June 21, 2024

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• 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

• Clinical Research Coordinator Enrichment Series: Using Epic for Day-to-Day Conduct of Clinical Research | June 27, 2024, 12-1 pm 
• MCW Pancreatic Cancer Symposium: Bench to Bedside | August 2, 2024, 12-4:30 pm

• CTSI Academy Bootcamp: Clinical Research Basics | August 14 & August 21, 2024, 8 am-12:45 pm

NOTE: Room change for June!

GRANT$ Alert

CTSI CRI Child Health Mentored Research Career Development Program Award
$175,000/year for 2 years
Non-competitive Letter of Intent due: June 24, 2024
Application deadline: August 1, 2024 directly to CTSI via invited link

For early stage investigators who hold primary appointment in the Children's Research Institute and faculty appointment at MCW. Provides training opportunities to become competitive, independent investigators.

The Therapeutic Accelerator Program (TAP) FY2025 Awards
Amount varies
Proposal submission due: June 27, 2024 by email to kciezki@mcw.edu

• TAP FY25 award - up to $50,000: Faculty from all CTSI of SE WI institutions are eligible to apply.
• TAPCVC FY25 award - up to $50,000: Funded by the Cardiovascular Center Smith Family Program for Enhanced Precision Therapeutics. MCW CVC faculty are eligible to apply.
• TAPOTD FY25 award - up to $30,000: funded by the MCW Office of Technology Development. MCW faculty are eligible to apply.

NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Promoting Data Reuse for Health Research
$275,000 for up to two years
First available due date: July 3, 2024

The purpose of this NOSI is to support competitive revision applications that focus on data reuse and secondary data analysis in NIH-funded data repositories and knowledgebases to advance scientific inquiry and address health research questions.

Related PAs: PA-23-317

DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Career Development Award
Letter of Intent due: July 12, 2024
GCO deadline: July 19, 2024
Application due: July 26, 2024

Topic areas for funding are related to cancers of bladder, blood, brain, colorectal, endometrial, esophageal, germ cell, liver, metastatic, stomach, thyroid, lymphoma, mesothelioma, myeloma, neuroblastoma, pediatric/adolescent/young adult, pediatric brain tumors, and sarcoma

2025 Searles Scholars Program
$100,000/year for 3 years
1 nominee from MCW
Nomination due: July 15, 2024 to research@mcw.edu

Department chairs may endorse 1 candidate from their department. Faculty appointed as Assistant Professors on or after May 1, 2023, pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. 

CTSI 2025 Pilot Award to Advance Translational Science
$25,000 for 1 year
Intent to apply due: July 15, 2024
GCO deadline: October 8, 2024 via eBridge
Application deadline: October 15, 2024 via REDCap

Applications should promote translational science and the development of innovative tools and methods to address barriers to translational and clinical research.

AHW 2025 Seed Grants
$50,000 for 1 year
Application due: August 19, 2024

MCW-Led or Community-Led starting January 1, 2025.

Abstracts Alert

Pacific Northwest Vascular Society (PNWVS) Annual Meeting
November 7-8, 2024 | Portland, OR
Abstract deadline: Open

For more information, visit: https://pacificnwvascular.org/annual-meeting-2/

The Southern Surgical Association (SSA) Annual Meeting
December 8-11, 2024 | Palm Beach, FL
Abstract deadline: June 30, 2024

Non-member physician guests interested in attending the Annual Meeting must be invited by a current SSA member who has already registered for the meeting.

The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Annual Scientific Assembly
January 14-18, 2025 | Tucson, AZ
Abstract deadline: July 30, 2024

Abstract Categories: Basic Science, Clinical Science, and Injury Prevention

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting
January 24-26, 2025 | Los Angeles, CA
Abstract deadline: July 3, 2024

For more information, visit: https://www.sts.org/abstract-submission#scientific-abstracts

Department of Surgery Recent Publications

Deriving a definition of chronic critical illness: ICU stay of 10 days. American Journal of Surgery. (Morris R, Al Tannir AH, Chipman J, Charles A, Ingraham NE, Kalinoski M, Bolden L, Siegel L, Tignanelli CJ)

Chemotherapy-free treatment targeting fusions and driver mutations in KRAS wild-type pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, a case series. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology. (Mehdi M, Szabo A, Shreenivas A, Thomas JP, Tsai S, Christians KK, Evans DB, Clarke CN, Hall WA, Erickson B, Ahmed G, Thapa B, McFall T, George B, Kurzrock R, Kamgar M)

Changes in Daily Apparent Diffusion Coefficient on Fully Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlate With Established Genomic Pathways of Radiation Sensitivity and Reveal Novel Biologic Associations. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. (Hall WA, Mathison AJ, DeVoe E, Tschannen M, Wendt-Andrae J, Straza M, Awan M, Puckett LL, Lawton CAF, Schultz C, Urrutia R, Kerns S, Torres-Roca JF, Li XA, Erickson B, Nevalainen MT, Zimmermann MT, Paulson E)

Long-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children with Gastroschisis: A Review of the Literature. American Journal of Perinatology. (Rundell MR, Bailey RA, Wagner AJ, Warner BB, Miller LE)

An Annual Symposium on Disparities in Milwaukee, WI, with a 2023 Focus on Older Adults with Cancer. [Review]. Current Oncology Reports. (Kamaraju S, McKoy J, Williams GR, Gilmore N, Minami C, Bylow K, Rajalingam H, Cortina CS, Beckert A, Stolley M, Bullock D, Kurzrock R, Jatoi A)

Medical Student Perceptions of Family Planning During Residency Training in Surgical Fields. Journal of Surgical Research. (Lawson GE, Dittrich S, Ebert M, Treat R, Dream S)

Association of Sex Differences on Weight Loss and Complications Following Bariatric Surgery. Journal of Surgical Research. (Hider AM, Bonham A, Carlin A, Finks J, Ghaferi A, Varban O, Ehlers AP)

Implementation of a perioperative registry in Ethiopia to enhance surgical quality improvement. World Journal of Surgery. (Jaraczewski TJ, Abebe BM, Diehl T, Esayas T, Melaku W, Nigussie Y, Ahmed KS, Vo T, Lee M, Woisha B, Woldegiorgis ET, Chen TH, Tegene BA, Belachew AG, Dodgion C, Iverson KR, Tefera G, Zafar SN)

Implementation of the 300-mL Rule for the Management of Traumatic Hemothorax. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. (Al Tannir AH, Biesboer EA, Tentis M, Seadler M, Patin BB, Golestani S, Morris RS, Peschman J, Carver TW, de Moya MA)

Fever and infections in surgical intensive care: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee clinical consensus document. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. (Nohra E, Appelbaum RD, Farrell MS, Carver T, Jung HS, Kirsch JM, Kodadek LM, Mandell S, Nassar AK, Pathak A, Paul J, Robinson B, Cuschieri J, Stein DM)

ASO Author Reflections: Opportunities to Mitigate Cancer Disparities in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Populations. Annals of Surgical Oncology. (Istl AC, Lawton S, Cortina CS)

A comprehensive analysis of health care Inequities in randomized clinical trials following bariatric surgeries. American Journal of Surgery. (Ghusn W, Mosleh KA, Hage K, Salame M, Gala K, Edwards MA, Kindel TL, Ghanem OM)

ASO Visual Abstract: Tumors, Treatments, and Trust: Cancer Characteristics, Outcomes, and Screening Uptake in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients. Annals of Surgical Oncology. (Istl AC, Lawton S, Kamaraju S, Stolley M, Petroll AE, Cortina CS)

Cancer research funding in South Asia. Journal of Cancer Policy. (Virani SS, Ahmed KS, Jaraczewski T, Zafar SN)

Examining the role of social vulnerability, neighborhood characteristics, and geospatial patterns of firearm-related injuries and clinical outcomes in Milwaukee county. Social Science & Medicine. (Tomas CW, Timmer-Murillo S, Kallies KJ, Snowden AJ, Borisy-Rudin F, Busalacchi M, Mackenzie R, Kostelac CA, Cassidy LD, deRoon-Cassini TA)

Matched-pair hybrid test paradigm for behind armor blunt trauma using an experimental animal model. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. (Yoganandan N, Shah A, Baisden J, Stemper B, Otterson M, Somberg L, Bass C, Salzar R, McMahon J, Chancey C, McEntire J)

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