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Save the Date: 2023 Resident Research Day
Tuesday, April 23 | noon–1 p.m. | Hybrid: Zoom or in-person at EUH auditorium
Resident Research Day Grand Rounds (keynote speaker and oral presentations)
Poster Presentations
Emory School of Medicine Lobby | 4–6 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served.
The J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program invites you to attend the 2024 Annual Resident Research Day. This annual event showcases our residents' research achievements and celebrates the collaboration between residents and our dedicated faculty. The event will include a resident-focused Grand Rounds with a keynote titled, "From Antiquity to Big Data: A Vital History of Body Temperature" by Siva Bhavani, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine for the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. There will also be oral presentations from our resident abstract winners, who were selected through a blinded peer review process.
Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) Services
Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) offer dedicated space, experienced staff, and resources to support research at a competitive cost. We are here to support investigators of all experience levels from Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital, Morehouse School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and the University of Georgia.
Grants Aim to Improve Cardiac Emergency Preparedness in Georgia
“Everyone should learn CPR, because you never know when you might need it,” said Dr. Jonathan Kim, Director of Sports Cardiology at Emory Healthcare and an Associate Professor at Emory School of Medicine. “Cardiac arrest can happen to athletes, young and old, with or without warning. What we know beyond a shadow of a doubt is that acting as quickly as possible during a crisis – and having an emergency action plan ahead of time with a focus on early CPR and defibrillation if necessary – can save lives.”
A $250,000 grant from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation was awarded to Emory University to support the launch of the CPR Emergency Preparedness program, which will provide instructor-led training with hands-on, interactive educational sessions for participants. The American Heart Association will provide CPR instruction for the program, and sports medicine professionals from Emory Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest employers of athletic trainers, will lead training with youth sports officials and coaches to improve safety at the youth sports level.
Upcoming Events
Pursuing a Cure for Pulmonary Hypertension
Wednesday, March 20 | 8 a.m. | Egleston Classroom 5 and Zoom | Register
Speaker: Marlene Rabinovitch, MD (Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California)
CFDE Research Roundtable Lunches
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.
After a Year of Open Science: A Discussion on Advancing Open and Equitable Research
Wednesday, March 20 | noon–1 p.m. | Dobbs Common Table, private dining room | Register
This month, our discussion will center on the White House's call and actions to require data collected using federal money to be open and accessible to all.
Emory SCORE Women's Health Research Lecture Series: Sex differences in the efficacy of preclinical stroke therapies: a tale of three MicroRNAs
Wednesday, March 20 | Noon–1 p.m. | Register
Please join the Emory SCORE for its monthly Women's Health Research Lecture Series featuring Dr. Farida Sohrabji, Distinguished Professor and Department Head, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Texas A&M University.
NIH: SBIR/STTR Application Tips & Resources to Support your Small Business Research
Thursday, March 21 | noon | Zoom | Register
Did you know that the NIH offers non-dilutive funding and resources to help small businesses advance and commercialize promising research technologies? Join speakers from NCATS, and Eva Garland Consulting in collaboration with the Georgia CTSA for a webinar to learn more about the SBIR/STTR programs for researchers and entrepreneurs in translational science, and current funding opportunities.
Rigor and Reproducibility Webinar Series: How to ARRIVE Prepared: Guidelines for successful and reproducible animal research
Thursday, March 21 | 2–3 p.m. | Virtual | Register
The ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) guidelines are designed to improve the transparency and reproducibility of animal research by providing a comprehensive checklist for reporting experimental details.
Thursday @ 3 Research Webinar Series: Seed Grant Recipients
Thursday, March 21 | 3–4 p.m. | Zoom | Register
Speakers: Madeleine Hackney (Associate Professor), Meghan Kazanski (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), and Benson Ku (Assistant Professor)
Emory FMD and SCAD Symposium
Saturday, March 23 | 9 a.m.–3 p.m. | Emory University Hospital Midtown, Glenn Auditorium | Register
This program, led by Bryan Wells, MD, will provide an overview of Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD) and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD). It will feature presentations by experts in cardiology, vascular medicine, neurology, psychiatry, and more.
Academic Podcasting: Amplify Your Scholarly Voice
Tuesday, March 26 | noon–1 p.m. | Zoom | Register
Have you ever considered starting a podcast to share your research and engage public audiences in your work? This panel discussion will feature several Emory faculty podcasters who have taken different approaches to the endeavor. They will talk about launching a podcast as a scholar: show development, time commitment, resources, goals and metrics, and tips for being a good podcast guest and host.
Biolicity hosts BARDA
Tuesday, March 26 | 1–1:30 p.m. plenary session | Georgia Tech Campus at the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Suddath 1128 | Register
Join to learn about BARDA’s non-dilutive and dilutive funding opportunities, unique public-private partnerships, and the opportunity to meet 1:1.
Emory’s National Science Foundation CAREER Academy Information Session
Tuesday, March 26 | 3–4:15 p.m. | CFDE, Woodruff Library, Suite 216 and Zoom | Register
Pre-tenure faculty whose research is in an area funded by the National Science Foundation are invited to register for the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence’s NSF CAREER Academy information sessions.
Bioentrepreneurship Networking
Tuesday, March 26 | 4:30–6 p.m. | HSRB-II, 6th floor, Room N600 | Register
Join for a special bioentrepreneurship networking event featuring award winner Dr. Louise Hecker, who has won several awards for Innovator of the Year, and Inventor of the Year, as well as becoming the Business Pitch competition winner at Science2Startup. Come gain insights into her journey with IP development, startups, and funding.
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Highlighted Resource
Did you know? REDCap is FREE for Emory researchers. REDCap is a secure, internally hosted web-based application designed exclusively to support data capture for research studies. Onboarding, training, consultation, and hosting costs are fully subsidized for all Emory research teams.
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.
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): RNA Delivery Technologies to Allow Specific Tissue Target Homing (RNA-DASH)
Opens: Friday, April 5
The purpose of this NOSI is to advance and accelerate the future clinical translation of RNA-based therapeutics to treat or prevent human diseases using non-viral technologies.
2024 Pediatric Research Alliance Pilots
Deadline: Thursday, April 11 (LOI)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate new research projects, build new collaborations, and increase extramural funding for pediatric research.
Priority HIV/AIDS Research within the Mission of NIDDK (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadlines: Tuesday, May 7; Friday, September 6, 2024; January 7, 2025
The purpose of this FOA is to stimulate HIV/AIDS research within the mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) that aligns with the HIV/AIDS research priorities outlined by the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR).
Use of Digital Health Technologies in Clinical Investigations to Support Drug and Biological Product Development (U01) Clinical Trials Optional
Deadline: Monday, May 20
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to address topics related to the use of digital health technologies (DHTs) for remote data acquisition in clinical investigations to support drug development.
Impact of Comorbidities and Co-Infections on HIV Reservoirs (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: Thursday, May 30 (LOI); Tuesday, July 30 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to foster new multi-disciplinary teams to address how HIV Comorbidities and co-infections within the missions of NIDDK and NIAID interact with viral reservoirs, potentially confounding cure strategies aimed at either sustained viral suppression or elimination from the body.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Deadlines: Tuesday, June 4 (LOI); Wednesday, September 4 (Full application)
Health Systems Implementation Initiative (HSII) Implementation Projects
The purpose of this FOA is to propose projects that promote the uptake of specific evidence from PCORI-funded patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research within their healthcare delivery settings.
Long-Term Follow-up to Improve Patient-Centered outcomes of PCORI-Funded Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research
The purpose of this FOA is to fund high-quality patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects focusing on long-term follow-up of patient-centered outcomes.
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
Dean Jones (Pulmonary) received funding from Sequoia Foundation for a project entitled, “The pregnancy exposome and metabolome and risk for premenopausal breast cancer (PMBC) in Black women.”
Suzana John (Rheumatology) received funding from Horizon Therapeutics, Inc. for a project entitled, “A phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, efficacy and safety study of daxdilimab subcutaneous injection in adult participants with inadequately controlled dermatomyositis or anti-synthetase inflammatory myositis.”
Thomas Ziegler (Endocrinology) received funding from NorthSea Therapeutics, B.V. for a project entitled, “A phase 2a, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of NST-6179 in adult subjects with Intestinal Failure-Associated Lived Disease (IFALD).”
Marshall Lyon (PI), Aneesh Mehta, and Stephanie Pouch (Co-Is) (Infectious Diseases) received funding from Scynexis, Inc. for a project entitled, “A phase 3, multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind study of two treatment regimens for candidemia and/or invasive candidiasis: intravenous echinocandin followed by oral ibrexafungerp versus intravenous echinocandin followed by oral fluconazole.”
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Robin Klein (General Internal Medicine)
Klein R, Snyder ED, Koch J, Volerman A, Alba-Nguyen S, Julian KA, et al. Analysis of narrative assessments of internal medicine resident performance: are there differences associated with gender or race and ethnicity? BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jan 17;24(1):72. Read more
Modele Ogunniyi (Cardiology)
Gelfman LP, Blum M, Ogunniyi MO, McIlvennan CK, Kavalieratos D, Allen LA. Palliative care across the spectrum of heart failure. JACC Heart Fail. 2024 Feb 27:S2213-1779(24)00079-9. Read more
Ann Vandenberg, Alexis Bender, and Molly Perkins (Geriatrics)
Vandenberg AE, Bender AA, Kemp CL, Perkins MM. Resident and caregiver dyads talk about death and dying in assisted living: A typology of communication behaviors. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Jan 19:10499091231225960. Read more
Francois Rollin (General Internal Medicine)
Rollin FG, Abaza S. The careful use of racial categories in genetic studies of liver injury. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 Feb 1;119(2):391-392. Read more
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