April 22, 2022

In Case You Missed It:

• COVID-19: Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
• Two startup companies founded by MCW faculty and developing MCW technologies, are finalists in the 2022 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. One is Hoplon, a company started by David Joyce, MD, and Lyle Joyce, MD, PhD!​
• Grant Writing Club: Designed for anyone in the grant writing process, provides peer feedback on grants prior to or after to submission. Meets Tuesdays evenings at 5:30 PM, quarterly in the HUB6520/virtually. Participants should send a draft of their grant 1-2 weeks prior to the meeting for dissemination to peer reviewers. The club is highly interactive and participants are required to review and/or submit. Please email Rachel Morris if you are interested in participating.
• Department of Surgery Intranet Site: 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 month | More Information

Surgery Research Roundtable
Thursday, April 28
12-1 PM
HUB A3540

Attending in person? Please respond to this survey by April 25th if you would like lunch!
In Person Lunch

Research Roundtable lunch meetings will be held monthly, providing an opportunity for research residents, fellows, and other research trainees to engage in discussion regarding active research projects as well as provide an opportunity for educational presentations in areas of interest.

Questions? Contact Krissa Packard

GRANT$ Alert

Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program 2022
Preproposal due: May 6, 2022
GCO deadline: August 5, 2022
Application due: August 12, 2022

Several funding opportunities for all levels of faculty.

CTSI Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program (PTCS) 2023 RFA for Traditional Pilot Awards
$50,000/1 year
Intent to Apply due: June 1, 2022
Application due REDCap: September 1, 2022

Proposals must be inter-institutional (either MPI or co-I) from at least 2 different CTSI partner institutions. Funds will be provided to support new and promising clinical and translational projects.

NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program (DP2)
$1.5 million/5 years
GCO deadline: August 12, 2022
Application due: August 19, 2022

PI must be an Early State Investigator, as identified in their eRA Commons profile. Proposals must be highly innovative with the potential for unusually high impact; preliminary data not required. Awardees are given unusual flexibility to pivot research direction as they see fit to maximize research impact.

NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program (DP1)
$700,000/year over 5 years
GCO deadline: September 2, 2022
Application due: September 9, 2022

Preliminary data and detailed experimental plans are not requested. This program requires proposed research that is substantially different from those being pursued by the PI's current research program. Awardees are required to commit 51% effort in the first 3 years, reduced down to 33% in year 4 and 25% in year 5.

Herma Heart Institute Seed Money
$10,000 one-time request
Proposal due in eBridge: N/A
Application due: Reviewed quarterly

Must have an HHI faculty member as the PI or co-PI.

Abstracts Alert

American Thyroid Association (ATA) 2022 Annual Meeting
October 19-23, 2022, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Abstract deadline: May 6, 2022

Abstracts and case reports submission categories are: Autoimmunity, Disorders of Thyroid Function, Health Disparities/Health Equity, Iodine Uptake and Metabolism, Pediatrics – NEW!, Surgery – NEW!, Pregnancy and Development, Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Hormone Action, Metabolism and Regulation, Thyroid Imaging, Thyroid Nodules and Goiter

Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) Annual Meeting
September 29-October 1, 2022, Philadelphia, PA
Abstract deadline: May 15, 2022

Topic (Category) – Authors are required to select a category for their submission: Open and Endovascular Aortic Repair, Basic Science, Carotid Artery Interventions, Peripheral Arterial Open Procedures, Peripheral Endovascular Procedures, Venous Disease, Vascular Lab, Dialysis Access, Other

Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM) 2022 Scientific Sessions
September 29-October 2, 2022, Denver, CO
Abstract deadline: May 17, 2022

• Only online submissions are accepted. 
• Work covered by the abstract must not have been published (manuscript or abstract) prior to October 2, 2022. 
• If the abstract has been presented or accepted for presentation at another national meeting or world congress, it should not be submitted to SVM. 

Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) Annual North American Meeting
October 23-26, 2022, Seattle, WA
Abstract deadline: May 23, 2022

Relevant Topics Include: Decision Psychology and Shared Decision Making (DEC), Applied Health Economics (AHE), Health Services, Outcomes and Policy Research (HSOP), Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Developments (QMTD), Patient and Stakeholder Preferences and Engagement (PSPE)

Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS) 2022 Annual Meeting
September 16-19, 2022, Honolulu, HI
Abstract deadline: May 25, 2022

SAAS does allow the presentation of work that has been presented at other meetings, but not published or under consideration for publication at the time of submission. Each presenting author will be limited to two abstracts. Submission to the Journal of Surgical Research, the official publication of SAAS, is recommended, but not required.

Department of Surgery Recent Publications

THE GERIATRIC NUTRITIONAL RISK INDEX (GNRI) AS A PREDICTOR OF COMPLICATIONS IN GERIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Kregel HR, Murphy PB, Attia M, Meyer DE, Morris RS, Onyema EC, Adams SD, Wade CE, Harvin JA, Kao LS, Puzio TJ)

Beyond patient care: a qualitative study of rural hospitals' role in improving community health. BMJ Open. (Nataliansyah MM, Zhu X, Vaughn T, Mueller K)

Are Current National Review Board Downstaging Protocols for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Too Restrictive?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. (Ahmed O, Vachharajani N, Croome KP, Tabrizian P, Agopian V, Halazun K, Hong JC, Dageforde LA, Chapman WC, Doyle MM, Primary Liver Tumor Study Group)

Examining current patterns of opioid prescribing and use after bariatric surgery. Surgical Endoscopy. (Ford J, Kindel T, Higgins RM, Lak KL, Hetzel E, Gould JC)

Risk and economic burden of surgical site infection following spinal fusion in adults. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. (Edmiston CE, Leaper DJ, Chitnis AS, Holy CE, Chen BP)

Protocolized screening effectively identifies myocardial recovery following destination therapy left ventricular assist device implantation. Artificial Organs. (Smith NJ, Collar N, Duvvuri P, Miles B, Wu R, Szabo A, Gaglianello N, Joyce LD, Joyce DL)

Evaluation and Management of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. (Drezdzon MK, Peterson KJ)

Pepsinogen/Proton Pump Co-Expression in Barrett's Esophageal Cells Induces Cancer-Associated Changes. Laryngoscope. (Stabenau KA, Samuels TL, Lam TK, Mathison AJ, Wells C, Altman KW, Battle MA, Johnston N)

ASO Visual Abstract: Clinical Predictors of Pseudohypoxia-Type Pheochromocytoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. (Baechle JJ, Smith PM, Ortega CA, Wang TS, Solorzano CC, Kiernan CM)

Remodeling of the Cortical Structural Connectome in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Results from the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Consortium. Biological Psychiatry : Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. (Sun D, Rakesh G, Clarke-Rubright EK, Haswell CC, Logue M, O'Leary EN, Cotton AS, Xie H, Dennis EL, Jahanshad N, Salminen LE, Thomopoulos SI, Rashid F, Ching CRK, Koch SBJ, Frijling JL, Nawijn L, van Zuiden M, Zhu X, Suarez-Jimenez B, Sierk A, Walter H, Manthey A, Stevens JS, Fani N, van Rooij SJH, Stein M, Bomyea J, Koerte I, Choi K, van de Werff SJA, Vermeiren RRJM, Herzog J, Lebois LAM, Baker JT, Ressler KJ, Olson EA, Straube T, Korgaonkar MS, Andrew E, Zhu Y, Li G, Ipser J, Hudson A, Peverill M, Sambrook K, Gordon E, Baugh L, Forster G, Simons R, Simons J, Magnotta V, Maron-Katz A, du Plessis S, Disner S, Davenport N, Grupe D, Nitschke J, deRoon-Cassini TA, Fitzgerald J, Krystal JH, Levy I, Olff M, Veltman DJ, Wang L, Neria Y, De Bellis MD, Jovanovic T, Daniels JK, Shenton M, van de Wee NJA, Schmahl C, Kaufman ML, Rosso IM, Sponheim SR, Hofmann DB, Bryant RA, Fercho KA, Stein DJ, Mueller SC, Phan L, McLaughlin KA, Davidson RJ, Larson C, May G, Nelson SM, Abdallah CG, Gomaa H, Etkin A, Seedat S, Harpaz-Rotem I, Liberzon I, Wang X, Thompson PM, Morey RA)

Trading up: Balancing centralization and its trade-offs. American Journal of Surgery. (Nataliansyah M, Tsai S)

RhoBTB1 reverses established arterial stiffness in angiotensin-II hypertension by promoting actin depolymerization. Jci Insight. (Fang S, Wu J, Reho JJ, Lu KT, Brozoski DT, Kumar G, Werthman AM, Silva SD Jr, Muskus Veitia PC, Wackman KK, Mathison AJ, Teng BQ, Lin CW, Quelle FW, Sigmund CD)

More than a moment: Why surgical societies must continuously strive for diversification and creating a culture of equity and inclusivity in academic surgery. American Journal of Surgery. (Clarke CN)

A is for American. Asian. Ally. Journal of Surgical Research. (Wang TS)

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