March 31, 2020

In Case You Missed It:

• Effective March 26, the We Care 2020 RFA has been suspended.
• Mandatory Lab Hibernation began Tuesday, March 24, at 5:00 p.m. Questions or Inquiries, contact Gwen Lomberk.
• 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: NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
• COVID 19: DOD FAQs for Grant Applicants and Recipients 
• Call for Nominations: MCW Society of Teaching Scholars - Deadline: Friday, April 17, 2020, at 5 p.m.
• Next Surgery Research Conference: POSTPONED until further notice.
• ​Department of Surgery Publications --> SCROLL down for recent Faculty Publications!

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GRANT$ Alert

MCW Imagine More Award for Innovative, Impactful Neuroscience Research
$25,000/1 year
Applications via REDCap Due: April 3, 2020

The External Advisory Board for the Neuroscience Research Center at MCW established this award in 2014.  The award is funded by the proceeds of the annual Imagine More Dinner.  The purpose of the award is to allow an MCW faculty member to carry out research designed to transform our ability to prevent, treat or cure neurologic or psychiatric disease. 

MCW Research Affairs Committee-New Faculty Pilot Grants
$35,000/1 year
Submission to Office of Research via eBridge Due: April 20, 2020, by 5:00 p.m.

Applicants must have a primary faculty appointment at MCW and apply within the 4 years of their first faculty appointment at MCW. Established MCW faculty or postdoctoral fellows are not eligible. Applicants can be at Assistant or Associate Professor rank at time of application. Faculty with previous R01 or equivalent grant funding are not eligible to apply as Principal Investigator. Co-investigators with previous R01 or equivalent grant funding are permitted. It is inappropriate to receive funds for similar projects from more than one funding source (i.e. CTSI, Cancer Center, Digestive Diseases, CVC, AHW, NIH, American Heart Association etc.). Faculty may receive funding in this category one time only.

NIH Surgical Disparities Research (R01 - Clinical Trial Option)
Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect needs of proposed project/5 years maximum
LOI Due Date: May 5, 2020
GCO Due Date: May 29, 2020
NIH Due Date: June 5, 2020​

The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate research focused on understanding and addressing health disparities in surgical care and outcomes for patients who are from minority and other health disparity populations. The NIH-designated health disparity populations include minority racial and ethnic groups (Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders) as defined by the U.S. Census, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, population groups residing in rural medically underserved geographic areas, and sexual gender minorities.

NIH Grants

Department of Surgery Publications | February 2020

General Surgery
The Pros and Cons of Partial Versus Total Fundoplication for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. (Higgins RM and Gould JC).

Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Commentary: Operate on my printed model—absolutely; my newborn grandchild? Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. (Ronald K. Woods)

Pediatric Surgery
Sutureless vs sutured abdominal wall closure for gastroschisis: Operative characteristics and early outcomes from the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. (Fraser JD, Deans KJ, Fallat ME, Helmrath MA, Kabre R, Leys CM, Burns RC, Corkum K, Dillon PA, Downard CD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hernandez E, Hirschl RB, Johnson KN, Kohler JE, Landman MP, Landisch RM, Lawrence AE, Mak GZ, Minneci PC, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannell M, Slater BJ, Wilkinson KH, Wright TN, St Peter SD, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium)

The incidence of venous thromboembolism in children following colorectal resection for inflammatory bowel disease: A multi-center study. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. (Bence CM, Traynor MD Jr, Polites SF, Ha D, Muenks P, St Peter SD, Landman MP, Densmore JC, Potter DD Jr)

Optimization of percutaneous biopsy for diagnosis and pretreatment risk assessment of neuroblastoma. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. (Overman RE, Kartal TT, Cunningham AJ, Fialkowski EA, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Vasudevan SA, Malek MM, Kalsi R, Le HD, Stafford LC, Lautz TB, Many BT, Jones RE, Butter A, Davidson J, Williams A, Dasgupta R)

Research
Motor Neuron Generation from iPSCs from Identical Twins Discordant for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Cells. (Seminary ER, Santarriaga S, Wheeler L, Mejaki M, Abrudan J, Demos W, Zimmermann MT, Urrutia RA, Fee D, Barkhaus PE, Ebert AD)

Surgical Oncology
Screening guidelines and recommendations for patients at high risk of developing endocrine cancers. Journal of Surgical Oncology. (Geurts JL, Strong EA, Wang TS, Evans DB, Clarke CN)

Trauma and Acute Critical Care
Interaction Between Psychiatric Symptoms and History of Mild TBI When Evaluating Postconcussion Syndrome in Veterans. Military Medicine. (Larsen SE, Larson ER, Hunt JC, Lorber WG, deRoon-Cassini TA)

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