Are you a faculty member who is interested in learning more about foundation funding?
Please join the Office of Foundation Relations on Friday, 4/26 at noon in SOM 110. The topic is “Foundation funding perspectives: Faculty, foundation relations, research administration, and OSP.” Speakers include: Jason Hockenberry (Department of Health Policy and Management), Jim Hoesterey (Department of Religion), and Zhexing Wen (Department of Cell Biology/Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences). Read more (PDF) New research registry toolkit resource!
The Research Registry Toolkit is designed to support teams creating and managing research registries. Each section includes examples, best practices, and tools to guide conversations about research registry development and maintenance. Read more Georgia CTSA statistical consulting at Georgia Tech
The statistics research group directed by ISyE associate professor Yajun Mei, is now offering free consulting for data-analysis questions in the domain of bio-related initiatives on the GA Tech Campus, every Monday from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in Petit Building, Room 3317. Read more
Need help navigating the Department of Medicine Research Administration Service (RAS) Unit? The DOM RAS Unit has issued a one-page document to assist you in working your way through the grant submission process starting with pre-award. Download PDF
Georgia CTSA. The Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance, a collaboration between Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia, offers various programs to support clinical and translational research, including studio consultations for study design and biostatistics, pilot grants, a health services research symposium, clinical research units, a recruitment center and multiple training programs. Read more
Funding & Award Opportunities
Weekly NIH funding opportunities and notices
Federal funding opportunities for public health faculty
Searchable database of internal medicine funding opportunities Improving immunization rates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and dialysis patients- Competitive grant program
Deadline: Wednesday, 5/15 (LOI) Pfizer and the National Kidney Foundation are collaborating to offer a new grant opportunity focused on supporting quality improvement initiatives that will result in an increase in immunization rates of adults with immunocompromising conditions, specifically patients with CKD including dialysis patients, in accordance with Advisory Committee on Immunization (ACIP) recommendations. Read more The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) research office request for letters of intent and nominations for SGM investigator awards
program
Deadline: Monday, 5/20 (LOI) The NIH SGM Investigator Award Program was developed to recognize early stage investigators who have made substantial, outstanding research contributions in areas related to SGM health and who are poised to become future leaders or are already leading the field of SGM health research. Read more
The Clinical and Translational Research Unit (CTRU) seed funding program guidelines
Deadline: Friday, 5/31 The Clinical and Translational Research Unit (CTRU) located on the UGA Health Sciences campus is designed to support faculty who wish to conduct sponsored clinical studies that advance the understanding and treatment of human diseases. Read more (PDF)
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IIB bridge awards to accelerate the development of cancer-relevant technologies toward commercialization (R44 clinical trial optional)
Deadline: Friday, 8/9 This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits SBIR applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that seek additional funding to support the next stage of development for cancer-relevant projects that were previously funded under SBIR or STTR Phase II awards from any Federal agency. Read more
2020 NIH funding opportunities - New innovator award program (DP2 clinical trial optional)
Deadline: Monday, 8/26 The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program supports early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems relevant to the mission of NIH. Read more - Pioneer award (DP1 clinical trial optional)
Deadline: Monday, 9/9 The NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative and potentially transformative research towards the ultimate goal of enhancing human health. Read more
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding? Fred Rabhari-Oskoui (Renal Medicine) received funding from Sanofi US Services Inc. for a project entitled, “Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled two stage study to characterize the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of GZ/SAR402671 in patients at risk of rapidly progressive Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.”
Michael Burke (Cardiology) received funding from PPD Investigator Services, LLC for a project entitled, “A phase 3, multinational, randomized, placebo-controlled study of ARRY-371797 in patients with symptomatic dilated cardiomyopathy due to lamin A/C gene mutation.”
Igho Ofotokun and Anandi Sheth (Infectious Diseases) received funding for a U01 from NHLBI for a project entitled, “Atlanta MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study Clinical Research Site.”
Division Research Seminars
Thursday, 4/25 at 8 a.m. in the Grace Crum Rollins Building, Rita Anne Rollins Room, 8th Floor, SPH
Infectious Diseases Seminar: “Friend or foe? Antibodies, protection,and enhancement of dengue disease” (Leah Katzelnick, PhD, University of California-Berkeley)
Thursday, 4/25 at 8 a.m. in Whitehead, Conference Room 200
Pulmonary Division Research Seminar: “Identifying risk for acute respiratory failure in the hospital: Promises and pitfalls of predictive analytics” (Michelle Gong, MD, MS)
Thursday, 4/25 at 12:30 p.m. in Whitehead, Conference Room 200
Digestive Diseases Basic Research Science Seminar: “Iron in host-microbial interactions” (Bobby Cherayil, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital)
Friday, 4/26 at noon in Emory University Hospital, Hurst Conference Room, E450
Clinical Cardiovascular Research Conference: “Polygenic risk assessment for cardiac disease” (Greg Gibson, PhD, Georgia Tech)
Monday, 4/29 at 9 a.m. in Emory University Hospital, Hurst Conference Room, E450
Cardiovascular Biology Seminar: “Mechanosensing and its role in vascular and cns pathologies” (Tatiana Byzova, PhD, Cleveland Clinic)
Monday, 4/29 at 5 p.m. in Woodruff Memorial Research Building, Room 317
Endocrine Conference: (Monica Giles, MD)
Tuesday, 4/30 Polygenic risk assessment for cardiac disease at 5 p.m. in School of Medicine, Room 170A
Renal Grand Rounds: “Nephrolithiasis: A pathophysiologic approach to diagnosis and management” (Theodore Steinman, MD, Harvard Medical School)
Recent Notable Publications
Laurence W. Busse, Jonathan Sevansky, Greg Martin (Pulmonary)
Hager DN, Hooper MH, Bernard GR, Busse LW, et al." The Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Steroids in Sepsis (VICTAS) Protocol: A prospective, multi-center, double-blind, adaptive sample size, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial.” Trials. 2019 Apr 5;20(1):197. Read more Qiang Cai (Digestive Diseases)
Zhu Y, He C, Li X, Cai Y, et al. "Gut microbiota dysbiosis worsens the severity of acute pancreatitis in patients and mice.” J Gastroenterol. 2019 Apr;54(4):347-358.
Read more Walter Orenstein (Infectious Diseases)
Ainslie KEC, Haber M, Orenstein WA. “Bias of influenza vaccine effectiveness estimates from test-negative studies conducted during an influenza pandemic.” Vaccine. 2019 Mar 28;37(14):1987-1993. Read more
John Haydek, Cesar Taborda, Rushikesh Shah, Preeti Reshamwala, Saurabh Chawla (Digestive Diseases)
Haydek JP, Taborda C, Shah R, Reshamwala PA, et al. “Extreme hyperbilirubinemia: An indicator of morbidity and mortality in sickle cell disease.” World J Hepatol. 2019 Mar 27;11(3):287-293. Read more
Would you like to highlight a recent notable publication?
Reminder: Emory - Queensland Infectious Diseases symposium
Wednesday, 4/24 in SOM Room 153A The purpose of the symposium is to develop/broaden the collaborative projects between Emory researchers and researchers at our partner Universities in Queensland Australia. The infectious diseases symposium spans Colleges and Departments at Emory and the University of Queensland (UQ) and Queensland Institute of Biomedical Research (QIMR). Read more (PDF)
General Lectures Uniting Everyone (GLUE) Lecture Series at Georgia Tech: “Translation of medical devices: How to bring your device to market”
Monday, 4/29 at 12:15 p.m. in Whitaker 3115 (Georgia Tech) This event features David Ku, MD, PhD (L.P. Huang Chair Professor of Engineering/Entrepreneurship, Regents’ Professor, Georgia Tech, Professor of Surgery, Emory Unviersity) as the keynote speaker. For video conferencing locations: Emory: HSRB E160 Georgia Tech: TEP (stream from PC) https://bluejeans.com/270645627. Read more (PDF) Pediatric Research Alliance: “Tackling endocardial abnormality in congenital heart disease- towards regenerative and precision medicine.”
Friday, 5/3 in Egleston Classroom 5 at noon. The keynote speaker for this event is Mingxia Gu, MD, PhD (Instructor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine) Register | Read more May K-Club: “Best practices in presenting research in different venues and formats”
Monday, 5/13 at noon in Egleston, Classrooms 5-7. This seminar features Ihab Hijjar, MD (Associate Professor, Neurology, Emory University) as the keynote speaker. A light lunch is provided. Register | Read more
Robin Klein, MD, MEd
Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics
What is your professional background?
I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia and my MD at Emory University School of Medicine. I completed residency in the Internal Medicine
Primary Care Residency Program at Emory and then stayed on as faculty. I pursued a Master of Education
in the Health Professions focusing on medical education research from Johns Hopkins School of Education in 2018.
In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I work in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics. My work is in medical education research which is somewhat different than a lot of research at Emory, so it is nice to have a network to go to ask questions, recruit collaborators, discuss ideas, and get feedback. This includes Dr. Karen Law, Dr. Stacy Higgins, Dr. Neil Winawer, Dr. Kim Manning, Dr. Bill Branch, Dr. Sheryl Heron, and Dr. Jon Nye. It is a long list. Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
My research is focused on medical education research. My primary interest is on the gender climate in graduate medical education. Specifically, I am interested in exploring how gender influences trainees and the residency training experience. This includes implicit bias, stressors stemming from their role as resident, and resident self-perception and how training experiences reinforce or erode their self-perception. Understanding how the gender climate impacts our learners and residency training is of importance as it promotes equity and may help inform efforts to mitigate these effects on our learners. What do you like most about Emory?
The enthusiasm, creativity, and dedication of our learners creates a positive impact. In particular, the residents do not get enough credit for their contributions. So, thank you! What is your favorite book, movie, or TV show?
Right now, books I recommend are The White Tiger, Middlesex, and Sharp Objects. What do you like to do in your spare time?
I spend time with my family.
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