eRoundup for 10/03/08
Atlanta Clinical & Translational
Science Institute (ACTSI)
Weekly eRoundup
October 3, 2008
Tuesday: Scientific Collaborations, Connections, and Communities
Emory University Libraries present Scientific Collaborations, Connections, and Communities to discuss Living Laboratories, Genomics and patient privacy, harvesting local data and making it work and clinical informatics at the point of care on Tuesday, October 7, from 7:30-11:30 a.m. in Emory's Cox Hall Ballroom.
The keynote speaker is Isaac S. Kohane, MD, PhD, Henderson Professor of Pediatrics and Health Science Technology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), director of the HMS Countway Library of Medicine, co-director of the HMS Center for Biomedical Informatics and director of the Children's Hospital Informatics Program. Dr. Kohane will discuss Instrumenting the Enterprise for Discovery Research: From Patient Data to Biomedical Knowledge. Following his talk a roundtable on Informatics at Work will include Dennis Choi, Emory University responder, Timothy J. Cain, The Ohio State University, Issac S. Kohane, HMS and Nila Sathe, Vanderbilt University. For more information please visit this site.
KLS-Clinical Research Career Development Program for Junior Faculty Members Request for Application-Deadline February 1, 2009
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. The KL2 award provides support for didactic and mentored research training for junior faculty members committed to a career in clinical investigation. The KL2 award includes 75% salary support per year for the junior faculty member, a technical budget for research costs and tuition, and some salary support for the trainee's Lead Mentor.
The KL2-MCTRS Program (formerly K12 program) is part of the Research Education, Training and Career Development (RETCD) Program supported by the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI), NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA).
Please see the program's Web site for more details. Those interested in applying are urged to contact Cheryl Sroka at the ACTSI RETCD program office at 404-727-5096.
PhD Graduate Students and Medical Students Interested in Clinical and/or Translational Research-Dual 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.
Application must be submitted electronically by email, and are due no later than March 1, 2009. For PhD graduate students please visit this site; for medical students please visit this site. For more information visit www.actsi.org/retcd.
Medical and Graduate Students Interested in Clinical and/or Translational Research-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). This mechanism will support medical and graduate students who are interested in a short course program focused on clinical and/or translational research under the mentorship of a successful, federally funded faculty mentor.
Application for the short-term training program includes several components that should be submitted electronically by email. For more information please visit or www.actsi.org/retcd.
Article of Interest: Knowledge of Regulations Governing Pediatric Research: A Pilot Study by Annemarie Stroustrup, Susan Kornetsky, and Steven Joffe
Members of institutional review boards (IRBs) that review protocols involving children may not have adequate understanding of pediatric research regulations. 71 eligible IRB members were evaluated, and 41 responded to five multiple-choice questions. Most respondents considered themselves "well prepared" or "very well prepared" to perform common IRB tasks. However, the median knowledge score was one correct answer. These data suggest the need for comprehensive evaluation of IRB member knowledge and for education regarding pediatric research review.
NIH Announces Initial Implementation Timeline for Enhancing Peer Review Activity
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced it will begin implementing changes to enhance its peer review system, after an extensive, year-long review. While the peer review system is a cornerstone of NIH, the increasing complexity and interdisciplinary nature of modern research has created a number of new challenges and demands on the system that merit enhancements in critical areas.
For an overview of the enhancing peer review effort, and to view implementation updates and further details, please visit.