eRoundup for 12/11/09

Animal Use - Conscientious Objection 

The Winship Cancer Institute has opened a Phase I Clinical Trials Unit dedicated to advancing cancer research through a singular focus on caring for patients enrolled in phase I clinical trials. Read More... 

The GA Tech/Emory Department of Biomedical Engineering is looking for projects, ideas, problems, and opportunities from any member of the medical/research community for Senior Design Project I and II (BMED 4600 & 4601). The Senior Design Project course uses biomedical engineering and development, FDA regulations and ISO standards, business and management processes, and clinical projects to complete submitted projects and create products. Read More... 

The ACTSI's Community Engagement & Research Program (CERP) Grants Program is designed to provide funding and technical assistance to community-based organizations (CBOs) to build capacity and skills to conduct research in collaboration with academic researchers. The CERP Collaborative Research Capacity Grants Program invites applications from community-based organizations interested in forming a research partnership with academic researchers affiliated with Morehouse School of Medicine, Emory, or GA Tech. For more information click here. 

A unique funding opportunity is available to early stage investigators new to the field of HIV/AIDS research. The intent of the program, Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research (CNIHR), is to bring novel ideas to HIV/AIDS research by funding 6-12 developmental projects of early stage investigators. For more information, view the Request for Concept Proposals or go to the program website, www.cnihr.org.  

Junior faculty at the MD or PhD level from a wide variety of disciplines at Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, or Georgia Institute of Technology who are committed to an academic career in clinical and/or translational research and who have excellent potential to become an independent clinical investigator 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 committed to a career in clinical investigation. KL2 award recipients must devote 75% professional effort to the program. Applicants who are successfully funded will receive salary support, a KL2 technical budget ($25,000 per year) for research costs and tuition, and some salary support for the KL2 scholar's Lead Mentor. KL2 scholars accepted into the program will receive a total of 75% salary support for 75% effort in the program. Partial or matching salary support from the applicant's division, department or other non-federal sources is highly encouraged but not required. The KL2 - Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars (MCTRS) Program is supported by the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI/NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). Please see the program's website for more details. Those interested in applying are urged to contact Cheryl Sroka at the ACTSI Research Education, Training & Career Development (RETCD) program office at 404-727-5096 or csroka@emory.edu.

Emory's Office of Research Compliance and the Ethics Center are sponsoring a Compliance and Ethics Crash Course, Things You Should Know About Research Misconduct and Authorship, on December 14, in the Steiner Building's first floor auditorium from 9:00-11:30 a.m. Register by sending an email to ORC@emory.edu with the subject line of "Compliance and Ethics Symposium" by Thursday, December 10.

The fifth annual Emory/Georgia Tech Symposium on Predictive Health will take place at the Emory Conference Center on December 14-15. The theme is Human Health: Molecules to Mankind. In addition to speakers from Emory and Georgia Tech, the roster includes presenters from CDC, University of Washington, the Bravewell Collaborative, University of Michigan, biotech start-up Pacific Biosciences, and National Jewish Health. For more details about the program or to register, go to the website. 

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and the Fogarty International Center, both part of the NIH, jointly announce Julio Frenk, MD, PhD, as presenter of the 2009 David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture. Dr. Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, will discuss Globalization and Health: The Role of Knowledge in an Interdependent World on Tuesday, December 15, at 11:30 a.m. in the Masur Auditorium, NIH Building 10, Bethesda, MD and videocast at: http://videocast.nih.gov/ . For additional information click here.

You are invited to attend the half-day workshop on dissemination and implementation research for injury prevention. Led by Dr. James Emshoff, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University and Rita Noonan, PhD, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) on January 29, 2010, in the Faculty Office Building  101 (29 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr) at Grady, from 8:00 a.m. until noon. Continental breakfast will be provided. Please RSVP by January 18, to nobolen@emory.edu. 

NCRR and the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium presents the CTSA Industry Forum on February 17-18, 2010 at the Natcher Conference Center, Building 45, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD and videocast at http://videocast.nih.gov. The purpose of the forum is to discuss ways to accelerate the discovery and development of new drugs, devices, and diagnostics to improve public health; promote efficient and effective collaborations with the CTSAs, industry, and nonprofit organizations; and explore public-private partnership opportunities. View Agenda

NINDS/NIH sponsors a Clinical Trial Methods Course in Neurology on August 16-22, 2010 at the Vail Marriot Mountain Resort and Spa in Vail, Colorado. The course is an intensive, interactive clinical trials training program for fellows and faculty in the clinical neurosciences. The program will introduce investigators to the essentials of effective clinical trial design and implementation. All investigators (both MD and non-MD researchers are welcome) who are interested in developing their clinical trial skills are encouraged to apply. To learn more about this course, please visit the website, www.neurologytrials.org. 

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. For more information please click here.