Announcements
Emory Master of Science in Clinical Research
Application deadline: Monday, April 1
The Emory Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) degree program in the Laney Graduate School provides innovative didactic and mentored research training to those interested in pursuing a career in clinical and/or translational research. The MSCR degree is designed for predoctoral (medical students or PhD students), postdoctoral trainees (resident and fellow physicians or PhD postdocs), and junior faculty (physicians, PhD-level scientists).
Emory’s NSF CAREER Proposal Academy
Registration deadline: Wednesday, April 24 | Register
Pre-tenure faculty whose research is in an area funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are invited to participate in the ten-week program beginning Wednesday, May 15, with subsequent sessions held once a week on Wednesdays. The Academy is designed to support and guide the development of a highly competitive NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) proposal. Sessions will cover aspects of proposal development from project idea conception to submission, including mentoring/coaching from experienced administrators, faculty, and staff. Participants will also be able to engage in one-on-one consultations and coaching from the Academy facilitators. Each
session will cover one aspect in the process of putting together a CAREER proposal.
Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) Services
Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) offer dedicated space, experienced staff, and resources to support research at a competitive cost. We are here to support investigators of all experience levels from Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital, Morehouse School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and the University of Georgia.
Environmental Health and Safety Office: Biological Safety Protocol Electronic Submission
For the last several years the Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO) has been utilizing software named BioRAFT as an electronic platform for investigators to submit their Biosafety protocols. Recently BioRaft has been rebranded and is now SciShield. Aside from the name change the software remains the same, including the support team, and the company. As part of the rebranding URL to access the site [emory.BioRAFT.com] will be changed to the new URL [emory.SciShield.com] in April. The site will be down for approximately one hour during this time.
Upcoming Events
Healthcare Innovation Symposium XLI: The Future of AI Tools in Healthcare: Assuring Safety and Efficacy
Monday, April 1 | noon–2 p.m. | WHSCAB Auditorium | Register
Keynote speaker: Robert Califf, MD (Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration)
Constructive Collisions: Women’s Health
Thursday, April 11 | noon–2 p.m. | R. Randall Rollins Building, Rm 800 (8th floor)
Registration deadline: April 7 | Register
Join for an in-person, on-campus Constructive Collisions event that will include informational and networking opportunities to connect Emory researchers interested in Women’s Health.
K-Club: Building Your Career Development Plan for Your CDA
Monday, April 8 | Noon | HSRB II, N-600 and Zoom | Register
Join for a facilitated panel discussion, led by Janet Gross, PhD, to discuss strategies for building your career development plan.
2024 Faculty Education, Enrichment, and Development (FEED) Conference
Friday, April 12 | 8 a.m.–noon | Zoom | Register
This year's theme is AI. Learn about Emory's commitment to this groundbreaking innovation and how to utilize it in a variety of settings. The conference will offer AI-focused sessions ranging from an overview of AI and resources at Emory to applications for teaching and research.
GA CTSA Researcher Survival Skills - Building Safe and Inclusive Research Environments
Monday, April 15 | 1–3 p.m. | Zoom | Register
In this workshop, Carol E. Colaninno will review frameworks and evidence-based practices that can ensure research environments are safe and inclusive.
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Highlighted Resource
Did you know? REDCap is FREE for Emory researchers. REDCap is a secure, internally hosted web-based application designed exclusively to support data capture for research studies. Onboarding, training, consultation, and hosting costs are fully subsidized for all Emory research teams.
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 Bridge Funding Program
DOM internal Deadline: Monday, April 1, and December 1
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to assist investigators who have temporarily lost significant federal research funding, and to facilitate carefully planned changes in research direction.
Elucidating Mechanisms Associated with HIV-Related Co-Morbidities in Populations Experiencing Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Deadlines: 30 days prior (LOI); Tuesday, May 7; January 7, 2025; 2026 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to support research to determine the underlying mechanisms that contribute to health disparities in HIV and aging and how multiple comorbidities influence overall health outcomes and quality of life among people with HIV from populations that experience health disparities.
ARPH-H: Sprint for Women’s Health
Deadline: Monday, April 15
The purpose of this FOA is to address critical unmet challenges in women’s health across all demographics, geographies, and socioeconomic statuses, championing transformative innovations and tackling health conditions that uniquely or disproportionately affect women from every walk of life.
International Life Sciences Institute: Advancing Research that Supports Gut Health: Documenting the Continuum of Measures from Health to Disease
Deadline: Friday, April 19
The purpose of this FOA is to collate, summarize, and publish measures or indicators of ‘gut health’ that are currently applied across domains ranging from academia to healthcare, to inform the characterization of, as well as research and interventions to support, a healthy state.
Expanding the National Approach to Chronic Disease Education and Awareness
Deadline: Friday, May 10
The purpose of this FOA is to increase awareness related to a single proposed chronic disease for public health practitioners, healthcare providers, patients, and the public.
Botanical Dietary Supplements Translational Research Teams (RM1 Clinical Trial Required)
Deadlines: Friday, June 7 (LOI); Monday, July 8 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to support trans-disciplinary, translational research on chemically complex botanical products or natural products traditionally used as dietary components, to inform future clinical trials of the efficacy of exceptionally promising dietary supplements for improving resilience.
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF): Global Centers (GC)
Deadline: Tuesday, June 11
The purpose of this FOA is to fund international, interdisciplinary collaborative research centers that will apply best practices of broadening participation and community engagement to develop use-inspired bioeconomy research to address one or more global challenges identified by the scientific community.
Research to Advance the Science of Primary Care (R01)
Estimated deadline: Summer 2024
The purpose of this FOA is to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable to support expanding research and evidence in primary care.
Implementing and Evaluating Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Strategies in Real-World Settings (U18)
Estimated deadline: Summer 2024
The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications to support research on patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS), a nascent area within the larger field of CDS.
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.
Congratulatory Corner
Cassie Grimsley Ackerley (Infectious Diseases) received funding from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for a project entitled, “HVTN Scientific Leadership Development Program.”
Kathy Griendling (PI, Cardiology), Marina Sorrentino, Bernard Lassegue (multi-PIs, Cardiology), Cherry Wongtrakool (Pulmonary), and Alejandra Valdivia (Cardiology) (Co-Is) received funding from NHLBI for a project entitled, “Molecular mechanisms relating to Poldip2 to endothelial permeability.”
Richard Wainford (Cardiology) received funding from Hevolution Foundation for a project entitled, “The gut microbiome as a modifiable target for age-related cardiorenal and cognitive dysfunction.”
Guillermo Umpierrez (Endocrinology) received funding from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled, “A Phase 3, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, 76-week, efficacy and safety study of BI 456906 administered subcutaneously compared with placebo in participants with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.”
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Sarah Montembeau, Birju Rao, Andrea Mitchell, Candace Speight, Alanna Morris, and Neal Dickert (Cardiology)
Montembeau SC, Rao BR, Mitchell AR, Speight CD, Allen LA, Halpern SD, et al. Integrating cost into shared decision-making for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (POCKET-COST-HF): A trial providing out-of-pocket costs for heart failure medications during clinical encounters. Am Heart J. 2024 Mar;269:84-93. Read more
Modele Ogunniyi (Cardiology)
Markson F, Shamaki RG, Antia A, Osabutey A, Ogunniyi MO. Trends in the incidence and in-patient outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy: Insights from the national inpatient sample. Am Heart J Plus. 2023 Aug 24;34:100318. Read more
Doan Nguyen, Ian Hentenaar, Monica Cabrera-Mora (Pulmonary), Violeta Capric (Fellow), Matthew Woodruff, Ignacio Sanz (Rheumatology), and Frances Lee (Pulmonary)
Nguyen DC, Saney C, Hentenaar IT, Cabrera-Mora M, Capric V, Woodruff MC, et al. Majority of human circulating IgG plasmablasts stop blasting in a cell-free pro-survival culture. Sci Rep. 2024 Feb 13;14(1):3616. Read more
Sharon Bergquist (Primary Care)
Bergquist SH, Wang D, Fall R, Bonnet JP, Morgan KR, Munroe D, Moore MA. Effect of the emory healthy kitchen collaborative on employee health habits and body weight: a 12-month workplace wellness trial. Nutrients. 2024 Feb 13;16(4):517. Read more
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Spotlighted Researcher
Kyuwon Cho
Assistant Academic Research Scientist – Cardiology
What is your professional background?
I completed my undergraduate and master’s degrees in bioscience at Korea University in South Korea. Following that, I conducted research in cancer biology at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) for two years. Subsequently, I pursued further career development in the field of regenerative medicine at Emory University, progressing through roles as a technician, doctoral student, postdoctoral fellow, and currently serving as a research scientist.
Which division do you work in? Who is your mentor?
I work in the division of Cardiology and my mentor is Young-sup Yoon, MD, PhD.
Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
Ischemic heart disease is a leading global cause of death, partly due to the limited regenerative capacity of the adult cardiovascular system. My research aims to find ways to regenerate damaged cardiovascular systems by focusing on identifying genes and cell types that can be manipulated to promote regeneration.
What do you like most about Emory?
What I like most about Emory is its profound dedication to research, which creates an environment where I can fully immerse myself in academic exploration and contribute to groundbreaking discoveries.
What is your favorite movie or TV show?
I love the movie 'Interstellar' and am a big fan of its director, Christopher Nolan.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I like to watch movies.
What is a fun fact about you?
I worked as a firefighter during my military service in South Korea.
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