eRoundup for 09/18/09

Atlanta Launches Cancer Genomics Center
The Collaborative Cancer Genomics Center at Clark Atlanta University is a new partnership among CAU, Georgia Tech, the Georgia Research Alliance, the Georgia Cancer Coalition, and St. Joseph's Translational Research Initiatives in Oncology. To find a biomarker for prostate cancer and understand the underlying causes of other cancers, the state-of-the-art gene sequencing facility will use next-generation instruments to collect data that will then be analyzed at GA Tech.

Comprehensive funding information for NIH grants and contracts is now available on the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT) thanks to a new, user-friendly system called the RePORT Expenditures and Results, or RePORTER. RePORTER combines NIH project databases and funding records, PubMed abstracts, full-text articles from PubMed Central, and information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with a robust search engine, allowing users to locate descriptions and funding details on NIH-funded projects along with research results that cite the NIH support. Read More... 

Scientists in the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Laboratory of Bioengineering and Physical Science have developed a new technique that allows researchers to visualize fine details of cell structure three-dimensionally in thick sections, thus providing greater insight into how cells are organized and how they function. The work is described in a report published online in Nature Methods. Read More...

Sickle cell expert Dr. Carlton Dampier serves as the program director for the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute's (ACTSI) Ethics, Regulatory Knowledge, & Support (ERKS) program, along with also supporting the ACTSI's Clinical & Translational Research for Pediatrics Program (CTRPP). Dr. Dampier is the medical director for the Office for Clinical Research, the assistant dean of clinical research, and professor of Pediatrics for the Emory University School of Medicine. He also serves on the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Read More...

In an effort to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and promote technology training and awareness, the Translational Technologies and Resources (TTR) program of the ACTSI is pleased to co-sponsor biomedical symposia and other educational events related to translational technologies in research. Limited funds ($5,000-$10,000 per event) are available through the TTR program for co-sponsorship of educational events that align with TTR and ACTSI goals. To apply for funds to support your upcoming biomedical symposium or educational event, please complete an application.  Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. For more information about this educational partnering opportunity, please Deb Smith.

A new fertility preservation RFA, Fertility Preservation Research: Advancing Beyond Technology (R01) (RFA-HD-09-009), has been published by the NIH and CDC. Please click here http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-09-009.html for details. The application is due on October 20.

The Morehouse School of Medicine, in conjunction with the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer III, will host Health Disparities Symposium on Cancer: Addressing the Issues on September 21-22, at the Atlanta Marriott Downtown. The keynote speakers are Dr. David Satcher, director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute, and Stephen Sodeke, associate director of the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Healthcare at Tuskegee University. Click here for more information.

Morehouse School of Medicine will host the 14th annual HeLa Women's Health Conference on September 25, at the Louis W. Sullivan National Center for Primary Care. The conference will focus on reproductive health and cancer, including the relationship between obesity and cancer. Writer Rebecca Skloot, assistant professor of English at the University of Memphis, will be the keynote speaker. Skloot is the author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Click here for more information.

The Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at Emory presents the Future Makers Lecture Series featuring Darrell G. Kirch, MD president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The lecture will be held on Thursday, October 29, in the Woodruff Health Science Center Administration Building at 5:00 p.m. Please save the date. Read more... 

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 GA Tech can apply for short-term (3 month) stipends ($5,190 of salary support) funded by the Research Education, Training and Career Development (RETCD) program of the 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 emailing TL1Applications@erooms.emory.edu. For more information please visit www.atlantactsi.org/areas/retcd/documents/TL1_three-month_program-9-30-08_FINAL.pdf.

The VA Community Base Outpatient Centers (CBOCs) are located in Decatur, Lawrenceville, East Point, Oakwood, Rome, Smyrna, and Stockbridge. The centers are a community-based ACTSI Clinical Interaction Sites and provide comprehensive support for clinical investigation with various core resources and facilities. The CBOCs provide the infrastructure necessary for Emory, MSM, and Georgia Tech faculty to conduct clinical research. For more information please click here. To learn how to submit a protocol click here.