September 25, 2020

In Case You Missed It:

• Refer to the COVID-19 and MCW Research page to stay up-to-date on changes in research operations related to the current pandemic
• COVID 19: Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
• Timothy Ridolfi, MD, MS, has been awarded the 2020-2021 AVAS Foundation Karl Storz Award. Congratulations!
• Emily Hetzel, CCRC, Emily Neumann, RN, ACRP-CP, and Katie Alter-Troilo, MS, CCRC, recently obtained Association of Clinical Research Professionals certifications. We congratulate them for this notable achievement!
• Next Surgery Research Conference: October 14, 2020, at 5:00 p.m.​, Ron Williamson, "Data Security"

We Care Research Recovery Grant Awardees

The We Care Committee recently created the 2020 We Care Awards as an opportunity to assist Surgery faculty and teams affected by COVID-19. We are pleased to share that 9 programs have been awarded funds totaling over $175,000 to ease these recovery efforts!

Surgery Research Conference Recap, September 9, 2020
Intraoperative assessment of tumor margins during breast conserving surgery

GRANT$ Alert

MCW Research Affairs Committee New Faculty Pilot Grant
$35,000/1 year
Application submitted in eBridge: October 19, 2020 by 5:00 P.M.

The Research Affairs Committee (RAC) is requesting applications for seed funding for faculty of Assistant or Associate Professor rank within 4 years of their first faculty appointment at MCW. The primary goal of the award is to help applicants obtain preliminary results that will enable them to compete successfully for extramural funding (foundation, clinical trials, etc.).

AHW Collaborative Research for Improved Health
$1 million available to support 4 meritorious MCW-led collaborations, 2-3 years in length
LOI Application Due: November 16, 2020

AHW’s Call for Collaborative Research for Improved Health aims to foster collaborations along the T0-T5 spectrum to support research that addresses Wisconsin’s health needs. Projects should lead to health improvements for Wisconsin communities either as a direct result of the proposed research (immediate improvement to human health), or as a result of longer-term research plans (eventual improvement to human health that could not occur without important advancements in the scientific field). 

AHW Innovations to Advance Wisconsin’s Health Workforce
$500,000 available to support 2 meritorious MCW-led collaborations, 2-3 years in length
LOI Application Due: November 16, 2020

AHW’s Call for Innovations to Advance Wisconsin’s Health Workforce aims to support projects to develop innovative and sustainable programs, tools, and resources to advance Wisconsin’s current and future health research, health care, and community health improvement workforces. Successful projects should result in a sustainable workforce development resource or product that has been institutionalized within an existing system for ongoing workforce development beyond the project period.

Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants Program
Up to $50,000 for projects ranging from 1 to 5 years
Proposal Due in eBridge: October 27, 2020

This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, or method. Our goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. We seek to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may have a lasting impact on educational discourse.

Abstracts Alert

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting
April 24-28, 2021, San Diego, CA
Abstract Deadline: October 11, 2020

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) is a professional medical society that represents 3,900 physicians and other health care providers interested in the specialty of colon and rectal surgery. 

51st Annual Meeting of Western Trauma Association (WTA)
February 28, 2021, Virtual
Abstracts Deadline: October 15, 2020

In order to continue the WTA commitment to the improvement of trauma care through research, education, and sharing of clinical experiences, the Program Committee is planning something new.  Members and guests of the WTA can present their research through recorded abstract presentations to be posted and available on-demand on the WTA website beginning the first week of March.  This is for scientific abstract submission only, no case reports or family abstracts.

The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) Annual Meeting
April 24-26, 2021, Birmingham, AL
Abstract Deadline: November 2, 2020

The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) is dedicated to the advancement of the science and art of endocrine surgery. The AAES is committed to providing surgical expertise in diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands as well as in neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas and GI tract.

2021 Surgical Education Week
Boston, MA
April 27-29, APDS
April 29-May 1, ASE
Abstract Deadline: November 13, 2020

The Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS) and the Association for Surgical Education (ASE) will come together for Surgical Education Week 2021, April 27-May 1, at the Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA. The APDS will meet April 27-29 and the ASE will meet April 29 – May 1. April 29 will be the “Joint Program Day” with speakers, panels, and paper sessions sponsored by both the APDS and ASE.

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2021
April 9-14, 2021, Washington, DC
Abstract Deadline: November 19, 2020

The AACR Annual Meeting program covers the latest discoveries across the spectrum of cancer research—from population science and prevention; to cancer biology, translational, and clinical studies; to survivorship and advocacy—and highlights the work of the best minds in research and medicine from institutions all over the world.

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