October 22, 2021

In Case You Missed It:

COVID-19: Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
MCW is adopting the Florence eBinders™ tool with launch scheduled for September. Florence eBinders™ is a secure, FDA Part 11 and HIPAA-compliant system that replaces paper forms and physical binders, giving clinical research teams an efficient, compliant way to electronically sign, manage, store, and collaborate on study documents and to facilitate remote monitoring. | More Information
NEW REQUIRED IND/IDE Investigator Training: all MCW sponsor-investigators involved in early-stage research that involves an IND or IDE must complete this baseline training. The training will link to your eBridge profile and will need to renewed every 3 years.
FREE 2021 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration: Designed to provide you with a unique opportunity to learn about the NIH grants process, programs, and policies directly from NIH & HHS experts. | Monday, Nov. 1 - Thursday, Nov. 4 | Register
The MCW Corporate Policy on Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research, RS.GN.020, was recently revised to incorporate oversight for industry-sponsored research, effective Aug. 15, 2021. Users listed as a Covered Person in eBridge on active PHS federal or federal pass-through proposals and awards must retake FCOI-R training and update any SFI disclosures. This training must be completed no later than Dec. 31, 2021. Review instructions to renew your training in eBridge. For inquiries, contact Research Compliance.

Surgery Research Conference Recap, October 13
Collaborative for Healthcare Delivery Science Fellowship

Rachel Morris, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

SRC Recording

Join us next month!

Surgery Research Conference
CTSI Biomedical Informatics - Research and Resources in Data Science
Wednesday, November 10 | 5 PM

Brad Taylor, MBA, FAMIA
Chief Research Informatics Officer
Clinical and Translational Science Institute

WebEx

SurPASS Tip of the Month

Effective 1/25/22: Changes to NIH Biosketch and Other Support Format REQUIRED

Section A
In addition to personal statement:

ongoing/completed research projects from past 3 years (previously captured under removed Section D) – no limit
Cite up to 4 publications, posters, presentations

Section B
Only change is to order:

reverse chronological order (most recent first) for all items in this section

Section C
Each contribution needs: historical background, central findings, influence of the findings, your specified roles (no figures/tables/graphics allowed):

Include no more than 5 contributions to science with no more than 4 citations per contribution; each of the contribution should be no longer than ½ page including the citations
No hyperlinks or URLs allowed in this section

After Section C
You may provide a URL to a full list of your published work. Must be a federal government website (.gov suffix) and NIH recommends My Bibliography.

While Section D: Research Support, has been removed from the biosketch format, applicants should provide details related to ongoing and recently completed projects that they want to draw attention to within the personal statement, Section A.

Sample Document

Format Update Resource

Clinical Research Tip of the Month

Biostatistics Consulting Service

Biostats services are available to all faculty with a primary appointment in the Department of Surgery. The Department of Surgery maintains an integration agreement with the MCW Biostatistics Consulting Service. Criteria for use of the service under the integration agreement are:

The project is hypothesis-driven and funding is not available.
The work is planned to result in a grant, publication, or podium presentation.
The project is discussed with the division chief to ensure the work is pursuing the goals of the division.

Services can be requested by completing this form and submitting it to Krissa Packard and Gwen Lomberk.

The project will be assigned a department ID for tracking purposes and the request will then be submitted in iLab to the Biostatistics Consulting Service. The assigned biostatistician will then contact the PI to schedule an initial consult meeting. The biostatistician provides an estimate to Division of Research administration for approval.

For projects that do not meet the criteria above, biostatistics services can be requested by the PI through the PI’s lab in iLab. An account is required. If the request is for preparatory work related to a grant application, it is expected that the biostatistician effort is included in the grant application.

For faculty who have used the service in the past two years, please look for a survey link in your email to provide feedback on the service. We appreciate your time in completing this as it is very helpful to know how the service is working and supporting your research.

For any questions, please contact Krissa Packard.

Request Form

GRANT$ Alert

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.

AACR Career Development Award for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
$100,000/3 years
Competitive Letter of Intent due: October 18, 2021
Proposal due in eBridge: January 17, 2022
Application due: January 24, 2022

Must be female faculty of at least Assistant Professor and devote 75% of total effort to pancreatic research. Award includes salary and benefits for grant recipient and collaborators, tuition for graduate students; no indirect costs allowed.

AACR Career Development Award for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in Honor of John Robert Lewis
$100,000/3 years
Competitive Letter of Intent due: October 18, 2021
Proposal due in eBridge: January 17, 2022
Application due: January 24, 2022

Must be member of underrepresented racial or ethnic group, faculty of at least Assistant Professor (early career scientist encouraged) and devote 25% effort to the proposed project/75% of total effort to pancreatic research. Award includes salary and benefits for grant recipient and collaborators, tuition for graduate students; no indirect costs allowed.

AHW: Population & Community Health Studies for Improved Health
$200,000/18-24 months maximum
Competitive Letter of Intent due: November 1, 2021
Proposal due in eBridge: March 7, 2022
Application due: March 14, 2022

PI must be full-time MCW faculty with 5% effort for full award period. At least 1 Co-I must be full-time MCW faculty and contribute effort to the project for full award period. Additional Co-Is may be faculty at MCW or external institutions and are not held to minimum FTE. Projects should inform policy and practice that will make a difference to health outcomes and health equity in Wisconsin.

AHW: Workforce Development for Improved Health
$200,000/18-24 months maximum
Competitive Letter of Intent due: November 1, 2021
Proposal due in eBridge: March 7, 2022
Application due: March 14, 2022

PI must be full-time MCW faculty with 5% effort for full award period. At least 1 Co-I must be full-time MCW faculty and contribute effort to the project for full award period. Additional Co-Is may be faculty at MCW or external institutions and are not held to minimum FTE. Projects should advance Wisconsin's current and future workforce by proposing an innovative enhancement to continuing professional development, continuing medical education, or graduate medical education.

AHW: Collaborative Research for Improved Health
$200,000/18-24 months maximum
Competitive Letter of Intent due: November 1, 2021
Proposal due in eBridge: March 7, 2022
Application due: March 14, 2022

PI must be full-time MCW faculty with 5% effort for full award period. At least 1 Co-I must be full-time MCW faculty and contribute effort to the project for full award period. Additional Co-Is may be faculty at MCW or external institutions and are not held to minimum FTE. Projects should be made up of collaborative teams that lead to improved health and reduce health disparities in Wisconsin communities.

Alex's Lemonade Stand Innovation Grant
$250,000/year for 2 years
Competitive Letter of Intent due: November 15, 2021
Proposal due in eBridge: March 28, 2022
Application due: April 4, 2022

Applicants must have a track record of publication and funding productivity that demonstrates the project can be accomplished by the investigators. No indirect costs allowed.

American Society of Transplantation Research Network 2022 Faculty Development Research Grant
$50,000/year up to 2 years
Proposal due in eBridge: November 24, 2021
Application due: December 1, 2021

Applicants must be within 5 years of initial academic faculty appointment by 12/1/21. Minimum effort for basic/translational grants is 50% and clinical grants is 25%. Ineligible if PI on previous or current R01/R21/K-series.

American Heart Association Career Development Award
$77,000/year for 3 years
Proposal due in eBridge: November 29, 2021
Application due: December 6, 2021

This award is for assistant professors within 5 years of their faculty appointment. At least 10% effort must be devoted to the award. This award requires a primary mentor and secondary mentor, and up to 2 additional mentors may be named. One mentor must be outside the applicant's department, division, or institution.

Abstracts Alert

American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) 2022 Annual Meeting
May 22-24, 2022, Cleveland, OH
Abstract Deadline: November 1, 2021

Only original research will be considered (must not be previously presented or published). There is a 350-word limit for abstracts. NO GRAPHICS OR TABLES will be accepted with abstract submission. The abstract copy MUST include the following: Background, Method, Results, Conclusion. NO reference to the authors or the institution should appear within the body of the abstract or in the title.

The American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) 23rd Annual Meeting
April 6-10, 2022, Las Vegas, NV
Abstract Deadline: November 3, 2021

Presentation Types
All abstracts will be reviewed by the ASBrS Publications Committee. Presentation dates are tentative and subject to change. The top abstracts will be selected for presentation in one (1) of the following presentation formats: Oral, Quick Shot, Poster.

Association for Surgical Education (ASE) 42nd Annual Meeting
May 3-7, 2022, San Antonio, TX
Abstract Deadline: November 12, 2021

There is a 350-word limit for abstracts. No reference to the authors or the institution should appear within the body of the abstract or in the abstract title.
Abstracts will be limited to a maximum of one (1) image. Tables may also be included in the abstract but any text in the tables will count towards the 350-word limit.
Abstract Topics
Assessment, Curriculum Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Faculty Development, Global Surgical Education, Program Evaluation, Recruitment & Selection, Simulation, Teaching Methods, Other.

American Surgical Association (ASA) Annual Meeting
April 7-9, 2022, Chicago, IL
Abstract Deadline: November 16, 2021

Categories/Topics
Basic Surgical Science, Clinical Surgical Science, Outcomes Analyses in Surgery
Submission Rules
Abstracts are to be authored or co-authored by a Fellow of the Association. The ASA Fellow must be a contributing author; Abstracts must be limited to 3000 characters; No reference should be made on or in the abstract to the names or institutions of the authors.

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2022
April 8-13, 2022, New Orleans, LA
Abstract Deadline: November 18, 2021

Presentation Formats
In-Person Presentation with E-Poster, E-Poster Only
Submission Rules
The combined length of the abstract body, title, and tables may not exceed 2,600 characters, not including spaces and the author string. Tables count for 800 characters against the limit. Submission cannot be completed for abstracts that exceed this limit.

2022 American Transplant Congress (ATC)
June 4-8, 2022, Boston, MA
Abstract Deadline: December 3, 2021

Abstract submissions will be presented through peer reviewed oral and poster presentations. The abstract character limit is 2750 characters. This count includes characters and spaces in the following: Abstract Title, Abstract Structure, Authors/Institutions, Table, and Figures.

Department of Surgery Recent Publications

Microbial Epidemiology of Acute and Perforated Appendicitis: A Post-Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multicenter Study. Journal of Surgical Research. (Abdul Jawad K, Qian S, Vasileiou G, Larentzakis A, Rattan R, Dodgion C, Kaafarani H, Zielinski M, Namias N, Yeh DD, EAST Appendicitis Research Group)

Effect of Hernia Mesh Weights on Postoperative Patient-Related and Clinical Outcomes After Open Ventral Hernia Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surgery. (Krpata DM, Petro CC, Prabhu AS, Tastaldi L, Zolin S, Fafaj A, Rosenblatt S, Poulose BK, Pierce RA, Warren JA, Carbonell AM, Goldblatt MI, Stewart TG, Olson MA, Rosen MJ)

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas associated with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) versus pseudo-IPMNs: relative frequency, clinicopathologic characteristics and differential diagnosis. Modern Pathology. (Muraki T, Jang KT, Reid MD, Pehlivanoglu B, Memis B, Basturk O, Mittal P, Kooby D, Maithel SK, Sarmiento JM, Christians K, Tsai S, Evans D, Adsay V)

Seasonal trends in donor heart availability: an analysis of the UNOS database. Transplant International. (Kamalia MA, Smith NJ, Rein L, Ramamurthi A, Miles B, Joyce LD, Mohammed A, Joyce DL)

Farmer Suicide in Wisconsin: A Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Rural Health. (Kohlbeck S, Schramm A, deRoon-Cassini T, Hargarten S, Quinn K)

Sleeve gastrectomy prevents hypertension associated with unique shifts in the gut microbiome . Surgical Endoscopy. (Barron M, Atkinson SN, Kirby J, Kindel T)

Health Care Disparities and the Future of Pancreatic Cancer Care. [Review] Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. (Papageorge MV, Evans DB, Tseng JF)

Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Vascular Reconstruction: Indications and Techniques. [Review ] Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. (Christians KK, Evans DB)

Current Controversies in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer. [Review] Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. (Ward EP, Zeh Iii HJ, Tsai S)

Challenges in the Development and Implementation of Older Adult Trauma Prognostication Tools to Facilitate Shared Decision-Making. Journal of Surgical Research. (Morris RS, deRoon-Cassini TA, Duthie EH, Tignanelli CJ)

Association of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage With Complicated Appendicitis in Children. Journal of Surgical Research. (Bodnar C, Buss R, Somers K, Mokdad A, Van Arendonk KJ)

Selective Glucocorticoid Replacement Following Unilateral Adrenalectomy for Hypercortisolism and Primary Aldosteronism. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. (DeLozier OM, Dream SY, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Evans DB, Wang TS)

Improving mortality in older adult trauma patients: are we doing better?. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Karam BS, Patnaik R, Murphy P, deRoon-Cassini TA, Trevino C, Hemmila MR, Haines K, Puzio TJ, Charles A, Tignanelli C, Morris R)

Optimal timing of venous thromboembolic chemoprophylaxis initiation following blunt solid organ injury: meta-analysis and systematic review. European Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery. (Murphy PB, de Moya M, Karam B, Menard L, Holder E, Inaba K, Schellenberg M)

Virtual interactive presence, a novel approach to remote proctoring for the adoption of innovative technologies and interventions. American Journal of Surgery. (Dream S, Kuo JH, Wang TS)

Robotic-assisted Resection of a Diaphragmatic Metastasis of a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. (Andryk LM, McNamara MA, Linsky PL, Higgins RM)

SASH3 variants cause a novel form of X-linked combined immunodeficiency with immune dysregulation. Blood. (Delmonte OM, Bergerson JRE, Kawai T, Kuehn HS, McDermott DH, Cortese I, Zimmermann MT, Dobbs AK, Bosticardo M, Fink D, Majumdar S, Palterer B, Pala F, Dsouza NR, Pouzolles M, Taylor N, Calvo KR, Daley SR, Velez D, Agharahimi A, Myint-Hpu K, Dropulic LK, Lyons JJ, Holland SM, Freeman AF, Ghosh R, Similuk MB, Niemela JE, Stoddard J, Kuhns DB, Urrutia R, Rosenzweig SD, Walkiewicz MA, Murphy PM, Notarangelo LD)

Cumulative GRAS Score as a Predictor of Survival After Resection for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Analysis From the U.S. Adrenocortical Carcinoma Database. Annals of Surgical Oncology. (Baechle JJ, Marincola Smith P, Solorzano CC, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Prescott J, Pawlik T, Wang TS, Glenn J, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Shirley LA, Fields RC, Jin L, Abbott DE, Ronnekleiv-Kelly S, Sicklick JK, Yopp A, Mansour J, Duh QY, Seiser N, Votanopoulos K, Levine EA, Poultsides G, Kiernan CM)

Epidemiology and outcomes of primary pediatric lung malignancies: Updates from the SEER database. American Journal of Surgery. (Smith NJ, Mukherjee D, Wang Y, Brazauskas R, Nelson AA, Cortina CS)

Novel placement of an esophageal wound vacuum for a persistent anastomotic leak. Endoscopy. (Wong J, Lal D, Schneider J, Mejaddam A, Manfredi M, Lerner D)

It is Time to Prioritize Complete Trauma Care. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Ruggiero KJ, Anton MT, Davidson TM, deRoon-Cassini TA, Hink AB)

Utility of Epinephrine Levels in Determining Adrenal Vein Cannulation During Adrenal Venous Sampling for Primary Aldosteronism. Endocrine Practice. (Dream S, Park S, Yen TW, Rilling W, Rein L, Doffek K, Findling JW, Magill SB, Kidambi S, Evans DB, Wang TS)

Guidelines for the performance of minimally invasive splenectomy. Surgical Endoscopy. (Kindel TL, Dirks RC, Collings AT, Scholz S, Abou-Setta AM, Alli VV, Ansari MT, Awad Z, Broucek J, Campbell A, Cripps MW, Hollands C, Lim R, Quinteros F, Ritchey K, Whiteside J, Zagol B, Pryor AD, Walsh D, Haggerty S, Stefanidis D)

Myeloperoxidase Inhibition Ameliorates Plaque Psoriasis in Mice. Antioxidants. (Neu SD, Strzepa A, Martin D, Sorci-Thomas MG, Pritchard KA Jr, Dittel BN)

Isolated Enterococcus faecalis pulmonary valve endocarditis without precipitating risk factors: A case report describing delayed need for surgery three years after antimicrobial therapy. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. (Biesboer EA, Ayala GD, Cummings AC, Sutter HA, Iqbal Z, Pagel PS, Almassi GH)

Updates and new directions in the use of radiation therapy for the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: dose, sensitization, and novel technology. [Review] Cancer & Metastasis Reviews. (Hall WA, Kamgar M, Erickson BA, Ponce SB, Tsai S, Nevalainen MT, Christians KK, George B, Dua KS, Khan AH, Evans DB, Azmi AS)

Bleeding After LVAD Implant: If Things Do Not Add Up, Take a Look!. Innovations: Technology & Techniques in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery. (Park SY, Plambeck C, Joyce LD, Joyce DL)

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