eRoundup for 05/23/08
Atlanta Clinical & Translational
Science Institute
Weekly eRoundup
May 23, 2008
"Health Disparities as a Focal Point in Clinical and Translational Research: Lessons from Chronic Kidney Disease" by Neil R Powe, MD/MPH/MBA on Wednesday May 28, 2008 5:00 to 6:00 pm, Morehouse School of Medicine MRC Annex G14, 720 Westview Dr SW. It will also be videocast to Emory University School of Medicine lecture hall 110, 1648 Pierce Dr NE and Grady Memorial Health System Faculty Office Building room 200, 49 Jesse Hill Dr.
Dr Powe is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology; Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research; Director, Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars Program; and Director, Johns Hopkins Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr Powe's work unites Medicine and Public Health with the goals of saving and improving quality of human lives. For more information: ACTSI .
What a Difference an X Makes: the State of Women's Health Research on Friday, October 3, 2008, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, sponsored by the Society for Women's Health Research. Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Kaiser Family Foundation, 1330 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20005. Meeting information and the agenda are available. For additional information, please contact Eileen Resnick.
The NIH Program on Clinical Research Policy Analysis and Coordination will be hosting an exhibit at The Society for Clinical Trials 29th Annual Meeting May 18 to May 21, 2008, Hyatt Regency St Louis, St Louis, Missouri. Clinical Research Policy Analysis and Coordination. For more information on this exhibit, please contact Allan C Shipp, NIH Program on Clinical Research Policy Analysis and Coordination.
Clarification, Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54), RFA-RM-08-002 (NOT-RM-08-017) National Center for Research Resources. This notice clarifies two points in the RFA. The first refers to the eligibility criteria for KL2 applicants; the second point refers the RFA guidelines regarding the appointment period of KL2 scholars and re-budgeting authority. CTSA clarification
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