Announcements
Input Requested for Grant Development Programming
The Georgia CTSA seeks to understand how they can best help support researchers who are interested in acquiring extramural funding. Click here to take a very brief (5-minute) online survey to gauge interest in programming related to obtaining extramural funding.
Calling all Mentees!
GA CTSA TEAMS (Translational Education and Mentoring in Science) provides 1:1 and group mentoring for junior-level faculty, post-doc, or clinical fellows doing research in public health, clinical and translational science, implementation science, community engagement, health equity, and more. Expand your network across Georgia CTSA.
Create a CTSA Match account and then select "Fellow".
Calling all Mentors!
The GA CTSA is calling all mentors from Emory, Georgia Tech, MSM, and UGA! Are you a mid- to senior-level faculty member who enjoys mentoring others? Are you looking to enhance your mentoring and communications skills and help a junior colleague? Then you could be a TEAMS Mentor!
The Emory Libraries will be negotiating with the publisher Wiley for a smaller and less expensive collection of journals that is tailored to Emory’s research and teaching. The list was determined by a variety of use metrics, incorporates input from subject librarians and informationists, and accounts for almost 85% of current usage of all Wiley journals. In January 2024, Emory faculty, staff, and students will no longer have direct access to discontinued Wiley journals but will be able to access them using a document delivery service through the library.
You can submit comments or concerns via this form by May 15 for potential discontinued journals.
Call for Applications: 2023 ACC/Association of Black Cardiologists Merck Research Fellowship Awards
Deadline: Monday, May 15
Applications for the ACC/ABC Merck Research Fellowship Awards program are open to those currently in an adult cardiology training program. Three selected winners will receive $100,000 in funding to support research in adult cardiology. The research year begins July 1, 2023, and ends June 30, 2024.
ATLANTIS Call for Applications for Pre (4) and Post (6) doctoral training slots
Deadline: Thursday, June 15
ATLANTIS is a U2C/TL1 training program that provides funds for trainee costs plus access to valuable professional development programming and active networking opportunities. Join a vibrant group of scientists tackling research problems related and relevant to the disciplines of kidney, urology, or hematology.
Upcoming Events
DOM Health Equity Day
Tuesday, May 16 | 9 a.m.–2 p.m. | Register
This year's Health Equity Day will serve as the scholarship and research arm of Diversity and Inclusion Week and will bring together stakeholders from across the institution to share compelling new findings, facilitate scientific exchange and identify opportunities for collaboration. The conference aims to raise awareness and encourage action around the systemic health disparities that exist across racial, ethnic, cultural, and social groups while also recognizing interventions and research centered on health equity and historically underrepresented groups in medicine. For more information, including how to register, the schedule of events, and details about the keynote
speaker, click the button below.
Genomic Diversity for Health Equity
Wednesday, May 17 | 8 a.m. | Zoom | Register
Featured speaker: King Jordan, PhD (Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program, GA Tech)
2023 Atlanta VA Research Day
Thursday, May 18 | 8 a.m.–3 p.m. | SOM James B. Williams Medical Education Building
The 2023 Atlanta VA Research Day will celebrate discoveries and emerging medical innovations in veterans' care, recognize VA researchers' accomplishments, and provide learning and networking opportunities for attendees.
Do you have an upcoming event or educational opportunity?
Highlighted Resource
DID YOU KNOW?!?
All faculty and staff of the School of Medicine can request a new activation on the SOM BioRender Group license. BioRender is an online software tool that helps scientists create and share beautiful, professional science figures in minutes.
Funding & Award Opportunities
A searchable External Funding Opportunities Database has been compiled from FOAs in this weekly newsletter, including archived COVID FOAs.
Emory credentials are required to view.
IDCRC: Early Career Investigator Pilot Awards
Deadlines: Friday, May 19 (LOI); Monday, June 19 (Full application)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research projects and career development activities that will enhance the applicant’s ability to compete successfully for an independent R- or K-series award (e.g., acquisition of preliminary data, training in grant preparation).
Keck Foundation: June 2024 Cycle
Internal Deadline: Thursday, May 25
Information Session: Wednesday, May 24 | noon – 1 p.m. | Zoom
The purpose of this FOA is to fund projects that do not fit within established federal agency funding schema.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health Equity Scholars for Action 2023
Deadline: Wednesday, May 31
The purpose of this FOA is to enhance the supports, resources, and community necessary for participants with historically underrepresented backgrounds (HURs) to thrive professionally and personally.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Measuring Metabolism Across Scales
Deadline: Thursday, June 1 by 5 p.m. (PT)
The purpose of this FOA is to accelerate innovative discoveries in metabolism and metabolic physiology in health and disease.
Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadlines: Wednesday, July 19; Monday, October 16; February 16, 2024; June 16, 2024; October 16, 2024; 2025; 2026
The purpose of this FOA is to support meritorious projects to provide needed scientific insight to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and/or care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD).
Fundamental Research to Understand the Mechanisms of Neurotropic Virus-mediated Disease (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: 30 days prior (LOI); Friday, August 25 (Full application)
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to promote basic research to better understand the mechanisms underlying viral invasion of the central nervous system (CNS), virus- and/or host immune-mediated neuropathogenesis, and the associated clinical manifestations for emerging and re-emerging neurotropic viruses.
Human Liver Tissue and Hepatocytes Resource-Related Research Project (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: Friday, July 28 (LOI); Wednesday, August 30 (Full application)
The purpose of this NOFO is to support a Human Liver Tissue and Hepatocytes Research Resource (HLTHRR) program to enable the continued availability of human liver tissue and hepatocytes to biomedical researchers.
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (P60 Clinical trial Optional)
Deadline: Wednesday, November 15
The purpose of this FOA is to develop a broad-based Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center program to foster and conduct interdisciplinary, collaborative research on alcoholism, alcohol use disorder and the impact of alcohol on health and disease.
Would you like assistance reviewing your grant proposal? DOM researchers can request grant writing and editing services from Janet Gross, PhD, on projects including resubmissions, career development awards, and multicenter grants. These services are offered through a cost sharing effort between the DOM and the researcher’s division and must be approved by both.
Congratulatory Corner
David Schulman (PI, Pulmonary); Erica Brownfield, Maura George Simpson, and Hugh Stoddard (Co-Is, General Internal Medicine) received funding from Scholarrx for a project entitled, “Expanding metacognitive awareness in students through the creation of bricks concerning social medicine topics.”
William Nicholson (Cardiology) received funding from Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City/Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. for a project entitled, “Outcomes and safety in patients treated with STAR and deferred stenting after unsuccessful CTO PCI.”
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Carlos Del Rio (Infectious Diseases)
Wien S, Guest JL, Luisi N, Taussig J, Kramer MR, Stephenson R, Millett G, Del Rio C, Sullivan PS. Racial differences in the association of undetectable HIV viral load and transportation to an HIV provider among men who have sex with men in Atlanta, Georgia: a health equity perspective. AIDS Care. 2023 Mar 6:1-10. Read more
Sara Turbow (General Internal Medicine)
Turbow S, Ali MK. Prevalence of and mortality associated with cross-state inpatient care fragmentation among older adults in a nationally representative dataset. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Dec;37(16):4283-4285. Read more
Hamid Dar, Daniel Perrien, Subhashis Pal, Andreea Stoica, W Neale Weitzmann, and Roberto Pacifici (Endocrinology)
Dar HY, Perrien DS, Pal S, Stoica A, Uppuganti S, Nyman JS, Jones RM, Weitzmann MN, Pacifici R. Callus γδ T cells and microbe-induced intestinal Th17 cells improve fracture healing in mice. J Clin Invest. 2023 Apr 17;133(8):e166577. Read more
Have you or a colleague recently published an article?
Spotlighted Researcher
Rahul Patel
Clinical Research Coordinator II – Pulmonary
What is your professional background?
I have a bachelor in Biochemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University. I have a foreign medical degree from the Medical University of Silesia in Poland. My past experience as a foreign doctor has planted a desire [to work in] healthcare and grown my passion for clinical research.
Which division do you work in? Who is your mentor?
I work in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and collaborate with the Division of Rheumatology and the Lowance Center for Immunology. My mentor for the past three years has been Dr. Frances Eun-Hyung Lee.
Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
I have been involved in several research projects in the pulmonary and rheumatology fields. Clinical research allows doctors and scientists to develop a better understanding of various diseases. With this knowledge, they can then identify new and more effective methods of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. My current focus is pulmonary research, where I have been involved in a biologic vaccine study and have been studying COVID-19 vaccine responses among asthmatic patients that are currently on biologics such as mepolizumab, dupilumab, and benralizumab.
What do you like most about Emory?
There are many opportunities and reasons to love Emory. The main reasons are work-life balance, diversity, commitment to distinction, excellence, innovation, and collaboration.
What is your favorite movie or TV show?
My favorite movie is The Godfather, and my favorite TV show is Prison Break.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
In my free time, and especially on weekends, I enjoy spending time with my family, socializing, and catching up with sports. I love to travel to new places, meet new people, and most importantly enjoy life to the fullest.
What is a fun fact about you?
I speak several languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati, some Polish, and Spanish.
RAS News
DOM RAS is requesting the following timelines for pre-award requests to the Pre-Award Inbox:
- Proposals, progress reports, and other support requests: at least two weeks prior to sponsor deadline. Requests made earlier than two weeks are always appreciated.
- Proposals with subrecipients and/or cost share: at least one month prior to the due date.
- Finalized files: at least five business days prior to the sponsor deadline.
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