Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Last Chance: Expanded FAME Grant opportunity!
The DOM Office of Research and Faculty Development invites you to attend an expanded FAME Grant writing workshop and coaching series. Sign up by Friday, December 14 to ensure you are assigned to an individual writing coach. Workshop presentations will be available in person or via ZOOM.
University Research Committee annual call for proposals
Deadline: Monday, 1/7/2019 Submit an application for one of three awards in the 2019-2020 funding cycle: URC regular award, URC-Georgia CTSA award, or URC-Halle Institute for Global Research and Learning International Research awards. All regular, full-time Emory faculty are invited to apply in one of the following categories: arts--visual and performing, biological and health sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary, mathematics and natural sciences, or social sciences. Read more
Donate now! 2018 Department of Medicine Holiday Toy Drive
Deadline to donate: Friday, 12/14 The Division of Cardiology has partnered with the US Marine Corps Reserve to help children in Atlanta have a happier holiday season by providing toys to those in need through Toys for Tots. We need your help to make this year's toy drive a success! Read more
Emory IRB Webinar: Common rule implementation
Thursday, 12/13 at noon The Emory IRB will present a webinar focused on our current plan for the Revised Common Rule implementation entitled: "Common Rule Implementation Plan-Latest Information." The presentation will last approximately 25 minutes, including time for questions and answers. Read more
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. Read more (PDF)
Woodruff Health Sciences Library- Ask a librarian button: WHS Informationists provide a wealth of services for busy researchers including: literature reviews for your next manuscript/grant/systematic review, guidance regarding PubMed searches to easily identify manuscripts you’ve authored and ensure an accurate H-Index, and 1:1 training for Endnote reference manager software. Click the Ask a Librarian button to get started. 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
Research to advance HBV cure: HIV/HBV co-infection and HBV mono-infection (R01 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Monday, 1/7/2019 The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications for support of innovative basic, translational, and clinical research to identify and address the challenges to achieving hepatitis B virus (HBV) cure in the presence or absence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Read more Request For Information: Input on draft report from working group on reducing administrative burden administrative burden to researchers for animal care in use in research
Deadline: Tuesday, 2/5/2019 Through this Request for Information (RFI), the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) is seeking input on the draft report by the 21st Century Cures Act, Section 2034(d). Working Group on Reducing Administrative Burden to Researchers for Animal Care and Use in Research. Read more United States - Brazil collaborative biomedical research program (R01 clinical trial optional)
Deadline: Friday, 2/8/2019 The purpose of this FOA is to promote collaborative biomedical research between the United States (U.S.) and Brazil under the U.S.-Brazil Collaborative Biomedical Research Program. Read more Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) research grant program
Deadline: Friday, 2/22/2019 The Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) has a seed grant program to encourage and support patient-oriented research on primary immunodeficiency diseases. The intent of the grant is to support well-defined research projects that have a specified benefit for improving the treatment, health, disease management or diagnosis of people with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PI). Consideration will also be given to studies that contribute to the body of medical knowledge in PI. Read more Exploring molecular links between dietary interventions and circadian rhythm (R01 clinical trial not
allowed)
Deadline: Wednesday, 3/6/2019 This FOA encourages innovative experimental approaches to explore how dietary intervention entrains peripheral or central clocks to maintain tissue homeostasis and how circadian regulation integrates with various dietary strategies to achieve optimal health benefits.
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Alcohol- HIV/AIDS program project (P01 clinical trial optional)
Deadline: Friday, 3/15/2019 NIAAA solicits research that can be translated into interventions in order to reduce infection and transmission of HIV in patients with alcohol use disorders. Read more Control of sexually transmitted infections (STI's) through a comprehensive understanding of the natural history of infection (R01 clinical trial not allowed)
Deadline: Standard Dates apply The purpose of this FOA is to encourage research to advance the understanding of natural history of infection for three sexually transmitted infections (STIs): gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia. This research opportunity encourages studies that address the natural history of infection in the context of either: 1) correlates of protection, 2) host response to infection, 3) clinical endpoints of disease, or 4) biological and clinical factors that influence clearance rather than persistence of infection. Read more Quantifying contact rates and mixing patterns in workers in non-healthcare work settings in the United States and modeling the effect of workplace social distancing measures in reducing influenza transmission
Deadline: Tuesday, 3/19/2019 The purpose of this project is to conduct research that describes individual social contact and mixing patterns in workers in non-healthcare work settings in the United States. The goal is to have a better estimate of social contacts in work places to support the development of prevention and control strategies for reducing or slowing the transmission of pandemic influenza. Read more
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Division Research Seminars
Thursday, 12/13, at 7:30 a.m. in the Wesley Woods Health Center, 5th Floor Conference Room
Geriatrics Research Seminar: “Abdominal transplant for old patients” (Raymond Lynch, MD)
Thursday, 12/13 at 8 a.m. in the Whitehead, Conference Room 200
Pulmonary Division Research Seminar: “Mitochondrial dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension: novel roles of PTEN-induced putative kinase-1 in pulmonary hypertension pathogenesis” (David Green, MD)
Thursday, 12/13 at 8 a.m. in the Claudia Nance Rollins Building, KLAMON Room
Infectious Disease Seminar: “Pulmonary impairment after TB:Non-communicable sequelae from the world’s leading killer among infectious diseases” (Sara Auld, MD)
Monday, 12/17 at 9 a.m. in the Emory University Hospital, Hurst Conference Room, E450
Cardiovascular Biology Seminar: “Understanding cerebral vascular abnormalities in sickle cell disease” (Hyacinth Hyacinth, MD, PhD, MPH)
Recent Notable Publications
Sophia Hussen, Emily Grossniklaus, Emma Goodstein, Carlos del Rio (Infectious Diseases)
Hussen SA, Chakraborty R, Camacho-Gonzalez A, Njiemoun B, et al. “Beyond “purposeful and planned”: Varied trajectories of healthcare transition from pediatric to adult-oriented care among youth living with HIV.” AIDS Care. 2019 Jan;31(1):45-47. Read more Adriana Ioachimescu (Endocrinology)
Ioachimescu AG, Fleseriu M, Hoffman AR, Vaughan III TB, et al. “Psychological effects of dopamine agonist treatment in patients with hyperprolactinemia and prolactin secreting adenomas.” Eur J Endocrinol. 2018 Oct 1. pii: EJE-18-0682.R1. Read more
Colleen Kraft (Infectious Diseases)
Rubinstein ML, Kraft CS, Parrott JS.
“Determining qualitative effect size ratings using a likelihood ratio scatter matrix in diagnostic test accuracy systematic reviews.” Diagnosis (Berl). 2018 Nov 27;5(4):205-214. Read moreJordan Kempker, Greg Martin (Pulmonary)
Kempker JA, Martin GS. “Severity and timing of onset drive economic costs and clinical outcomes with Sepsis.” Crit Care Med. 2018 Dec;46(12):2043-2044. Read moreLawrence Phillips (Endocrinology)
Tamas MJ, Khakharia A, Rothenberg RB, Phillips LS. “Weight trends in veterans with and without Diabetes, 2000 to 2014.” Obesity (Silver Spring) 2018 Dec;26(12):1949-1957. Read more
CF-AIR seminar- “Stem cells as targets and therapies for Cystic Fibrosis and other lung diseases"
Wednesday, 12/12 at 4 p.m. in the Health Services Research Building Auditorium. Scott Randell, PhD, Marsico Lung Institute at the University of North Carolina presents this monthly seminar. Read more
January K-Club- “Mentorship”
Monday, 1/14/2019 at noon in Egleston, Classrooms 5-7. This monthly seminar is presented by Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, MD, Assistant Professor, Director, Pediatric Research Operations, Emory University Department of Pediatrics & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. A light lunch is provided, please RSVP by Thursday, 1/10/19. Read more
Research Resources 101 - “Emory germ-free and gnotobiotic animal core
facility”
Thursday, 1/17/2019 at noon in the School of Medicine Room 170A.Rheinallt Jones, PhD, Scientific Director, Gnotobiotic Animal Core presents this monthly seminar. Remote participation is available via ZOOM. Click here or use meeting ID, 206-860-575 to participate with a mobile device. Register | Read more
Steven Forrester, PhD
Division of Cardiology
~3rd Place Basic Science Poster- 2018 DOM Research Day~
What is your professional background?
I graduated from Temple University with a PhD in cardiovascular physiology. Prior to my PhD, I completed a master’s degree in integrative exercise physiology at Temple and a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from Cabrini College. I’m also currently pursuing an MBA in Organizational Management/Development from Goizueta.
In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I work in the Division of Cardiology under the guidance of Dr. Kathy Griendling. I also work part-time in the Emory Office of Organizational Development under the mentorship of Randall Lucius. Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
I currently work on a variety of research projects and Emory-based initiatives. On the research side, my work focuses on delineating the mechanisms through which a unique protein called Poldip2 regulates endothelial function and vascular permeability. As an extension of this project, our group has begun a collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. Christine Dunham to solve the structure of Poldip2 in order to create a specific small molecule inhibitor. We have also partnered with Dr. Haian Fu and the Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center to develop an assay to screen chemical libraries for their ability to prevent inflammation-induced endothelial permeability. And, on the public health/clinical side, I have an interest in studying population trends concerning hypertension. In the Office of Organizational Development, my work focuses on
coaching Emory leaders and managers on how to create more effective work environments and how to create organizational effectiveness in a constantly changing business landscape. This work has spurred my interest into developing and implementing new strategies that will improve the efficiency of the biomedical research enterprise. Going forward, biomedical research will need innovative strategies that promote workforce engagement, sustainability, and create a culture of continual improvement that is focused on providing customer/patient-centric health solutions. In the past decade, we have come to realize that the current biomedical enterprise is not sustainable in the long-run, and that change is inevitable. We need collaborative solutions to create a more sustainable enterprise going forward. What do you like most about
Emory?
Opportunities. Emory provided me with two mentors that have let me explore my interests and passions. This has led to the development of a deep passion for organizational development and its application to biomedical research. This exploration has also led to novel findings regarding mechanisms that regulate endothelial permeability and trends in hypertension-related mortality. What is your favorite movie or TV show?
I’m going to go with a book that was turned into a movie. Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey is one of the greatest works of literary fiction. What do you like to do in your spare time?
I love reading about new things. My current reading list includes the topics of organizational management, statistics, quantum physics, and systems theory. More than anything, I love spending time with my wife and two cats.
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