eRoundup for 4/16/10

Data Interpretation and Management - Data Torturing 

Supported by the ACTSI's Research Education, Training & Career Development (RETCD) program, this innovative and rigorous certificate program gives PhD students the expertise and experience needed to translate fundamental biomedical scientific discoveries into treatments that will benefit human health. In 2005, Howard Hughes Medical Institute launched the Med Into Grad Initiative to address the growing gap between basic biology and medicine and offered grants to enhance or initiate PhD programs that would provide students with a better understanding of medicine and pathobiology. Emory has been granted an HHMI Med Into Grad award to develop the new certificate program in translational research. Read more... 

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Translational Technologies & Resources (TTR) program of the ACTSI received supplemental funding to advance innovation through imaging. The goal of this RFA is to promote translational-directed (animal to human) studies by providing pilot funds ($50,000 per award) for novel biomarker imaging research in animal models, or human translation from animal models. Eligible candidates include faculty from Emory, GA Tech, and MSM. Collaborative, inter-departmental or inter-institutional projects are strongly encouraged. Read more... 

Emory Molecular and Translational lmaging Research Center's P50 Pilot Project program offers opportunities for both trainees and established scientists to acquire preliminary data in the quantitative molecular imaging arena on which to base competitive future R01 proposals. Read more...

The NIEHS-funded Emory Parkinson's Disease Collaborative Center for Environmental Research (PD-CERC) has funds available for one-year pilot project grants of up to $25,000. Proposals must focus on the role of the environment in Parkinson's disease and related disorders. Applicants must be Emory faculty and be eligible to be a PI on an NIH R01 grant. Questions regarding the application should be addressed to Dr. Gary Miller at gary.miller@emory.edu. Read more... 

This mechanism is intended to increase new collaborations and the number of faculty applying for HIV/AIDS-related funding to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the NIH by providing seed grant resources for collecting data, developing/refining methodologies, and/or developing/refining technologies that will strengthen the competitiveness of NCI applications. This mechanism provides support for dual PI, multidisciplinary research projects that can be accomplished in a short period of time (one year) with limited resources ($60K). Application and administrative questions should be directed to Kimberly Hagen. Read more...

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH, will give the keynote lecture at the annual Symposium of the Influenza Pathogenesis and Immunology Research Center on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the Emory Conference Center. Fauci's talk, Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza: The Perpetual Public Health Challenge, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Tanya Cassingham at 404.727.4319 or click here.

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.  For more information, contact Tanya Cassingham (404-727-3450). 

The Morehouse School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology presents Adiponectin Macrophage Transgenic Mice and Metabolic Syndrome by Yuchang Fu, PhD, assistant professor of nutrition sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, on April 19, at noon at Grady Hospital, Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence, conference room 10C029. For more information, please contact Tammie Printup at 404-489-9152.

Voices of Change: The Impact of Public Health of Georgia, the Nation and Our World is a Festschrift Conference honoring the legacy of Dr. Daniel S. Blumenthal on April 21, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. at the Louis W. Sullivan National Center for Primary Care Auditorium at Morehouse School of Medicine. Read more... 

The NIH Translational Research Interest Group and the CTSA Program presents The Pipeline of Clinical Research from Bench to Bedside and Back by John Gallin, MD, NIH Clinical Center Director, on April 26, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in Bethesda, MD. The lecture will be videocast here. Dr. Gallin will provide an overview of translational research at the NIH Clinical Center and will include background on the Bench-to-Bedside (B2B) Program. 

Representatives of five top law firms will participate in a panel session hosted by Georgia Bio on Thursday, April 29, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., to translate the landmark federal health care reform legislation. This unique event, to be held at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Conference Center, will bring together experts from Alston & Bird, Arnall Golden Gregory, Kilpatrick Stockton, King & Spalding, and Thompson Hine to guide Georgia's life sciences community through major portions of nearly 2,000 pages of new health care law. The lawyers will focus on elements of the health care reform bill critical to pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies, hospitals, physicians groups, and universities. Click here for more details and to register.

Quest for Research Excellence: Partnering with Communities to Improve Health Outcomes will be held in Atlanta on April 30, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The conference will offer valuable information sharing, networking opportunities, lunch, and entertainment. Read more...

Registration is now open for the Neurosciences Initiative symposium. Therapeutic Frontiers in Acute CNS Injury will provide participants with a view into the future of the clinical care of stroke, spinal cord injury, and head trauma. Registration is free and students are welcome. CME credits are available. Click here to register.  Please visit our website for additional information. Read more... 

Brought to you by GA Tech, Cardiff University, and the ACTSI, this meeting is the first international symposium solely dedicated to microneedle research covering topics including microneedle fabrication, integration of formulation with the microneedle device, microneedle applications, and pre-clinical and clinical exemplification of microneedle technologies. Read more...

The ACTSI presents The Role of MYH9 Polymorphisms in Glomerular Disease by Jeffrey Kopp, MD, Captain, U.S. Public Health Service and Staff Clinician, Kidney Disease Section, NIDDK, NIH, on Thursday, May 27, at 4:00 p.m. in Emory's School of Medicine, room 130. Read more...

Applications are currently being accepted for the Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) Degree program for fall 2010. This masters program in the Emory Laney Graduate School provides didactic and mentored clinical and translational research training and is designed for participants who hold a doctorate or equivalent degree (such as PhD-level scientists) and have demonstrated a commitment to a career in clinical investigation. The MSCR requires 28 academic credit hours. Admission is rolling and applications are accepted until the class is full or until May 31, 2010. Tuition scholarships are available from the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Further information is available at www.actsi.org/retcd or by contacting Cheryl Sroka, csroka@emory.edu or 404-727-5096.