Student eRoundup for January 2010

Authorship - A Mess of Authors 

The ACTSI has joined with other universities and research institutions across the country to create ResearchMatch.org, an electronic volunteer recruitment registry designed to allow individuals an opportunity to securely self-register and express an interest in being considered for participation in research studies, including 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... 

University investigators and industry executives have been searching for a place to answer their questions on how to collaborate. This conference, hosted by the ACTSI and GA Bio, will provide critical information on how universities and industry can effectively work together. The program includes panels from academia, federal and state governments, and industry discussing the challenges and successes of their relationships. Read more... 

The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute and its partners host this free symposium. For more information and registration, click here. 

Washington University in St. Louis will host the National Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program Meeting, May 3-4. The goal is to bring together TL1 Predoctoral Program trainees from CTSA consortium institutions to share research findings and experiences and predoctoral student career development. For more information, visit the meeting website or email Joe Wilson. 

The MSCR program, part of the Laney Graduate School, provides didactic and mentored clinical and translational research training. The degree is designed for participants at Emory and Georgia Tech who hold a doctorate or equivalent degree (such as physicians and PhD-level scientists) and have demonstrated a commitment to a career in clinical investigation. Pre-doctoral (medical or PhD graduate students at Emory) may apply to the MSCR program through the TL1-Medical Scientist Training Program (dual-degree program). This dual degree track will provide the opportunity to integrate clinical and translational research training into established doctoral degree programs in the Emory Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, the Laney Graduate School, the Emory Rollins School of Public Health, the Emory School of Nursing, the joint Emory-Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering program, the Georgia Tech Bioengineering program, and the Morehouse School of Medicine PhD Biomedical Sciences program. For selected, qualified applicants, a limited number of tuition scholarships are available through the ACTSI. 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. For more information please click here.