Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Register Now! 2019 FEED Conference-
Friday, 3/22 from 8 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. in the Emory 1599 Building. This exciting half day program will offer the following sessions: "Strategies to focus in a distracting world" with a choice of breakout sessions: - "There's an app for that - clinical and patient apps"
- "Surviving the reproducibility crisis"
- "How to handle the troublesome trainee"
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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
News from the National Institutes of Health - Office of Extramural Research
Reminder to address inclusion of individuals across the lifespan in grant applications effective for due dates 1/25/2019 and later. Read more Reminder: Join the All of Us research program
The goal of this program 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. Read more
Emory Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) program application
Deadline: Monday, 4/1 The Emory Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) degree program, in the Laney Graduate School at Emory University, provides innovative didactic and mentored research training to those interested in pursuing a career in clinical and/or translational research. Read more
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
Georgia CTSA KL2 program: Clinical & translational research career development program
Deadline: Friday, 3/1 The goal of the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA, the NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award) KL2 Scholars program is to support and enhance career development for junior faculty (MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or PharmD) committed to a career in clinical and/or translational research. Read more Georgia CTSA - Pilot grants program
Deadline: Friday, 3/1 Georgia CTSA’s pilot grants program is soliciting proposals that either a. generate preliminary data and refine research strategies for subsequent extramural grant applications OR b. develop the best approaches and methodologies to address complex translational and clinical research problems. Read more (PDF) Georgia CTSA - Request for proposals - informatics
Deadline: Friday, 3/1 Georgia CTSA’s Informatics program is soliciting proposals to support investigator-led teams in developing and testing innovative healthcare apps. The support is for project costs that are associated with data access, informatics resource access, and technical personnel. Read more (PDF) Georgia CTSA TL1 (T32-like) training grant clinical & translational research training
Deadline: Friday, 3/15 The Georgia CTSA, the NIH-supported Clinical and Translational Science Award TL1 program, is focused on providing innovative didactic and mentored research training to individuals interested in careers that encompass clinical and/or translational research. Read more
Patient reported outcomes tool development for use in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiestasis clinical trials (U01-clinical trial required) activity code
Deadline: Thursday, 4/4 The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research to develop and qualify a Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) for Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis (NCFB) under FDA's Drug Development Tools Qualification Program. Read more Innovative approaches for improving environmental health literacy (R43/R44, R41/R42 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Tuesday, 4/9 This FOA solicits Phase I (R43) and fast-track (R44) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) in collaboration with environmental science researchers to develop novel tools, activities, or materials to build environmental health literacy for a variety of groups, including community members, health care and public health professionals, educators, and students of all ages. R43/R44, R41/R42
Functional RNA Modifications Environment and Diseases (FRAMED) (R01 and R21 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Thursday, 5/16 The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) seeks to solicit innovative, mechanistic research applications that are focused on how environmental exposures are associated and involved with the functional activities of RNA modifications and pathways that may be modified or misregulated, associated with adverse health outcomes and/or be useful as biomarkers of exposure and/or exposure induced pathologies. R01, R21
Kendra Grubb (Cardiology) received funding from Edwards Lifesciences, LLC for a project entitled, “ExCEED: A prospective, single-arm, controlled, multicenter study to establish the safety and effectiveness of the CENTERA THV System in intermediate risk patients who have symptomatic, severe, calcific, aortic stenosis requiring aortic valve replacement.” Robert Hoover (Renal Medicine) received funding for a subcontract from Boston University for a project entitled, “Neural control of the kidney and long-term blood pressure regulation.” Susan Wall (Renal Medicine), Roy Sutliff (Pulmonary), Yanhua Wang (Renal Medicine) received funding for a R01 from the NIDDK for a
project entitled, “Regulation of intercalated cell function by the mineralocorticoid receptor.” Thomas Ziegler (Endocrinology) received contract funding from the CDC for a project entitled, “Measurements of lipoproteins, apolipoproteins, and lipids- blood collection from fasting and post-prandial subjects.”
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Division Research Seminars
Thursday, 2/14 at 7:30 a.m. Wesley Woods Health Center, 5th Floor Conference Room
Geriatrics Research Seminar: “Weight loss, protein, and other macronutrients: A guide to older adults” (Monica Serra, PhD)
Thursday, 2/14 at 8 a.m.Whitehead, Conference Room 200
Pulmonary Division Research Seminar: “DNAzyme conjugated nanoparticles- An emerging therapeutic for severe asthma?” (Cherry Wongtrakool, MD)
Thursday, 2/14 at 8 a.m. Klamon Room, Claudia Nance Rollins Building, SPH
Infectious Disease Seminar: “Dengue super-spreading and its impact in surveillance and control strategies” (Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, PhD)
Friday, 2/15 at noon Emory University Hospital, Hurst Conference Room, E450
Clinical Cardiovascular Research Conference: “Addressing health disparities in early access to kidney transplantation: A health services research approach” (Rachel Patzer, PhD, MPH)
Monday, 2/18 at 9 a.m. Emory University Hospital, Hurst Conference Room, E450
Cardiovascular Biology Seminar: “Vascular regeneration with stem cells, directly reprogrammed cells and engineering” (Young-sup Yoon, MD, PhD)
Recent Notable Publications
Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas, Sam Lim, Cristina Drenkard (Rheumatology)
Jordan J, Thompson NJ, Dunlop-Thomas C, Lim SS, et al. “Relationships among organ damage, social support, and depression in African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus.” Lupus. 2018 Nov 27:961203318815573. Read more Arshed Quyyumi (Cardiology)
Dedhia RC, Quyyumi AA. “The incredible effect of OSA surgery on blood pressure: Too good to be true?” Laryngoscope. 2019 Feb;129(2):E53-E54. Read more Ruxana Sadikot (Pulmonary)
Kolanjiyil AV, Kleinstreuer C, Kleinstreuer NC, Pham W, et al. “Mice-to-men comparison of inhaled drug-aerosol deposition and clearance.” Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2019 Feb;260:82-94. Read more Ramzi Mulki, Rushikesh Shah, Emad Qayed (Digestive Diseases)
Mulki R, Shah R, Qayed E. “Early vs late endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with acute cholangitis: A nationwide analysis.” World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 Jan 16;11(1):41-53. Read more Salih Samo, Emad Qayed (Digestive Diseases)
Samo S, Qayed E. “Esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction: Where are now in diagnosis and treatment.” World J Gastroenterol. 2019 Jan 28;25(4):411-417. Read more
Would you like to highlight a recent notable publication?
Center for Clinical and Molecular Nutrition seminar series: “Childhood obesity in Georgia: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Strong4Life program and its impact.”
Wednesday, 2/13 at noon in SOM 170A (snacks and coffee provided) Jean A. Welsh, PhD, RN (Associate Professor, SOM Pediatrics) will present this monthly seminar. Read more (PDF)
Pediatric Research Grand Rounds: “Novel mechanisms of inhibition and drug resistance and how they may affect future HIV therapies”
Wednesday, 2/20 at 8 a.m. in Egleston Classroom 5. Stefan G. Sarafianos, PhD (Nahmias Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair, Professor and Associate Director Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine) presents this seminar. Read more (PDF) Georgia CTSA 25th Healthcare Innovation Symposium: “Fumbling the handoff in transition care”
Wednesday, 2/20 at noon - Emory University School of Medicine Auditorium, Room 120. Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, (Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology and Director of the New Courtland Center for Transitions in Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) is featured as the keynote speaker for this event. Register
Emory’s Center for Faculty Development and Excellence presents: “An introduction to social science research council funding opportunities for faculty and graduate students.”
Deadline for registration for an individual coach: Tuesday, 2/19 The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence, the Halle Institute for Global Research, and the Institute for Quantitative Theory and Methods are partnering to host a day of free Social Science Research Council (SSRC) resource information sessions on Friday, Feb 22, with Nicole Restrick Levit, a fellowships manager and associate director, SSRC. Read more (PDF) Venture capital perspective: Health innovation commercialization series
Monday, 2/25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at 75 5th Street NW Hodges Room # 335 (3rd floor, Centergy Building Atlanta, GA
Gain insight into the minds of savvy med-tech funders including how best to raise funds in the Life Sciences. Receive inside tips on how to be successful talking to healthcare focused venture capitalists. Register | Read more Reminder: Emory Core Day
Tuesday, 3/12 from 3-5 p.m. in Cox Hall. Special drawing for an exciting prize at 4 p.m. (must be in attendance to receive!) The objective is to learn about statewide core facilities and shared resources that can support your research. Socialize with core leaders, other core users, and vendors displaying their latest platforms: - Wine and cheese and poster session
- Vendor demonstration
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Arnav Kumar
Division of Cardiology (ECBC) 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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