In This Week's Update:
- OHSP Seminar - Electronic Research Administration Modernization
- Celebration of Pediatrics Research
- Paths to Surviving and Thriving in Academic Medicine Conference
- IRB Training
- Webinar: Reducing Disparities - Improve Children’s Well-Being
- Transforming the Care of Childhood Onset Chronic Health Conditions
- Collaborative Writing Opportunity: Synergy Paper
- NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! Challenge Now Open
- 23rd Annual WCI Scientific Symposium
- NCATS Announces Call for Proposals: Pfizer’s Centers Therapeutic Innovation Program
- Calendar of Events
- Funding Opportunities
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OHSP Seminar: Electronic Research Administration Modernization
Discussion will include revisions to OHSP Policy 201 Education Program
Remote participation via Zoom video conferencing will be available. The session will also be recorded for later viewing.
For questions concerning the seminar or remote connection, please contact Kelly Unsworth.
Date: Thursday, October 11
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: Helen Wood Hall Classroom 1W-510
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Celebration of Pediatrics Research
Forbes Scholar and Poster Presentation
Featuring the Forbes Visiting Scholar Lecture and the Pediatrics Research Poster Session, including a wide array of child health-related research, and cash awards for best posters. Poster session will take place in the Flaum Auditorium.
Paul A. Offit, M.D., the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will be visiting as the next Gilbert B. Forbes Scholar. Offit is a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine.
Date: Thursday, October 11
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Class of ’62 Auditorium
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Paths to Surviving and Thriving
in Academic Medicine Conference
Sponsored by: URMC Junior Women Faculty Groups, Office for Inclusion and Cultural Development, Susan B. Anthony Center
Succeeding in academic medicine while thriving both professionally and personally can be challenging. This half-day conference will provide ideas and tools to support faculty in navigating the challenges and developing a successful career path in academic medicine.
The conference will introduce participants to strategies that can promote resilience by identifying and managing self-doubt (i.e., imposter syndrome), identifying and developing peer mentor programs, nurturing and aligning your life and career goals, and identifying reasonable career goals that are in line with your values. The conference will include didactic lectures on these topics and breakout sessions to discuss strategies for setting obtainable personal and professional goals and expectations.
To register and for additional information, email Office for Inclusion and Culture Development
Date: Saturday, October 13
Time: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Class of ’62 Auditorium
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IRB Training
As part of the Electronic Research administration Modernization Project, OHSP is implementing new software to review and approve human subject research proposals (replacing the ‘RSRB Online Submission System’). The training will highlight the revised IRB review workflows within the new software and provide hands-on experience in using the new software to submit a new study, modification, a continuing review, and reportable new information.
Training is not required in order to obtain access to the new software. Additional training/materials/tools (manuals, videos) will be available for the UR research community as the “go-live” date approaches.
Registration is required via MyPath and openings are limited. To register, log into MyPath and type ‘Click IRB Training’ in the search box in the upper right corner. Select the ‘Click IRB Training’ in the results list (icon calendar). From the training details page, click ‘Request’ for the session you wish to attend. Contact Kelly Unsworth for any questions.
Training Sessions:
- Monday, October 15, 2:30 – 4:30 pm
- Thursday, October 18, 2:30 – 4:30 pm
- Monday, October 22, 2:30 – 4:30 pm
- Thursday, October 25, 9:00 – 11:00 am
- Wednesday, October 31, 9:00 – 11:00 am
- Friday, November 2, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
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Webinar: Reducing Disparities --
An Equity-Focused Research Agenda to Improve Children’s Well-Being
Mathematica Policy Research and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will host a panel discussion about building an equity-focused research agenda to inform evidence-based policies that support children’s well-being through access to early care and education, nutrition and food assistance, and income supports. Our panel of experts will discuss disparities in program access and participation; innovations with the potential to reduce disparities; and a research agenda to support implementing, scaling, and financing strategies that promote children’s well-being. The panel includes:
For more information, email events@mathematica-mpr.com.
Registration
Date: Wednesday, October 10
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm
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The Future is Today:
Transforming the Care of Childhood Onset Chronic Health Conditions
UR Complex Care Center, 2nd Annual Conference
The UNYTE Translational Research Network is a Co-Sponsor of this event.
Event Learning Objectives:
- List the components and benefits of an interdisciplinary model in primary care
- State the benefits of interdisciplinary care management for patients with complex medical needs
- Describe the successful transition for young adults with pediatric-onset conditions from pediatric specialty care to an adult primary care provider
- Describe considerations for informed decision-making, guardianship, and future care needs for adults with chronic complex conditions
- Identify the challenges and solutions to preventative health care in complex populations
- Describe innovative methods of research in pediatric-onset chronic conditions
- Develop knowledge regarding the applications of technology and telemedicine in caring for complex patients
Registration
Date: Monday, October 29
Time: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Class of ’62 Auditorium
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Collaborative Writing Opportunity:
Synergy Paper
Cross-network translational research Synergy Papers are designed to focus on substantial challenges in clinical and translational research. The goal of Synergy Papers are to advance the field of translational science and build collaborations within and external to the CTSA Program consortium, while meeting the academic needs of co-authors to produce high-quality scientific publications.
Collaborative teams are invited to apply for CLIC assistance for a paper that focuses on either:
- A significant translational science process or method roadblock and how to address this challenge to advance translational science
- A content/knowledge review of a pressing translational science topic across several stages of the translational continuum, identifying gaps and approaches to move the field forward (that would also include a section on relevant process gaps as well)
Application Deadline is Monday, November 5, 2018.
Additional Information
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NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare!
Challenge Now Open
NCATS is seeking innovative ways to communicate with others to educate people about rare diseases through social media or art. The goals of this challenge, which is being led by NCATS’ Office of Rare Diseases Research, are to raise awareness for all rare diseases in a collective manner, to bring attention to the many people with rare diseases and to highlight the need for research and the development of new treatments.
Use any communication you choose; be as creative and original as possible! Examples of entries include a music video, poem, painting, poster, animation, song, etc.
The total prize purse is $5,000 and will be awarded as follows:
- First place: $3,000 and travel expenses for up to four people to participate in Rare Disease Day at NIH, Feb. 28, 2019, to present winning entry
- Second place: $1,500
- Third place: $500
- Honorable mentions (10) will have their entries posted on the NCATS website
Each team or individual may submit only one entry. Entries must be submitted to www.challenge.gov by Sunday, October 28, 2018, 12:00 pm.
Learn more about the challenge.
View detailed submission requirements and instructions.
View the challenge announcement.
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23rd Annual WCI Scientific Symposium
Keynote Speaker for the Underberg Lecture: Judith Campisi, Ph.D., Buck Institute for Research on Aging, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology (3:00 pm)
The purpose of the symposium is to bring together scientists working in basic, translational, and clinical cancer research. Activities will include oral presentations and a poster session (1:00 - 3:00 pm).
Poster Themes:
- Molecular and Cell Biology
- Blood Cancers/Blood/Tumor Microenvironment/Immunotherapy
- Solid Tumor Biology and Therapy
- Cancer Control/Epidemiology
Posters must be marked clearly as belonging to one of these four programmatic categories. Poster Prizes for $100 each will be awarded to the best poster in each of the categories. In addition, a single grand prize will be awarded to an individual out of the group of winners. This individual will receive an additional $500 as a stipend for attending and presenting at a national/international scientific conference.
If you have any questions about submitting a poster or the symposium in general, please email Chelsea Costanzo or call 585-273-1447. The deadline for poster registration submission is Wednesday, October 31, 4:00 pm.
Date: Tuesday, November 13
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Class of ’62 Auditorium and Sarah Flaum Atrium
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NCATS Announces Call for Proposals:
Pfizer’s Centers for
Therapeutic Innovation Program
NCATS announces an opportunity for NIH intramural researchers to submit proposals to collaborate with Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI).
Pfizer’s CTI program, which is managed by NCATS, pairs NIH intramural researchers with Pfizer resources to pursue scientific and medical advances through joint therapeutic development. Goals include identifying biologic compounds with activity in a pathway or target of interest to both an NIH intramural researcher and Pfizer and moving the compounds into the clinic to test them. Areas of interest to Pfizer include cancer, autoimmunity/inflammation, metabolic diseases and rare diseases. View details about these therapeutic areas of interest.
Pre-proposals are due by Friday, November 2, 2018.
Additional Information
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Calendar of Events
Monday, October 8
CTSI TBS 2018 Annual Poster Session
Career Engagement, Revitalization, and Transition – Registration Deadline
Wednesday, October 10
Webinar: Utilization of Twitter by Early Career Women in Academic Medicine and Science
Webinar: Reducing Disparities: An Equity-Focused Research Agenda to Improve Children’s Well-Being
Thursday, October 11
OHSP Seminar - Electronic Research Admin Modernization
Prenatal and Preconception Exposure to Cadmium – Changes to the Offspring’s Immune System
Pediatrics Research Celebration Day
Friday, October 12
You Can’t Change Your Genes, But You Can Change Your Environment
4th Annual Immune Imaging Symposium – Abstract Submission Deadline
Saturday, October 13
Paths to Surviving and Thriving in Academic Medicine Conference
Wednesday, October 31
23rd Annual WCI Scientific Symposium – Poster Registration Deadline
Thursday, November 1
I-Corps@NCATS Training – Application Deadline
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