Emory School of Medicine Researcher Appreciation Day
Deadline to submit nomination: Thursday 8/15
Do you have a colleague who is conducting/publishing groundbreaking research, using new technologies, beginning innovative research after receiving a newly funded grant or advancing the field? Nominate them to receive a special shout out on Wednesday 9/11 on Researcher Appreciation Day! Submit your nomination In need of part-time student assistance for a health services research project?
Deadline to apply for assistance: Friday 8/16
The Center for Health Services Research plans to hire and support up to two Rollins Earn and Learn (REAL) Master’s in Public Health (MPH) students from the Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) starting in August 2019 and continuing through late April of 2020. The intention for this program is to grow longer term collaborations between methodologists in RSPH and clinicians in the Department of Medicine. All medicine faculty are eligible to apply for assistance. If interested in mentoring a REAL student this Fall, please send an email to rpatzer@emory.edu with the following information: - Title of research project
Name & title of mentor/faculty lead, and other co-investigators involved in project Brief description of research project, proposed methods, justification for how this work will lead to future funding (e.g. pilot data collection or analysis for a grant submission), timeline, and expected role of the student Estimated number of hours/weeks needed for the project
New! “non-human subjects research” self determination
form
Have you ever needed a determination from our IRB as to whether your project needs IRB review? The new process is a self-determination via our decision-making tool in Microsoft Forms. The tool is designed with branching logic to guide you through the steps and you no longer have to wait for an official determination by the Emory IRB! Go all the way through clicking “Submit,” otherwise you will not receive documentation. Keep a copy of your responses and this memo as a record of the official determination of the Emory IRB Emory IRB will randomly audit submissions to ensure the tool is working well, so you may hear from us Emory Healthcare users: Access the tool by first logging in to your Microsoft365 account in your browser, then clicking the link to the tool in another browser tab. You may also be able to print your responses to pdf best through Internet
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Volunteers needed! Emory University research studies: - Healthy controls for bone marrow aspirates
Are you a healthy adult who may be interested in donating bone marrow aspirates for our studies? The process will take less than one hour and usually starts early in the morning at Emory University. Compensation: $200 and an additional $25 if a blood sample is collected on the day of the procedure. More information
- Vaccine study
Are you a healthy adult age 18-70 and are planning to receive any of the vaccines below? Are you planning to travel abroad that required vaccination? You may be eligible to participate in our vaccine study. The study is being done to look at the responses of the immune system to different vaccines. Visits will include a health survey and blood draw and will take approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Compensation: $25 or $50 per visit. More information - Healthy Donor Blood donation
Are you interested in donating a blood sample, as control? The process will take about 15 to 20 minutes and participants will be compensated $10 - $25 per visit.
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- Stop RA
Are you or someone you know interested in getting a free Rheumatoid Arthritis risk screening? Anyone 18 or older can be tested if you do not already have a diagnosis of RA. Individuals are risk will have the opportunity to enroll in a drug study which may prevent RA, using the FDA-approved drug. Once enrolled, study medications and related medical care are provided at no cost. Compensation: $20 per visit. More Information
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
Woodruff Health Sciences Library - Ask a librarian button: WHS Informationists provide a wealth of services for busy researchers including: literature reviews for your next manuscript/grant/systematic review, guidance regarding PubMed searches to easily identify manuscripts you’ve authored and ensure an accurate H-Index, and 1:1 training for Endnote reference manager software. Click the Ask a Librarian button on the website to get started. Learn more
Funding & Award Opportunities
Weekly NIH funding opportunities and notices
Federal funding opportunities for public health faculty
Searchable database of internal medicine funding opportunities AASM foundation - focused projects award for junior investigators
Deadline: Monday 9/2 This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to support projects across a wide variety of topics and research questions relevant to sleep medicine that align with the mission of the AASM Foundation while advancing the careers of junior sleep scientists. Read more Clinical characterization of cancer therapy-induced adverse sequelae and mechanism-based interventional strategies (R01 clinical trial optional)
Deadline: Monday 9/30 The purpose of this FOA is to support collaborative research projects designed to address adverse sequelae of cancer therapies that persist and become chronic comorbidities or develop as delayed posttreatment effects. It supports basic, translational, and/or clinical research projects that seek to identify the mechanisms of therapy-induced adverse sequelae, clinically characterize the adverse sequelae, and/or translate the mechanistic understanding into therapeutic approaches to prevent or minimize the development of long-term sequelae. Read more Palliative care in home and community settings: The purpose of these FOAs is to stimulate research aimed at determining needs and best practices for the integration of palliative care into home and community settings. Home and community in this FOA refer to the place where an individual resides or lives. Home- and community-based palliative care programs ensure those with serious, advanced illness who do not require hospitalization but are not appropriate for hospice have access to high quality end-of-life and palliative care. Reducing stigma to improve HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in low and middle-income countries (R21 clinical trial optional)
Deadline: Friday 10/11 (LOI) The purpose of this FOA is to stimulate research on interventions to reduce HIV/AIDS-associated stigma and its impact on the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and on the quality of life of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH). Read more Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) research and translation core centers (U54 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Monday 10/21 The goal of this FOA is to create a framework for collaboration that develops and broadly shares research resources, core services and expertise to support innovation in research related to PKD. The RTCCs will develop and share research resources, core services and expertise that would be difficult or impractical to support in individual labs. Read more NIDDK central repositories non-renewable sample access (X01 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Thursday 10/31 This FOA is intended to facilitate equitable and appropriate distribution of biosamples from the NIDDK Central Repositories. Investigators interested in taking advantage of Repository resources must submit an application requesting samples. Read more Catalyst award in diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic diseases (DP1 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Friday 11/1 This FOA is intended to support investigators developing bold, innovative, and often risky approaches to address significant and intractable problems in DEMD research. Read more American Lung Association: Catalyst award
Deadline: Thursday 12/12 This FOA is meant to support outstanding investigators on the path to independence for research into the mechanisms of lung disease and general lung biology. Read more
Alanna Morris (Cardiology) received funding from Sanofi US Services, Inc. for a project entitled, “A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicenter study to evaluate the effects of sotagliflozin on clinical outcomes in hemodynamically stable patients with type 2 diabetes post worsening heart failure”.
Andrew Smith (Cardiology) received funding from Norvartis Pharmaceutical Corp for a project entitled, “A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group, active controlled 8-week study to evaluate the effect of sacubitril/valsartan versus valsartan on changes in NT-proBNP and safety and tolerability of in-hospital initiation of LCZ696 compared to valsartan in HFpEF patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) who have been stabilized during hospitalization (PARAGLIDE)”. Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Scott Jenks, Arezou Khosroshahi, Chungwen Wei, Inaki Sanz (Rheumatology) and Eun-Hyung Lee (Pulmonary)
Scharer CD, Blalock EL, Mi T, Barwick BG, Deguchi T, Cashman KS, Neary BE, Patterson DG, Hicks SL, Boss JM, et al. “Epigenetic programming underpins B cell dysfunction in human SLE.” Nat Immunol. 2019 Aug;20(8):1071-1082. Read more Monica Farley (Infectious Diseases)
Weng MK, Adkins SH, Bamberg W, Espinosa CC, Wilson L, Perlmutter R, Holzbauer S, Whitten T, Phipps EC, Hancock EB, Dumyati G, Nelson DS, Beldavs ZG, Ocampo V, Davis CM, Rue B, Korhonen L, McDonald LC, Guh AY, et al. “Risk factors for community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection in young children.” Epidemiol Infect. 2019 Jan;147: e172. Read more
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2019 Research Day Call for Abstracts
The Department of Medicine is now accepting abstracts for the 12th annual Department of Medicine Research Day, held Friday, November 1 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Cox Hall Ballroom. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations must be submitted by Monday, August 19 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Late submissions will not be accepted. All Department of Medicine faculty, fellows, residents, and students (whose primary mentor is a member of the Department of Medicine) are invited to submit an abstract.
There is a limit of two abstracts per presenting author.
Agenda | 2019 Prize Descriptions | Website | Questions? Registration for the event will open shortly. For questions about Research Day, please contact Lauren Marshman
Bruno Limo, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology
What is your professional background?
I attended medical school in Brazil at the Universidade Federal do Ceara where I also got a PhD in pharmacology. Afterwards, I moved to Pittsburgh, PA, where I trained as an internal medicine resident at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from 2014 to 2017. Currently, I'm a cardiology fellow at the clinical investigator track here at Emory.
In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I work in the Division of Cardiology under the mentorship of Drs. Viola Vaccarino and Arshed Quyyumi. Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans despite advances in diagnosis and treatment. In recent years, a growing body of evidence highlighted the central role of psychological distress as both a cause and a consequence of cardiovascular disease. My field of research, behavioral cardiology, studies this new frontier of action in cardiology encompassing social, behavioral, and emotional determinants of cardiovascular risk, with a focus on understanding the mechanisms linking these factors to cardiovascular disease. What do you like most about Emory?
It’s an honor working shoulder-to-shoulder with hyper-industrious co-fellows who are true role models and being mentored by leaders in the field who genuinely care about your personal and professional growth. What do you like to do in your spare time?
I try to make the most out of any spare time by surrounding myself with people that I love (family & friends). I'm also very passionate about the arts in general, especially music. When I was a kid, my dream was to become the lead guitarist of a rock band like Slash from Guns N' Roses or Angus Young from AC/DC, so I taught myself how to play the guitar and that's what kept me sane during the brutal Pittsburgh's winters. Unfortunately, my dream of becoming a rock star didn't come true... yet!
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