eRoundup for 5/14/10

Data Interpretation and Management - He Took His Notebook

Have you ever wanted to explore options for addressing a clinical or surgical idea to improve a product or technique? The Biomedical Engineering (BME) program at GA Tech is seeking projects and faculty advisors from Emory and Morehouse School of Medicine for its senior capstone design course. If you have a clinical or surgical oriented idea or "problem," you can work with a team of senior BME students in developing and testing a potential solution. Read more... 

Andi Shane, MD, KL2 scholar and pediatric infectious disease professor at Emory SOM, was featured in Medscape Medical News in the article MRSA, MSSA Infections Both Carry a 25% Mortality Rate in VLBW Infants on May 4. Read more..

CERP's mini-grant program featured in Project Q Atlanta and GA Voice. 

The HSI-Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Pilot Grant Program is focused on research related to clinical outcomes and public health. 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...

The i6 Challenge is a new $12 million innovation competition administered by the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in partnership with the NIH and National Science Foundation. EDA will award up to $1 million to six winning teams with the most innovative ideas to drive technology commercialization, and entrepreneurship in their regions. Entrepreneurs, investors, universities, foundations, and non-profits are encouraged to participate. For more information, email, join the i6 Challenge conference call at 2:00 p.m. on May 17, or click here.

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...

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...

Hosted by Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and sponsored by the ACTSI, a grant writing workshop for new investigators will be held on May 26 and is open to any ACTSI partners. The workshop will be held at MSM, in NCPC, room 104 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. The workshop is free; parking is $5. For questions contact Judy Simmons. 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 and broadcast to Morehouse School of Medicine, Multi-disciplinary Research Center, Room G-14. Read more...

Emory's Office for Clinical Research presents Research Matters on Thursday, June 24, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in Emory's EUH Auditorium, Second Floor. This event offers CME hours. Click here to register.

All of the current ACTSI Emory TL1 trainees (Seema Kini, Sheena Brown, Laura Mazer, Emily Ryan, Kari Schneibel) along with Drs. Henry Blumberg and Thomas Ziegler attended the 2010 TL1 Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program Meeting at Washington University in St. Louis on May 3 and 4. All of the trainees presented posters and Brown was selected for an oral presentation. They all did an excellent job.  

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. 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). 

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.