eRoundup for 1/14/11

Let’s Not Mention That in the Report

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The grant promotes workforce diversity and education in the reproductive sciences and women’s health – Read more…  

Read more about a similar partnership can be found between Hopkins and Morgan State University.

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The Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center/School of Medicine is seeking pilot proposals from faculty for support for core facilities that will accelerate the development of and/or facilitate widespread access of the investigator community access to emerging technology resources. The purpose of this RFP is to encourage and support the development of leveraging core facilities that will provide novel and platform technologies to Emory faculty. Read more…

This mechanism is intended to increase the number of faculty applying for HIV/AIDS-related funding by providing seed grant resources for collecting data, developing/refining methodologies, and/or developing/refining technologies. The grant provides support for dual PI, multidisciplinary research projects that can be accomplished within one year with limited resources ($60K). Download a hard copy of the RFA

The University Research Committee (URC) and the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) are pleased to announce their fourth annual call for applications for new pilot studies in clinical translational research.  Proposals exploring all aspects of clinical and translational biomedical research, including development of biostatistical methodology, bioethics, and assessment of new technologies will be considered.  Funding decisions will be made on March 14th, 2011.  For more information contact Ling Guo at lguo@emory.edu. Read more…

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and its partners in research Emory University and Georgia Tech are pleased to announce the availability of new pilot project funds through the Pediatric Research Centers.  The pilot award funds are designed to stimulate new research projects and build new collaborations in child health-related research areas.  For questions regarding your particular area of interest, please contact the Director listed for the center, or Paul Spearman, MD, at paul.spearman@emory.edu.  For more details, click here.

The Regenerative Medicine Supper Club is open to anyone that is interested in learning more about the field and building relationships and collaborations within the community. Robert J. Palay, Chairman and CEO of Cellular Dynamics International will present on Tuesday from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) at Georgia Tech. Cellular Dynamics has developed stem cell-based products and services for drug discovery. There is no cost to attend, but please RSVP.

At the January Meeting of SEMDA, you’ll learn how to avoid problems during clinical trials and hear what happens when good intentions go awry. For the University of Cincinnati, this expensive lesson was learned at a cost of over $1 million. Jane Strasser, PhD, Director of the Office of Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs at the University of Cincinnati, and Jane Green, Ph.D., President and Founder of Morley Research Consortium, will dissect what went wrong, resulting in FDA intervention and an Integrity Hold on a promising medical device. The event will be held at the Ravinia Club (Two Ravinia Dr.) on January 25, from 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Recognizing the interdependence of the efforts between academia, industry, not-for-profits, foundations, private investment, and government needed to move scientific discoveries to practical application, the Second Annual Academic & Industry Intersection Conference seeks to profile successful collaborations as well as examine potential ethical pitfalls related to the life science partnerships .  For questions contact Georgia Bio’s Maria Thacker at maria.thacker@gabio.org.  For more details, click here.

The Chinese Academy of Engineering is organizing a clinical and translational science meeting in Shanghai in June. If you feel that your research or that of someone in your institution would fit in with the topics covered at this meeting and you would like to be considered as a possible presenter click here. Limited travel sponsorship is available. It is of special interest to attract CTSA-related investigators.

With the help of an ACTSI program director and MSCR graduates – Read more…

The T-32 Sleep/Cardiovascular Research Training Program at Morehouse School of Medicine seeks to train underrepresented minority PhD and Medical students to pursue careers in clinical and translational research.  This T-32 program benefits from established ACTSI infrastructure and research faculty in training CTR predoctoral students in sleep and cardiovascular disorders research.  Pre-doctoral students from groups underrepresented in the sciences are eligible, and tuition and stipend support are available for those who qualify. Read more...

Pfizer is proud to present our Medical & Academic Partnerships program, which improves patient care and increases the safe and effective use of our medicines.  This program is a reflection of Pfizer's commitment to advancing research, innovation, and medical education in Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy and Public Health.  The Medical & Academic Partnerships program provides financial support for fellows in a wide range of therapeutic and public health areas.  Applications will be accepted until February 11, 2011. Read more…

Junior faculty members at the MD or PhD level at Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, or Georgia Institute of Technology 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 members committed to a career in clinical investigation. For more details, click here.

The Research Education, Training and Career Development (RETCD) Program of the ACTSI is accepting applications for a clinical and translational research training opportunity for Emory Medical Students interested in careers in clinical and/or translational research.  This dual degree track leads to a joint Emory MD/MSCR (Master of Science in Clinical Research) degree and is designed to prepare physician-scientists for patient-oriented medical research.  For more details, click here.

The purpose of this Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) is to provide salary and “protected time” (up to five years for this award) to support the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research.  The Translational Scholar Awards in Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine program is intended to address the scarcity of investigators cross-trained in both clinical research core competencies and modern methods required to address pharmacogenomics research problems in patient populations.  Dual mentors from the Clinical and Translational Science Awards consortium and the Pharmacogenomics Research Network are required. Read more…

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The ACTSI is pleased to announce a new resource for investigators called Studio Consultations to aid in the successful design and implementation of clinical and translational science research proposals. The Studio Consultation concept involves a clinical investigator presenting their proposals to representatives of ACTSI’s Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Research Design (BERD) program, Biomedical Informatics Program (BIP), and Clinical Interaction Network (CIN) who in turn will give the investigator their expert feedback. Read more…

The electronic Biomedical Interactive Resource Tool (eBIRT) is a web-based application used for research resource discovery.  For researchers, eBIRT serves as a “one-stop virtual shop” for research resources, such as laboratory services, equipment, software, consultation services, training opportunities, and more.  For resource providers, such as service centers and cores, eBIRT offers a platform to advertise research-related services and products.  If you have resources and would like to make them more discoverable to the scientific community, or if you would like more information about eBIRT, please write to: ebirt_support@emory.edu.  To try eBIRT, go to http://ebirt.emory.edu.

More than 2.5 million images and figures from medical and life sciences journals are now available through Images, a new resource for finding images in biomedical literature. Read more…