eRoundup for 2/26/10

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Morehouse School of Medicine has won a $19.5 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant to work with at least 1,600 Georgia primary care providers to increase accuracy and save money in medical recordkeeping. 

Georgia Bio hosts the 2010 Georgia Life Sciences Summit on October 28, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Georgia Bio welcomes proposals for sessions. Read more...

The Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) and the Emory Research and Health Sciences IT division are proud to announce the upcoming release of the electronic Biomedical Interactive Resource Tool (eBIRT), a new web-based application used for research resource discovery. eBIRT offers resource providers, such as service centers and cores, a platform to advertise their services, and investigators a means to locate services for their use in research. With the launch of eBIRT coming in March, we are asking all core and service directors to provide us with content about their services so we can advertise for you. If you would like to make your services more discoverable to the scientific community, or would like more information about eBIRT, please write to: ebirt_support@emory.edu.

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.

The EMCF makes grants of up to $25,000 in support of research by Emory medical school faculty. Faculty members who are based at least 50 percent of their time at Grady are eligible for the grants, and those who are in the first 10 years of their careers are given preference. Those interested in applying or who have questions should contact William Payne at 404-727-5640. See guidelines.

RFA-OD-10-011 - Mentored Career Development Award (KM1)

BMFRP provides $3.75 million to promote innovative research focused on Bone Marrow failure. Read more...

The Translational Pilot Award will provide $18.75 million to the Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) to fund research in ovarian cancer. This funding opportunity requires a pre-proposal pre-application submitted through the CDMRP eReceipt website. Proposal submission is by invitation only, and proposal applications must be submitted through Grants.gov.

The Emory Alcohol and Lung Biology Center is accepting applications for pilot project grants for alcohol-related research for 2011. Please see the flyer or visit the website for more details.

The Emory Department of Medicine is pleased to present Faculty Development Day on Friday, March 19. This exciting new program offers learning opportunities for faculty at all levels and is offered in the Emory School of Medicine Building. Attendance is limited; register by February 19. Click here for more information and to register.  

The new MR/PET scanner at the Emory Center for Systems Imaging permits, for the first time ever, simultaneous MR and PET imaging in human subjects. The scanner is one of four world-wide and one of only two in the U.S. The purpose of this event is to bring together the leaders of the other three MR/PET programs, and the Siemens engineers who designed the device, with scientists in the Atlanta community to explore the limits of the technology. Read more...

Hosted by the Emory School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Mercer School of Medicine, and PCOM, Emory's main campus will host a free International Medical Volunteerism Conference. The event will serve as a platform for doctors, nurses, physician's assistants, students, and lay people to share their inspiring stories of making the world a better place through volunteer efforts in the medical and public health community. The conference will also serve as a networking and volunteer recruiting forum for non-profit organizations offering medical volunteer opportunities. For more details visit: www.emoryimvc.org. 

The Emory-UGA Influenza Pathogenesis and Immunology Research Center (IPIRC) will host Swine Origin H1N1 Virus: The First Pandemic of the 21st Century at the Emory Conference Center on April 18-20. Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH will give the keynote address. Dr. Rafi Ahmed, director of the Emory Vaccine Center, will present a special dinner lecture on April 19, at the Fox Theatre. Registration is open until March 15; a limited number of scholarships are available to graduate students. For more information, contact Tanya Cassingham (404.727.3450). 

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