Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Score big with Faculty Fantasy Football, Emory FIRST style! Click here for updated details and directions on how to play.
In order to help faculty become familiar with the search function in Emory FIRST, we are hosting Faculty Fantasy Football, Emory FIRST style. This game will allow faculty to draft a fantasy investigative team using Emory FIRST to respond to an RFA. Teams should be submitted to DOMresearch@emory.edu by Monday, 2/4 and the winner will be announced on Monday, 2/11 in the What’s Up newsletter. The winner receives a Kaldi’s Coffee gift card.
Research Resources 101 - “Emory Healthcare innovation hub: Innovating innovation
Thursday, 2/21 at noon in SOM 170A. Remote participation is also available via Zoom. Click here or use meeting ID 206-860-575 to participate via a mobile device. Register | Read more
2019 Kauffman
FastTrac® TechVenture™ training course
The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) offers this six full-day course (over seven weeks) designed to train faculty entrepreneurs who plan to create a start-up company to commercialize their inventions. The course has been conducted at Emory eight times since 2012 and it was well received by faculty participants. All faculty members at the Georgia CTSA partner institutions are encouraged to apply. Register | Read more (PDF)
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. Read more (PDF)
Funding & Award Opportunities
Weekly NIH funding opportunities and notices
Federal funding opportunities for public health faculty
Searchable database of internal medicine funding opportunities Development of new technologies and bioengineering solutions for the advancement of cell replacement therapies of type 1 diabetes (R43/44 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Thursday, 2/21 This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications for funding to perform research leading to the development of novel and supportive technologies for the improvement of cell replacement interventions using novel methods, biomaterials and devices for type 1 diabetes treatment. Read more Strengthening systems of care of people living with HIV and opioid use disorder
Deadline: Monday, 4/16 The purpose of this initiative is to fund an estimated one (1) to four (4) entities, referred to as System Coordination Providers, who will assist states in leveraging resources at federal, state, and local levels for people living with HIV and opioid use disorder. Read more
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc (CFFT) - Therapeutics development award
Deadline: Thursday, 10/31 (LOI) The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Therapeutics Development Award program is designed to stimulate businesses to pursue novel therapies for cystic fibrosis by filling the gap between basic research and Phase 3 clinical trials. Read more Innovations for health living-Improving minority health and eliminating health disparities (R43/R44 clinical trial optional)
Deadline: Monday, 4/1 This FOA invites eligible United States small business concerns to submit SBIR grant applications that propose to conduct innovative research supporting the development of a product, tool, technology, process or service for commercialization with the aim of eliminating disparities in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minority populations or improving health in racial/ethnic minority populations. Read more Focused project award for junior investigators
Deadline: Friday, 8/30 The focused projects award for junior investigators is investigator-initiated and intended to support projects across a wide variety of topics and research questions relevant to sleep medicine that align with the mission of the AASM Foundation. Focused project proposals can involve patient outcomes, quality metrics or other aspects of health services research but are not limited to these topics. Read more American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) junior faculty award
Deadline: Friday, 1/31/2020 This award provides an opportunity to support a 2-year mentored sleep and circadian research project for early-career faculty who are physician scientists in sleep medicine. Read more
Arshed Quyyumi (Cardiology) received funding for a subcontract from Georgia State University for a project entitled, “Microvascular and sensory nerve function in non-Hispanic blacks and whites.”
Timothy Read (Infectious Diseases) received funding for a subcontract from the University of Western Ontario for a project entitled, “Development of a novel method for pollen transformation.”
Vin Tangpricha (Endocrionology) received funding from PCORI Eugene Washington Engagement award for a project entitled, “Management of mental health problems among gender non-conforming youth."
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Division Research Seminars
Thursday, 1/31 at 8 a.m. in the Whitehead Biomedical Research Building, Conference Room 200
Pulmonary Division Research Seminar: (Chatchai Muanprasat, PhD)
Thursday,1/31 at 8 a.m. in the Grace Crum Rollins Building, Rita Anne Rollins Room, 8th floor, SPH
Infectious Disease Seminar: “Living better for longer: molecular determinants of healthspan, frailty, and disease susceptibility” (Daniel Kalman, PhD)
Monday, 2/4 at 9 a.m. in the Emory University Hospital, Hurst Conference Room, E450
Cardiovascular Biology Seminar: “Vascular and valvular calcification: mechanisms, regulation and therapeutic targets” (Cecilia Giachelli, PhD, University of Washington)
Monday, 2/4 at 5 p.m. in the Woodruff Memorial Research Building, Room 317
Endocrine Conference: “Diabetes and heart failure: a complicated relationship” (Jacob Joseph, MBBS, MD)
Tuesday, 2/5 at 5 p.m. in the School of Medicine, Room 170A
Renal Grand Rounds: “What does paracellular transport have to do with acute kidney injury and kidney stones?” (Alan Yu, MB, B.Chir., University of Kansas School of Medicine)
Recent Notable Publications
Jonathan Colasanti, Wendy Armstrong, Carlos del Rio (Infectious Diseases)
Colasanti J, Lira MC, Cheng DM, Leibschutz JM, et al. “Chronic opioid therapy in people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Patients' perspectives on risks, monitoring, and guidelines.” Clin Infect Dis 2019 Jan 7;68(2):291-297. Read more
Bhavin Adhyaru, Terry A. Jacobson (General Medicine & Geriatrics)
Adhyaru BB, Jacobson TA, et al. “Safety and efficacy of statin therapy.” Nat Rev Cardiol. 2018 Dec;15(12):757-769. Read more
Terry Jacobson (General Medicine & Geriatrics)
Bhatt DL, Steg PG, Miller M, Brinton EA, et al. “Cardiovascular Risk Reduction with Icosapent Ethyl for Hypertriglyceridemia.” N Engl J Med. 2019 Jan 3;380(1):11-22. Read more Terry Jacobson (General Medicine & Geriatrics)
Newman CB, Preiss D, Tobert JA, Jacobson TA, et al. “Statin safety and associated adverse events: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2019 Feb;39(2):e38-e81. Read more
Would you like to highlight a recent notable publication?
K-Club- “Lessons learned from the K application process”
Monday, 2/11 at noon in Egleston, Classrooms 3-5. This February installment of K-club features Janet Gross, PhD, Grant writing consultant and course director for the Emory MSCR Grant & Scientific Writing Class. Panelists include I. Raul Badell, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine; Jonathan H. Kim, MD, MSc, FACC, Chief of Sports Cardiology Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Orthopedics, Emory University; J. Lucas McKay PhD, MSCR, Associate Director, Neuromechanics Laboratory, Assistant Professor, Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Tech; Soumitri Sil, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Psychologist, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine. Register | Read more
Enhancing collaboration: Fostering an evidence-based approach to improving network capacity
Tuesday, 2/26 - Wednesday, 2/27. This virtual two-day conference is organized by the University of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute and open to all the Georgia CTSA. The event goals are: - To learn about emerging frameworks and approaches
- To Form new collaborative teams around innovative projects and proposals
- To advance the evaluation and dissemination of best practices
Read more Call for Abstracts: 2019 Annual Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference
Deadline: Friday, 3/15. The following guidelines for abstract submissions apply: - Abstracts on any topic related to child health research are encouraged.
- Abstracts related to metabolomics will be given priority when selecting abstracts for oral presentation.
- Anyone may submit an abstract, including but not limited to principal investigators, trainees, students, and staff.
- The maximum length of abstracts is 350 words and you may submit more than one abstract.
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conference will take place on Monday, 6/10 at the Georgia Aquarium.
Submit abstract | Register | Read more Save the Date: 6th Annual Health Services Research Day
Wednesday, 5/15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Emory University School of Medicine Auditorium 110. The Georgia CTSA and Emory Department of Medicine are pleased to present the 6th annual Health Services Research Day. Join us for this symposium and networking opportunity where researchers will learn about ongoing quality, effectiveness, and value-based research activities across the state of Georgia. This day long symposium features Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH (Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Social Work) as the keynote speaker. Register | Read more (PDF)
Frances Lee
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine
What is your professional background?
I graduated from Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed my Internal Medicine Residency and Chief Residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center. I then started my Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Boston University and completed it at the University of Rochester Medical Center where I stayed on as faculty. I moved to Emory in 2012. In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I work in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine where I am the Director of the Adult Asthma, Allergy, Immunology Program. Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
My research interest is in understanding the biology of human plasma cells. Plasma cells make antibodies which are important for eradiating microbial infections. My lab focuses on studying the “good” and “bad” plasma cell populations in the respiratory tract, blood, and bone marrow (BM). One focus is on how long-lived plasma cells (LLPC) are formed after some vaccines but not in others. In 2015, we identified a population of “good” human LLPC in the bone marrow after vaccination and infection, and now we have more insights into how early minted ones eventually mature into BM LLPC. We also study “bad” plasma cell in diseases such as allergy, autoimmunity, and transplantation. In allergic diseases, we focus on IgE plasma cells and their unique mechanisms of formation in mucosal sites to find ways to reduce their establishment. In diseases such
as autoimmunity and transplantation (with collaborators at Emory), we are trying to figure out which compartments these “bad” plasma cells reside and how to target them. Hence, understanding the basic biology of plasma cells help us to better promote protective LLPC after vaccination and purge the pathogenic plasma cells in disease. We can also use blood plasma cells to diagnose infection. While in Rochester, NY, we developed a start-up company, MicroB-plex, Inc., that uses a patented technology incorporating nascent blood plasma cells to diagnose microbial infections. We brought the company to Atlanta and with the help from the Georgia Research Alliance, CDC, and NIH, we raised over $2 million in non-dilutive funding. What do you like most about Emory?
The scientists and clinicians are fun and inspiring. As a physician-scientist doing translational research, I reside between both worlds: clinical and research. Folks are really smart and passionate on both sides. Straddling these worlds has led to many wonderful conversations then to great collaborations. It is very fun! What is your favorite movie or TV show? And why?
My favorite movie is Cinema Paradiso because it is a coming of age film that shows how the bonds of human relationships shape our lives. I try to remember this message when mentoring students, residents, fellows, post-docs, and young faculty.
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