June 24, 2022

Exciting Updates!

• Rachel Morris, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, has been awarded the AHW KL2 Mentored Career Development award for the project, "Development of a Novel Clinical Decision Support System for Older Adult Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury." Congratulations!
• Brian Craig, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery, recently received the 2022 Jay Grosfeld Scholar Grant from the American Pediatric Surgical Association Foundation (APSAF) for the project titled "Immune phenotypes in the neuroblastoma tumor microenvironment of residual disease after surgery." Congratulations!

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

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

In Case You Missed It

• COVID-19: Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
• 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. 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, 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 month | More Information

GRANT$ Alert

Office of Research Program Project Formation Grant
$150,000/2 years
Letter of Intent due: August 17, 2022
Application due: September 16, 2022

At least 3 faculty members must collaborate for this funding. RFA will be released June 3, 2022 by the Office of Research; information can be found now by following the link.

2023 NIH CTSI KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Program Award
$150,000/year for 2 years
GCO deadline: July 5, 2022
Application due: July 12, 2022

2 year opportunity with 75% effort/protected time. Surgeons are allowed to request 50% effort to maintain clinical competency skills.

Roslyn Faculty Research Award
$50,000/1 year
GCO deadline: July 25, 2022
Application due: August 1, 2022

One year of funding of research project, no salary support allowed. Funding begins March 1, 2023.

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.

Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Grant
No limit on funding, up to 1 year
Proposal due in eBridge: August 24, 2022
Application due: August 31, 2022

The Foundation funds projects which will allow establishment of capabilities of new cancer researchers, or new cancer approaches by established cancer researchers. It is anticipated that this early stage funding by the Foundation may lead to subsequent and expanded support using government agency funding. Project relevance to cancer detection, treatment, or cure should be clearly identified.

NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01)
$8 million for 7 awards
GCO deadline: August 26, 2022
Application due: September 3, 2022

Open to all career stages, single or multiple PI allowed, no preliminary data or detailed experimental plan required, flexible budget. NIH strongly encourages women and individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply and all topics relevant to the mission of NIH are welcome.

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.

Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program
$2 million over 5 year appointment
GCO deadline: September 21, 2022
Application due: September 28, 2022

For core biomedical science areas; clinical research and research on health education, delivery, and services are not likely to be supported. First tenure-track position must have begun on or after 7/1/2018. 80% of time must be spent on research.

American Cancer Society - Annual Research Grants
Multiple levels of funding
GCO deadline: October 10, 2022
Application due: October 17, 2022

Multiple opportunities available - Discovery Boost Grant, Mission Boost Grant, Research Scholar Grant, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Clinician Scientist Development Grant

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

Southern Surgical Association (SSA) Annual Meeting
December 4-7, 2022, Palm Beach, FL
Abstract deadline: June 30, 2022

Only current SSA members will be allowed to present papers at the annual meeting. Members and co-authors will be allowed to discuss and/or close the discussion. Up to fourteen (14) non-members may be granted permission to present a paper; the 14 non-members will be chosen by the Program Committee immediately following abstract selections for the final program. Non-member presenter status will not be granted for trainees (surgical residents and fellows). 

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Annual Scientific Assembly
January 17-21, 2023, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Abstract deadline: July 1, 2022

Abstract Categories - There will be three Abstract Categories: Basic Science, Clinical Science, and Injury Prevention*. You will be required to select a category from one of these types.  Please review the Abstract Category Descriptions below to determine the abstract category you should select. If you are unsure of what abstract category to select, please email ceme@east.org.

*To be considered for the Cox-Templeton Injury Prevention Paper Competition (point 4b below) the Injury Abstract Category must be selected. 

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) 59th Annual Meeting
January 21-23, 2023, San Diego, CA
Abstract deadline: July 22, 2022

Categories include: Adult cardiac surgery, Congenital heart surgery, General thoracic surgery, Basic science research, Critical care and perioperative management, Quality improvement, Cardiothoracic surgical education, Physician/provider wellness 

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 2023 Critical Care Congress
January 15-18, 2023, New Orleans, LA
Abstract deadline: August 3, 2022

Eligibility Requirements 

• Abstracts, case reports, and/or data previously presented or published nationally or internationally are not allowed.
• Abstracts and case reports presented at an SCCM chapter meeting are allowed.
• Abstracts and case reports may contain new research on a topic presented previously.
• Submission of an abstract or case report constitutes a commitment by the author(s) to present the abstract or case report as accepted.
• Stimulating and unique abstracts or case reports will be considered for the 2023 Congress program.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) 2023 Annual Winter Meeting
February 23-26, 2023, Whistler, BC, Canada
Abstract deadline: September 7, 2022

Submission Categories: Standard papers, Rapid fire presentations, Case reports, Video case reports

Department of Surgery Recent Publications

Palliative Cytoreductive Surgery With or Without Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: Is It Safe and Effective?. Journal of Surgical Research. (Strong EA, Livingston A, Gracz M, Peltier W, Tsai S, Christians K, Gamblin TC, Kersting K, Clarke CN)

Proceedings From the Advances in Surgery Channel Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series: Lessons Learned From Asian Academic Surgeons. Journal of Surgical Research. (Wang TS, Kim ES, Duh QY, Gosain A, Kao LS, Kothari AN, Tsai S, Tseng JF, Tsung A, Wang KS, Wexner SD)

Enhancing robotic efficiency through the eyes of robotic surgeons: sub-analysis of the expertise in perception during robotic surgery (ExPeRtS) study. Surgical Endoscopy. (Green CA, Lin JA, Huang E, O'Sullivan P, Higgins RM)

Laparoscopic versus robotic inguinal hernia repair: 1- and 2-year outcomes from the RIVAL trial. Surgical Endoscopy. (Miller BT, Prabhu AS, Petro CC, Beffa LRA, Carbonell AM, Hope W, Warren J, Higgins RM, Jacob B, Blatnik J, Krpata DM, Tu C, Costanzo A, Rosen MJ)

Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves High-Fat Diet-Associated Hepatic Steatosis Independent of the Glucagon-like-Petpide-1 Receptor in Rats. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. (Barron M, Hayes H, Fernando DG, Geurts AM, Kindel TL)

Utilization and Adequacy of Telemedicine for Outpatient Pediatric Surgical Care. Journal of Surgical Research. (Gross K, Georgeades C, Farazi M, Calaway L, Gourlay D, Van Arendonk KJ)

Impact of out-of-pocket expenses for surgical care on households in rural Haiti: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. (Padovany MM, Patterson RH, Bowder AN, O'Brien E, Alkire BC, Katz AM, Mitnick CD, Lu C)

The 35-mm rule to guide pneumothorax management: Increases appropriate observation and decreases unnecessary chest tubes. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Figueroa JF, Karam BS, Gomez J, Milia D, Morris RS, Dodgion C, Carver T, Murphy P, Elegbede A, Schroeder M, de Moya MA)

Predictive Model for Heart Failure Readmission Using Nationwide Readmissions Database. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Innovations, Quality & Outcomes. (Zheng L, Smith NJ, Teng BQ, Szabo A, Joyce DL)

Comparison of DLin-MC3-DMA and ALC-0315 for siRNA Delivery to Hepatocytes and Hepatic Stellate Cells. Molecular Pharmaceutics. (Ferraresso F, Strilchuk AW, Juang LJ, Poole LG, Luyendyk JP, Kastrup CJ)

Predicting outcomes after traumatic brain injury: A novel hospital prediction model for a patient reported outcome. American Journal of Surgery. (Morris RS, Figueroa JF, Pokrzywa CJ, Barber JK, Temkin NR, Bergner C, Karam BS, Murphy P, Nelson LD, Laud P, Cooper Z, de Moya M, Trevino C, Tignanelli CJ, deRoon-Cassini TA)

Expertise in perception during robotic surgery (ExPeRtS): What we see and what we say. American Journal of Surgery. (Green CA, Lin J, Higgins R, O'Sullivan PS, Huang E)

Inclusion and Reporting of Transgender and Nonbinary Persons in Clinical Trials and Tumor Registries-The Time Is Now. JAMA Oncology. (Cortina CS)

A phase 2 trial of a topical antiseptic bundle in head and neck cancer surgery: Effects on surgical site infection and the oral microbiome. EBioMedicine. (Zenga J, Atkinson S, Yen T, Massey B, Stadler M, Bruening J, Peppard W, Reuben M, Hayward M, Mesich B, Buchan B, Ledeboer N, Sanchez JL, Fraser R, Lin CW, Holtz ML, Awan M, Wong SJ, Puram SV, Salzman N)

A low appendiceal mucinous neoplasm lesion in an inflamed appendix within an inguinal hernia. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. (Arenas DJ, Hernandez PT, Hwang J, Agarwal D, Warshauer AK, Holena DN)

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