eRoundup for 4/30/10

Data Interpretation and Management - Let's Not Mention That in the Report

If you are a faculty member from Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, or GA Tech who has a proven research discovery which could positively impact the community's health, the Community Engagement & Research Program (CERP) of the ACTSI has an opportunity for you. CERP aims to match faculty investigators with its established network of community-based organizations (CBOs) to disseminate research findings. CERP will provide funding to the CBOs through a mini-grants program to support these dissemination activities. Read more...

ResearchMatch, a Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSA) initiative funded by the NCRR, part of the NIH, is now easier for researchers. ResearchMatch (RM) is a recruitment tool that will help connect willing research studies volunteers with investigators. RM is available to all ACTSI partner investigators. Click here for instructions on how to use RM at Emory. The IRB protocol template language is also available, click here. You may register for feasibility access which will provide you with the ability to view aggregate data on the registry population and for recruitment access which provides the ability to recruit volunteers. Contact Debora Clem with questions.

The Center of Innovation for Life Sciences has opened access to the Georgia Life Sciences Team-Up network for the week before and after the BIO 2010 Convention. Take this chance to visit the cutting edge community, most comprehensive calendar in Georgia for life science innovators, and Industry Links list which provides an overview of key life science organizations in Georgia.

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. Read more... 

This mechanism is intended to increase new collaborations and the number of faculty applying for HIV/AIDS-related funding to the 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...

Winship Cancer Institute is offering a unique research scholar opportunity for selected resident physicians, oncology fellow physicians, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty members within five years of training.  Robbins Scholar Program awards will be given to up to four outstanding trainees or junior faculty who are selected by a rigorous peer-review process. All applicants must be nominated by a senior mentor. Scholarships can be used to cover partial salary, laboratory, other research expenses, or travel. Please contact Ms. Traci Cobbs-Palmer with any questions. Read more...

Emory's executive vice president for health affairs hosts the Future Makers lecture series. Dr. Samuel R. Nussbaum, executive vice president, clinical health policy, and chief medical officer for WellPoint, Inc. and professor of clinical medicine at Washington University SOM, presents Expanding Access, Managing Cost, and Sustaining Innovation: Can the U.S. Healthcare System Achieve these Goals? on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Emory Hospital Auditorium. Contact evphafeedback@emory.edu to RSVP.

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... 

Hosted by GA Bio, a panel of human resources professionals will discuss strategies for managing life sciences careers. Event registrants are invited to submit their resumes to maria.thacker@gabio.org  -- they will be distributed to the panel members. The event will be held on May 12, at 7:30 a.m. at GRTI. Learn more...

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and Kaiser Permanente host, Promoting Resiliency and Positive Social Emotional Development in Children and Youth on May 18, from 8:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m. at MSM (conference fees can be waived). Read more...

Emory's Office of Research Compliance presents Lessons Learned: How to Avoid Common Clinical Trial Audit Findings by Kris West, JD, associate vice president for research administration, and Carlton Dampier, MD, CPI, assistant dean for clinical research, on May 20 at 2:00 p.m. in Egleston's first floor conference room 5. Read more...

Organized by GA Bio and hosted by Kennesaw State University, the gubernatorial candidate forum will give the candidates an opportunity to address issues critical to Georgia's future growth, such as the significance of life sciences economic development for the expansion of technology jobs, the importance of science and math education, and the impact of the federal healthcare reform legislation. The democratic forum will be held on May 20, at 6:00 p.m. at KSU. Read more... The republican forum will be held on May 27, at 6:00 p.m. at KSU. 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...

The workshop will be held on May 28 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD. Contact NIH coordinator Donna Jo McCloskey for more information.

The workshop is a valuable opportunity for participants to exchange and learn about process improvement initiatives in clinical research management and indentify and disseminate best practices in clinical research management, particularly in study startup processes and subject recruitment and retention. It will be held at the Bethesda North Marriott, Bethesda, MD on June 21-22. Read more...

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... 

The SoCRATES course (clinical and translational research didactic course) was created for Emory medical students to take during the Discovery Phase, by ACTSI scholars Beau Bruce, MD and Andi Shane, MD. This course will provide medical students an overview and introduction to clinical and translational research in academic and non-academic settings. Didactic sessions, panel discussions, and a society-based journal club will provide forums for students to gain an appreciation of the fundamentals of clinical and translational research, biostatistics, epidemiology, the research enterprise, and practical and applied aspects of conducting research. Contact Cheryl Sroka for more information. 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 ACTSI to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Further information is available here or by contacting Cheryl Sroka (404-727-5096). 

The ACTSI's Clinical Interaction Network (CIN) is pleased to announce the availability of the Clincial Data Extraction Service Center which is an Information Technology supported resource for ACTSI investigators seeking access to information residing within the Clinical Data Warehouse of Emory Healthcare. Read more...

Available tools for the biomedical industry and inorganic material analysis-Read more...