Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Register Now! Deadline: 3/5
2019 FEED Conference - Friday, 3/22 from 8 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. in the Emory 1599 Building. This event provides an exciting half-day CME-accredited program full of learning opportunities for faculty at all levels.
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Last Call: 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
NIH K awards tutorial: In anticipation of the June 2019 deadline for the NIH K Career Development Award for new proposals (and resubmission proposals for March), the Office of Postdoctoral Education will be offering the “NIH K Grant Writing Tutorial”.
This is a two-class series - attending both is highly recommended. Class 1: Tuesday, March 12, 2019; 9:00am-12:00pm School of Medicine Rm. 170A
Class 2: Tuesday, March 19, 2019; 9:00am-12:00pm SOM Rm. 170A For more information as to what will be covered specifically and how to enroll, please click here.
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. Download PDF
Manuscript Publication Resources
The Department of Medicine (DOM) Office of Research offers many programs, resources and tools to help faculty and postdoctoral fellows with their research endeavors. Read more. Need help identifying target journals and how to avoid predatory journals? Explore Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE).
Funding & Award Opportunities
Weekly NIH funding opportunities and notices
Federal funding opportunities for public health faculty
Searchable database of internal medicine funding opportunities Notice of special interest on “development and dissemination of behavioral treatments for alcohol use disorder”
This Notice signals NIAAA’s continuing interest in research on behavioral treatments for alcohol use disorder. NIAAA invites applications for research that develop novel behavioral therapies, adapt existing treatments to new formats or populations, and enhance the broader dissemination of effective behavioral treatments for those with an AUD or significant drinking problems. Read more Atlanta Center for Microsystems-Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies (ACME POCT) 2019 award competition: Microsystems-based point-of-care testing for acute, emergency, and critical care medicine
Deadline: Friday, 3/1 The proposed projects must focus on microsystems-based POC tests, which we define as POC technologies that are enabled by microscale devices with characteristic feature sizes of <1 mm, may be comprised of microelectromechanical systems (MEMs)-based sensors, microfluidic components, or even smartphone-based systems, and the data analysis thereof. Read more
Post-stroke vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia in the United States including in health disparities populations (U19 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Monday, 3/4 (LOI) The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Award (FOA) is to determine the specific subsets of stroke events that cause (and do not cause) cognitive impairment and dementia in post-stroke populations in the United States, including in health disparities populations, and what additional clinical factors, as well as comorbidities including those along the AD/ADRD spectrum, may causally synergize with stroke to result in cognitive impairment and dementia outcomes. Read more Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Interdisciplinary research leaders program
Wednesday, 3/13 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders is a leadership development opportunity for teams of researchers and community partners, including community organizers and advocates. These teams use the power of applied research informing and supporting critical work being done in communities to accelerate that work and advance health and equity. Read more Emory School of Medicine - Imagine, Innovative and Impact (I3) Venture Awards
Deadline: Monday, 4/1The SOM Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) Venture Awards solicit innovative research proposals to catalyze promising early-stage concepts with commercial potential that do not yet qualify for funding from external sources. Read more American Academy of Sleep Medicine funding opportunities - Strategic Research Award - Category I and Category II
Deadline: Monday, 6/24 The goals of the Strategic Research Award program are to foster health services research and patient-oriented research in sleep medicine, to improve patients outcomes, and to demonstrate value. Category I, Category II - Focused Projects Award - Humanitarian/Educational
Deadline: Friday, 8/30 The purpose of this FOA is investigator-initiated and intended to support projects across a wide variety of topics relevant to sleep medicine that align with the broad mission of the AASM Foundation. Read more
Robin Klein (General Medicine/Geriatrics) received funding from the Josiah Macy Foundation for a project entitled, "Influence of gender bias on learner assessment in graduate medical education." Sam Lim, Arezou Khosroshahi (Rheumatology) received funding for a subcontract from the University of California, San Francisco for a project entitled, “A phase 2, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter study to evaluate efficacy, safety, and tolerability of JBT-101 in systemic lupus erythematosus.” Frances Lee (Pulmonary), Ignacio Sanz, Christopher Tipton (Immunology) received funding from NIAID U01 for a project entitled, “Human vaccine durability
using integrated bioinformatics and a novel in vitro bone marrow mimic.” Viranuj Sueblinvong (Pulmonary) received funding from the NIAAA for a R03 entitled, “The role of microRNA-1946a in fibroproliferative disrepair following acute lung injury”
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Division Research Seminars
Thursday, 2/21 at 8 a.m. Klamon Room, 8th Floor, Claudia Nance Rollins Building, SPH
Infectious Disease Seminar: “Social media and academic medicine” (Carlos del Rio, MD)
Monday, 2/25 at 9 a.m. Emory University Hospital, Hurst Conference Room, E450
Cardiovascular Biology Seminar: “Advanced bioengineering tools for cardiovascular biology research” (Vahid Serpooshan, PhD)
Recent Notable Publications
Lisa Cassani (Digestive Diseases)
Cassani LS, Chouhan J, Chan C, Lanke G, et al. “Biliary decompression in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma improves Survival: A single-center retrospective analysis.” Dig Dis Sci. 2019 Feb;64(2):561-569. Read more Amit Shah, Muhammad Hammadah, Bruno Lima, Kobina Wilmot, Ibhar Al Mheid, Ayman Alkhoder, Nino Iskadze, Arshed Quyyumi, Viola Vaccarino (Cardiology)
Shah A, Chen C, Campanella C, Kasher N, et al. “Brain correlates of stress-induced peripheral vasoconstriction in patients with cardiovascular disease.” Psychophysiology. 2019 Feb; 56 (2):e13291. Read more Graham Smith, David Markham, Andrea Mitchell, Alanna Morris, Candace Speight, Neal Dickert (Cardiology)
Smith GH, Shore S, Allen LA, Markham DW, et al. “Discussing out-of-pocket costs with patients: Shared decision making for sacubitril-valsartan in heart failure.” J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Jan 8;8(1):e010635. Read more
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Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute: Clinical cardiology research conference
Friday, 2/22 at noon in the Hurst Conference Room, (Emory Hospital), Room E450 This special seminar will be facilitated by ACC presenters. Lunch, CME, and CEU's provided. For poster presenter information, click here (PDF).
Digital Scholar Webinar: Social media and the 21st-century Scholar: How researchers can harness social medical to amplify their career
Wednesday, 3/6 at 3 p.m. Improving health care requires better dissemination of research discoveries to reach practitioners, patients, and the public. Effective scholarship is essential to achieve this goal. The speaker Dr. Chan argues that it is "incumbent on scientists and scholars to use every tool in their armamentarium, including social media, to reach their intended audiences." Read more Regenerative Medicine Workshop
Wednesday, 3/20 - Saturday, 3/23 in Charleston, SC This year’s workshop will focus on “Synergizing Science, Engineering, and Clinical Translation,” and is co-organized by the Regenerative Engineering and Medicine Center (a research consortium between Georgia Tech, Emory, and the University of Georgia), the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Wisconsin Madison, the Mayo Clinic, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Florida. Register | Agenda | Read more Plain language for health: Writing and design for health research and practice
Thursday, 3/28- Friday, 3/29 in Boston, MA The two-day workshop features training with health literacy and plain language experts from Tufts University School of Medicine and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and an evening networking reception sponsored by Communicate Health. Register | Read more
Arnav Kumar
Division of Cardiology (ECBC)
*featured in 2/12 newsletter*
What is your professional background?
I completed medical school at the Government Stanley Medical College in Chennai, India. After medical school, I became a research fellow at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. I, then, trained as an internal
medicine resident at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. In order to further enhance my research skills, I completed two years of advanced cardiovascular imaging research focusing on pericardial and structural heart diseases at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. I simultaneously obtained a Masters in Clinical Research from Drexel University. I joined Emory in July 2017 as a cardiology fellow in the clinical investigator track. In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I am currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Emory Cardiovascular Imaging and Biomechanical Core lab (ECBC). My mentor is Dr. Habib Samady who is the Director of ECBC and Director of the Department of Interventional Cardiology at Emory. Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
We recently demonstrated that an angiography derived hemodynamic index called Wall Shears Stress (WSS) may help identify which patients with stable coronary artery disease are at higher risk of having a heart attack in the future. This paper won the William W. Parmley Young Author Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC). In the future, we plan to investigate if a non-invasive CT-derived WSS can also help identify patients who have a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque and might benefit from coronary revascularization. These research advancements could result in a paradigm shift in how we manage patients with stable coronary artery disease. What do you like most about Emory?
Emory has an amazing mentorship program that provides a solid foundation for personal and academic growth. There is also a great collaborative atmosphere between the various departments of Emory and the Georgia Institute of Technology. What is your favorite book, movie, or television show?
I love reading Dan Brown Novels. My favorite movie is The Prestige, and my favorite tv show is Game of Thrones. What do you like to do in your spare time?
I enjoy spending time with my wife, friends and family, traveling, trying out new restaurants and Karaoke nights. I play for a local cricket team in the Georgia Cricket Conference League on my free weekends.
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