Did You Know?
Confused
by federal policies aiming to enhance the availability of clinical trial information via
ClinicalTrials.gov
? NIH has released a helpful summary table comparing its effort to the Dept. of Health and Human Services Final Rule
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Oct. Forum Highlights Resources to Support Excellence in Fulfilling New Federally Funded Clinical Trial Policies
CCTS and IRB experts prepared clinical trial teams across the partner network to "get out in front" of the wave of policy changes to ensure the "safety, integrity, and quality" of clinical trials
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NIH CSR Reports on Efforts to Achieve "Replicable, Generalizable Science"
The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) shares what it has learned about implementing rigor and transparency policies into the peer review process
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Conflict Management Expert Offers Team Science Tips at TIERS Meeting
UAB Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development Dr. David A. Rogers explored conflict's causes and solutions at the Sept. CCTS Training Interdisciplinary & Emerging Research Scholars (TIERS) meeting
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CCTS Launches 2017 Partner Network Multidisciplinary Pilot
The CCTS annual pilot program funds new interdisciplinary clinical and translational projects that are consistent with the CCTS mission and show promise for growing into mature research programs. Investigators with a faculty appointment at a CCTS partner institution encouraged to apply. The first step is to request a Letter of Intent (LOI) form from Dr. Jennifer Croker, executive administrator, CCTS Research Commons.
LOIs are due October 17, 2016, 5pm CT.
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CCTS Encourages Applications to NCATS Research Diversity Supplement
Low representation of minority groups in research remains, despite demonstrated benefits of inclusion. This award provides funding to recruit and support students, postdocs, and investigators from nationally underrepresented groups.
Internal deadline for proposals is Dec. 1, 2016.
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Genetics and Genomics in Clinical Research
This immersion course, cohosted by CCTS and the Heflin Center for Genomic Sciences, will review principles, major technologies, and experimental approaches. $50 faculty, $25 postdocs/fellows, $10 students/staff
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Oct. 10-14 | 8:30am-12:30pm | Finley Conference Center
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A scientific forum for industry professionals, faculty, students, and postdocs from a broad range of disciplines to collaborate, discover, explore commercialization. Foci include nanobioscience, nanoengineering, nanomaterials, and biotech.
Oct. 13-14, 2016 | Foy Union Bldg, Auburn |
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3rd Annual Community Engagement Institute
CEI is an annual full-day symposium focused on issues related to health equity and social justice. The CEI examines the importance of why and how community engagement and collaboration are effective in social/behavioral research and essential in community building practices. Student discounts until 9/30. Register soon.
Oct. 14, 2016 | BJCC East Meeting Hall, Birmingham |
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Not your average journal club! We invite one of the featured paper's authors to facilitate. Dr. Cynthia Brown, MD, MSPH, will join us next to discuss "
Comparison of Posthospitalization Function and Community Mobility in Hospital Mobility Program and Usual Care Patients."
Oct. 19 | 5-6pm | PCAMS |
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CCTS PSDS: How to Review a Paper in Under an Hour
Dr. Victor Darley-Usmar, PhD, vice chair for research, UAB Dept. of Pathology, will present this Professional Skills Development Seminar
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Oct. 20 | 8:30-10:00am | PCAMS |
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