Tuesday, January 11, 2022
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Georgia CTSA Request for Community Grant Writing Academy Applicants
Deadline: Friday, January 14
Georgia CTSA’s Community Engagement (CE) program is soliciting applications to support community-based organizations seeking to learn how to develop grant proposals to fund research and other health initiatives to address community health priorities. The purpose of this CE Grant Writing Academy (CGWA) is to provide prospective participants with the knowledge, resources, and skills to write a competitive research or health initiative grant.
Welcome to our new StART members
We are excited to announce the newest members of the Strategic Research Advisory Team (StART). StART is responsible for developing new initiatives in the research arena, advising the Vice Chair and Associate Vice Chair for Research on policy, and prioritizing research needs. This working committee greatly influences the direction and success of research in the department.
Saria Hassan
(Assistant Professor -
General Internal Medicine)
Sara Turbow
(Associate Professor -
General Internal Medicine)
2022 DOM FAME grant applications
Deadlines: Tuesday, January 18 (LOI) ǀ Monday, February 28 (Full application)
The DOM FAME grant is designed to provide support for clinical faculty to dedicate up to 20 percent of their professional time to scholarly activity including research, education, mentoring, and quality improvement projects. One FAME grant will be awarded by the Department of Medicine, with additional awards supported by the following divisions: Digestive Diseases (1), General Internal Medicine (1), Geriatrics (1), Hospital Medicine (2), and Renal Medicine (1). Candidates must submit an email to DOMResearch@emory.edu stating the name of the candidate, the candidate’s division, and the proposed
title. This email serves as a “letter” of intent and is a required part of the application process.
Georgia Department of Public Health Daily Status Report
View information on COVID-19 in the State of Georgia including confirmed cases, ICU admissions, hospitalizations, and deaths. Charts present the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases over time and are meant to aid understanding of whether the outbreak is growing, leveling off, or declining to help guide COVID-19 response. COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard
Interactive dashboard with information about vaccines administered, vaccination by county, and race and ethnicity data.
If interested in submitting a proposal, please reach out to the DOM RAS Pre-Award Inbox at least 45 days in advance with the following information: due date, sponsor, and project duration. Please provide the RFA/PA or link from the sponsor.
Funding & Award Opportunities
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities
Deadlines: Opens Friday, February 4
The purpose of this NOSI is to solicit research to: 1) evaluate community-engaged interventions (e.g., expand reach, increase access, address psychosocial barriers) to facilitate vaccination uptake in clinical and community contexts; 2) evaluate organizational, local, state, and federal policies and initiatives that mitigate or exacerbate disparities in vaccine access, uptake, and series completion, and 3) understand and address barriers to increasing reach, access, and uptake of vaccinations among populations who experience health disparities. Diagnostics and Disease Management Tools for Use in Underserved Populations
Deadlines: Opens Friday, February 4
The purpose of this NOSI is to stimulate research focused on the development of transformative diagnostics and disease management tools for heart, lung, blood, or sleep (HLBS) disorders that are designed to meet the needs of the underserved populations. Promoting Fundamental Research on Mitochondrial Involvement in Lung Diseases and Sleep Disorders
Deadlines: Opens Friday, February 4
The purpose of this NOSI is to stimulate research focused on cell-type-specific signatures of mitochondrial behavior in healthy and diseased lungs.
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.
Promoting Research on COVID-19 and Rheumatic, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Deadlines: Friday, February 4
The purpose of this NOSI is to announce to potential applicants to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) an interest in research on the impact of COVID-19 as related to diseases and conditions within the NIAMS mission. Notice of NIMH Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcements and Notice of Special Interest for COVID-19 and Mental Health Research
Deadlines: Opens March; Rolling
The purpose of this NOSI is to provide potential applicants additional time to develop responsive applications to upcoming initiatives that encourage research addressing the quickly evolving data related to mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic. Notice of Intent to Publish Funding Opportunity Announcements for the RADx®-UP Initiative (Phase III)
Deadline: Monday, March 7
The purpose of this NOSI is to explore novel interventions to increase access to and uptake of rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing (e.g., rapid antigen testing) in an environment of widespread vaccine availability; the social, ethical, and behavioral implications associated with testing; and specific strategies for scalable and sustainable testing programs to enable safe in-person school instruction. Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic-related Food
and Housing Policies and Programs on Health Outcomes in Health Disparity Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: Thursday, April 7
This FOA is intended to fund the study of natural experiments where an exposure or change is not directly manipulated by the researcher, and where comparable control data are available and confounding variables can be limited through study design, sample selection, and statistical analysis.
Laurence Busse (Pulmonary) received funding from Vanderbilt University/NHLBI for a project entitled, “CONNECTS master protocol for clinical trials targeting macro-, micro-immuno-thrombosis, vascular hyperinflammation, and hypercoagulability and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 (ACTIV-4d RAAS).” Jessica Howard-Anderson (Infectious Diseases) received funding from Duke University/NIAID for a project entitled, “Comparing patient and clinician perceptions in quality of life in patients with complicated urinary tract infections.” Colin Swenson (Pulmonary) received funding from Insmed Incorporated for a project entitled, “ARISE - A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, active comparator, multicenter study to validate patient-reported outcome instruments in adult subject with newly diagnosed Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) lung infection caused by Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC).” Guillermo Umpierrez (PI) (Endocrinology) and Iris Castro-Revoredo (Co-I) (General Medicine) received funding from Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. for a project entitled, “A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicenter Phase 3 study to investigate the efficacy and safety of Finerenone, in addition to standard of care, on the progression of kidney disease in patients with Non-Diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease.”
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Carlos Del Rio and Colleen Kelley (Infectious Diseases)
Sullivan PS, Taussig J, Valentine-Graves M, Luisi N, Del Rio C, Guest JL, Jones J, Millett G, Rosenberg ES, Stephenson R, Kelley C. Disparities in care outcomes in Atlanta between black and white men who have sex with men living with HIV: Protocol for a prospective cohort study (Engage[men]t). JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Feb 23;10(2):e21985. Read more Saria Hassan (Primary Care)
Weber MB, Hassan S, Quarells R, Shah M. Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2021 Sep;50(3):387-400. Read more Modele Ogunniyi (Cardiology)
Ogunniyi MO, Commodore-Mensah Y, Ferdinand KC. Race, ethnicity, hypertension, and heart disease: JACC Focus Seminar 1/9. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Dec 14;78(24):2460-2470. Read more Jason Schneider (General Medicine)
Williams B, Duda E, Daniels K, Schneider JS. Exploring the interpretation of medical students of the brief sexual attitudes scale. Am J of Sex Ed. 2021 Dec 21. Read more Justin Sprick (Renal Medicine)
Rosenberg AJ, Kay VL, Anderson GK, Luu ML, Barnes HJ, Sprick JD, Alvarado HB, Rickards CA. The impact of acute central hypovolemia on cerebral hemodynamics: does sex matter? J Appl Physiol (1985). 2021 Jun 1;130(6):1786-1797. Read more
Have you or a colleague recently published an article?
Thursday at 3 (T@3) Research Webinar Series
Thursday, January 13 ǀ 3 p.m. ǀ Zoom
“The training grant support office” by Kelly Moore, Director, Emory Training Grant Support Office. “Project management tools faculty can use” by Erica Pitre, Sr. Project Support Specialist, Office of Research Development. “Metrics faculty need to know about research support” by Alex Wagner, Director, Research Analytics, Research Business Operations. 2022 FAME Grant Writing Workshop Series
Friday, January 14, 21, 28 ǀ 8 - 9 a.m. ǀ Zoom
This series provides the opportunity to learn essential grant writing skills from subject matter experts. While this series is optional, it is highly encouraged. Should you choose not to attend, you are still permitted to submit a FAME grant application. Bridging the gaps: Transforming the prevention and treatment of eating disorders and obesity
Friday, January 14 ǀ noon – 1 p.m. ǀ Egleston Classroom 5 and Zoom
Speaker: Denise Wilfley, PhD, Scott Rudolph University Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychological & Brain Sciences, Director, Center for Healthy Weight and Wellness, Washington University School of Medicine Modeling liver diseases in primary hepatocytes and humanized mice
Wednesday, January 19 ǀ 8 a.m. ǀ Zoom
Speaker: Lefteris Michailidis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine The NIH grant process: From submission to notice of award
Wednesday, January 19 ǀ 10 – 11:30 a.m. ǀ Virtual
Join us as NIH experts walk through the path of a typical NIH R01 research grant from submission to summary statement to notice of award. Attendees will come away with insights into what happens at each step of the post-submission process, a better understanding of what goes into a summary statement, and what to expect with your notice of award.
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Jessica Williams
Assistant Professor – Rheumatology What is your professional background?
I recently completed my internal medicine and rheumatology training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and started as an assistant professor in Emory’s Division of Rheumatology in August 2021. I am based at Grady, where I spend 60 percent of my time seeing patients and supervising trainees in the general rheumatology and lupus clinics and on the consult service. I spend 40 percent of my time conducting lupus clinical research, with a focus on disparities. In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I work in the Division of Rheumatology, and my mentor is Dr. Sam Lim. Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
I am currently funded through the inaugural Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program to tackle the issue of Black patient underrepresentation in lupus clinical trials. Black patients are more likely to develop lupus and have worse outcomes as compared to white patients, yet are significantly underrepresented in lupus clinical trials. I am currently exploring clinical trial perceptions and barriers among the Georgians Organized Against Lupus (GOAL) Cohort, which is a large, CDC-funded, population-based prospective cohort of predominantly Black patients with validated lupus. These findings will be used to propose interventions to increase clinical trial participation among Black patients with lupus. What do you like most about Emory?
I was an Emory medical student, and I’ve always loved the warm and supportive Emory community, as well as Emory’s commitment to care for the underserved and focus on public health. What is your favorite movie or TV show?
I’m a big fan of “My Brilliant Friend,” adapted from Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels. What do you like to do in your spare time?
In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my 18-month-old son and husband as well as visiting family and friends. I also love to travel, try new restaurants, and read mystery novels. What is a fun fact about you?
I was featured in my alma mater Auburn University’s national commercial the year we won the NCAA football national championship (2010-2011)!
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