Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI) Fellow Nominations
Deadline: Monday, August 15
Any Member who has accomplished meritorious scholarship in a branch of the medical sciences related to clinical medicine and enjoys an unimpeachable reputation in his profession shall be eligible for advancement to SSCI Fellow. Highly qualified individuals who are not members may apply for direct election as SSCI Fellows.
Atlanta VA Celebrates 2022 Research Day
Earlier this month, the Atlanta VA Medical Center hosted its 2022 Research Day at the Emory University School of Medicine. The event included 80 poster presentations, oral presentations by Atlanta VA investigators Aliza Wingo MD, Machelle Pardue PhD, and Vince Marconi MD, and a keynote address by Steve Dubinett MD, Interim Dean UCLA SOM and VA Middleton Awardee.
Georgia Tech BME Capstone Call for Projects
Submissions due: Friday, July 15
Do you want to turn your med-tech innovation idea from science-fiction into science-fact? What if you could partner alongside and advise a Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering (BME) team to investigate and design a patentable solution in just 16 weeks? BME Capstone is seeking Fall 2022 project proposals. Each team works over 500 hours to ideate, design, and prototype real solutions that address unmet clinical needs.
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.
Check out the NEW Department of Medicine-specific Research Administration Services (RAS) webpage. This new page will house contact information for pre- and post-award support teams as well as helpful guides and resources for navigating research at Emory.
DOM RAS is requesting the following timelines for pre-award requests to the Pre-Award Inbox: - Proposals, Progress Reports, Other Support Requests: at least two weeks prior to sponsor deadline. Requests made earlier than two weeks are always appreciated.
- Proposals with Subrecipients and/or Cost Share: at least one month prior to due date.
- Finalized files: at least five business days prior to the sponsor deadline.
Funding & Award Opportunities
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Program for Adult Care Excellence (PACE)
Deadline: Tuesday, July 19
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to expand the scope of adult care programs and increase the number of adult care providers. NIDA, NIMH, and NINDS Research Opportunities for New and "At-Risk" Investigators to Promote Workforce Diversity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadlines: Thursday, September 8; January 6, 2023; May 5, 2023; various
This FOA solicits R01 grant applications that propose independent research projects that are within the scientific mission areas of the participating NIH Institutes or Centers. Measures and Methods for Research on Family Caregivers for People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: Tuesday, September 20 (LOI); Thursday, October 20 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to develop methods and measures for capturing expanded definitions of “family” and related concepts relevant to informal caregiving for people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (ADRD), and for the testing of these measures in populations understudied in AD/ADRD research. CFAR-HBCU Collaborative HIV Research Pilot Awards
Deadlines: Monday, October 3 (LOI); Tuesday, November 1 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to describe a CFAR-Series funding mechanism intended to foster inter-institutional research synergy between faculty at Atlanta-based Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and faculty at Emory University. The mechanism, CFAR-HBCU Collaborative Award for Research Exchange (CFAR-HBCU), provides funding for a research project to an Atlanta-area HBCU based Principal Investigator (PI) with a Collaborating Research Partner from Emory University. Stimulants and HIV: Addressing Contemporary and Recurring Epidemics (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Required)
Deadlines: 30 days prior (LOI); Thursday, November 10; November 9, 2023; November 12, 2024 (Full application)
The primary goal of this FOA is to support research to improve HIV prevention and care outcomes among people who use stimulants, encompassing a range of stimulant use (from episodic to persistent, methamphetamine and cocaine derivatives), including stimulant use co-occurring with the use of opioids and/or other drugs. Limited Competition: Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Transition Scholar (StARRTS) (K38 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Thursday, October 13, 2022; 2023; 2024
The purpose of this FOA is to provide Transition Scholars with opportunities for additional research and career development during subsequent clinical fellowship or early career faculty appointments. Janssen Pharmaceutica: Cardiovascular & Metabolism
Deadline: Friday, October 14
The areas of interest for this FOA are patient empowerment initiatives surrounding advocacy and management of disease; healthcare disparities, tools to assist patients and families regarding anticoagulant therapy and education; and awareness/education.
COVID-19 Funding Opportunities
Visit the DOM intranet for archived COVID funding opportunities in a searchable database compiled from FOAs in the weekly What's Up in DOM Research newsletter.
Emory credentials required to view.
Daniel Perrien (PI) and Roberto Pacifici (Co-I) (Endocrinology) received a new R01 from National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) for a project entitled, “The gut microbiome as a disease modifier of heterotopic
ossification.” Arshed Quyyumi, Alanna Morris (Cardiology), Dean Jones (Pulmonary), and Ram Jagannathan (Hospital Medicine) (Co-Is) received funding from NHLBI for a project entitled, “Precision cardiovascular disease phenotyping and pathophysiological pathways in CARRS cohort (Precision-CARRS).” David De Lurgio (Cardiology) received funding from AtriCure, Inc. for a project entitled, “Post-Approval Study Protocol for Hybrid Convergent of Epicardial and Endocardial RF Ablation for the Treatment of Symptomatic Long-Standing Persistent AF.” Thomas Ziegler (Endocrinology) received funding from Analysis Group,
Inc. for a project entitled, “Teduglutide for treatment of short bowel syndrome in real world settings: Center-based chart review in the US.”
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Recent Notable Publications
Sarah Hernandez and Jesse Waggoner (Infectious Diseases)
Hernandez S, Cardozo F, Myers DR, Rojas A, Waggoner JJ. Simple and economical extraction of viral RNA and storage at ambient temperature. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Jun 1:e0085922. Read more Jose Navarrete and Charles O'Neill (Renal Medicine)
Mudunuru SA, Navarrete J, O'Neill WC. Metabolic alkalosis in hemodialysis patients. Semin Dial. 2022 Apr 5. Read more Jennifer Spicer (Infectious Diseases) and Annie Massart (Hospital Medicine)
Spicer JO, Rockney D, Massart A. Optimizing the educational value of bedside rounds by exploring perceptions of Internal Medicine residents. South Med J. 2022 May;115(5):294-300. Read more Elena Dolmatova, Hongyan Qu, Georgette Gafford, Taylor White, Alejandra Valdivia, Bernard Lassegue, Marina Hernandes, and Kathy Griendling (Cardiology)
Ou Z, Dolmatova E, Mandavilli R, Qu H, Gafford G, White T, Valdivia A, Lassègue B, Hernandes MS, Griendling KK. Myeloid Poldip2 contributes to the development of pulmonary inflammation by regulating neutrophil adhesion in a murine model of acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 May 17;11(10):e025181. Read more Jessica Alvarez and Vin Tangpricha (Endocrinology)
Forrest OA, Dobosh B, Ingersoll SA, Rao S, Rojas A, Laval J, Alvarez JA, Brown MR, Tangpricha V, Tirouvanziam R. Neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles promote feed-forward inflammasome signaling in cystic fibrosis airways. J Leukoc Biol. 2022 Feb 16. Read more
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Mehul Tejani
Assistant Professor – General Internal Medicine What is your professional background?
I am a general internist clinician-educator based at Grady. I also see patients at Grady’s outpatient HIV clinic on Ponce. While my prior scholarly work has been in HIV, I have been working towards scholarship in medical education, both for learners but also for peer education. Recently, I have become interested in the in the effects of climate change on health, but also the impact of healthcare on climate change. In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I am in the Division of General Medicine, in the Grady section. But my mentor, Dr. Rebecca Philipsborn, is in the Department of Pediatrics. She has an extensive history of working in climate change and health, and she is largely responsible for many of the changes taking place within the Emory SOM curriculum on climate change. Tell us about your FAME grant project, why it is important, and what it means to you to receive funding?
The medical school has made a commitment to incorporating topics in climate change and health into the curriculum across all 4 years, and the pediatrics residency program has also developed a formal program for this education. But so far, the internal medicine residency has had limited formal education on the topic. Furthermore, while there are several recommendations on integrating these topics into the regular curriculum, there is little in the way of outcomes research. My FAME grant project will introduce 3rd year residents in the primary care track of the residency to climate change and health through a multimodal, longitudinal curriculum with the goal to assess changes in knowledge and skills, as well as observe for implementation of those skills in real life clinical settings. What do you like most about Emory?
The thing that attracted me to Emory in the first place was the opportunity to work at Grady. I have really loved working there, but I have especially loved the amazing people I get to work with every day. I also am thankful to Emory for having so many opportunities to get involved, both at the medical school as well as within the Department of Medicine. What is your favorite movie or TV show?
The one show that I watch regularly is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. What do you like to do in your spare time?
Spend time with my wife and 3 children, who are 10, 7, and 5. They keep us pretty busy with their activities, but we also like to travel and go to sporting events together. What is a fun fact about you?
I recently took my interest in climate change and health and turned it into a stand-up comedy routine. My first and only gig was at the zoo as part of the Atlanta Science Festival in March.
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