Announcements
Newsletter Summer Schedule
Beginning today, What's Up in DOM Research will be moving to a monthly schedule for the summer. What's Up will resume weekly in September.
Register today! R2NEXUS Workshop 3: Preparing Your R01 and Other Grant Applications
Session A: Thursday, August 8
8–11:30 a.m. | In-person
Main Campus, SOM 190P
Session B: Thursday, August 15
8–11 a.m. | In-person
Main Campus, SOM 190P
Register today for our upcoming Road 2 NEXt sUcceSs (R2NEXUS) workshops! This series is comprised of half-day workshops designed to support current career development awardees and early-career faculty on their paths toward independent funding. Each workshop focuses on a different aspect of research program development, and participants can register for whichever workshop is most applicable to them.
Emory's Award Closeout Plan and Roadmap
The purpose of these changes is to ensure proper, timely, and effective award closeouts for all sponsored awards. These improvements also provide a vehicle to contribute to advancing Emory’s research national rankings and better position our future funding opportunities within the higher education industry nationwide.
Contracting Updates: Contracts Dashboards Overview, Progress, and Plans
OSP continues to prioritize improving the contracting process to foster better internal reporting, better communication, and more transparency with the research community. The Contracts Dashboard is a database platform built within EBI that pulls data from the electronic Contracts Tracking System (ECTS) and Compass to provide the ability to generate robust contracts data to the Research Community.
U.S. National Science Foundation Common Forms
NSF is pleased to announce that the NSTC-approved Common Forms for the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support. These revised formats will be required for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20, 2024.
Corrected link: *NEW RESOURCE* A Guide to Planning a Research Conference
Discover the comprehensive expertise and learned experiences in this practical "how to" manual on hosting a successful annual research conference developed by the DOM Office of Research. Emory credentials are required to view.
Upcoming Events
Advances on Microbiome Sequencing and Data Analysis
Thursday, June 6 | 4 p.m. | SOM 153A
Jon Ryan (CosmosID) will give a special presentation to illustrate the capabilities of the CosmosID platform and their tools for data analysis. Jon will be available to meet with individual investigators before and after the talk to discuss specific projects.
2024 Annual Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference
Friday, June 7 | 8 a.m.–5 p.m. | Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center | Register
The conference will include keynote lectures, networking/mentoring sessions, selected oral abstract presentations, poster session/competition, as well as a social hour with door prizes.
Aflac Research Conference: Non-Infectious Pulmonary Complications of Allogeneic Transplant
Tuesday, June 11 | 12:30–1:30 p.m. | Egleston Classroom 5 and Zoom
Speaker: Gregory Yanik, MD
Career Optimization and Mentoring Program for Academic Success and Support (COMPASS)
Deadline to apply: Wednesday, June 12
The COMPASS program is accepting applications for mentors and mentees for the inaugural year! This program takes a tripartite approach, including individualized mentoring, peer mentoring, and skills workshops. The full cohort will come together to participate in three sessions: a kickoff event (September 30), a mid-cycle event (January 2025), and graduation (April 2025).
FAALI Lecture Series: Academic Life in the Slow Lane: How to Stay Engaged While Finding Your Niche
Friday, June 21 | noon–1 p.m. | Zoom
Do you have an upcoming event or educational opportunity?
Highlighted Resource
Data Analytics and Biostatistics (DAB) Core provides high-quality biostatistics and IT Data management services to Department of Medicine (DOM) faculty by leveraging existing services in the Rollins School of Public Health and the Information Technology Department. The DOM offers 10 hours at no charge for approved DOM investigators who do not have grant funding; however, the requestee is responsible for time exceeding 10 hours. Click here to find out how to submit your request and how to write DAB Core services into future grants!
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.
While the newsletter is moving monthly, the funding database will continue to be updated on a weekly basis!
Lupus Research Impact Award
Deadlines: Wednesday, July 17 (LOI); Tuesday, August 6 (Full application)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), through the Department of Defense (DoD), is to support the full spectrum of research projects or ideas that specifically focus on scientific and clinical lupus issues, which, if successfully addressed, have the potential to make a major impact in lupus research and/or lupus disease.
Research Idea Award
The purpose of this FOA, through the DoD is to support innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could ultimately lead to a critical discovery or major advancement relevant to lupus.
Mechanistic and Hemodynamic Basis of Diffuse White Matter Disease in Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID)(R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Friday, October 4
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to support hypothesis-testing research to elucidate molecular, cellular, and hemodynamic mechanisms that underlie diffuse white matter disease and small vessel disease in the brain and how they may contribute to cognitive decline and dementia.
Interventions to Reduce Sleep Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trials
Optional)
Deadlines: Friday, October 4; various
The purpose of this FOA, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to support non-pharmacological interventions to promote sleep health, reduce sleep health disparities, and examine sleep as a modifiable factor to reduce disparities for other health outcomes among populations that experience health disparities.
Functional Target Validation for Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: 30 days prior (LOI); Friday, November 8 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to invite applications that propose the comprehensive functional validation of newly identified therapeutic target candidates for Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) and to promote critical target validation approaches to help de-risk subsequent translational research and accelerate the advancement of novel therapies for ADRD.
Administrative Supplement to Promote Diversity in Lupus Research
Deadline: Thursday, October 10
The purpose of this FOA, through the Lupus Research Alliance, is to support promising underrepresented minority trainees working with LRA-funded researchers or lupus investigators supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Defense (DOD), or equivalent grants in good standing.
Would you like an experienced grant writer to help provide guidance for your grant? The Georgia CTSA Grant Wise service offers the opportunity for one-on-one feedback from experienced senior faculty on grant writing. Receive support with developing a timeline, reviewing specific aims, writing/editing the text, and responding to reviewers. Grant Wise is available to faculty of institutions within the Georgia CTSA - Emory, Georgia Tech, MSM, & UGA.
Congratulatory Corner
Valeria Cantos (PI), Annelys Roque Gardner, and Anandi Sheth (Co-Is) (Infectious Diseases) received funding from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for a project entitled, “MARI: Integration of Latino MSM-tailored oral and long-acting injectable PrEP services in federally qualified health centers in the Atlanta area (IntégraTE) .”
David De Lurgio (Cardiology) received funding from Abbott Laboratories for a project entitled, “VOLT-AF IDE Study.”
Micah Fisher (Pulmonary) received funding from PPD Investigator Services, LLC/Gossamer Bio, Inc. for a project entitled, “A phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral inhalation of Seralutinib for the treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).”
Guillermo Umpierrez (Endocrinology) received funding from the Colorado Prevention Center/Bayer Pharmaceuticals for a project entitled, “Randomized trial to determine the efficacy and safety of finerenone on morbidity and mortality among heart failure patients with left ventricular ejection fraction greater than or equal to 40% hospitalized due to an episode of acute decompensated heart failure (REDEFINE-HF).”
Sam Lim (PI) and Jessica Williams (Co-I) (Rheumatology) received funding from Lupus Therapeutics, LLC. for a project entitled, “The LuCIN clinical trial network infrastructure grant agreement.”
Sara Turbow (General Internal Medicine) received funding from Josiah Macy Foundation for a project entitled, “Transforming interprofessional education through student hotspotting.”
Ugochi Ohuabunwa (Geriatrics) received funding from FAIR Health/The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) for a project entitled, “A national initiative to advance cost information in shared decision-making for older adults with serious health conditions: Phase II implementation project.”
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Laurence Busse (Pulmonary)
Leisman DE, Handisides DR, Busse LW, Chappell MC, Chawla LS, Filbin MR, et al; ATHOS-3 investigators. ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers differentially alter the response to angiotensin II treatment in vasodilatory shock. Crit Care. 2024 Apr 18;28(1):130. Read more
Ketino Kobaidze (Hospital Medicine)
Kugathasan L, Zhuang T, Cheeley J, Khan H, Jernigan AB, Kobaidze K. Pancreatitis, panniculitis, and polyarthritis syndrome in two patients: A case series and literature review. Cureus. 2024 May 1;16(5):e59471. Read more
Sara Turbow (General Internal Medicine), Camille Vaughan, and Molly Perkins (Geriatrics)
Turbow SD, Chehal PK, Culler SD, Vaughan CP, Offutt C, Rask KJ, et al. Is electronic information exchange associated with lower 30-day readmission charges among medicare beneficiaries? Med Care. 2024 Jun 1;62(6):423-430. Read more
Ifeoma Onuorah (Cardiology)
Abe TA, Olanipekun T, Yan F, Effoe V, Udongwo N, Oshunbade A, et al. Carotid intima-media thickness and improved stroke risk assessment in hypertensive black adults. Am J Hypertens. 2024 Mar 15;37(4):290-297. Read more
Igho Ofotokun (Infectious Diseases)
Daubert EM, Dionne J, Atrio J, Knittel AK, Kassaye SG, Seidman D, et al. Declining prevalence of trichomonas vaginalis diagnosed by wet mount in a cohort of u.s. women with and without HIV. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Mar;33(3):388-395. Read more
Doan Nguyen, Ian Hentenaar (Pulmonary), Christopher Tipton, Astrid Kosters, Eliver Ghosn, Ignacio Sanz (Rheumatology), and F Eun-Hyung Lee (Pulmonary)
Duan M, Nguyen DC, Joyner CJ, Saney CL, Tipton CM, Andrews J, et al. Understanding heterogeneity of human bone marrow plasma cell maturation and survival pathways by single-cell analyses. Cell Rep. 2023 Jul 25;42(7):112682. Read more
David S. Weiss (Infectious Diseases)
Levin BR, Berryhill BA, Gil-Gil T, Manuel JA, Smith AP, Choby JE, et al. Theoretical considerations and empirical predictions of the pharmaco- and population dynamics of heteroresistance. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Oct 24:2023.09.21.558832. Read more
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Spotlighted Researcher
Mary Nellis
Research Project Manager –
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
What is your professional background?
I earned a BS in Chemistry from Duke University and a PhD in the Nutrition and Health Sciences Program at Emory University. My dissertation research was related to Maple Syrup Urine Disease, an inborn error of branched-chain amino acid metabolism, in the laboratory of Dean Danner. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the VA Medical Center, I took several years off to raise my children. I returned to research at Emory in the Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory to perform metabolomics research.
Which division do you work in, and who is your mentor?
I am part of the Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine in the School of Medicine. My mentors are Dean Jones, PhD, and Jeffrey Collins, MD, MPH.
Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
I am involved in several research projects utilizing high-resolution metabolomics (HRM). HRM combines liquid or gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to detect thousands of metabolomic features in biological samples. Through advanced data extraction, processing, and bioinformatics techniques, we can annotate and identify many of these metabolites and assess how they vary with disease or dietary or environmental exposures. Understanding this metabolic variation allows us to determine the impact of diseases or exposures on metabolic pathways and apply this knowledge to improve health through better diagnosis and treatments. One of my current projects is to use HRM to identify potential diagnostic biomarkers of pediatric tuberculosis in both the blood and urine of children from five countries located in Africa, Asia, and South America.
What do you like most about Emory?
I like the collaborative environment at Emory and the opportunity to meet and work with people of all different backgrounds.
What is your favorite movie or TV show?
"Ted Lasso"
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I love playing tennis, doing yoga, cooking, and watching my kids play their sports.
What is a fun fact about you?
When I was in college, I spent my summers working as a cook on a ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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