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Georgia CTSA
Weekly eRoundup
May 5, 2022
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Georgia CTSA MSCR Graduate Recognized for Excellence in Scientific Research
Congratulations to Sara Auld, MD, MSc, who received Albert E. Levy Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, Junior Faculty. “I am so grateful for the wonderful colleagues and mentors I have had the pleasure of working with over the last several years,” says Dr. Auld. “As the saying goes, ‘chance favors the prepared,’ and my MSCR training allowed me to be prepared to respond quickly to the research needs during the early COVID-19 pandemic.”
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Bench2Market Talks: Investment and Dilution
Join us via Zoom on May 18 at 11:30 AM for this interactive webinar that will review the basics of equity negotiation, fundraising, and dilution for life science start-ups. Our speaker, James Stubbs, PhD, has over 20 years of commercialization experience, has held senior executive roles in five medical device start-ups, teaches medical device design at Georgia Tech, and is an active private investor.
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Funding (* New Opportunities)
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NIH Funding Opportunities Specific to COVID-19
This page contains a listing of active and expired funding opportunities specific to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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* American Association of Cancer Research Opportunities – Due Dates Vary
Please see funding opportunities available through the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) that may be of interest to you. Please contact Gayathri Srinivasan if you have any questions.
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2022 IDCRC Early Career Investigator Pilot Awards – LOI Due May 16
Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium (IDCRC) Mentored Pilot Research Project awards provide 1 year of funding to support research projects and career development activities that will enhance the applicant’s ability to compete successfully for an independent R- or K-series award. The projects can address a variety of topics, including vaccinology, therapeutics, laboratory studies, and statistics.
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National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Pfizer, and EMD Serono Quality of Care Initiative to Improve the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Bladder Cancer Patients – Due May 26
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Pfizer, and EMD Serono are collaborating to offer a new grant opportunity to support quality improvement projects that will advance the quality of care, including guideline concordant care, and best practices around treatment for patients with metastatic or advanced bladder cancers.
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* Emory Lung SPORE Career Enhancement and Developmental Research Pilot Projects – Due May 27
The Winship Lung Cancer SPORE aims to promote the advancement of early career lung cancer investigators through the conduct of a mentored Career Enhancement Program. The CEP aims to provide an environment that enables talented early-career investigators to engage in a two-year mentored research program and to facilitate their success and their academic career development in terms of achieving independent investigator status.
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program (T34) – Internal Due June 13
This funding opportunity announcement provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, mentoring, and career development elements.
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Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training Program (T32) – Internal Due June 15
FOA provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, mentoring, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation.
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Pfizer Global Medical Grants Improving Knowledge of Novel Hemophilia Therapies Amongst Multidisciplinary Teams – Due June 16
This funding opportunity announcement provides support to projects focusing on improving the multidisciplinary team’s medical and scientific understanding of novel and/or potential hemophilia therapies.
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Myovant Sciences-Pfizer Optimizing Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) in Advanced Prostate Cancer – Due June 30
The Myovant Sciences-Pfizer Alliance supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with our joint medical and/or scientific strategies.
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Pfizer Global Medical Grants Growth Hormone Research – Due June 30
This funding opportunity announcement provides support to projects focusing on growth hormone research. Research projects submitted may include diagnostics, early treatment, new treatment paradigms, clinical outcomes, quality of life, patient-reported outcomes, and medication adherence research including innovative methods to evaluate levels of adherence of growth hormone treatment and translational or clinical research.
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Pfizer Global Medical Grants Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship – Due June 30
This funding opportunity announcement provides support to institutions with fellowship programs for pediatric endocrinologists that have a strong focus on clinical practice, research, and education to further the understanding of short stature/growth failure.
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American Society of Radiation Oncology, Myovant Sciences and Pfizer ASTRO-Myovant Sciences-Pfizer Alliance New Combination Therapy Challenge – Due July 18
This funding opportunity announcement provides support to catalyze new collaborative research opportunities and to facilitate radiation oncology leadership in scientific discovery with the Myovant Sciences-Pfizer Alliance in the space of multimodality combination therapy.
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Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) GCMI Research Awards – Due July 20
Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) collaborative awards are intended to spark synergistic interactions among investigators from Emory SOM with GCMI. Proposals are intended to improve patient care by more effectively and efficiently developing and commercializing devices and products through preclinical and product development services including, but not limited to, Phase 0/early-stage feasibility assessments, design and development, clinical trial support, and proof-of-concept/feasibility preclinical testing.
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Certificate Program in Translational Research (CPTR) – Apply by June 1
The Certificate Program in Translational Research (CPTR) is a formal 16-credit Emory Laney Graduate School program for trainees who seek to conduct research at the interface between basic and translational science and clinical medicine. The CPTR enhances and transforms translational research training for predoctoral PhD students, postdoctoral fellows (PhD or MD) and junior faculty at Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Georgia.
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NCATS Online Course in Translational Science in the COVID-19 Pandemic – June 15 to August 2
Enhance your translational science skills this summer with a seven-week online course! This class is open to the public and is being offered by NCATS’ Education Branch in partnership with the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES). The course describes in detail a range of recent and ongoing research activities — from preclinical to clinical to population health — that were led or supported by NCATS in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this lens, the course teaches students effective approaches and strategies in translational science that have been key to the success of these efforts and are generalizable to other translational research activities.
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Fundamentals of Epidemiology Course - August 29 to December 5
Faculty and postdocs are welcome to enroll in a fall semester course that is part of the curriculum in the Certificate Program in Translational Research at the Laney Graduate School. Tuition awards are not available, but faculty and postdocs at Emory may be eligible for the Emory Courtesy Scholarship if employed for at least one year. This is a semester-long course that meets on Mondays from 3:10 PM -5:00 PM from August 29 until December 5, 2022. For more information and instructions on how to enroll, contact Rachel Hardison .
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Course in Advanced Data Management in R - August 30 to December 6
Faculty and postdocs are welcome to enroll in a fall semester course that is part of the curriculum in the Master of Science in Clinical Research degree program at the Laney Graduate School. Tuition awards are not available, but Emory faculty and postdocs may be eligible for the Emory Courtesy Scholarship which would cover tuition for the course. This is a semester-long course that meets on Tuesdays, from 3:10 PM to 5:00 PM from August 30 until December 6, 2022. Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in a basic statistics course covering at least linear regression (BIOS/MSCR 500 or equivalent). Contact Cheryl Sroka .
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TEAMS Call for Mentees
Calling all mentees! Are you from Emory, MSM, UGA & or Georgia Tech? The Georgia CTSA TEAMS (Translational Education and Mentoring in Science) Program provides 1:1 and group mentoring for junior-level faculty, post-doc or clinical fellows doing research in public health, clinical & translational science, implementation science, community engagement, health equity, health applications of technology, or related areas. Expand your network across Georgia CTSA. Apply Now : Create a CTSA Match account & then select "Fellow".
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TEAMS Call for Mentors
Calling all mentors! Are you from Emory, MSM, UGA, or Georgia Tech? The Georgia CTSA TEAMS (Translational Education and Mentoring in Science) Program provides faculty, postdocs, and clinical fellows from our member institutions the opportunity to develop professional skills in the areas of translational and clinical research, with special emphasis on multidisciplinary teams. This innovative, cohort-based model takes a three-pillared approach to mentoring and includes learning communities, 1:1 mentoring, as well as training, and resources.
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N3C’s New Public Health Browser Makes COVID-19 Snapshot Data
The National Center for Data to Health’s National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Data Enclave houses the largest repository of COVID-19 data in the United States, with more than 4.5 million COVID+ patients. N3C recently launched the Public Health Browser, which provides snapshots of high-value health data for policymakers, investigators, and entrepreneurs to facilitate further research questions for better health outcomes.
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Georgia CTSA Match
Looking to connect with experts in your field? Join the new Georgia CTSA Match! The platform encourages meaningful networking and collaboration by pairing researchers based on similar interests. These matches will help you to build networking opportunities acting as a catalyst to spur your research forward. Discover more and Join Now!
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Bench2Market Investment and Dilution Talk – May 18
This interactive webinar will review the basics of equity negotiation, fundraising, and dilution for life science start-ups. Our speaker, James Stubbs, Ph.D. has over 20 years of commercialization experience, has held senior executive roles in five medical device start-ups, teaches medical device design at Georgia Tech, and is an active private investor.
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IEN's 25th NanoFANS Forum – May 24
The Spring 2022 NANOFANS (Focusing on Advanced Nanobio Systems) Forum meeting will be held from 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM at the Marcus Nanotechnology Building, Georgia Tech-Institute for Electronics & Nanotechnology (GT-IEN). The focus of this event will be “Micro- / Nanotechnology Commercialization”, and will explore the opportunities and challenges of commercializing innovations in micro-/nanotechnology in the bio-space.
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Georgia Tech BME Capstone Design Fall 2022 – Due July 15
What's the answer to your "I wish I had..." or, "What if we could...?" when it comes to your ideas for enhancing patient care through novel medical device technology? What if you could partner alongside and advise a Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering (BME) team to investigate and design a patentable solution for that idea in just 16 weeks? BME Capstone is seeking project proposals for the Fall 2022 semester. Capstone teams work over 500 hours per project to ideate, design, and prototype real solutions that address unmet clinical needs.
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Free Community Health Worker Training on Lupus Education
Understanding Lupus is a lupus training program for Community Health Workers. The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is offering a free 6-hour training about lupus for CHWs. This training includes information on lupus health disparities, as well as signs and symptoms. If you are interested in this program or have questions, please reach out to Kate Chiseri , Senior Specialist Project Manager at the ACR.
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RADx COVID-19 Research Testing
Emory, Georgia Tech, and Children's are working with NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program to evaluate and bring more tests to market. Participants will receive a $50 gift card and free PCR COVID test. RADx is currently seeking symptomatic participants who may have COVID-19. Samples will be collected at 59 Executive Park South NE, Atlanta, by an experienced research coordinator or nurse, and you may receive a test kit with instructions to conduct a test on yourself or your child.
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COVID-19 Variant Immunologic Landscape Trial COVAIL Trial (Phase II)
To address durability and effectiveness of CoVID-19 booster vaccinations in the context of variants of concern (e.g., Delta, Omicron, etc.), Morehouse School of Medicine has been selected as one of 26 sites to recruit/consent/enroll participants (for 4 week period, target 1500 trial participants across the U.S.) in Phase 2 randomized open-label, non-placebo controlled, multi-site, multi-stage clinical trial. If you are interested in this vaccine trial or know anyone who might be, please register. View flyer
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GSK-Lullaby Study
This study is looking at different strengths of a potential new investigational vaccine (called the “study vaccine”) against chickenpox (varicella). The study will look at how safe the study vaccine is and will also determine whether it works to help prevent chickenpox in children. The study vaccine will be compared with an approved chickenpox vaccine, Varivax® (called the “reference vaccine”). Varivax® has been available for use in the USA since 1995. Please email us if interested.
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K-Club – May 9
Join us via Zoom at 12:00 PM to learn more about ‘The Myth of Objectivity: Best practices in rigor and transparency towards scientific reproducibility’ with Lou Ann Brown, PhD; Gillian Hue, PhD; and Shasha Bai, PhD.
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Pediatric Digestive Health Conference – May 14,15
Join us for a two-day conference in person or via Zoom! The purpose of the Pediatric Digestive Health Conference: Feeding, Allergy, Nutrition, and Swallowing Disorders and their psychological Impact is to bring together a multidisciplinary panel of experts to describe the current standard of care and present emerging state-of-the-art management approaches.
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Pediatric Grand Rounds – May 18
Join us via Zoom at 8:00 AM to learn more about “Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control: Interventions That Make a Difference” with Medical Officer Brook Belay, MD, MPH.
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Atlanta VA Research Symposium – May 19
The Atlanta VA Research & Development Service Line will be hosting the first Annual Robert J. Pollet Memorial Symposium in person from 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM! Our event will feature a keynote lecture by an internationally recognized VA-funded, physician-scientist; presentations by several prominent Atlanta VA investigators; poster presentations by current investigators, students, and trainees; boxed lunches for registered attendees, and opportunities for discussion and collaboration.
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Cross-CTSA Seminar: Community-Based Approaches to Health Equity – May 25
Join Georgia CTSA in partnership with UMass CCTS, UC Davis, and Florida CTSA via Zoom at 4:00 PM-6:00 PM. Hear from experts about community-engaged interventions that promote behavioral health equity, the role of community/patient engagement in advancing behavioral health research, as well as community perspectives. Register .
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Society for Developmental Biology – June 1-3
Please join us for the Society for Developmental Biology’s regional meeting at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The SESDB meeting is designed to bring together basic scientists, engineers, and clinicians to discuss experimental embryology, biophysical aspects of development, tissue function, morphogenesis, gene function, congenital malformations, stem cell, and regenerative biology.
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Annual Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference – June 3
Join us in person at the Georgia Aquarium or virtually for the 11th annual conference. The conference will highlight the scope of pediatric research conducted across the US southeast, with emphasis on research from Emory, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Tech, and Morehouse School of Medicine. This year’s conference theme is "Development and Disease: Translating Insights from Genes and Environment to Transform Outcomes."
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