Division of Research - On the Cutting Edge Newsletter
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December 20, 2024
Award Announcements
Congratulations!
Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation - Foundation Award
Disabling metastasis through blockade of desmoplastic stroma formation
Nikki Lytle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
2025 AHW MCW Post-Doctoral Researcher Seed Grants
Molecular regulators of mammary epithelial cell state instability in breast tumorigenesis
Priyanga Jayakrishnan, PhD
Post-Doc in Surgical Oncology
Mentor: Nikki Lytle, PhD
Novel Monocyte populations and Type 1 Diabetes Susceptibility
Tarun Pant, PhD
Post-Doc in Pediatric Surgery
Mentor: Martin Hessner, PhD (Pediatrics)
Exploring Nuclear Architectural Changes in Pancreatic Cancer for Precision Therapy
Gareth Pollin, PhD
Post-Doc in Division of Research
Mentors: Raul Urrutia, MD and Gwen Lomberk, PhD
In Case You Missed It
- Faculty Mentorship/Student Help: The Division of Research is implementing initiatives to organize the process of matching research residents and medical students with faculty members for research opportunities. These opportunities are to be strictly for volunteer work done by the student. Specifics on task work is completely up to the faculty member’s discretion. If you are interested in mentoring, please fill out this Qualtrics survey.
- NIH Scientific Data Sharing Website: Whether you are involved in an NIH-funded project and want to understand which sharing policies apply to your research and how to comply, or you are a researcher looking to access scientific data from NIH-affiliated repositories, this site is for you. | More information
- Department of Surgery Intranet Site: Funding Opportunities, Cultural Complications/Grand Rounds/Quality Minute presentations, Surgery Sparks of Gratitude, Global Surgical Programs, Finance/Reimbursement links, DOS Phone list, and resources for logos/fonts/templates. | More Information
- Abstract Deadlines and Meeting List: List will be updated each week.| More Information
Upcoming Events
- CTSI Manuscript Writing Intensive
Course
- February 3 - April 11, 2025 | Register by December 30, 2024
- CTSI Methods in Grant Preparation
- Wednesdays, January 8 - April 2, 2025 | Register by December 22, 2024
- CTSI Workshop on Clinical Research Consenting
- January 21, 2025 | 8:00 am-12:30 pm
- Responsible Conduct in Research Training 2025
- Alternate Wednesdays, January 22 - April 30, 2025 | Register by January 3, 2025
SurPASS Tip of the Month
Data Management and Sharing Plan to be part of NIH Progress Reports
Effective 10-1-24, new Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan questions will be added to the research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs). Award recipients will now be asked:
- Whether data has been generated or shared to date
- What repositories any data was shared to and under what unique digital identifier
- If data has not been generated and/or shared per the award’s DMS Plan, why and what corrective actions have or will be taken to comply with the plan
- If significant changes to the DMS Plan are anticipated in the coming year, recipients will be asked to explain them and provide a revised DMS Plan for approval.
Complete information can be found in Notice NOT-OD-24-176.
Reach out to Lynn Cummings, Grants Operations Coordinator, with any questions.
Clinical Research Tip of the Month
ACS NSQIP 2023 PUFs Now Available
The 2023 Participant Use Data Files (PUF) for Adult NSQIP cases and Procedure Targeted cases (Vascular, Colectomy, Pancreatectomy, Proctectomy, Hepatectomy, Thyroidectomy, Esophagectomy, Appendectomy, Gynecology, Hysterectomy, Hip Fracture, Cystectomy, Nephrectomy, and Prostatectomy) are now available.
The 2023 NSQIP PUF file contains 994,313 cases from 676 ACS NSQIP participating sites with operation dates from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023. The 2023 Procedure Targeted PUFs covers the same dates of operation. The Targeted PUF Datasets can be merged (by case) with the standard PUF. All data files and are made available in a delimited text, SAS, and SPSS file types.
The PUF contains patient level, aggregate data and does not identify hospitals, hospital demographics, healthcare providers, or patients. The intended purpose of this file is to provide researchers at participating sites with a data resource they can use to investigate and advance the quality of care delivered to the surgical patient through the analysis of cases captured by ACS NSQIP. The PUF is provided at no additional cost to employees (Surgeons, Surgical Clinical Reviewers, etc.) of ACS NSQIP participating hospitals. For more information and to request the 2023 PUF, along with any of the existing PUF datasets, please click the PUF Request button below.
Questions can be directed to Dr. Jon Gould, NSQIP Surgeon Champion.
GRANT$ Alert
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Budget commensurate with project
3 year award period
Rolling deadline - submit LOI then invited to submit full proposal
Evidence for Action - research to advance racial equity; Pioneering Ideas - build a culture of health
Abstracts Alert
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Annual Meeting
June 15-19, 2025 | Washington, DC
Abstract deadline: January 8, 2025
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Annual Meeting
June 4-7, 2025 | New Orleans, LA
Abstract deadline: January 8, 2025
The Central Surgical Association (CSA) Annual Meeting
June 5-7, 2025 | Indianapolis, IN
Abstract deadline: January 9, 2025
Abstract Categories: Basic Science, Breast, Cardiothoracic, Colorectal, Education, Endocrine, General, GI/Hepatobiliary, Minimally Invasive, Oncology, Other, Outcomes, Transplant, Trauma/Critical Care, Vascular
Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) 2025 Annual Meeting
April 6-8, 2025 | Atlanta, GA
Abstract deadline: January 10, 2025
Topics of Interest Include: Surgical outcomes and quality improvement; Advances in minimally invasive techniques; Veteran-focused healthcare delivery innovations; Surgical education and training within the VA system; Other topics relevant to VA surgeons
Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) Annual Meeting
June 15-18, 2025 | Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract deadline: January 15, 2025
Abstract Topics: Decision Psychology and Shared Decision Making; Applied Health Economics; Health Services, Outcomes, and Policy Research; Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Developments; and Patient and Stakeholder Preferences and Engagement
MCW Office of Research Research Day
March 27, 2025
Abstract deadline: January 20, 2025
This year, all presenters who participate in our live poster sessions will have the opportunity to compete for monetary prizes in one of four categories:
- Faculty
- Fellows (Postdoctoral Researchers, Clinical Fellows, and Residents)
- Students (Medical, Graduate, Pharmacy)
- Staff
The Endocrine Society ENDO 2025
July 12-15, 2025 | San Francisco, CA
Abstract deadline: January 30, 2025
Department of Surgery Recent Publications
Early Screening and Identification of an Asymptomatic Pheochromocytoma in a Child with Von Hippel-Lindau: A Case Report. Case Reports Oncology. (Schmeling K, Schuh J, Lal D, Becktell K)
Anatomic and Physiologic Repair of Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (Jacob KA, Horer J, Hraska V, Agbor VN, Duchateau S, van Wijk A, Barron DJ, Schoof PH)
Persistent elevation of parathyroid hormone after curative parathyroidectomy: A risk factor for recurrent hyperparathyroidism. World Journal of Surgery. (Dream S, Kim GY, Doffek K, Yen TW, Carroll T, Shaker J, Evans DB, Wang TS)
Family Planning Impact on Medical Students’ Surgery Interest and Current Policies in the United States: A Scoping Review. American Journal of Surgery. (Dittrich S, Ebert M, Lawson GE, Ramonell KM, Dream S)
Endocannabinoid dysregulation and PTSD in urban adolescents: Associations with anandamide concentrations and FAAH genotype. Psychopharmacology. (Marusak HA, Ely SL, Zundel CG, Gowatch LC, Shampine M, Carpenter C, Tamimi R, Jaster AM, Shakir T, May L, deRoon-Cassini TA, Hillard CJ)
Understanding Impostorism in the Pediatric Surgeon. Journal of Surgical Education. (Marin C, Byrne MM, Choi PM, Flynn O'Brien KT, Zagory J, Henry MC, Wilson NA)
Genetic engineering of transfusable platelets with mRNA-lipid nanoparticles is compatible with blood banking practices. Blood. (Strong C, Leung J, Kang E, Badior KE, Robertson M, Pereyra N, Rowe EM, Wietrzny A, Ma B, Noronha Z, Arnold D, Ciufolini MA, Devine DV, Jan E, Cullis PR, Kastrup CJ)
The Value of Restaging WIfI (Wound, Ischemia, Foot Infection) after Initial Vascular and Podiatric Intervention. Annals of Vascular Surgery. (Cheun TJ, Hart JP, Davies MG)
GI Surgery Summit white paper: recruiting and training the next generation of surgeons. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. (Chang JH, Romatoski K, Torres MB, Sholevar CJ, Lindeman B, Gaskill C, Clarke CN, Rocha F, Riall TS, Tseng JF, Davids JS, Pawlik TM, Walsh RM)
MYH6 Variants Are Associated with Atrial Dysfunction in Neonates with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Genes (Basel). (Quintanilla Anfinson M, Creighton S, Simpson PM, James JM, Lim P, Frommelt PC, Tomita-Mitchell A, Mitchell ME)
General surgery resident robotic training curriculum: evaluation six years after implementation. Surgical Endoscopy. (Makope AN, Higgins RM)
Emergent properties of the lysine methylome reveal regulatory roles via protein interactions and histone mimicry. Epigenomics. (Pollin G, Chi YI, Mathison AJ, Zimmermann MT, Lomberk G, Urrutia R)
The triple code model for advancing research in rare and undiagnosed diseases beyond the base pairs. Epigenomics. (Lomberk G, Urrutia R)
Pandemic-Related Stress Increases PTSD and Depression Risk in Traumatic Injury Patients: A Comparative Study of Pre- and Peri-Pandemic Trauma Cases. Stress & Health. (Zapata JP, Tomas CW, Timmer-Murillo S, deRoon Cassini TA, Larson C, Torres L, Brandolino A, Geier T, Khan H, Schramm AT)
Development and validation of an artificial intelligence system for surgical case length prediction. Surgery. (Ramamurthi A, Neupane B, Deshpande P, Hanson R, Brown KR, Christians KK, Evans DB, Kothari AN)
Predictors of End-of-Life Care in Nonelderly Adults With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Surgical Research. (Tentis M, Al Tannir AH, Pokrzywa CJ, Trevino C, Holena DN, Murphy PB, Carver TW, Peschman J, de Moya MA, Somberg LB, Morris RS)
TRANSITIONS OF FRAILTY AFTER LOWER EXTREMITY INTERVENTIONS FOR CHRONIC LIMB-THREATENING ISCHEMIA. Journal of Vascular Surgery. (Hart JP, Davies MG)
Preparing the future combat surgeon: a survey of the military general surgery trainee GME experience. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. (Baird EW, Dilday J, Lammers D, Tadlock MD, Gurney JM, Jansen JO, Holcomb JB)
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