September 20, 2024

Award Announcements

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Award Announcements (Cont.)

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Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week!

Thank you, postdocs for your hard work and the significant contributions that you make to research and innovation!

In Case You Missed It

• 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

• Inaugural Selig Symposium for Surgical Artificial Intelligence | September 28, 2024, 8 am-5 pm
• CTSI Academy Clinical Trial Financial Management Workshop | October 8, 2024, 8 am-2 pm
• CTSI Research Coordinator Enrichment Series
  • September 26, 2024: Patient Recruitment in Research
  • October 24, 2024: Investigator Initiated Trials (IITs)

GRANT$ Alert

American Cancer Society - Annual Research Grants
Multiple levels of funding
GCO deadline: October 8, 2024
Application due: October 15, 2024

Multiple opportunities available -  Clinician Scientist Development Grant, Discovery Boost Grant, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Mission Boost Grant, Research Professor Grant, Research Scholar Grants

Research Affairs Committee New Faculty Pilot Grants
$35,000 for 1 year
Application due: October 18, 2024

Help applicants obtain preliminary results to compete successfully in extramural funding. Applicants must have a primary faculty appointment at MCW, be within 4 years of their first faculty appointment, and have rank of Assistant Professor.

Comprehensive Injury Center Seed Funds
$25,000
Application due: October 31, 2024

Research must be focused on injury disparities. Seed funds are to provide data or supporting information to facilitate a federal grant proposal (NIH, CDC, AHRQ, etc.)

NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program
Application period: September 1-November 21, 2024

The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are programs established by Congress and designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The Extramural LRP repays up to $50,000 annually of a researcher's qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research. Research funding from NIH is not required to participate in the Extramural LRP. LRP awards are based on an applicant's potential to build and sustain a research career.

Abstracts Alert

Southeastern Surgical Congress (SESC) 2025 Annual Meeting
February 15-18, 2025 | New Orleans, LA
Abstract deadline: September 23, 2024

Presentation  Types: Oral Presentation, Quickshot Oral Presentation, Video Presentation (8 min)

Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2025 Annual Meeting
March 29-April 2, 2025 | Nashville, TN
Abstract deadline: September 26, 2024

For more information about abstract submission, visit https://www.sirmeeting.org/

Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) 2025 Annual Meeting
March 20-23, 2025 | Miami, FL
Abstract deadline: October 4, 2024

Presentation Types: Oral Presentation, Mini Oral/ePoster, Advanced Practice Provider Paper, Video (7 mins)

American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) Annual Meeting
May 7-10, 2025 | Montreal, Canada
Abstract deadline: October 6, 2024

Abstract Categories: Abdominal Wall defects, Advocacy, Basic Science, Critical Care, Colorectal Diseases (including anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung disease), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, ECMO and extracorporeal support, Education, Endocrine surgery, ERAS, Ethics, Fetal/Developmental Biology, Gastrointestinal Clinical Pediatric Surgery (other than colorectal), General Clinical Pediatric Surgery, Global, History, Innovation, Minimally invasive surgery, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Nutrition, Obesity, Oncology, Practice (business of pediatric surgery, professional considerations, etc.), Quality and Safety, Thoracic Clinical Pediatric Surgery, Tissue engineering, Trauma, Other

Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) 2025 Annual Meeting
March 27-29, 2024 | Tampa, FL
Abstract deadline: October 7, 2024

For more information about abstract submission, visit https://s2.goeshow.com/sso/annual/2025/call_abstracts.cfm

Association for Surgical Education (ASE) Annual Meeting
May 8-10, 2025 | Seattle, WA
Abstract deadline: October 30, 2024

Abstract Topics: Assessment, Curriculum Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Education Technology, Faculty Development, Global Surgical Education, Interprofessional Education, Program Evaluation, Recruitment & Selection, Simulation, Teaching Methods, Wellness/Well-Being, Leadership, Other

Department of Surgery Recent Publications

Investigating the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder in Black Americans and the moderating effects of racial discrimination. Translational Psychiatry. (Petranu K, Webb EK, Tomas CW, Harb F, Torres L, deRoon-Cassini TA, Larson CL)

Elevation of Donor-derived Cell-free DNA Before Biopsy-proven Rejection in Kidney Transplant. Transplantation. (Bromberg JS, Bunnapradist S, Samaniego-Picota M, Anand S, Stites E, Gauthier P, Demko Z, Prewett A, Armer-Cabral M, Marshall K, Kaur N, Bloom MS, Tabriziani H, Bhorade S, Cooper M)

Four Decades of Research Productivity and Hot Spots in Pancreas Transplantation. Progress in Transplantation. (Rawashdeh B, Arpali E, Al Abdallat H, Cooper M, Dunn T)

Patterns of Locoregional Pancreatic Cancer Recurrence After Total Neoadjuvant Therapy and Implications on Optimal Neoadjuvant Radiation Treatment Volumes. Practical Radiation Oncology. (Beltran Ponce SE, Small CJ, Ahmad T, Patel K, Tsai S, Kamgar M, George B, Kharofa JR, Saeed H, Dua KS, Clarke C, Aldakkak M, Evans DB, Christians K, Paulson ES, Erickson B, Hall WA)

Assessing the degree of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of sodium fluorescein disposition in ex vivo machine-perfused livers. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology. (Monti CE, Hong SK, Audi SH, Lee W, Joshi A, Terhune SS, Kim J, Dash RK)

Trauma video review through the legal lens: Improving care while minimizing risk. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Succar B, Vella MA, Holena D, Estroff J, Rule B, Rivera M, Studwell S, Shukla D, Dumas RP)

Suppressing upregulation of fibrinogen after polytrauma mitigates thrombosis in mice. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Seadler MS, Ferraresso F, Bansal M, Haugen A, Hayssen WG, Flick MJ, de Moya M, Dyer MR, Kastrup CJ)

Long-Term Metabolic Dysfunction Programming in Female Mice by Serial Moderate Restriction of High Fat High Sucrose Diet Get access Arrow. Endocrinology. (Wildes MP, Fernando DG, Grobe CC, Reho JJ, Grobe JL, Kidambi S, Kindel TL, Kwitek AE, Segar JL, Williams JS, Morselli LL)

Association of complicated appendicitis with geographic and socioeconomic measures in children. Surgery. (Georgeades C, Bodnar C, Bergner C, Van Arendonk KJ)

Geriatric Trauma Intensive Care Unit Admission Guideline is Associated With Reduction in Unplanned Intensive Care Unit Admissions. Journal of Surgical Research. (Thurston M, Robinson T, Pandhiri T, McGhee K, Bryant C, Drahos A, Jenkins P, Levin J, Rodriguez R)

ASO Visual Abstract: The Impact of a Breast Cancer Risk Assessment on the Decision for Gender-Affirming Chest Masculinization Surgery in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals—A Pilot Single-Arm Educational Intervention Trial. Annals of Surgical Oncology. (Cortina CS, Purdy A, Brazauskas R, Stachowiak SM, Fodrocy J, Klement K, Sasor S, Krucoff K, Robertson K, Buth J, Lakatos AEB, Petroll AE, Doren EL)

Sex-based utilization and outcomes of cold-stored whole blood for trauma resuscitation: Analysis of a prospective multicenter study. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Gallagher S, Dilday J, Ugarte C, Park S, Siletz A, Matsushima K, Schellenberg M, Inaba K, Hazelton JP, Oh J, Gurney J, Martin MJ)

Exploratory qualitative study of firearm storage practices among surgeons in the USA: contexts and motivations. Injury Prevention. (Waddle SD, Thomas A, Campbell BT, Betz ME, Johnson JK, Royan R, Ellyin A, Jang A, Crandall ML, Stey AM)

Risk and Reward: Nationwide Analysis of Cardiac Transplant Center Variation in Organ Travel Distance and the Effects on Outcomes. Clinical Transplantation. (Seadler BD, Karra H, Zelten J, Rein LE, Durham LA, Joyce LD, Kohmoto T, Joyce DL)

Best Case/Worst Case-ICU: protocol for a multisite, stepped-wedge, randomised clinical trial of scenario planning to improve communication in the ICU in US trauma centres for older adults with serious injury. BMJ Open. (Stalter L, Hanlon BM, Bushaw KJ, Kwekkeboom KL, Zelenski A, Fritz M, Buffington A, Stein DM, Cocanour CS, Robles AJ, Jansen J, Brasel K, O'Connell KM, Cipolle MD, Ayoung-Chee P, Morris R, Gelbard RB, Kozar RA, Lueckel S, Schwarze M)

Current Knowledge and Perspectives of Immunotherapies for Neuroblastoma. [Review]. Cancers. (Mao C, Poimenidou M, Craig BT)

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