December 22, 2023

AHW Award Announcements

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In Case You Missed It

• Student/Resident Research Mentorship Database: 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
• Grant Writing Club: Designed for anyone in the grant writing process, provides peer feedback on grants prior to or after to submission. 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, MD 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 week.| More Information

GRANT$ Alert

AHW MCW-Led Learning Event Support Funding
$5,000 per learning event
Application accepted until December 31, 2023 as long as funding remains available

Rolling first-come, first serve basis.

Health and Health Care Disparities Among Persons Living with Disabilities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)
GCO deadline: January 29, 2024
Application due: February 5, 2024

Also available in June, Oct cycle in 2024

Patient-Clinician Relationship: Improving Health Outcomes in Populations that Experience Health Care Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
GCO deadline: January 29, 2024
Application due: February 5, 2024

Available in Feb, June, Oct cycles through 2026

Office of Faculty Affairs Faculty Vitality Award
Budget amount TBD
Application due: January 8, 2024

All faculty with 6 or more years of full time or full professional effort service to MCW and at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher are eligible. Duration of award is either a continuous block from 1-6 months or a defined, less than full-time and not exclusively continuous commitment of time to not exceed 12 months.

PCORI Cycle 1 2024
LOI due: February 6, 2024
GCO deadline: April 30, 2024
Application due: May 7, 2024

See link for all funding opportunities

Abstracts Alert

Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) 2024 Annual Meeting
April 8-10, 2024 | Miami, FL
Abstract deadline: January 5, 2024

More information can be found here: https://www.vasurgeons.org/2024-Meeting

Endocrine Society (ENDO) 2024
June 1-4, 2024 | Boston, MA
Abstract deadline: January 9, 2024

Presentation Types: Oral Presentation; Rapid Fire Presentation; Traditional Poster Presentation (Printed Poster)

The Central Surgical Association (CSA) Annual Meeting
June 6-8, 2024 | Louisville, KY
Abstract deadline: January 11, 2024

Abstract Categories: Basic Science; Breast; Cardiothoracic; Colorectal; Education; Endocrine; General; GI/Hepatobiliary; Minimally Invasive; Oncology; Other; Outcomes; Transplant; Trauma/Critical Care; Vascular

MCW Office of Research Research Day
March 14, 2023
Abstract deadline: January 15, 2023

All participants will have the opportunity to share their text abstract via the digital Event Catalog and will choose other ways they wish to particpate:

• Submit an abstract for our digital Event Catalog
• Optional: Submit a poster file (PDF/image of your poster) for Catalog*
• Optional: Provide audio/video recording of your presentation for Catalog*
• Optional: Schedule a live, in-person poster presentation during Research Day

International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES) International Surgical Week 2024
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | August 25-29, 2024
Abstract deadline: January 17, 2024

More information can be found here: https://www.isw2024.org/abstracts

Department of Surgery Recent Publications

Bariatric Surgeon Ergonomics: A Comparison of Laparoscopy and Robotics. Journal of Surgical Research. (Hilt L, Sherman B, Tan WH, Lak K, Gould JC, Kindel TL, Higgins RM)

Ruggedized Self-Propelling Hemostatic Gauze Delivers Low Dose of Thrombin and Systemic Tranexamic Acid and Achieves High Survival in Swine With Junctional Hemorrhage. Military Medicine. (Ali-Mohamad N, Cau MF, Wang X, Khavari A, Ringgold K, Naveed A, Sherwood C, Peng N, Zhang Gao H, Zhang Y, Semple H, Peng H, Tenn C, Baylis JR, Beckett A, White NJ, Kastrup CJ)

Inpatient opioid use and pain control after robotic versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Surgery. (Saleh T, Ford J, Kindel T, Higgins R, Lak K, Gould J, Tan WH)

Necessary Role of Ceramides in the Human Microvascular Endothelium During Health and Disease. Circulation Research. (SenthilKumar G, Katunaric B, Zirgibel Z, Lindemer B, Jaramillo-Torres MJ, Bordas-Murphy H, Schulz ME, Pearson PJ, Freed JK)

Examining the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and disruptions in cortical networks identified using data-driven methods. Neuropsychopharmacology. (Yang J, Huggins AA, Sun D, Baird CL, Haswell CC, Frijling JL, Olff M, van Zuiden M, Koch SBJ, Nawijn L, Veltman DJ, Suarez-Jimenez B, Zhu X, Neria Y, Hudson AR, Mueller SC, Baker JT, Lebois LAM, Kaufman ML, Qi R, Lu GM, Riha P, Rektor I, Dennis EL, Ching CRK, Thomopoulos SI, Salminen LE, Jahanshad N, Thompson PM, Stein DJ, Koopowitz SM, Ipser JC, Seedat S, du Plessis S, van den Heuvel LL, Wang L, Zhu Y, Li G, Sierk A, Manthey A, Walter H, Daniels JK, Schmahl C, Herzog JI, Liberzon I, King A, Angstadt M, Davenport ND, Sponheim SR, Disner SG, Straube T, Hofmann D, Grupe DW, Nitschke JB, Davidson RJ, Larson CL, deRoon-Cassini TA, Blackford JU, Olatunji BO, Gordon EM, May G, Nelson SM, Abdallah CG, Levy I, Harpaz-Rotem I, Krystal JH, Morey RA, Sotiras A)

Can I Leave?: Perspectives on Parental Leave and Parenthood in Medical Training Among Program Directors and Trainees in Oncologic Specialties. Journal of Women's Health. (Beltran Ponce S, Jagsi R, Florez N, Thomas CR, Banerjee A, Jasti S, Bailey MM, Lawton CAF, Johnstone C, Clarke CN, Bedi M, Jovanovic M, Saeed H)

Death by the Minute: Inequities in Trauma Care for Victims of Firearm Violence. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Poulson M, Jay J, Kenzik K, Torres C, Sanchez SE, Saillant N, Holena D, Galea S, Scantling D)

Sleeve Gastrectomy Provides Cardioprotection from Oxidative Stress In Vitro Due to Reduction of Circulating Myeloperoxidase. Nutrients. (Barron M, Hayes H, Bice Z, Pritchard K, Kindel TL)

To leave or not to leave: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) panel discussion on personal, parental, and family leave. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. (Kheirbek T, Hashmi DL, Bankhead BK, Holena DN, Winfield RD, Zarzaur BL, Hartwell J, Stassen NA, Foster SM)

Relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and structural inequalities within the pediatric trauma population. Injury Epidemiology. (Georgeades C, Collings AT, Farazi M, Bergner C, Fallat ME, Minneci PC, Speck KE, Van Arendonk KJ, Deans KJ, Falcone RA Jr, Foley DS, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Keller MS, Kotagal M, Landman MP, Leys CM, Markel TA, Rubalcava NS, St Peter SD, Sato TT, Flynn-O'Brien KT)

Immune checkpoint inhibitors in hepatocellular carcinoma: A review of current clinical trials. Journal of Surgical Oncology. (Gamboa AC, Kooby DA, Maithel SK, Gamblin TC)

Re-assessing prolonged cold ischemia time in kidney transplantation through machine learning consensus clustering. Clinical Transplantation. (Jadlowiec CC, Thongprayoon C, Tangpanithandee S, Punukollu R, Leeaphorn N, Cooper M, Cheungpasitporn W)

Genetically engineered transfusable platelets using mRNA lipid nanoparticles. Science Advances. (Leung J, Strong C, Badior KE, Robertson M, Wu X, Meledeo MA, Kang E, Paul M, Sato Y, Harashima H, Cap AP, Devine DV, Jan E, Cullis PR, Kastrup CJ)

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