January 21, 2022

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​
• Brian Craig, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery, received an award from Children's Research Institute for the project titled, “Surgical Stress-Inflammatory Response Modulation of Immune Cell Recruitment." Congratulations!
• Seven small businesses in Wisconsin, including ReNeurogen (Dr. Kirkwood Pritchard, Co-Founder), will receive up to $600,000 to commercialize their innovations, thanks to the SBIR Advance program’s latest round of funding. Congratulations!
• Abstract Deadlines and Meeting List: List will be updated each month. | More Information

Coming Soon:
Research Roundtable

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. We look forward to the launch of this new series!

GRANT$ Alert

MCW Office of Research Limited Needs Funding
$30,000/18 months
Application deadline: February 7, 2022

Equipment purchases must  include lab equipment, scientific instruments, software purchases, and specialty reagents.  Purchase must include an essential component that is required to pivot research in a new direction.

American Heart Association (AHA) Transformational Project Award
$100,000/3 years
Proposal due in eBridge: February 9, 2022
Application due: February 16, 2022

Successful applications are those building on strong preliminary data supportive of the hypothesis. 

CESERT Pyramid Grant
Giant Robotic: $25,000, Platinum: $10,000, Diamond: $25,000, Gold: $500
Application due: February 15, 2022

Education Research Grants from the Association for Surgical Education Foundation (ASEF).  Gold is for small projects within 1 year.  Diamond is for mixed methods projects within 1-2 years. Platinum is for multi-institutional projects for at least 2 years. Giant Robotic is for research questions including curriculum design, training programs, assessment metrics, and patient outcomes for at least 2 years.

Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation Grants
Multiple awards available
Letter of Intent due: March 7, 2022
Application due: July 18, 2022

3 grants available - Accelerator (for teams) $1.2 million for 4 years, Investigator (similar to R21) $300,000 for 2 years, and Pilot $100,000 for 1 year.  

American Cancer Society Clinician Scientist Development Grant
$135,000/year for 3-5 years
Proposal due in eBridge: March 25, 2022
Application due: April 1, 2022

Clinicians must be within the first 5 years of their initial faculty appointment.  Research must be in on of these categories: Etiology, Obesity, Screening and Diagnosis,  Treatment, Survivorship, or Health Equity. Mentor is required and receives maximum of $10,000 per year from grant.

American Cancer Society - Research Scholar Grant
$165,000/year for 4 years
Proposal due in eBridge: March 25, 2022
Application due: April 1, 2022

Must be in the first 8 years of a faculty appointment to apply. Eligibility is extended for 10 years for clinician scientists who remain active in clinical care. Applicants typically must be within 14 years of receiving a terminal degree and cannot have more than one R01/R01-like grant (>$100,000/year direct costs for more than 3 years) as principal investigator at the time of application.  

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

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2022 Annual Meeting
June 3-7, 2022, Chicago, IL and Virtual
Abstract Deadline: February 15, 2022

All types of oncology-related research are eligible for submission. Please note: case reports are not accepted; abstract should address scientific questions, detail clinical observations, or contain primary scientific data; data from the long-term follow-up of previously presented clinical trials may be submitted only if significant new information can be shown; Interim analysis of a prospective randomized clinical trial will be considered if it is performed as planned in the original protocol and is statistically valid; abstracts of clinically-related subjects should be combined into a single abstract. Submission of multiple abstracts on a single study may result in the rejection of one or more abstracts.

International Surgical Week (ISW) 2022
August 15-18, 2022, Vienna, Austria
Abstract Deadline: February 28, 2022

Topics: General Topics (incl. Burns by ISBI, Military Surgery by APIMSF, Pediatric Surgery) organized by ISS/SIC; Digestive Surgery organized by ISDS; Endocrine Surgery organized by IAES; Trauma & Intensive Care organized by IATSIC; Breast Surgery organized by BSI; Anesthesia & Rural Surgery organized by ASAP; Nutrition & Metabolism organized by IASMEN

Western Vascular Society (WVS) 2022 Annual Meeting
September 17-20, 2022, Victoria, B.C. Canada
Abstract Submission opens January 30, 2022

Visit http://westernvascularsociety.org for updates. Call for Abstracts will open on January 30 and close April 15, 2022. Registration and housing links for the Victoria meeting open in March 1, 2022.

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Annual Meeting 2022
September 21-24, 2022, Chicago, IL
Abstract Deadline: March 1, 2022

Original, new, and significant scientific work only; Work presented at local, state, and regional COT competitions ARE eligible; The work MUST not have been presented at ANY other meeting: local, state, regional, or national; The work cannot be presented at the Resident Competition at the American College of Surgeons in October 2021; The submitted abstract should not be similar to any work submitted to any other organization or journal; If an abstract DOES NOT include an AAST member as one of its authors, a sponsor is required.

Department of Surgery Recent Publications

Identification of Serum miRNA Signature and Establishment of a Nomogram for Risk Stratification in Patients With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Annals of Surgery. (Kandimalla R, Shimura T, Mallik S, Sonohara F, Tsai S, Evans DB, Kim SC, Baba H, Kodera Y, Von Hoff D, Chen X, Goel A)

A National Study Defining 1.0 Full-time Employment in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (Murphy PB, Coleman J, Karam B, Morris RS, Figueroa J, de Moya M)

Iatrogenic vascular trauma and complications of vascular access in children. [Review] Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. (Georgeades C, Rothstein AE, Plunk MR, Arendonk KV)

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)

Evaluation and management of traumatic pneumothorax: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. (de Moya M, Brasel KJ, Brown CVR, Hartwell JL, Inaba K, Ley EJ, Moore EE, Peck KA, Rizzo AG, Rosen NG, Sperry J, Weinberg JA, Martin MJ)

Adherence to process and protocols is important in ensuring patient safety for iliac vein stenting in an office-based lab setting. Journal of Vascular Surgery. (Brown KR)

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)

Transcarotid Approach to Placement of an Impella 5.0. ASAIO Journal. (Ramamurthi A, Cain MT, Smith N, Espinal A, Joyce DL, Mohammed A, Joyce LD, Durham LA)

Fibrin is a critical regulator of neutrophil effector function at the oral mucosal barrier. Science. (Silva LM, Doyle AD, Greenwell-Wild T, Dutzan N, Tran CL, Abusleme L, Juang LJ, Leung J, Chun EM, Lum AG, Agler CS, Zuazo CE, Sibree M, Jani P, Kram V, Martin D, Moss K, Lionakis MS, Castellino FJ, Kastrup CJ, Flick MJ, Divaris K, Bugge TH, Moutsopoulos NM)

Survival After Adrenalectomy for Metastatic Lung Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. (Krumeich LN, Roses RE, Kuo LE, Lindeman BM, Nehs MA, Tavakkoli A, Parangi S, Hodin RA, Fraker DL, James BC, Wang TS, Solorzano CC, Lubitz CC, Wachtel H)

The evolution of the general surgery resident operative case experience in the era of robotic surgery. Surgical Endoscopy. (Nwaelugo NS, Goldblatt MI, Gould JC, Higgins RM)

Assessment of risk and economic burden of surgical site infection (SSI) posthysterectomy using a U.S. longitudinal database. Surgery. (Edmiston CE Jr, Bond-Smith G, Spencer M, Chitnis AS, Holy CE, Po-Han Chen B, Leaper DJ)

Nivolumab induced pulmonary sarcoid-like granulomas with a concurrent pleural schwannoma: A pathologic-radiologic correlation of a rare condition mimicking metastatic melanoma. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. (Jain PV, Squires C, Gasparri M, Sheinin Y)

Enhanced interpretation of 935 hotspot and non-hotspot RAS variants using evidence-based structural bioinformatics. Computational And Structural Biotechnology Journal. (Tripathi S, Dsouza NR, Mathison AJ, Leverence E, Urrutia R, Zimmermann MT)

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