July 2019      News from Family & Preventive Medicine

Transformative Research

Dr. Ali, who just completed a residency in Family Medicine, brings expertise in public health  and implementation science to our growing research program. When asked about his vision for his new role, Dr. Ali replied, "I am especially excited about growing the culture of inquiry in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. We have a number of very talented faculty who could benefit from linkage to resources, opportunities, mentors, and networks so that they can produce impactful and fulfilling work. Some of my key goals to achieve this are to help faculty navigate the systems and facilitate more collaborative research, both within the department and across departments and schools at Emory.  Through the initiatives we have planned, the leadership of the department can support our faculty members in their academic journey, and in the process, we will expand Emory’s footprint and recognition as a leading research university." 

Dr. Ali is an Associate Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology and in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Cape Town (in South Africa) and completed master’s degrees in global health and cardiovascular medicine (from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom as a Rhodes Scholar) and business and management (from Emory University). He is board certified in Family Medicine. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed journal articles and 25 book chapters, editorials, and commentaries. His areas of interest include the application of epidemiology and implementation science as they relate to diabetes, cardiovascular health, and health services improvement. He co-directs a NIDDK-funded Center for Diabetes Translation Research and serves as a scientific advisor for the Division of Diabetes Translation at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has also led and contributed to reports commissioned by the World Bank, World Health Organization, and National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Dr. Miranda Moore has been accepted to the inaugural Georgia CTSA TEAMS (Translational Education and Mentoring in Science) program as a fellow / mentee.

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Publications:

Dr. Richard Goodman was Guest Editor for the June 2019 Volume 59 Issue Supplement_1 issue of The Gerontologist, which focused on Opportunities for Cancer Prevention During Older Adulthood. The issue also includes an introductory article by Dr. Goodman and two of his co-guest editors:

White MC, Holman DM, Goodman RA, Richardson LC. Cancer risk among older adults: time for cancer prevention to go silver. Gerontologist 2019; 59, No.S1:S1-S6. doi:10.1093/geront/gnz038

You can access the issue and the article HERE.

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Educational Investments for our future

The student and faculty leaders of the Family Medicine Interest Group would like to give a HUGE thank you to all the physicians and residents who volunteered at the Speed Networking and Dinner Event held on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. We were able to show first year medical students just a snapshot of the breadth of Family Medicine. Students had candid discussions with physicians about women’s health, community medicine, national organizations, research, residency, transgender medicine and underserved care and many, many more topics. We’d like to thank Dr. Megha Shah for her wonderful keynote presentation, Dr. Ted Johnson for always showing support for students and FMIG and the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP) for sending so many representatives as well. All of our volunteers made a huge impact and this event gets better each year!

Pictured below: Dr. Shah delivering the keynote presentation.

Pictured below: Dr. Johnson addressing the students and kicking off the event .

Pictured below: Dr. Angeline Ti talking with students about Transgender Medicine and Health Inequities.

Pictured below: Group shot of the speed dating event

The Emory Family Medicine Residency Program was well-represented at the annual American Academy of Family Practice Resident and Medical Student Conference in Kansas City. Drs. Sarah Dupont, Ryan Smith, James Jo, and Leila Khoogar attended the meeting to recruit medical students to  apply for the Emory FMR program.

Pictured below: The Emory FMR recruitment team wearing the matching shirts that identified GA programs. 

The Emory team also enjoyed local culture while they were in KC. Pictured below: The Emory FMR recruitment team sampling famous KC BBQ and checking out a KC Royals baseball game.

Being of Service

Emory hosts first PAEA Leadership Lab!

Emory was pleased to host the first Physician Assistant Education Association Leadership Lab the weekend of August 3-4.  This was a national meeting and the president of the PAEA as well as the chairs of the PAEA committees were in attendance.  Dr. Lund welcomed the attendees to Emory and several PA students from the class of 2020 took the attendees around Emory’s campus.  Jeremy Amayo, Emory alum and adjunct faculty, gave an express talk on the morning of August 4. 

The PAEA described the event as a "resounding success" - your can read their summary of the event and see more pictures HERE. Congratulations to the PA program!

Pictured below: The first PAEA Leadership Lab participants

Pictured below: Emory faculty at work (and play) at the PAEA Leadership Lab.  Here, Emory faculty were part of a demonstration of how things can go wrong when you don’t use robust communication!

Evidence of our Awesomeness!

Dr. Jodie Guest was named as the Vice-Chair of the Department of Epidemiology beginning 8/1/19.  She will maintain her teaching and administrative responsibilities in the PA Program.

Don't miss events and opportunities!

SOM Imagine, Innovate, and Impact (I3) Awards

Innovation is the cornerstone of the emerging SOM Strategic Plan and is key to all three SOM missions: research, education, and clinical care. A key innovation strategy is to promote interdisciplinary and cross-departmental and -divisional research, i.e., collaborations at the boundaries of disciplines or research requiring input from scientists, clinicians, and/or educators in diverse disciplines. Problems in biology, medicine, and education today are often so complex that such approaches are necessary to tackle them successfully. Often novel insights emerge only when you juxtapose individuals with deep but disparate expertise around a common goal. The SOM Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) Nexus Awards are soliciting proposals to spur interdisciplinary research projects that have the potential to impact health or generate biomedical knowledge. Proposals due 5:00 pm on September 15, 2019.

• The I3 Nexus Research Awards will provide seed money to fundamental biological and translational investigators for obtaining sufficient data to ultimately develop external collaborative funding applications, and to investigators who may not otherwise engage in multi- and interdisciplinary research. The goal is to take programs to the level at which extramural funding may be pursued. These awards require interdisciplinary team collaboration, with at least one collaborator outside of the home department/division (within the SOM) who brings a different discipline, expertise, or methodology to the project.
• More information available here: SOM Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) Awards – Nexus

PA Annual Board Review
September 17-20

The Emory Physician Assistant Program has provided quality board review courses for twenty eight years. The review is a great refresher course, providing 38 hours of high quality CME. The course will take place on September 17-20, Tuesday through Friday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. Lunch and snacks are provided. The course is limited to 250 participants.

Location: The Completely Renovated Atlanta Marriott Century Center, near the intersection of I-85 and Clairmont Road - 2000 Century Boulevard NE, Atlanta GA 30345, Phone 404-325-0000 Room rate $119 per night

Tuition is $650 prior to 8/1/2019, $675 after 8/1/2019, and $700 on-site (Pre-registration closes on 9/10/19; on-site registration is limited and payment on-site is by cash or certified check only).
Emory employees and active military attending the conference will receive a $75 discount for the full conference. Please indicate your status on the registration form.

Tuition includes:

• 38 hours of live lectures with power outlets. 38 Cat 1 AAPA CME hours credit, 10 hours pharmacology credit
• Free Parking
• Continental breakfasts, snacks, and lunches daily
• Free WiFi access in the conference area, online speaker videos, and power point files. You can take e-notes with your laptop or tablet
• The Home study version of the Fall 2018 Board Review conference with MP3 audio files, and speaker video.
• Digital and printed syllabus with notes, slides and study pearls
• Four weeks of  PANCE/PANRE practice tests using Exam Master Online
• Online access to the daily speaker videos, power point slides, and PDF handouts

For more details , online brochure and online registration visit
http://med.emory.edu/pa/education/board_review

Interprofessional Simulation Conference
November 14-15

The annual conference describes how the Georgia CTSA can support your research and increase grant funding; allows attendees to network with national leaders and NIH staff in translational science and education; and share research with others and develop new collaborations. 

Register for the conference HERE.

Primary Care Consortium Grants

The Emory Primary Care Consortium provides grants up to $2,500 to support any project that involves research, quality improvement, advocacy, development of clinical decision support tools, or educational activities in support of advancements in primary care (as it relates to patient safety, innovations in healthcare delivery, addressing disparities in healthcare, etc.).   You'll find details and application information on our website. 

The next deadline for application submission is December 15. Awardees will be announced by January 15.

Save the date: Georgia CTSA Clinical and Translational Conference- February 27-29, 2020 Callaway Resort and Gardens

The annual conference describes how the Georgia CTSA can support your research and increase grant funding; allows attendees to network with national leaders and NIH staff in translational science and education; and share research with others and develop new collaborations. 

Please Consider Participating in the
 All of Us Research Program

The Georgia CTSA recently partnered with the All of Us Research Program. All of Us is a health research program funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its goal is to help researchers better understand why people get sick or stay healthy. The mission of the All of Us Research Program is simple: to speed up health research and medical breakthroughs. To do this, All of Us is asking one million people from across the U.S. to share their health data and samples to build the one of the largest health database of its kind. You are invited to participate and share! To learn more about Georgia enrollment in the project through Emory, email: allofus@emory.edu or call 404-778-1284.

Got news? Please send your announcements and photos to leigh.partington@emory.edu. The DFPM newsletter is published monthly.