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June 23, 2022

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TEAMS Mentoring Program - Call for Content Experts

Are you an expert in providing feedback, managing a team, grant writing, manuscript development, people management, or other academic skills? Are you eager to serve as an expert for Georgia CTSA’s TEAMS (Translational Education and Mentoring for Science) learning community groups? Share your expertise virtually with TEAMS Learning Communities and commit to at least one Learning Community meeting per year, if asked. Sign up now!

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Nominations for Health Services Research Day Planning Committee

Nominations for the Health Services Research Day planning committee are now open! Join this excellent opportunity to expand your network and make a lasting impact in Health Services Research. Provide guidance and expertise throughout the planning process, ensuring that HSR Day highlights content relative to the value, quality, and effectiveness of healthcare. To nominate yourself or someone else, visit bit.ly/hsr2023 . Nominations are due July 12.

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Funding (* New Opportunities)

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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* Corporate and Foundation Funding Opportunities – Due Dates Vary

Six new funding opportunities are available: National Multiple Sclerosis Society Research Grants, Davis Phinney Foundation Weight/strength/resistance training and Parkinson’s, AGA-R. Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer, BrightFocus Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Macular Degeneration Research, BrightFocus Foundation Innovative Research Grants Macular Degeneration Research, and BrightFocus Foundation New Investigator Grant Program Macular Degeneration Research. Should you identify an opportunity of interest, please let us know by submitting the Funding Opportunity Interest form. NOTE: The Funding Opportunities link is for Emory faculty, researchers, and staff only and can only be accessed through an emory.edu email address.

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Corporate and Foundation Funding Opportunities – Due Dates Vary

Three new funding opportunities are available: American Association of Cancer Research – AACR, Pfizer Global Medical Grants, and Pfizer and ICOSEP. Should you identify an opportunity of interest, please let us know by submitting the Funding Opportunity Interest form. NOTE: The Funding Opportunities link is for Emory faculty, researchers, and staff only and can only be accessed through an emory.edu email address.

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Children’s Environmental Health Research Translation – Due Dates Vary

The Center for Children’s Health Assessment, Research Translation, and Combating Environmental Racism (CHARTER) announces Pilot Program. A major focus of CHARTER is to develop effective strategies to translate research findings of importance to children’s environmental health to relevant stakeholders in the community, academia and among healthcare providers. All applications must focus on the role of the environment in children’s health. Visit website to learn about three distinct pilot program opportunities.

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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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PHS 2022-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Due August 5

This funding opportunity announcement invites eligible United States small businesses to submit Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications. United States small businesses that have the research capabilities and technological expertise to contribute to the R&D mission(s) of the NIH, CDC, and FDA awarding components identified in this funding opportunity announcement are encouraged to submit SBIR grant applications in response to identified topics.

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PHS 2022-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Due August 5

This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites eligible United States small businesses to submit Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications. United States small businesses that have the research capabilities and technological expertise to contribute to the R&D mission(s) of the NIH awarding components identified in this funding opportunity announcement are encouraged to submit STTR grant applications in response to identified topics.

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Innovative Technologies for Research on Climate Change and Human Health Small Business Technology Transfer (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Optional) – Due September 5

This funding opportunity announcement prioritizes reducing the health threats posed by climate change across the lifespan, improving the health of people who are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts; and building health resilience among individuals, communities, and nations around the world.

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Innovative Technologies for Research on Climate Change and Human Health (R43/R44 Small Business Innovation Research (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional) – Due September 5

This funding opportunity announcement prioritizes reducing the health threats posed by climate change across the lifespan, improving the health of people who are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts; and building health resilience among individuals, communities, and nations around the world.

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CFAR-HBCU Collaborative Award for Research Exchange Program – LOI Due October 3

Are you an early-stage HIV investigator or independent investigator who is new to HIV research at an Atlanta-area HBCU? The Emory CFAR invites you to apply for a one-year pilot award of up to $50K for research projects that aim to advance HIV prevention, treatment, care, and/or cure strategies.

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Education

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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Research Resources

Content Experts

Calling all content experts from Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech, and the University of Georgia! Are you an expert in providing feedback, managing a team, grant writing, manuscript development, people management, or other academic skills? Then we want you! Share your expertise virtually with TEAMS Learning Communities and commit to at least one Learning Community meeting per year if asked.

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BioImage Analysis Workshop for Pediatrics

ICI invites Pediatrics researchers to apply for our 2nd edition of BioImage Analysis (BIA) at Emory. This will be a 3-day in-person course on July 12, 13, and 14 from 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM. This will be a hands-on course with specific exercises to help you succeed with image analysis. For more information on the structure of the course please visit our website from the 1st edition of BIA@Emory .

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Health Services Research Day Committee

Health Services Research Day Committee is looking for new members! Join this excellent opportunity to expand your network & make a lasting impact in the field of Health Services Research. Please submit all nominations by July 12, 2022.

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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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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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Georgia CTSA Ethical Dilemma of the Week

Informed Consent: When the LAR is also the Investigator (PDF)
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Innovation & Translation

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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Community

CEAL Launches a Pediatric Webpage

NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities works closely with the communities hit hardest by COVID-19. CEAL has launched a new pediatric webpage to help parents make informed decisions about vaccinating their children against COVID-19. The webpage highlights upcoming events and features fact sheets and other resources to help address questions and concerns. View in English and Spanish .

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Maternal Health Equity Focus Groups

Your voice is needed! The Center for Maternal Health and Georgia IMPROVE are conducting a study to learn about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental and physical health of pregnant and postpartum Black & Latinx women. If you have any questions, please email Brittney Newton .

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Please include the following citation in any publications resulting from direct or indirect Georgia CTSA support, "Supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1TR002378. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health." KL2 Scholars should also list KL2TR002381 and TL1 Trainees should also list TL1TR002382.

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