ACTSI in the News
Atlanta Business Chronicle, Research funding, October 2, 2009, by Urvaksh Karkaria
The Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) has received nearly $1.6 million in supplemental funding from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) of the National Institutes of Health. ACTSI, established in 2007, is a partnership of Atlanta academic, research and health-care institutions focused on accelerating the translation of laboratory discoveries into health-care innovations for patients. The institution is part of a national NCRR clinical research consortium of 46 medical institutions focused on improving the way biomedical research is conducted, according to a statement. The ACTSI was awarded two supplemental stimulus grants from the NCRR.
Michelle Kegler, associate professor of behavioral sciences and health education in Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, will lead a $600,000 supplement to fund community-based organizations in Atlanta and rural southwest Georgia to improve or expand health promotion to address health disparities. Kegler's work will include significant involvement with Morehouse School of Medicine investigators.
Carolyn Meltzer, chair of the Department of Radiology in Emory University School of Medicine, will lead a $1 million ACTSI supplement. These funds will help further integrate the data archiving infrastructure across the Center for Systems Imaging and at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and pilot a Molecular Imaging Fellowship and mentorship of interdisciplinary investigators. Meltzer's work will involve both Morehouse School of Medicine and Georgia Tech investigators. (All contents © American City Business Journals Inc. All rights reserved.)
ACTSI investigator Dr. Christian Larsen was interviewed and quoted for 11 Alive in the story DELIVERED! Dear Santa, I need a kidney on October 2. Investigator Dr. Debra Houry was quoted on Wired News in the article Data-mining medical records could predict domestic violence on September 30.
The ACTSI's Community Engagement & Research Program's (CERP) Dr. Melissa Kottke was quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and on Fox 5 News for the story Atlanta program aims to stop teen dating violence on September 30. Clinical & Translational Research Program for Pediatrics' (CTRPP) Dr. Paul Spearman was interviewed and quoted on 11 Alive for the story Emory Doctor: Parents shouldn't fear H1N1 vaccine also on September 30.