eRoundup for 1/7/11

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Led by the ACTSI, eight CTSA principal investigators representing seven states have joined to form the Southeast CTSA Consortium. Read more.

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The NIH recently published the revised NIH Grants Policy Statement. This revision is applicable to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2010.

Visit the new website of Yerkes National Primate Research Center to learn about research advances, history, scientists, and resources.

The Georgia Department of Community Health announced that Georgia Health Information Exchange, Inc., will be the governance body for the establishment of a statewide health information exchange in Georgia. The non-profit will be charged with creating a network that will allow for the timely exchange of vital health information and accelerate the pace of health information technology development across the state. Read more….

FDA released a report outlining its plans to advance regulatory science. It covers seven areas in which advancements can help deliver better products: quicker assessment of new medicines, pediatric and child health, emerging infectious diseases and terrorism, use of informatics, protecting the food supply, modernizing safety testing, and regulating tobacco. Read more…

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The Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center/School of Medicine is seeking pilot proposals from faculty for support for core facilities that will accelerate the development of and/or facilitate widespread access of the investigator community access to emerging technology resources. The purpose of this RFP is to encourage and support the development of leveraging core facilities that will provide novel and platform technologies to Emory faculty. Read more…

The FOA solicits grant applications to provide a resource to support authorized investigators in gene transfer research. The resources sought include laboratory services and a repository of data and materials of use to the research community with an interest in gene transfer. The applications are also expected to include one or more proposals for original research in areas related to the resource and the services it provides. Read more…

This mechanism is intended to increase the number of faculty applying for HIV/AIDS-related funding by providing seed grant resources for collecting data, developing/refining methodologies, and/or developing/refining technologies. The grant provides support for dual PI, multidisciplinary research projects that can be accomplished within one year with limited resources ($60K). Download a hard copy of the RFA

The University Research Committee (URC) and the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) are pleased to announce their fourth annual call for applications for new pilot studies in clinical translational research.  Proposals exploring all aspects of clinical and translational biomedical research, including development of biostatistical methodology, bioethics, and assessment of new technologies will be considered.  Funding decisions will be made on March 14th, 2011.  For more information contact Ling Guo at lguo@emory.edu. Read more…

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and its partners in research Emory University and Georgia Tech are pleased to announce the availability of new pilot project funds through the Pediatric Research Centers.  The pilot award funds are designed to stimulate new research projects and build new collaborations in child health-related research areas.  For questions regarding your particular area of interest, please contact the Director listed for the center, or Paul Spearman, MD, at paul.spearman@emory.edu.  For more details, click here.

The Annual International Science of Team Science (SciTS) Conference will be held in Chicago, IL and is an international, multi-agency forum dedicated to the empirical field of the science of team science and brings together thought leaders from a broad range of disciplines, including: translational research, evaluation, communications, social and behavioral sciences, complex systems, and technology and management in an effort to enhance understanding of how best to engage in team science to meet society's needs. Learn more.

Recognizing the interdependence of the efforts between academia, industry, not-for-profits, foundations, private investment, and government needed to move scientific discoveries to practical application, the Second Annual Academic & Industry Intersection Conference seeks to profile successful collaborations as well as examine potential ethical pitfalls related to the life science partnerships .  For questions contact Georgia Bio’s Maria Thacker at maria.thacker@gabio.org.  For more details, click here.

The Chinese Academy of Engineering is organizing a clinical and translational science meeting in Shanghai in June. If you feel that your research or that of someone in your institution would fit in with the topics covered at this meeting and you would like to be considered as a possible presenter click here. Limited travel sponsorship is available. It is of special interest to attract CTSA-related investigators.

The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) is now accepting applications for Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) Scholar Grants to attract new minds and new ideas to the development of a safe and effective HIV vaccine.  Grant recipients will work under the mentorship of HVTN-affiliated investigators to conduct short-term research projects in areas of basic, clinical, behavioral and social science. Applications are due January 10, 2011 via e-mail to vtn.research@hvtn.org.  For more details, click here.

The NIH intends to invest approximately $60 million over the next five years in the NIH Director's Early Independence Award (EIA) program to help junior investigators leapfrog over traditional post-doctoral training and move into independent academic positions at U.S. institutions, directly upon completion of their graduate research degrees. Read more…

The T-32 Sleep/Cardiovascular Research Training Program at Morehouse School of Medicine seeks to train underrepresented minority PhD and Medical students to pursue careers in clinical and translational research.  This T-32 program benefits from established ACTSI infrastructure and research faculty in training CTR predoctoral students in sleep and cardiovascular disorders research.  Pre-doctoral students from groups underrepresented in the sciences are eligible, and tuition and stipend support are available for those who qualify. Read more...

The National Institutes of Health, in partnership with the Lasker Foundation, is pleased to announce the Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program.  The program supports a small number of exceptional clinical researchers in the early stages of their careers to promote their development to fully independent positions.  The program combines a period of independent research as a Principal Investigator in the NIH Intramural Research Program for 5 to 7 years, with the opportunity for additional years of independent financial support either at the NIH or at an extramural research institution. Read more...

Pfizer is proud to present our Medical & Academic Partnerships program, which improves patient care and increases the safe and effective use of our medicines.  This program is a reflection of Pfizer's commitment to advancing research, innovation, and medical education in Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy and Public Health.  The Medical & Academic Partnerships program provides financial support for fellows in a wide range of therapeutic and public health areas.  Applications will be accepted until February 11, 2011. 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.

The purpose of this Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) is to provide salary and “protected time” (up to five years for this award) to support the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research.  The Translational Scholar Awards in Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine program is intended to address the scarcity of investigators cross-trained in both clinical research core competencies and modern methods required to address pharmacogenomics research problems in patient populations.  Dual mentors from the Clinical and Translational Science Awards consortium and the Pharmacogenomics Research Network are required. Read more…

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Listen to the latest podcast about iResearchGeorgia with Kitty Vogt of the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) and Jeff Strane of the Governor's Office for a great discussion about this cutting edge tool for finding talent and collaboration opportunities across the state.

The ACTSI was featured in the December edition of the CTSA e-newsletter. The article features the ACTSI’s many resources offered locally and across the CTSA. Some of the resources include:  eBIRT, ethical dilemmas in scientific research and professional integrity, the BME Senior Research Design Program, a Clinical Data Warehouse, and a Laboratory Information Management (LIMS) System.

The CTSA consortium, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), recently hosted a meeting, Opportunities for Collaborative Clinical and Translational Science: Enhancing Clinical Phenotyping. The meeting summary and materials are available online and future CTSA – VA collaboration opportunities/resources include…

More than 2.5 million images and figures from medical and life sciences journals are now available through Images, a new resource for finding images in biomedical literature. Read more…

 A new tool to aid in understanding the genetics of health and disease. Read more…