eRoundup for 12/18/09

Animal Use - Unnecessary Animal Use 

Todd C. McDevitt, PhD, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University, has been awarded the 2010 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Biomaterials (SFB). Read More... 

The Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research (SOJNR), a peer-reviewed electronic research journal of the Southern Nursing Research Society, is seeking manuscripts for peer review and publication in an upcoming issue related to parent-child nursing. Research articles related to methodology also are encouraged. The manuscript submission deadline is March 1. Read more information about upcoming issues and author guidelines.

Dr. Carolyn Meltzer, director of the ACTSI Translational Technologies & Resources (TTR) program was featured in the Emory Health Now Blog. Read More...

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.  

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 Georgia Tech. For more information click here.

Next month a formal announcement will be made by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, and Georgia Tech regarding the initiation of seven new Centers for Pediatric Research funded by Children's. RFAs for pilot project funding have been released from each of the new centers. Read More...

• RFA: Center for Pediatric Cardiac Research
• RFA: Center for Cystic Fibrosis Research
• RFA: Center for Developmental Lung Biology
• RFA: Center for Endothelial Biology
• RFA: Center for Pediatric Healthcare Technology Innovation
• RFA: Center for Transplant Immunology and Immune Therapeutics
• RFA: Center for Vaccines and Immunology

PROSPECT Studies: Building New Clinical Infrastructure for Comparative Effectiveness Research (R01) (RFA-HS-10-005) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-10-005.html

Electronic Data Methods (EDM) Forum for Comparative Effectiveness Research (U13) (RFA-HS-10-006) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-10-006.html

AHRQ MentoredClinical Scientists Comparative Effectiveness Development Award (K12)(RFA-HS-10-007) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-10-007.html

AHRQ Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Comparative Effectiveness Development Training Award (T32)(RFA-HS-10-011) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-10-011.html

Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Announces Interest in Research on Health Care Associated Infections in Ambulatory Care Settings (NOT-HS-10-007) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-10-007.html

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.

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

The event is planned for May 12, during Nurses Week. A call for abstracts will be issued in January for both poster and podium presentations. Workshops during the afternoon sessions will include tracks for novice and more experienced researchers. Additional details forthcoming. 

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.