Announcements
Listen to DOM Research Ride wherever you get your podcasts!
We are thrilled to share that the DOM Research Ride podcast, hosted by Dr. Charlie Searles, is now available for streaming on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and PodBean! Check out all previous episodes featuring Drs. Nadine Rouphael, Jessica Alvarez, Ted Johnson, and Neal Dickert. Once you've found the Research Ride podcast on your preferred platform, be sure to follow, subscribe, or turn on notifications to receive updates when a new episode is available.
Get ready, episode 5 will be released next month!
EmoryFIRST
Faculty members are responsible for keeping their EmoryFIRST profile page updated. Please ensure you are regularly maintaining your profile and have linked it to the Open Researcher and Contributor ID system (ORCID) which connects to your scholarly work. Faculty members' Emory FIRST profiles are regularly used in Emory publications or on DOM and SOM web pages, not to mention during the promotion process.
Establishing and linking your ORCID iD to Emory is required for NIH submissions. Please complete these steps, which take only a few minutes, ASAP!
- First, navigate to https://orcid.emory.edu to 1) establish an ORCID iD if you have not, and 2) link your new or existing ORCID iD to Emory.
- Next, link your ORCID iD to Emory FIRST and your web profile by following these instructions.
- Finally, while in Emory FIRST, take a moment to set your publications to automatic claiming so that we may have an accurate record of the many outstanding publications produced by SOM faculty. View instructions to set automatic claiming.
Nominate a colleague for a 2023 DOM faculty or staff award
We are pleased to announce that faculty and staff award nominations are now being accepted for the 2022–2023 academic year. Do you know a faculty or staff member who goes above and beyond in their role? Nominate a colleague by Monday, June 16, 2023, to be considered. All award winners will be recognized during the Kathy Griendling Department of Medicine Honors and Awards Celebration this August.
Upcoming Events
CIAG Seminar: Precision Medicine Models for Undiagnosed and Rare Diseases
Friday, May 26 | noon–1 p.m. | Zoom | Register
Speaker: Lindsay Burrage, MD, PhD (Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine)
GaCTSA Lunch & Learn Series with Informatics Experts
Wednesday, May 31 | 1–2 p.m. | Virtual
Georgia CTSA has standardized the requirements for deploying custom models developed by Emory Faculty and Research community. GA CTSA currently supports the deployment of models developed in Python and R. The Lunch & Learn session will elaborate on the requirements for the deployment process and give details on how the model will be prepared, the data elements that will be extracted from Epic, and the steps they will take to push the model into production. GA CTSA will also briefly touch upon filing the results of the model back into the Epic ecosystem and enable result visualization and tracking through Hyperspace.
Do you have an upcoming event or educational opportunity?
Highlighted Resource
Georgia CTSA TEAMS (Translational Education and Mentoring in Science) Program provides faculty, postdocs, and clinical fellows from our member institutions the opportunity to develop professional skills in the areas of translational and clinical research, with special emphasis on multidisciplinary 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.
Mallinckrodt Grant Program
Internal Submission Deadline: Thursday, June 29
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide start-up support to move the project forward to the point where R01 or other independent funding can be obtained.
Brookdale National Group Respite Program
Deadline: Thursday, July 6
The purpose of this FOA is to expand upon existing services or develop a new dementia-specific, social model program.
HIV Prevention and Alcohol (R01 Clinical Trials Optional) (R34 Clinical Trials Optional)
Deadlines: 30 days prior (LOI); Thursday, September 7, 2023; January 7, 2024; May 7, 2024; 2025; 2026 (Full application)
The purpose of this FOA is to expand the HIV/AIDS prevention toolkit among alcohol impacted populations with a range of patterns of episodic and long-term use and associated behavioral and biological risks for HIV acquisition.
Early Stage Investigator HIV/AIDS Research Using Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Models (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadlines: Thursday, September 7, 2023; January 7, 2024; May 7, 2024; 2024; 2025
The purpose of this FOA is to help advance HIV/AIDS researchers using NHP models in preclinical research by providing a degree of independence for these ESIs to develop new research directions and to position these researchers to be competitive for new research funding (e.g., R01).
Pulmonary Outcomes and Sequelae after Treatment-TB (POST-TB) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadlines: Thursday, September 7, 2023; January 7, 2024; May 7, 2024; 2024; 2025; 2026
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support applications for epidemiological and observational research projects on the long-term cardiopulmonary sequelae following treatment for tuberculosis (TB).
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Specialized Alcohol Research Centers (P50 Clinical trial Optional)
Deadline: Wednesday, November 15
The purpose of this FOA is to develop a broad-based Alcohol Research Centers program to foster and conduct interdisciplinary, collaborative research on alcohol misuse and alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder and other health consequences, across the lifespan.
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 DOM and the researcher’s division and must be approved by both.
Congratulatory Corner
Neal Dickert (Cardiology) received funding from New York University/NHLBI for a project entitled, “Pulmonary Embolism: Thrombus Removal with Catheter-directed Therapy (PETRACT Trial).”
Dean Jones (PI) and Young-Mi Go Kang (Co-I) (Pulmonary) received funding from UCLA/NIH for a project entitled, “Air pollution, metabolome, and Alzheimer Disease in Mexican Americans.”
Arshed Quyyumi (Cardiology) received funding from Abbott Laboratories for a project entitled, “Specimen collection for evaluation of Alere NT-proBNP Alinity i System in an outpatient setting for Heart Failure (LANAIS-HF).
Have you or a colleague recently received an award or grant funding?
Recent Notable Publications
Greg Martin (Pulmonary) and Jesse Waggoner (Infectious Diseases)
Nguyen PV, Carmola LR, Wang E, Bassit L, Rao A, Greenleaf M, Sullivan JA, Martin GS, Lam WA, Waggoner JJ, Piantadosi A. SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing and whole genome sequencing following RNA recovery from used BinaxNOW COVID-19 antigen self tests. J Clin Virol. 2023 May;162:105426. Read more
Emad Qayed (Digestive Diseases), Alexandra Migdal (Endocrinology), Ram Jagannathan (Hospital Medicine), Lesley Miller (General Internal Medicine), and Francisco Pasquel
(Endocrinology)
Qayed E, Migdal AL, Jagannathan R, Miller LS, Pasquel FJ. Characteristics and outcomes of black and white patients hospitalized with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: A nationwide analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2023 May-Jun 01;57(5):508-514. Read more
Niraj Gowda (Fellow, Pulmonary)
Gowda N, Patel NM, Ellenbogen MI, Miller BJ. The local market of major teaching hospitals. South Med J. 2023 May;116(5):410-414. Read more
Kain Kim (Medical Student), Charles Marvil (Medical Student), and Bhavin Adhyaru (General Internal Medicine)
Kim K, Marvil C, Adhyaru BB. Idiopathic remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema syndrome with underlying history of malignancy. Clin Case Rep. 2023 May 9;11(5):e7330. Read more
Henry Blumberg and Russell Kempker (Infectious Diseases)
Baliashvili D, Blumberg HM, Gandhi NR, Averhoff F, Benkeser D, Shadaker S, et al. Hepatitis C care cascade among patients with and without tuberculosis: Nationwide observational cohort study in the country of Georgia, 2015-2020. PLoS Med. 2023 May 4;20(5):e1004121. Read more
Have you or a colleague recently published an article?
Spotlighted Researcher
Hamid Yousf Dar
Post-Doctoral Fellow – Endocrinology
What is your professional background?
I grew up in Kashmir and completed my Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Kashmir University. Later, I joined Central University Sagar in India, where I received my PhD under Dr. Rupesh K. Srivastava in 2018. My research focused on investigating the effects of probiotics in modulating bone health via regulating the immune system in post-menopausal models of osteoporosis.
Which division do you work in? Who is your mentor?
I’m a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids. My mentor, Dr. Roberto Pacifici, is one of the pioneers of osteoimmunology and gut microbiota research.
Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
My research focuses on the role of gut microbiota in osteoimmunology. I am investigating the role of microbiota in fracture healing and bone loss induced by hyperparathyroidism in mice and humans. In addition, our group studies the effects of microbiota on bone modeling and systemic inflammation in the context of Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT). Our goal is to identify if modifications of microbiome composition could lead to the development of effective therapies for bone loss during hyperparathyroidism or GAHT, and optimize fracture healing.
What do you like most about Emory?
Emory feels like a home away from home. The diversity of people at Emory and my co-workers makes it even more beautiful. I also enjoy the collaborative opportunities here, which are very important for my research career ahead.
What is your favorite movie or TV show?
I like watching the Yellowstone TV series, and spy movies like Mission Impossible and Bourne.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I usually go hiking and camping when I am not playing cricket or golf and try cooking and discovering new restaurants.
What is a fun fact about you?
I used to write short stories and poetry in high school. I also represented my state Kashmir in baseball nationals.
RAS News
DOM RAS is requesting the following timelines for pre-award requests to the Pre-Award Inbox:
- Proposals, progress reports, and 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 the due date.
- Finalized files: at least five business days prior to the sponsor deadline.
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