Did You Know?
CCTS has received 47 Letters of Intent (LOIs) in response to our call for K scholars, a new record! This includes LOIs from eight of our 11 CCTS Partners. Our KL2 and K12 career development awards are intended to support jr. faculty with a clinical or research doctorate and an interest in translational or patient centered outcomes research.
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CCTS Concludes First Kaizen Game on Scientific Reproducibility
They played, they learned! CCTS's edutainment experiment using Kaizen platform succeeds in teaching NIH rigor, reproducibility, and transparency principles to those who were "game" enough to volunteer. More
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CCTS Launches 5th Annual Community Health Engagement Awards (CHIA)
More than 80 people attended our 2017 CHIA Innovation Workshop, where they learned about the competition's multi-phase process, formalized their teams, and began turning ideas into proposals for sustainable solutions to Birmingham health concerns.
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March Forum Highlights Journey from Academia to Startup CEO
Dr. Erik Schwiebert, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of DiscoveryBioMed, shared key moments of his transition from tenured professor with a nascent business idea to successful life sciences and biotech leader, offering invaluable advice for aspiring scientist-entrepreneurs.
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What's New on the CCTS Website?
We've made it easier than ever to request a CCTS Panel with our new Panel Request Form. Whether your research is at the idea stage (perfect for a Nascent Project Panel) or already in draft grant form (requiring a fast-track Panels Done Quickly), you will benefit from collaborating with our multidisciplinary team of experts.
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Mark Your Calendar: Time Changed for Upcoming ClinicalTrials.gov Training
The CCTS Research Seminar scheduled for next Thur., March 16, will begin at 11am to allow plenty of time for questions about NIH requirements for registering a protocol. Register today!
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National Library of Medicine: Funding to Integrate Informationists on Active Awards
The NLM is offering an Administrative Supplement to eligible NIH awardees with active R01s (some other mechanisms also eligible) to enhance the storage, organization, management, and use of digital research data through involvement of informationists (aka in-context information specialists).
Apply by March 15, 5pm
local time.
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UAB-HudsonAlpha CGM Announces New Postdoc Training Program in Genomic Medicine
The Center for Genomic Medicine (CGM) is accepting applications for a unique opportunity to research and validate new genomic approaches for clinical care, funded by a National Human Genome Research Institute T32 grant.
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NCATS Announces SBIR/STTR Funding to Advance Translational Research Activities
NCATS encourages applications in the following
research areas
: drug discovery and development, diagnostics and devices, bioinformatics and information technology, and clinical research. Deadline is April 5, 5:00pm local time.
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UAB CCVS and I3 Steering Committees to Fund Pilot Projects
UAB Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center (CCVS) and the Inflammation, Infection and Immunity (I3) steering committees are requesting applications to fund one or more pilot projects that focus on inflammation, infection or immunity in the context of cardiovascular disease research. Letter of Intent due April 15, 5pm CT. More
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NIH Translational Research Grants in Pediatric and Obstetric Pharmacology and Therapeutics
This funding opportunity supports (1) pharmacological studies addressing the changes in drug disposition and response among children at various developmental stages, between children and adults, and in women during pregnancy and lactation; (2) new drug development targeting children and pregnant women
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Letter of Intent due July 7, 5:00pm local time.
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NIDCD Research Grants for Translating Basic Research into Clinical Tools (R01) PAR-17-184
This funding opportunity seeks teams comprising basic and clinical researchers and clinicians to develop tools for improved diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech or language disorders.
Letter of Intent due Sept. 18, 5:00pm local time.
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March 14 | noon-1pm | PCAMS |
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Discover how, using Agilent Technologies' market-leading DNA oligo synthesis platform
and SurePrint Technology, you can generate the longest and highest
fidelity pooled oligo libraries for your CRISPR experiments. Registration required.
March 14 | noon-1:30pm | Shelby 105 |
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Inaugural Nathan Shock Symposium
The symposium on the "Basic Biology of Aging" will focus on energetics and comparative biology as they relate to aging. Featured speakers include Professor Daniel Promislow from the University of Washington Department of Pathology and Professor Steven Austad, Chair of the UAB Department of Biology and Director of UAB Nathan Shock Center.
March 15 | 9am-3pm | Hill Student Center |
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Nicholas Cochran, UAB-HudsonAlpha for Genomic Medicine T32 Trainee,
will speak on
"Application of Genomic Medicine Approaches to
Neurologic Diseases: From Discovery to Mechanism."
March 15 | 3-4pm | Finley Conference Center |
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Ilet Dale, Penny Jester and Denise McKenzie will address "How to Register a Protocol in ClinicalTrials.gov." Registration required. GoToMeeting accessible.
March 16 | 11am-1pm | PCAMS | More
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March 16-17 | Hill University Center |
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March 23 | 10am-3:30pm
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Mobile, AL
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Registration required.
March 30 | 4:30-8pm | University of Alabama
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Early-bird registration expires March 15
March 30-31 | University of Alabama
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April 5 | 4:45-6pm
| PCAMS
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April 7
| 8am-2pm | $49 | LSUHSC
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April 12
| 3-4pm | Finley Conference Center
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Registration required. Attendees encouraged to obtain i2b2 access prior to training.
April 18
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1-3pm
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Cudworth 305
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Register
May 16
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1-3pm
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Cudworth 305
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Register
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April 18 | Washington, DC
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April 19-21 | Washington, DC
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April 28 | noon-1pm | LA Cancer Research Center
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May 8 | 10am-6pm | Huntsville, AL
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May 10
| 3-4pm | Finley Conference Center
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2017 Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference
Abstract deadline is April 3
June 9 | Georgia Aquarium | Atlanta, GA
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Call for proposals are open until
Sept. 24-27 | Birmingham, AL
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