Your input needed: IACUC protocol approval review
An animal protocol review and approval task force has been commissioned to review the process of IACUC protocol approval at Emory, with an eye toward reducing burden and increasing speed, efficiency, and ease of protocol review and approval. The following general issues have been identified to date: - Clarification and possible revision of information required in initial IACUC protocol applications
- Clarification regarding what changes necessitate a protocol amendment and how much
detail is required in protocol amendments
- Concerns related to the time required for and the consistency of veterinary reviews
- Concerns related to the time it takes for submission, review, and approval of amendments
- Education of IACUC reviewers and research staff in use of the eIACUC system
- Difficulty in using the detailed instructions for protocol submission
(provided by the IACUC) due to its sheer size and depth of information
- Standardization of procedures: creation of standard procedures and promotion of team procedures to standard procedures
- Migration of protocols from the archival system into eIACUC
Submit input and other concerns directly to Mandy Ford, Chair, IACUC Protocol Task
Force. Responses will be compiled for the task force and identities of the contributors will remain anonymous New eIRB system coming in Q1 2020
The Emory IRB is actively working with our system vendor, Huron, on a new and improved electronic system. Currently, we are updating our templates, guidance and other documents that you will need when we launch the new eIRB system, scheduled for Q1 2020. The development process is intensive - so please bear with our staff as we attend many design and training sessions. Read more Enroll now! Fundamentals of epidemiology course
Faculty and postdocs are welcome to enroll in a fall semester course which is part of the curriculum in the Certificate Program in Translational Research in the Laney Graduate School. Tuition awards are not available, but faculty and postdocs at Emory may be eligible for the Emory Courtesy Scholarship if employed at least one year. This is a semester-long course which meets on Mondays from 3:00-4:50 p.m. from September 9 until December 9, 2019. Read more Researchers: Want medical
student assistance on your project?
The five-month Discovery Phase of the Emory University School of Medicine curriculum provides medical students with the opportunity to conduct hypothesis-driven research projects while working closely with a faculty mentor. If you have a research project that a medical student could assist with, please submit your project information here by
Friday, 8/23. The Office of Research will compile a list of project titles to share with medical students at this year’s Discovery Research Fair on Wednesday, 8/28. Questions 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
Research Scientist and Clinical Investigator PATHS:
Whether you are a clinical educator, clinical investigator or research scientist, PATHS will guide you through additional learning opportunities to aid in your career progression. These guidelines detail suggested targeted accomplishments towards promotion with a specific time frame. Each PATH is divided by career year(s) into best practices and academic mission areas. Read more
Funding & Award Opportunities
Weekly NIH funding opportunities and notices
Federal funding opportunities for public health faculty
Searchable database of internal medicine funding opportunities HIV/HCV NoCo Program
Deadline: Friday 8/9 (LOI) The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support the research efforts of academic institutions, clinical investigators, community organizations and research networks to help inform the scientific community about barriers and facilitators of HCV elimination, including micro-elimination in people living with HIV. Targeting micro-elimination of HCV in HIV-infected or high-risk HIV-uninfected individuals is a feasible and a more proximate short-term goal and a positive step toward more global HCV elimination. Read more Microbiome and aging: Impact on health and disease (R01 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Monday 9/30 This FOA invites projects focused on defining the factors that influence microbiome composition and functional characteristics during aging, understanding how the aging microbiome relates to the causes and pathophysiology of age-related chronic diseases, and development and testing of targeted interventions through diet, drugs, or live organisms. Read more Pilot and exploratory projects in palliative care of cancer patients and their families
Deadline: Tuesday 10/15 The purpose of this FOA is to provide funding for investigators to perform pilot and exploratory research studies with the purpose of testing interventions, developing research methodologies, or exploring novel areas of research in palliative care for cancer patients and their families. A condition of funding is a clearly defined plan as to how the investigator will use the results of the project to develop larger, extramurally funded research projects. Read more American Heart Association/American Stroke
Association young investigator research opportunities
Deadline: Tuesday 10/15 The purpose of this FOA is to provide a step forward in our mission of building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Read more American Gastroenterology Association-Gastric Cancer Foundation Ben Feinstein memorial research scholar award in gastric cancer
Deadline: Wednesday 11/13 The objective of this FOA is to support young gastroenterologists working toward independent and productive research careers in digestive diseases by ensuring that a major proportion of their time is protected for research. Read more Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Investigators in the pathogenesis of infectious disease
Deadline: Friday 11/15 This FOA provides opportunities for assistant professors to bring multidisciplinary approaches to the study of human infectious diseases. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for accomplished investigators still early in their careers to study what happens at the points where the systems of humans and potentially infectious agents connect. The program supports research that sheds light on the fundamentals that affect the outcomes of these encounters: how colonization, infection, commensalism, and other relationships play out at levels ranging from molecular interactions to systemic ones. Read more American Lung Association - Innovation award
Deadline: Thursday 12/12 This FOA is intended to support highly promising investigators with stellar track records of accomplishment, who have the potential to advance the field of lung disease science. Read more Notice of intent to publish:
Jessica Alvarez, William Randolph Hunt received funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for a a project entitled, "Role of body fat distribution in metabolic and pulmonary decline in cystic fibrosis". Sam Lim received a subcontract from the University of Alabama at Birmingham for a project entitled, "Implementation of decision-aid for lupus in practice settings for shared decision-making: IDEAL study". Jesse Waggoner received the 2019 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Clinical Scientist Development Award for a project entitled, "Antibody signatures on a nanoscale plasmonic gold platform to predict severe dengue in symptomatic cases". Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Ibhar Mheid (Hospital Medicine) and Arshed Quyyumi (Cardiology)
Sullivan S, Hammadah M, Shah A, Sun YV, Kutner M, Ward L, Blackburn E, Zhao J, Lin J, Bremner JD, Vaccarino V, Lewis TT, et al. “An investigation of racial/ethnic and sex differences in the association between experiences of everyday discrimination and leukocyte telomere length among patients with coronary artery disease.” Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019 Aug;106:122-128. Read more
Jeanie Park (Renal)
Ye K, Fonkoue IT, Li Y, DaCosta DR, Shah A, et al. “Altered autonomic reactivity during lower body negative pressure in end-stage renal disease.” Am J Med Sci. 2019 Jul;358(1):11-18. Read more
Fred Rahbari and Sarah Johnson (Renal Medicine)
Abramson JL, Bruckman AM, Chapman AB, Cotsonis GA, Bliwise DL, et all. “Nighttime administration of high-dose, sustained-release melatonin does not decrease nocturnal blood pressure in African-American patients: results from a preliminary randomized, crossover trial.” Complement Ther Med. 2019 Apr;43: 157-164. Read more
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Blue Sky Groups: Drones and Rural Health
Wednesday 8/14, 5:30 - 7 p.m., UGA Zell B. Miller Learning Center, Room 303, 48 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30602 Join researchers and clinicians from across the Georgia CTSA for a session on Drones and Rural Health. Discuss how drones can effectively support rural health, the potential use of drones for delivery of therapeutics to remote sites, and benefits and limitations of this technology. Share your experience, learn from others, enjoy opportunities for interdisciplinary networking and find potential collaborators. More information | Register Access to Care
Monday 9/23, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Emory University School of Medicine, 100 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA, 30322, Room 153A Join researchers and clinicians from across the Georgia CTSA for a session on Access to Care. Discuss how health disparities affect access to care, how we can work together to address access to care, and ideas for cross-institutional collaborative research projects. Share your experience, learn from others, enjoy opportunities for interdisciplinary networking and find potential collaborators. More information | Register
Building and managing your first research team
Wednesday 10/2, 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., University of Georgia, Aderhold Hall, Room 116, 110 Carlton Street, Athens, GA, 30602 Develop the skills necessary to build and maintain your research team by leveraging existing teams research. Graduate students, post-docs, and all levels of academic faculty are all welcome to attend this workshop. More information | Register
Zoobiquity Conference: a species-spanning approach to medicine
Friday 9/13 | The Emory Conference Center Hotel | 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Closing reception at the Atlanta Zoo from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. The Zoobiquity Conferences bring leaders in human and veterinary medicine, wildlife biology, conservation and evolutionary biology, and behavioral ecology together for collaborations in research, clinical care and public health. These transdisciplinary conferences create greater awareness of the species-spanning nature of health and disease and accelerated biomedical innovation through scientific collaboration between a diverse range of experts in human and animal health. More information | Register
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
Albert Anderson, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases
What is your professional background?
I am an infectious diseases physician and researcher. Since 2006, I have been faculty at Emory based at Grady, where we have a robust ID clinical footprint and HIV clinical research program. Before that, I did my internal medicine residency and infectious diseases fellowship training at Duke. In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I am in the Division of Infectious Diseases. My main mentor over the years has been Dr. Scott Letendre and his group at the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program. I have also had great mentoring here at Emory from senior colleagues such as Jeff Lennox and Bill Tyor. Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
HIV clinical/translational research is my focus with an emphasis on the central nervous system. This is an important area because CNS complications of HIV are still common, and the CNS is a reservoir site for the virus. What do you like most about Emory?
Atlanta is a great place, and the collaborative relationships that Emory has with local institutions, such as Grady and CDC, make being here even more enjoyable, to go along with resources such as the Emory Center for AIDS Research. What do you like to do in your spare time?
During my spare time, I mostly hang out with my family, and I also enjoy sports, music, and movies. Dallas Buyers Club had a chilling effect on one of my research projects when it first came out, but I have gotten over that and have come to appreciate that it was an incredible movie. I thought Spinal Tap was a hilarious movie with a great name.
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