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January 31, 2014
 
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We Survived Snowmageddon 2014!
One of many similar scenes on the UAB Campus from 17th Street facing 10th Ave. S. at Al's, Tuesday midday.
Not. Going. Anywhere. Period. For a few days.
The UAB CCTS would like extend a warm thanks to all of those at UAB, and our Birmingham neighbors at large, for your selflessness, hospitality, and camaraderie this week. We trust you're all safely reunited with loved ones and will forgive us a few "reschedules" on the calendar this month.
  

  

EVENTS

  

Tuesday, February 4

UAB Center for Exercise Medicine

Distinguished Lecture Series

8:30-9:30 am

  

"Lifestyle Medicopharmacogenetics and the Future for Personalized Lifestyle Medicine"

  

Presented by: William E. Kraus, MD

Professor, Medicine & Cardiology
Duke University

 

 

  

Finley Kaul Conference Center, 1900 University Boulevard 

For more information contact: exercise@uab.edu; 975-9042

     

Wednesday, February 5

Special Lecture by:

Richard Platt, MD, MSc, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital

  

 

  

"Building the Information Base for the Learning Health System"

11 am-Noon

Medical Towers Room 634


Register here by Monday, February 3.

  

Wednesday, February 5

UAB Center for Exercise Medicine

Journal Club

4-5 pm

 

Exercise Rehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injury

GBS 746J 01 - Exercise Med JC

McCallum 901

 

Presenter: Robert Akscyn, CMDB theme of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

 

For more information contact: exercise@uab.edu; 975-9042

 

Tuesday, February 11

The Many Lives of Data: A TIERS Event

5-6 p.m.

Pittman Center for Advanced Medical Studies (PCAMS) 

1924 7th Avenue South

 

Training Interdisciplinary and Emerging Research Scholars (TIERS) 

Data are captured throughout the health systems operations. The ability to combine and reuse data for multiple purposes is a crucial component of the visions of Big Data and the Learning Healthcare System and will play an important role in our collective research future.

 

Join us for the February TIERS presentation - The Many Lives of Data - presented by  James H. Willig, MD, Associate Professor, UAB School of Medicine-Division of Infectious Diseases.

 

Registration at:  http://www.eventbrite.com/e/uab-tiers-february-2014-tickets-10119378333 no later than Thursday, February 6, 2014.  

 

Cocktails and heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served. 

 

Wednesday, February 12

UAB CCTS Biostatistics Clinic

11:30 am-1:30 pm

Pittman Center for Advanced Medical Studies (PCAMS) 

1924 7th Avenue South

 

 

 

Are you in need of some data analysis or research design assistance? These drop-in clinics are designed for investigators needing assistance with: 

  • Study Design 
  • Sample Size and Power Calculations 
  • Data Analysis 
  • Display of Data and Results
  • Interpretation of Results 
  • Statistical Software  

The Biostatistics Clinic is open to all faculty members, post-docs, fellows, residents, and students. Attendees are invited to bring statistical and methodological questions about on-going research projects, projects being planned, manuscripts in progress, responses to peer reviewers, and published articles. They are also invited to bring their laptops. Assistance will be provided by members of the  CCTS BERD group. A light lunch is served.  

 

Thursday, February 13

Professional Skills Training Program

 

"Team Science" led by Grant Savage, PhD,  

Professor, COLLAT School of Business

and

 

Anthony C. Hood, PhD

Assistant Professor, COLLAT School of Business

Department of Management, Information Systems & Quantitative Methods

 

11 am-12:15 pm 

West Pavilion, Room E  (lunch provided)                                                                              

To register: https://teamscience-pstp.eventbrite.com    

 

 

Friday, February 28

World Rare Disease Day Symposium

 

 

Featuring Bruce Korf, MD, PhD (UAB); Wayne Grody, MD, PhD (UCLA); Greg Barsh, MD, PhD (HudsonAlpha Institute); Les Biesecker, MD, PhD (NHGRI); Maria Descartes, MD (UAB); Meagan Cochran, MS, CGC (UAB) 

Learn how genome sequencing can be used in medical practice

Topics include:

  • Genetic diagnosis by genome sequencing
  • Genomics of developmental delay
  • The UAB Undiagnosed Diseases Program and the NIH ClinSeq Project

8 am-3 pm 

Children's Harbor

1600 6th Ave S #200

Birmingham, AL 35233

                                                                     

Registration fee is $15; click here to register.

 

 

Looking Ahead in 2014:


Deadline for Abstracts Extended: 
9th Annual Health Disparities Research Symposium
March 20
The UAB Health Disparities Research Symposium highlights the work of faculty and student investigators in the areas of basic science, clinical and translational science, social and behavioral sciences, outcomes research, and community-based research related to health disparities. Submissions in the areas listed below are encouraged: Bio-physiological Mechanisms of Health Disparities 
* Behavioral Mechanisms of Health Disparities Gene-Environment Interaction and Health Disparities 
* Social Determinants of Health A Life-Course Approach to Health and Illness 
* Community-Based Approaches to Health Evidence-Based Strategies for Health Equity      
NEW DEADLINE: February 4, 2014.       
ELIGIBILITY: Abstracts must represent results of original research.  A presenting author is expected to register for and attend the symposium.  
See attached for more details on how to submit.

 

  

Translational Science
Conference Accepting Abstracts T
hrough February 5, 2014
 
  
If you were snowbound and a little behind on submitting your abstract for Translational Science 2014, sponsored by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) and the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR)--you're in luck! The deadline has been extended through February 5, 2014.

  

Among the distinguished scientists and leaders who will be presenting are:
  • Dr. Christopher Austin, Director of the National Center for Advancing Clinical and Translational Science (NCATS)
  • Dr. Bruce Gellin of the National Vaccine Program Office, US Department of Health and Human Services
  • Dr. John McKew of the National Center for Advancing Clinical and Translational Science (NCATS)
  • Dr. William Chin, Executive Vice President, Science and Regulatory Affairs, PhRMA
The program will include Mock Study Sections and Concurrent Sessions on "Scientific Misconduct: Pitfalls for the Junior Investigator," "How to Write a K Grant," "K to R" Mentoring to Success," "Pediatrics/Child Health," Academic Advancement for Translational Researchers," and "Serendipity in Science."  
New this year, a limited number of abstracts will be selected for oral presentations, in addition to poster sessions.

Submit your presentation abstract to  Translational Science 2014 Abstract Submission by Wednesday, February 5, 2014.

 

Request for Applications: 

The UAB Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center invites applications for the 
2014 Population/Clinical Science Pilot Grant

Deadline: 5pm CT, February 13, 2014


The Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center (CCVC) at UAB invites population and/or clinical interdisciplinary, multi-investigator research proposals that address critical issues relevant to cardiovascular disease. Areas of specific interest include Cardiac Reparative and Regenerative Medicine; Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Prevention; Hypertension, Heart Failure and Transplantation; Heart Rhythm and Arrhythmias; Valvular and Congenital Disease; and Vascular and Ischemic Heart Disease. 

 

If funded, the proposed start date of the CCVC Population/Clinical Science Pilot grant will be June 1st, 2014. It is anticipated that 1 pilot project with a budget not exceeding a total of $50,000 will be awarded based on merit and availability of funds. Awards are not renewable. Half the budget will be allocated at the outset of the award. To assure funding of the remaining budget for the second six-month period, awardees will be asked to provide a six-month interim report and presentation on project progress, as well as a one-year final report and presentation on accomplishments to the CCVC Steering Committee. Please read attachment for more information.

 

ADDA Request for PreProposals for Pilot Funding

The Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance, with the UAB CCTS and the Center for Emerging Drug Discovery (CEDD) plan to fund up to 2 pilot grants of up to $50,000 per year for 2 years. The process to apply is now a two-step system, requesting 2-page pre-proposals with a deadline of Monday, February 17, 8:30 a.m.

 

More details can be found in the attached PDF. Please read this carefully and make sure your proposed project falls within the scope of the solicitation.

 

Selected pre-proposals will be invited to submit a full proposal due on April 14; funded projects will have a start date of July 1, 2014.

 

Request for Proposals: 

The UAB Hepato/Renal Fibrocystic Disease Core Center (UAB HRFDCC; P30 DK074038) invites brief proposals for Pilot and Feasibility studies in basic and translational research related to HRFD. Please see the attached announcement. Letters of Intent are due: February 17th, 2014.

  

For additional information, contact Bradley Yoder (byoder@uab.edu), Michal Mrug (mmrug@uab.edu) or Joanne Murphy-Ullrich (murphy@uab.edu). 

 

 

Call for Applications: UAB Center for Exercise Medicine Pre-Doctoral Training Program

Program Title: Interdisciplinary Training in Pathobiology and Rehabilitation Medicine

Grant Number: 1T32HD071866

Sponsor: NIH National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research

 

Purpose:

The overarching goal of this training program is to develop future leaders in translational rehabilitation research who are specifically equipped to test and disseminate novel rehabilitative strategies that will alleviate functional impairment and compromised life quality in the face of chronic disease management.  Exercise medicine is a major focus of this training program.

 

Application, Review, and Selection:

1.      Applicants should submit a letter of interest and CV to exercise@uab.edu.

2.      Applicants will be reviewed by the Executive Committee, followed by interviews of the top candidates.

3.      Select candidates will prepare an Individual Development Plan with the primary mentor and translational mentoring team. To learn more about the primary mentors and their research programs, click here.

 

Learn more about the program under Training Opportunities at  www.uab.edu/exercise.

 

SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES: JUMP IN!

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HudsonAlpha BioTrain Accepting Applications for 2014 Summer Internships

is happy to announce that the 2014 summer internship applications are now live. Applications will be accepted through February 15, 2014, at 5 pm and must be submitted online. When you are ready, you may fill out and submit your application by clicking here.For detailed descriptions of the internships, click here. 

  

 

2014 McGill Pharmacoepidemiology Summer Program course offerings within the summer session at McGill University.  Enrollment is limited.


This year we will again offer 4 courses, each given intensively over a 4-day period and taught by skilled pharmacoepidemiologists and talented instructors. The courses have been revamped to incorporate newer techniques of design and analysis, as well as to discuss "hot topics" in pharmacoepidemiology.

May 5th - May 9th:       Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology (Dr Linda L�vesque)   May 12th - May 15th:   Intermediate Pharmacoepidemiology (Drs Laurent Azoulay and Kristian Filion)
May 19th - May 22th:   Advanced Pharmacoepidemiology (Prs Samy Suissa and Pierre Ernst)   May 26th - May 29th:  Pharmacoeconomics: Applied Statistical methods (Dr Jaime Caro)

 
Spend one or a few weeks in Montreal, at a time of the year where the snow has melted long ago and the weather is lovely. May is a busy time in Montreal, with many conventional and eccentric festivals (Beer, International music, Digital arts fest, Chamber Music Festival, Anarchist book fair, Montreal Bike Fest, etc).  You will meet other outstanding students from around the globe, coming from diverse milieus of academia, industry and regulatory agencies.     

 

 

 

Plan Ahead for Summer!

Johns Hopkins June 16-July 3, 2014

Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Baltimore, MD

 

www.jhsph.edu/summerepi

 

2014 courses include:

 

  *   Principles of Epidemiology

  *   Statistical Reasoning in Public Health 

  *   Conducting Epidemiological

  *   Nutritional Epidemiology

  *   Molecular Biology for Genetic Epidemiology

  *   Pharmacoepidemiology

  *   Longitudinal Data Analysis

  *   Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials

  *   Advanced Methods in Observational Studies: Design

  

See Our Full Course List and click for deadlines, application info, and more! 

 

Don't Forget: Sunday, Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day! 

 

Tweet us what you think Puxatawney Phil will do @uabccts: #groundhogdaypredictions

 

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