard Dates apply This FOA encourages R03 applications, and expresses AHRQ priority areas of interest for ongoing small research projects. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of health services research projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. Read more… NIH: Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01) Deadline: Standard Dates apply The purpose of this FOA is to encourage collaborations between the life and physical sciences that: 1) apply a multidisciplinary bioengineering approach to the solution of a biomedical problem; and 2) integrate, optimize, validate, translate or otherwise accelerate the adoption of promising tools, methods and techniques for a specific research or clinical problem in basic, translational, or clinical science and practice. Read more… Predictive Health Institute/Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI): Opportunity for Innovative Research & Collaboration with the Center for Health Discovery & Well Being (CHDWB) Deadline: Rolling Submission The Predictive Health Institute and the ACTSI announce a call for research proposals using data and/or specimens from the longitudinal CHDWB cohort. Clinical and laboratory variables collected in the cohort are described in the FOA. Biological specimens (plasma, serum, urine, buffy coat) from each participant may also be available for request. Read more (PDF)… View all active DOM-specific opportunities Search on your own Back to Top Upcoming DOM Divisional Research Seminars (Click to add to your calendar) Tue 5:00 pm Renal Grand Rounds: "The Intersection of 'Peripheral' Angiotensin, Mar 24 Cortisol, and PACAP Pathways in Brain Mechanisms of Posttraumatic Stress and Fear Regulation" (Kerry Ressler) School of Medicine Building, room 170A Thu 8:00 am Infectious Diseases Seminar: CANCELLED Mar 26 Pulmonary Seminar: “Biomarkers in ARDS - The Role of the RAGE / HMGB1 / MMP Axis” (Annette Esper) Whitehead Building, 2nd floor, room 200 Fri 12:00 Mar 27 pm Digestive Diseases Seminar: “The Role of NHERF2 and LPA2 in Colon Cancer” (Michihiro Yoshida) Whitehead Memorial Research Building, room 200 Mon Cardiovascular Biology Seminar: NO SEMINAR 9:00 am Mar 30 5:00 pm Endocrine Conference: "Peering Through the FGF23 Looking Glass" (Orlando Gutierrez) Woodruff Memorial Research Building, Room 317 View Calendar of All DOM Research Seminars Back to Top Events & Educational Opportunities Upcoming workshops from Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library Mar 31 at 10AM: Create Bibliographies with EndNote Apr 14 at 10AM: Create Bibliographies with EndNote Apr 15 at 12:30PM: Planning for a Systematic Review Apr 22 at 3PM: Searching the Literature: Beyond PubMed Read more… May 17-19: Biotechnology and the Ethical Imagination: A Global Summit 2015 BEINGS 2015 will be a summit of hundreds of thought leaders from the top 30 biotechnology producing countries of the world in an ambitious project to bring together diverse stakeholders to establish a set of global ethics and policy standards for cellular biotechnologies. BEINGS 2015 will be valuable to scholars, policymakers, and businesspeople in academia, government, NGOs, and industry. The Tabernacle. | Read more… March 19: “Cystic Fibrosis: The Story of a Journey Through Phenotype, Genotype and Drug Development” Presented by Eitan Kerem, MD, Chair, Pediatric Services, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel. Health Sciences Research Building Auditorium. 11:30AM. | Read more (PDF)… March 26: “Show Me the Money” Health tech startup seminar series featuring panelists Russell Allen, Julie Collins, Lee Herron, and Rachael Hagan to give an overview of the different sources of funding at different stages of commercialization. Georgia Tech’s Petit Institute 1128. 12PM – 1PM. | Read more… April 2: Healthcare Innovation Symposium XIV: “Information Application: Creating Value in Healthcare” Hosted by Emory-Georgia Tech Healthcare Innovation Program and the ACTSI; featuring Glenn D. Steele, Jr., MD, PhD, CEO of Geisinger Health System. Emory University Hospital Auditorium. 4:30PM – 6:30PM. | Register April 2: Science Journalism Workshop Learn about the role of PhD scientists and engineers in journalism, human resource practices, nuances of writing for a variety of organizations, skills sets, and transitioning into journalism. Sheila Tefft, Senior Lecturer of Journalism at Emory University, will be speaking. Georgia Tech, IBB Suddath Room. 3:10PM - 5:30PM. April 13: K-Club: “Becoming the Boss Part II” The K-Club provides an educational forum to assist fellows and faculty. This month, discussing tactical tips for getting your research program off the ground, presented by Jeremy M. Boss, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine. Egleston, Classroom 5-7. 12PM-1PM. | RSVP | Attend via WebEx | Questions? | Read more (PDF)… April 21 and June 10: BEST information session Learn about the Atlanta BEST program, one of 17 programs across the U.S. to be awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) award. The program accepts 20-30 trainees each year during the grant to participate in exclusive career development training. Applications will open April 15. April 21: Nursing School Room 276. 12PM - 1PM. June 10: Nursing School Room 276. 11AM – 12PM. | RSVP | Read more… April 22: Biomedical Big Data Analytics for Patient-Centric & Outcome-Driven Health Care This Spring meeting of the Atlanta Chapter of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) is presented by Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society distinguished lecturer May Wang, PhD. GTRI Conference Center, 119a. 6:30PM – 8PM. | Questions? | Read more… April 30: Medical Writing Workshop Learn about how to break into the medical writing field, employment and HR considerations, how to work on projects and set clear expectations, how to work in medical communication agencies and best practices, templates. Karen Ventii, PhD, Owner of Gold Star Communications, LLC, will be speaking. Georgia Tech, MpSE 3201A. 3:10PM - 5:30PM. | RSVP | Read more… Submit an event to be featured here Back to Top Research Administration Important information from Emory IRB The IRB generally will no longer accept excerpts from grant applications as study protocols. Read more (PDF)… Concerns about repurposing old data for new research Read more (PDF)… How to know whether the HIPAA questions in the eIRB Smartform really apply to you or not Read more (PDF)… New NIH Form To Capture Additional Indirect Costs in Multi-project Grant Applications Read more… Emory Express system down this weekend Emory Express will be down from Friday, March 27th at 9:00 p.m. until Sunday, March 29th at 12:00 p.m. due to a SciQuest system upgrade. You will not be able to access Emory Express during this time. Questions? New Compass class sessions available Available classes include Accounting Basics, Expense Reports, nVision Reporting Basics, Working with nVision Reports, Emory Business Intelligence (EBI) Reports, Inquiry and Query Basics, Budgeting Basics, and courses for employees with fiscal responsibilities for grants and/or contracts. Read more (PDF)… Back to Top Highlighted Researcher R. Paul Johnson (Infectious Diseases) Dr. Johnson is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on the immunology of HIV and SIV infection, and his research on AIDS vaccines has centered on analysis of protective immunity in macaques immunized with attenuated SIV strains. In his free time, Dr. Johnson enjoys jogging, sailing, hiking and spending time with his family and two dogs. Read more (you may need to refresh the page)… Suggest a Highlighted Researcher Follow us! Support our programs! | Questions or comments? | View past issues This newsletter is brought to you by the Department of Medicine’s Office of Research. We welcome your feedback. You can subscribe to receive these weekly emails here.
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