Announcements
ORCID iD compliance update
Emory University continues to make significant strides with a robust research security program to comply with NSPM-33 requirements. One aspect of the security program is geared toward researchers having ORCID iDs and making those accessible to Emory administrators. An infographic created by the Office of Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs and Emory Libraries provides continued awareness of ORCID requirements for research projects.
SOM IT Support Survey
The School of Medicine's IT team is requesting your input! Please take this short survey to share your feedback on the climate of IT support and help them continue to provide efficient and effective service for the SOM. The survey is only nine questions and should only take a few minutes of your time. All responses will remain anonymous.
Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Center provides biorepository for investigators.
The GA CTSA Clinical Research Center at Emory has established a Biorepository that includes an array of infectious disease samples. Our goal is to provide de-identified samples to investigators validating or developing diagnostics and therapeutics to improve the understanding of the effects, response, and mechanism of a variety of infectious disease samples including SARS-COV-2 and its variants.
NIH Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program
The program aims to help early career scientists become more competitive as grant applicants through first-hand experience with peer review and to enrich and diversify CSR’s pool of trained reviewers.
Upcoming Events
Nephrology Research Seminar
Friday, May 10 | 12:30 p.m. | WMB R1109 and Zoom | Register
Speaker: Gentzon Hall, MD, PhD, (Assistant Professor, Duke University), presenting, "Exploring the therapeutic potential of novel discoveries in familial nephrotic syndrome.”
K-Club: Strategies for Effective Poster Design
Monday, May 13 | noon | Virtual | Register
Speakers: Ravi Patel, MD, Elizabeth Sewell, MD, MPH, and Chris Rees, MD, MPH.
FAALI Lecture Series: Documentation Tips To Get Credit for Complex Care
Friday, May 17 | noon–1 p.m. | Zoom
Atlanta MWCCS Science Seminar Series
Friday, May 17 | 1–2 p.m. | Zoom | Register
Virtual science seminar series, featuring Dr. Rebecca Abelman, MD (Assistant Professor, San Francisco Healthcare System, University of California, San Francisco) presenting, “The Menopausal Transition in Women With and Without HIV”.
2024 DOM Health Equity Day
Tuesday, May 21 | 9 a.m.–2 p.m. | Register
This half-day conference aims to raise awareness and encourage action around the systemic health disparities that exist across racial, ethnic, cultural, and social groups, while also recognizing interventions and research across the department centered on health equity and historically underrepresented groups in medicine. The event brings together stakeholders from all divisions and ranks, providing a platform to share compelling new findings, facilitate scientific exchange, and identify opportunities for collaboration.
GA CTSA: TL1 Visiting Science Working Group Debate: Smart Medicine or Algorithmic Dilemmas: The Pros and Cons of AI in Healthcare
Tuesday, May 21 | 11 a.m. | Zoom | Register
The event is hosted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Emory University School of Medicine and co-sponsored by Coordination, Communication, and Operations Support (CCOS). Please contact Adisa Kalkan (adisakalkan@wustl.edu) with any questions.
2024 Juha P. Kokko Lecture in Nephrology
Tuesday, May 21 | 5 p.m. Lecture; 6 p.m. Reception | Emory Student Center, Multi-Purpose Room 1
Title: Universal Donor Kidney Speaker: William H. Fissell, MD, (Associate Faculty of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center)
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Highlighted Resource
GrantForward uses specialized data-crawling technology to constantly update our extensive database of sponsors and funding opportunities, allowing thousands of grant opportunities to be gathered from over 9,000 US Sponsors. Log in or create an account with your Emory email to build your profile and set email triggers for specific sponsors or grant types in your research area.
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.
Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
Deadlines: Wednesday, June 12, October 12, February 12, 2025; 2025; 2026; 2027
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to attract investigators whose quantitative science and engineering research with quantitative (e.g., mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, imaging science, informatics, physics, chemistry) and engineering backgrounds to integrate their expertise with NIH-relevant research.
Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
Deadlines: Wednesday, June 12, October 12, February 12, 2025; 2025; 2026; 2027
The purpose of the NIH Independent Scientist Award (K02) is to foster the development of outstanding scientists and enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research.
HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: June 16; October 16; February 16, 2025; 2025; 2026
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications for pilot projects to identify new druggable targets for pain within the understudied druggable proteome.
Cystic Fibrosis Research and Translation Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadlines: Monday, June 17 (LOI); July 17 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to invite applications for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Research and Translation Core Centers. CF Research and Translation Core Centers are designed to support both basic and clinical research on Cystic Fibrosis.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Path to a Cure – Collaborative Research Grant
Deadline: Monday, July 29
The purpose of this FOA is to facilitate research that will contribute to the development of new therapies or therapeutic strategies to treat cystic fibrosis with an emphasis on advancing CFTR gene repair and replacement approaches.
NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadlines: Tuesday, August 6 (LOI); Friday, September 6 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to support rigorous and promising investigators who wish to pursue independent research soon after completion of their terminal doctoral degree or post-graduate clinical training, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry into an independent research career.
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: Monday, August 19 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to support early-stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH.
Ending the Epidemic: New Models of Integrated HIV/AIDS, Addiction, and Primary Care Services (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadlines: Tuesday, August 20, 2024; March 19, 2025
The purpose of this FOA is to address gaps related to the delivery of comprehensive, integrated health services to include the full continuum of HIV/AIDS services, addiction prevention, and treatment services, and primary care services, to improve the coordination of care, and improving health outcomes related to HIV, Hepatitis (optional), and substance use disorder (SUD) in the US.
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
Nancy Collop (Pulmonary) received funding from ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. for a project entitled, “rEST Study, Protocol CIP1393.”
Neal Dickert (Cardiology) received funding from the University of Florida/PCORI for a project entitled, “Partner site for PCORI-2021 cycle I PCORnet-phase 3.”
Sam Lim (Rheumatology) received funding from Bristol Myers Squibb for a project entitled, “Patient Advocates for Lupus Studies (PALS) trial buddy program.”
William Nicholson (Cardiology) received funding from Abiomed, Inc., Boston Scientific, Teleflex Incorporated, Edwards Lifesciences LLC; Abbott Laboratories, and Siemens Medical Solutions Usa Inc. for a project entitled, “Emory Percutaneous Intervention Course – EPIC 2024.”
Igho Ofotokun (PI), Michael Chung, Zanthia Wiley, and Anandi Sheth (Co-Is) (Infectious Diseases) received funding from NIH/Fogarty International Center for a project entitled, “Emory-Nigeria HIV Research Training Program (EN-RTP).”
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Sahrudh Dharanendra (Med student), Aaron Gillet (Resident), Bashir Geer, Mary Ann Hall (Sr Medical Writer), Patricia Hwang (Hospital Medicine)
Dharanendra S, Gillet AS, Geer B, Hall MAK, Hwang PR. Watery diarrhea is not always Clostridioides difficile: A case report of aeromonas hydrophila gastroenteritis. Cureus. 2024 Jan 9;16(1):e51940. Read more
Modele Ogunniyi (Cardiology)
Quesada O, Crousillat D, Rodriguez F, Bravo-Jaimes K, Briller J, Ogunniyi MO, et al. Cardiovascular disease in Hispanic women: JACC review topic of the week. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Apr 30;83(17):1702-1712. Read more
Alexis Okoh (Fellow, Cardiology)
Okoh AK, Amponsah MKD, Cheffet-Walsh S, Patel M, Carfagno D, Linton D, et al. Prevalence of cardiovascular disease and risk factors among National Football League alumni and family members. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Mar 12:S0735-1097(24)00988-4. Read more
Jeann Sabino de Carvalho (Fellow, Renal Medicine)
Araújo MS, Teixeira AL, Esteves A, Sabino-Carvalho J, Vianna LC. Undergraduate students' perception of cardiorespiratory physiology during exercise: teleological vs. mechanistic thinking. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jan 29;24(1):97. Read more
Emily Pinto Taylor, Vincent Marconi (Infectious Diseases), Ted Johnson (General Internal Medicine), and Molly Perkins (Geriatrics)
Pinto Taylor E, Halpin SN, Marconi VC, Justice AC, Johnson TM 2nd, McInnes DK, Perkins MM. "Call 911 - that's my [Advance Care] plan": Factors that inform advance care planning conversation readiness among aging persons living with HIV. J Appl Gerontol. 2024 Feb 20:7334648241233377. Read more
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Spotlighted Researcher
Louise Savoye
Research Project Manager - Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
What is your professional background?
My professional background is in geriatric medicine. I studied medicine at the University of Lyon in Lyon, France, and practiced medicine in Neuville-sur-Saone, France. Since moving to Atlanta in 2005, my professional path has veered toward research. I received my MPH with a focus on Healthcare Outcomes from Emory Rollins School of Public Health in 2011.
In what division do you work, and who is your mentor or PI?
I am the research program manager for in the lab of Molly Perkins, PhD in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
The research project that I manage is the INSPIRE study. This is an NIH study to explore the experience of informal caregivers of people living with moderate to advanced dementia in an assisted living or personal care home setting. Dementia care is such an important societal issue, because of the sheer number of people caring for someone with dementia or who know someone who is a caregiver. Understanding both the challenges and rewards of dementia caregiving is crucial to improving the quality of life for the person with dementia and everyone involved in their care network.
What do you like most about Emory?
The best thing about Emory is having the opportunity to work on interesting, cutting-edge projects with such a diverse group of colleagues who each bring something special to the work we do.
What is your favorite movie or TV show?
I don’t watch a lot of television, but I really enjoy "Somebody Feed Phil." The show takes the audience to so many exciting destinations and Phil’s reactions to all the good food is just hilarious!
What do you like to do in your spare time?
When I am not working, I love to hike on walking trails. I am an avid reader and love to listen to classic rock and blues.
What is a fun fact about you?
In researching my French-Canadian roots, I discovered that I very likely have ancestors in common with Celine Dion among the early settlers of Quebec (but her voice genes must have come from a different branch of the family tree!).
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