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eRoundup Now Available
The eRoundup for October 10th is now available. Additional eRoundups are available in the eRoundup Archive. |
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Request for Applications
Request for Applications: New Technologies Investments The Translational Technologies and Resources (TTR) program of the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) is pleased to announce a request for applications (RFA) to use available funds for new technologies investments. Proposals must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 31. For more information please visit. |
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Medical and Graduate Students -- Short-Term Training Opportunity
Current medical students at Emory University School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), and other health professional trainees pursuing doctoral degrees in public health, biomedical engineering, nursing and other fields at Emory, MSM and Georgia Tech can apply for short-term (3 month) stipends ($5,190 of salary support during this 3-month training period) funded by the Research Education, Training and Career Development (RETCD) program of the NIH-funded Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI). |
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PhD or Medical Students Interested in Clinical and/or Translational Research -- Duel Degree Program
The Research Education, Training, and Career Development (RETCD) program of the NIH-funded Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) announces new opportunities for clinical and translational research training for PhD graduate students (PhD/MSCR predoctoral track) and medical students. Students enrolled at Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and Georgia Tech (GT) are eligible. The goal of the program is to provide novel training for PhD graduate students or medical students with outstanding potential for careers in clinical and/or translational research. |
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Clinical Research Career Development for Junior Faculty Request for Application
Junior faculty members at the MD or PhD level from a wide variety of disciplines at Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, or Georgia Tech who are committed to an academic career in clinical and/or translational research and who have excellent potential to become independent clinical investigators are encouraged to apply to the KL2-Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars (MCTRS) Program. |
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Clinical Research Network Feasibility Awards
Pre-Solicitation Announcement: Clinical Research Network Feasibility Awards -- Letter of Intent Due October 15 Westat in collaboration with the NCRR and the NIH Roadmap IECRN Initiative invites currently funded CTSA Institutions to submit proposals for Clinical Research Network Feasibility Awards (CRNFA). Prospective offerors must submit a letter of intent to bid and/or any written questions regarding the solicitation by October 15, 2008. Responses to all questions will be made available no later than November 3, 2008. Final proposals are due on November 13, 2008 with contract award expected on February 1, 2009. All solicitation documentation and communications should be submitted via email. Further information regarding this solicitation and all requirements for proposal submissions will be available at www.clinicalresearchnetworks.org on October 1, 2008. |
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ACTSI Hosted Lecture
Upcoming William E. Mitch Lecture by Dr. Peter Agre Dr. Jeff M. Sands, ACTSI senior Co-PI, hosts Dr. Peter Agre as the William E. Mitch Lecturer in Nephrology on November 18, at 5:00 p.m. in the Emory University School of Medicine, rooms 110 and 120. Dr. Agre won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his cloning of the first water channel, Aquaporin-1. He is a professor at Johns Hopkins and heads their Malaria Research Institute. |
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CIN Investigator Honored
CIN Investigator Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Emory University neuroscientist Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD, was recently named one of 15 new Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigators - considered by HHMI to be the nation's top physician-scientists who will ensure basic research discoveries are translated into improved treatments for patients. Dr. Ressler is a researcher at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University School of Medicine and an ACTSI Investigator doing his clinical research at the Grady Memorial Hospital CIN site. He is the first practicing psychiatrist to be appointed an HHMI investigator. |
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Collexis and Social Networking Users
Calling All Collexis and Social Networking Users The CCOC Operations Group identified Collexis users and Social Networking tools users as two groups who might usefully build their own communities within the CTSA program. To start this process a wiki space has been created for Special Interest Groups. |
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PCORE Grants Pay for Development
Emory professional staff and junior tenure track faculty of color can apply for a limited number of grants of up to $750 each. The annual grants are available from the President's Commission on Race and Ethnicity through its Professional Development Fund. The grants are to be used to reimburse expenses for professional conferences or training. The conference or seminar must take place between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009. |
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Supplement Awarded
ACTSI and USCF CTSI: Consortia for Rare Genetic Disorders The project, developed by the Rare Disease Workgroup of the CTSA Pediatric Oversight Committee, will focus on the expertise garnered from two pre-existing multi-site biobanks for two rare diseases, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease, as applied to two newly developing programs for SCID and Down syndrome. The key element will be to employ complementary experts from CTSAs in several areas: scientific leadership in clinical-translational research networks, biobanking, IT, data management, ethics and human subject protection, intellectual property, and parent/consumer perspectives as applied to research networks. |
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CERP Grant Writing Workshop Presentation Materials
In support of the current CERP/RFA, a 2-hour workshop on grant writing for community based organizations was presented on July 31 by Brenda D. Hayes, MSW, MPH, DSW, Director of Grant and Proposal Development, Office of Sponsored Research Administration at Morehouse School of Medicine. Her presentation materials are available: "Proposal Development for Community Based Organizations." |
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Human Health: Molecules to Mankind
The 4th Annual National Symposium on Predictive Health, will be held December 15 through 16, at the Emory Conference Center. The ACTSI Translational Technologies and Resources program is co-sponsoring the event. Faculty and staff members from Emory, Georgia Tech, Morehouse School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Kaiser, and the CDC can register free online. During registration, when asked "how did you hear about the symposium?" please credit the ACTSI. For more information about the symposium, or to register, click here. |
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Videos for Ethics and Translational Research Conference
Videos are now available for the May 15th conference on "Ethics and Translational Research: From Discovery to Implementation" that occurred at Emory University on May 15, 2008. Videos are viewable at the following website: http://www.ethics.emory.edu/content/view/432/98 |
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Health Disparities as a Focal Point in Clinical and Translational Research
Lessons from Chronic Kidney Disease, presented by Neil R Powe, MD/MPH/MBA on Wednesday May 28. Click here to download event slides. |
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Partnership Opportunities for Educational Symposia in Translational Technologies
Translational Technologies and Resources (TTR) is pleased to announce a plan to co-sponsor educational symposia and events related to translational technologies in research. One major objective of the TTR program is to enhance collaborative opportunities and awareness of new technologies and research methodologies as well as their potential multi-disciplinary applications. Limited funds ($5000 $10,000 per event) are available through the TTR program for co-sponsorship of educational events that align with the program objectives within the ACTSI partnership - Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech, and CHOA - with emphasis on: genomics, imaging, immunology, molecular screening technologies, and animal models of human disease. For more information about this educational partnering opportunity, please contact the TTR program coordinator, Deb Smith (deb.smith@emory.edu). |
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