Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Announcements

2024 Stimulating Access to Research in Residency” (StARR) grant awardees
The J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program has named two first-year residents, Daniel Rzewnicki, MD, (mentor Siva Bhavani, MD) and Nancy Wareing, MD, (mentor Nadine Rouphael, MD), as well as one third-year resident, Anamaria Dragan, MD (mentor Rebecca Levit, MD), as the three 2024 recipients of the “Stimulating Access to Research in Residency” (StARR) grant. Emory was initially selected to receive the highly competitive StARR award in 2018. The initiative was created by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to address a nationwide shortage of physician scientists. Professor of Medicines, Igho Ofotokun, MD, and Nadine Rouphael, MD, (Infectious Diseases) serve as co-directors of the program.

Submit an abstract for Health Equity Day
Deadline: Friday, March 15
All members of the SOM community are invited to submit an abstract. Poster presentation categories include research, clinical quality, professional development, education, and community advocacy and policy. Submit here

Submit a nomination for the Outstanding Scientific Citation RYSE award
Deadline: Friday, March 15
Nominations are now requested for the Outstanding Scientific Citation RYSE Award. This award will support and recognize rising URiM researchers producing outstanding research publications in all research areas, including basic, clinical, public health, health services, and health equity. Awardees will present at Health Equity Day. Submit here

Upcoming Events

K-Club: Still Being the Boss - Part II - Lab Organization, Managing Grants, Publishing
Monday, March 11 | noon–1 p.m. | HSRB II N-600 or Zoom | Register
Join for a lunchtime discussion with Jeremy Boss, PhD, Emory chair in basic sciences research, professor and chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and associate dean for basic science research.

Atlanta Network for Training in KUH Scientific Research (ATLANTIS) Symposium
Thursday, March 14 | 9 a.m.–4 p.m. | HSRB I Auditorium and HSRB I Café | Register
Join for the inaugural event that promises a dynamic gathering of multidisciplinary research, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange with the city-wide network.

Emory’s National Science Foundation CAREER Academy Information Session
Monday, March 18 | 1–2:15 p.m. | Oxford College and Zoom
Tuesday, March 26 | 3–4:15 p.m. | CFDE, Woodruff Library, Suite 216 and Zoom
Pre-tenure faculty whose research is in an area funded by the National Science Foundation are invited to register for the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence’s NSF CAREER Academy information sessions. Register

CFDE Research Roundtable Lunches
The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence will host four Research Roundtable lunches during the spring 2024 semester. Each Research Roundtable will focus on a unique research topic and lunch will be provided.
After a Year of Open Science: A Discussion on Advancing Open and Equitable Research
Wednesday, March 20 | noon–1 p.m. | Dobbs Common Table, private dining room | Register
This month, our discussion will center on the White House's call and actions to require data collected using federal money to be open and accessible to all.

2024 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.

Do you have an upcoming event or educational opportunity?

Highlighted Resource

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.

SOM I³(Imagine, Innovate, and Impact) Cores Awards
Deadline: Thursday, March 14 by 5 p.m. 
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide funding support to utilize the existing services and technologies offered by the nineteen EICF cores to generate data for research projects. 

Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Monday, June 3
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system.

High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Monday, June 3
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-end, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems.

Mechanistic Investigations into ADRD Multiple Etiology Dementias (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: Tuesday, June 4 and Friday, October 4
The purpose of this FOA is to support investigations with a minimum of two Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) co-pathologies (e.g., tau, alpha-synuclein, TDP-43, TMEM106B, vascular), with or without risk factors and co-morbidities, in the same model system to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms of how and when these multi-pathology interactions drive worsening ADRD pathophysiology and phenotypic outcomes, such as cognitive, behavioral, or functional impairment.

Investigating Distinct and Overlapping Mechanisms in TDP-43 Proteinopathies, including in LATE, FTD & other ADRDs (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: Thursday, June 6 and Friday, October 4
The purpose of this FOA is to support studies establishing deeper mechanistic insights and causal cellular and molecular relationships between TDP-43 pathology and phenotypic outcomes. 

Congratulatory Corner

Paulina Rebolledo Esteinou (Infectious Diseases) received funding from Mount Sinai/NIH for a project entitled, “Strategies and Treatments for Respiratory and Viral Emergencies (STRIVE) Trial.”

Srihari Veeraraghavan (Pulmonary) received funding from Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. for a project entitled, “A phase 2 multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of TTI-101 in participants with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.”

Michael Woodworth (Infectious Diseases) received funding from Duke/NIAID for a project entitled, “Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG).”

Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?

Recent Notable Publications

Yiran Han and Chris Yun (Digestive Diseases)
Han Y, Bagchi P, Yun CC. Regulation of the intestinal Na+/H+ exchanger NHE3 by AMP-activated kinase is dependent on phosphorylation of NHE3 at S555 and S563. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2024 Jan 1;326(1):C50-C59. Read more

Igho Ofotokun (Infectious Diseases)
Rubtsova AA, Taylor TN, Wingood G, Ofotokun I, Gustafson D, Vance DE, Holstad M. "As I Grew Older, My Life Got Better": Conceptions of Successful Aging among Older Women Living with or at Risk of HIV. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jan 17. Read more

Francois Rollin (General Internal Medicine)
Rollin FG, Mayne G, Cerdena J. Concerns about an ancestry-focused explanation for racialized health disparities. J Reprod Immunol. 2024 Jan 15;162:104194. Read more

Arshed Quyyumi (Cardiology)
Dedhia RC, Bliwise DL, Quyyumi AA, Thaler ER, Boon MS, Huntley CT, et al. Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation and Cardiovascular Outcomes for Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Jan 1;150(1):39-48. Read more

Have you or a colleague recently published an article?