ICTR March 2018 Newsletter                             
In This Issue

  • Register for Design and Conduct of Clinical Research Course
  • Research Profiles Show Social Media Presence
  • Up to Date Clinical and Translational News Through Twitter
  • Intensive Grant Writing Workshop
  • Einstein-Montefiore Research Highlights
Design and Conduct of Clinical Research Course
The Spring 2018 "Design and Conduct of Clinical Research" course begins on April 24th on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-6:30pm on Einstein's Campus. This seminar course aims to introduce students to clinical research with a focus on epidemiology and study design. This course is led by Dr. Paul Marantz and Patricia Friedmann. For the course syllabus, click here . To register, please e-mail nancy.marte@einstein.yu.edu .
Translational Science 2018
The Translational Science 2018 meeting will be held April 19-21 in Washington DC. Join clinical and translational researchers from CTSAs across the country for the latest research and innovations. For a complete schedule of events, click here .
Do You Know Who is Sharing Your Research?
Ever wonder who's reading, sharing and citing your publications? Research Profiles aggregates up to date NIH grants and your publications information and now has a new social media feature to let you know how often your research is being tweeted, blogged, or read on Mendeley. Einstein-Montefiore Profiles receive approximately 9,000 views a month from all over the world.


To see an up-to-date aggregate of your research impact, find yourself at https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/
The ICTR is Tweeting!
The ICTR is now tweeting! For news about clinical and translational research make sure to follow us on Twitter @EinsteinStudies .

If you don't have an account, you can follow our Twitter feed on the ICTR homepage, here .
Intensive Grant Writing Workshop
The Office of Grant Support is hosting grant writing sessions with Dr. George Gopen, Professor Emeritus of English at Duke University on March 27th and 28th in Lubin Dining Hall. This workshop aims to help those that attend communicate more effectively by learning how others read their work and changing how they think about writing. A few seats are still open; to register for these seminars and learn more about other grant-writing assistance, click here .
BioRepository Services Available Through the ICTR
Patient-derived specimens are essential to research in genomics, proteomics, and biomarkers. The BioRepository Core (BioR) provides banking for biological fluid and tissue specimens as well as human DNA and RNA. BioR provides specimen acquisition, secure archival sample storage as well as clinically-annotated specimen biobanks for funded research projects. Samples can be banked by an individual PI or by a consortium of investigators. The facility works under the best practices set out by NCI and ISBER for collection, storage, and retrieval of human biological materials for research. For more information on our cores and services, click here .
Young Research Investigators Symposium at Montefiore
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs of MMC is sponsoring the Montefiore Young Research Investigators Symposium in Grand Hall on May 7th. The Office is requesting students, residents, fellows, post-docs, assistant professors, nurses and associate professors to present their research. The submission deadline to present is March 16th and instructions on presentation details and prizes can be found here .
Clinical and Translational Research Advocacy
The Clinical Research Forum (CRF) was established in 1996 to enable the sharing of best practices in clinical research and has played a major role in national advocacy in support of the needs of clinical and translational research. The Coalition for Clinical & Translational Science is the voice of the clinical and translational research community supported by CRF; the latest news regarding Congress' funding for NIH can be found here .
Spotlight on Success
Einstein-Montefiore investigators continue to succeed in obtaining funding. Some of these investigators with new grant awards are:

Maureen Charron PhD , Professor, Departments of Biochemistry, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Medicine, Mamta Fuloria MBBS , Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Joanna Starrels MD, MS , Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Kamran Khodakhah PhD , Professor, Departments of Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Neurology Matthew Abramowitz MD , Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Nephrology).
Funding Opportunities
Research in the Headlines
Harold and Muriel Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research