eRoundup for 2/25/11

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To further promote the goals of Winship and the ACTSI, resources are being pooled to provide support for novel medical device, diagnostic or imaging technologies that substantially enhance the diagnosis or treatment of cancer. Outcomes required to achieve this goal include follow-on funding, inventions, patent applications, licenses, and commercial products. At least one PI must be a member of Winship. The other PI must be permanent faculty in the professorial ranks (assistant, associate, or full) from Emory, MSM or GA Tech. Read more…

The presentation Data integration, "Correlation Engine,” and Data Mining will be led by James Flynn, PhD of NextBio. This brown bag lunch series is sponsored by BimCore and Emory’s Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, RSPH. The demonstration will be held from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Computer Classroom (1462 Clifton Rd). Prior to the workshop obtain a username and login and RSVP. Read more…

Andre’ L. Churchwell, MD, associate professor of medicine at Emory, will present A Life’s Journey Viewed Through the Lens of Diversity: Churchwell and Emory in Emory SOM room 120 at 5:00 p.m. A reception will follow the lecture.

The Emory Department of Medicine is pleased to offer the second annual Faculty Development Day from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. We would like to invite ACTSI investigators to attend this learning opportunity. Arrangements have been made with either the ACTSI or your home institution to cover the attendance fee. Please see session and registration details here. Location and parking information will be sent to attendees after the registration period closes.

Georgia Bio’s Committee for Scientific Researchers is hosting a half-day event at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center. Dr. David Stephens, Emory University's Vice President of Research and ACTSI PI, will serve as keynote speaker. His speech will focus on the challenges facing clinical studies. Click Here for Details

Transform your ideas into the medical products of tomorrow. Tap into new ideas, the latest thinking, proven strategies, and key connections to take new concepts into commercialization. The conference explore how to properly document ideas, evaluate marketplace need, prepare and file patents, interact with regulatory bodies, and license ideas. Prototype development and evaluation, product manufacturing, and tips in design and engineering will also be covered. The convention is brought to the healthcare community by Malizia Clinic and GA Tech’s Translational Research Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Science and sponsored by the ACTSI’s Translational Technologies & Resources (TTR) program. Read more…

The IOM and NAE have posted the Go Viral to Improve Health: IOM-NAE Health Data Collegiate Challenge to spur students to transform health data into effective, innovative new apps to engage people in various communities to promote action to improve health and healthcare. The challenge calls on students pursuing degrees in engineering, computer science, and health disciplines to work in interdisciplinary teams to transform health data into new mobile apps, online tools or games, or other innovative products that can improve health at the community level. The challenge can be found here.

NHLBI is participating in the Lasker Clinical Research Scholars program. The goal is to bridge the widening gap between cutting-edge research and improved patient care, and to nurture the next generation of clinical researchers. The program will support a small number of exceptional clinical researchers in the early stages of their careers to conduct patient-focused clinical research projects at the Clinical Center on the Bethesda campus while promoting their development to fully independent positions. 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.

Dr. Allan Kirk