Announcements
Emory University: Curated Funding Lists
The funding opportunities featured here are curated by the Office of Research Development and are updated weekly.
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Emory T32 Post-Doctoral Training Program to End the HIV Epidemic
Interest form due: Tuesday, April 12
Full application due: Friday, May 3
The goal of this program is to train post-doctoral candidates from diverse backgrounds and disciplinary expertise in health services research, through the utilization of a multidisciplinary approach to expose trainees to multiple methods and research areas, from epidemiology and biostatistics to behavioral and social sciences, biological sciences, and health policy and implementation. The program has a special emphasis on research addressing disparities or inequities based on factors such as race/ethnicity, sex/gender, socioeconomic status, geographical residence, healthcare access, and physical/mental disability. Proposals should thus have a component that addresses equity or disparities. Contact Tracy Obertone for questions.
ATLANTIS Training Program Call for Applications: Pre and Postdoctoral Training Slots
Deadline to apply: Wednesday, May 1
Atlanta Network for Training in KUH Scientific Research (ATLANTIS) is a U2C/TL1 training program designed to train the next generation of kidney, urology, and hematology health scientists by providing funds for pre- and postdoctoral trainee costs, plus access to valuable professional development programming and active networking opportunities. Apply here
Certificate Program in Translational Science (CPTS)
Deadline to apply: Wednesday, May 1
The Certificate Program in Translational Science (CPTS) is a formal 16-credit Emory Laney Graduate School program for trainees who seek to conduct research at the interface between basic and translational science and clinical medicine. The CPTS enhances and transforms translational research training for predoctoral PhD students, postdoctoral fellows (PhD or MD), and junior faculty at Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech Univeristy, and the University of Georgia.
Upcoming Events
Constructive Collisions: Women’s Health
Thursday, April 11 | noon–2 p.m. | R. Randall Rollins Building, Rm 800 (Eighth Floor)
Registration deadline: April 7 | Register
Join for an in-person, on-campus Constructive Collisions event that will include informational and networking opportunities to connect Emory researchers interested in Women’s Health.
K-Club: Building Your Career Development Plan for Your CDA
Monday, April 8 | Noon | HSRB II, N-600 and Zoom | Register
Join for a facilitated panel discussion, led by Janet Gross, PhD, to discuss strategies for building your career development plan.
14th Annual Bettye Rose Connell Memorial Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 9 | 5:30–7:30 p.m. | Miller-Ward Alumni House | Register
Speaker: Steven L. Wolf, PhD, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine will present the lecture, "Painting a Bett-r Rose-y Picture: Don’t “fall” for substitutes: “Know” your surroundings."
CFDE Research Roundtable Lunches: Broadening Participation from Undergraduate Students to Postdocs: Ways to Intentionally Diversify Who Does Research?
Thursday, April 11 | Noon–1 p.m. | Dobbs Common Table, private dining room | Register
The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence will host four Research Roundtable Lunches during the spring 2024 semester. Each Research Roundtable will focus on a unique research topic and lunch will be provided. This month, our discussion will focus on evidence-based practices that support diverse and inclusive research environments to broaden the participation of those engaged in research.
Atlanta Workshop on Single-cell Omics 2024
Thursday and Friday, April 11–12 | 9 a.m.–4 p.m. | GA Tech, Marcus Nanotechnology Building | Register
This two-day workshop will highlight short talks in the areas of bioinformatics/single-cell analytics and experimental applications of single-cell technologies (e.g., scRNAseq, snATACseq, spatial transcriptomics) for biological, clinical, and translational research.
2024 Faculty Education, Enrichment, and Development (FEED) Conference
Friday, April 12 | 8 a.m.–noon | Zoom | Register
This year's theme is AI. Learn about Emory's commitment to this groundbreaking innovation and how to utilize it in a variety of settings. The conference will offer AI-focused sessions ranging from an overview of AI and resources at Emory to applications for teaching and research.
GA CTSA Researcher Survival Skills - Building Safe and Inclusive Research Environments
Monday, April 15 | 1–3 p.m. | Zoom | Register
In this workshop, Carol E. Colaninno will review frameworks and evidence-based practices that can ensure research environments are safe and inclusive.
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Highlighted Resource
Georgia CTSA Match – Connect with Experts in Your Field
Looking to connect with experts in your field? Join Georgia CTSA Match which encourages meaningful networking and collaboration! This new platform will enable you to connect and communicate with researchers who have similar interests to help move your research forward. Meet new potential collaborators across the Georgia CTSA, cultivate ideas, and utilize them as a catalyst for future collaborations and research opportunities.
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.
Pilot Studies of Biological, Behavioral and Social Mechanisms Contributing to HIV Pathogenesis Within the Mission of NIDDK (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: May 7, 2024; September 7, 2024; January 7, 2025 (Full application)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to address the elucidation of unique pathophysiological mechanisms contributing to HIV comorbidities, coinfections, and complications (CCCs) affecting organs, tissues, and processes within the mission of the NIDDK; interrogations into biological mechanisms underlying HIV reservoirs in NIDDK-relevant tissues are important for developing strategies for sustained viral suppression or elimination of HIV from the body; and health-impeding social determinants of health may affect CCCs or viral reservoirs within NIDDK's mission through multiple pathways.
Robert A. Winn
Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award (Winn CDA) for Early-Stage Investigator Physicians
Application period: Monday, May 13, 2024
The purpose of this FOA is to support the career development of early-stage investigator physicians who are underrepresented in medicine (URiM) or who have a demonstrated commitment to increasing diversity in clinical research.
Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: May 15, 2024 (LOI); June 14, 2024 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to provide funding for leadership, training, research, and outreach activities that will increase and disseminate scientific knowledge in areas supported by the NIA's Division of Aging Biology (DAB).
Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: May 15, 2024 (LOI); June 15, 2024 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to provide logistical and organization support of the Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging (NSC).
HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: 30 days prior (LOI); June 18, 2024; September 17, 2024; January 28, 2025; May 16, 2025; September 17, 2025; January 16, 2026; May 15, 2026; September 17, 2026; January 15, 2027 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage research grant applications for initial translational efforts that will enable a drug discovery program for novel, non-opioid, and non-addictive treatments for pain.
New Approaches for Measuring Brain Changes Across Longer Timespans (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadlines: June 5, 2024; October 5, 2024; February 5, 2025; 2026; 2027 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage multidisciplinary investigators to develop new approaches or apply existing approaches in novel ways to measure brain activity, connectivity, genomics, or other aspects across the age spectrum of neurodevelopment and to extend our understanding of brain development and aging, including studies of the neurodevelopmental origins of later 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 department and the researcher’s division and must be approved by both.
Congratulatory Corner
Chandan Devireddy (PI) and Neal Dickert (Co-I) (Cardiology) received funding from Massachusetts General Hospital/ Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a project entitled, “Promoting shared decision making for decisions about treatment of severe aortic stenosis.”
Ahmed Babiker (Infectious Diseases) received funding from Duke Clinical Research Institute/NIAID for a project entitled, “Strain temporal engraftment and persistence after fecal microbiota transplantation.”
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Neal Dickert, Alanna Morris, and Modele Ogunniyi (Cardiology)
Cross SH, Dickert NW, Morris AA, Taj J, Ogunniyi MO, Kavalieratos D. Racial Differences in Palliative Care Use in Heart Failure Decedents. J Card Fail. 2024 Mar 14:S1071-9164(24)00081-2. Read more
Jessica Howard-Anderson, Lindsey Gottlieb, and Jesse Jacob (Infectious Diseases)
Howard-Anderson JR, Gottlieb LB, Beekmann SE, Polgreen PM, Jacob JT, Uslan DZ. Implementation of contact precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era: An updated national Emerging Infections Network (EIN) survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 14:1-6. Read more
Susan Wall (Renal Medicine)
Pham TD, Verlander JW, Chen C, Pech V, Kim HI, Kim YH, Weiner ID, Milne GL, Zent R, Bock F, Brown D, Eaton A, Wall SM. Angiotensin II acts through Rac1 to upregulate pendrin: role of NADPH oxidase. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2024 Feb 1;326(2):F202-F218. Read more
Neal Bhatia and Alexis Cutchins (Cardiology)
McGeoch CLB, Steinberg RS, Bortfeld KS, Almuwaqqat Z, Rheudasil JM, Bhatia NK, Cutchins AC. Radiofrequency venous ablation for symptomatic relief in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: a case series. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2024 Jan 23;8(2):ytae029. Read more
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Spotlighted Researcher
Ankita Agarwal
Assistant Professor – Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
What is your professional background?
I am a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine physician. I received my undergraduate and medical degree at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. Subsequently I completed my Internal Medicine Residency at Brown University. Following my residency, I came to Emory for my pulmonary/critical care fellowship, which is when I became interested in critical care research. During my fellowship I completed a Master of Science in Clinical Research at Emory. My research focuses on ICU administration and workforce.
Which division do you work in? Who is your mentor?
I am an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. My primary mentor is Dr. Jonathan Sevransky.
Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
My research focuses on understanding and assessing the workload of clinicians in the intensive care unit, and the impact on healthcare worker well-being and patient outcomes. Working in the ICU demands a certain rigor from its healthcare workers and ICU physicians and nurses experience higher rates of burnout compared to their non-ICU clinical counterparts. A greater understanding of how ICU workload affects burnout and well-being and developing interventions to optimize workload can improve healthcare worker well-being and ultimately patient outcomes. I am currently completing a study that measures cognitive load in ICU physicians across the United States and Canada and factors associated with cognitive load. I hope to use this study's results to inform the development of an intervention that reduces the workload of ICU physicians.
What do you like most about Emory?
The supportive and collaborative environment! I am constantly surprised and grateful for the support and encouragement I receive from my mentors, division, and colleagues.
What is your favorite movie or TV show?
"Gilmore Girls"
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I love to read (anything in a novel form, no non-fiction), Bollywood dancing, and most recently I am trying to expand my cooking repertoire.
What is a fun fact about you?
I spent six months in Lucknow, India, before starting medical school and learned to drive a motorcycle — though I would never dare to drive one on Atlanta roads!
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