In This Issue
- New CTSA KL2 Scholars Announced
- 20 Year CRTP Anniversary Celebration Coming Up
- Pilot Grants Available
- ICTR Community Engagement and Collaboration
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Introducing New CTSA Junior Faculty Scholars
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We are pleased to announce two of this year’s ICTR Scholars. The
KL2 awards
provide support for mentored research career development to junior faculty who have recently completed professional training and who are commencing translational and/or clinical research.
Project Title:
Pain and Inflammation in People Living with HIV Using Medical Cannabis
Primary Mentor:
Chinazo Cunningham, MD, MS
Co-Mentors
: Julia Arnsten, MD, MPH, Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA, Jarred Younger, PhD, Chenshu Zhang, PhD
Project Title:
Association of Gut Microbiome with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity in Children
Primary Mentor:
Howard Strickler, MD, MPH
Co-Mentor:
Robert Burk, MD
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CRTP 20
th
Anniversary Symposium, May 31st
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Einstein's
Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP)
, the MSc in Clinical Research, is approaching its 20th graduating class. In honor of this milestone, on May 31st, the CRTP will hold its first symposium, featuring talks from a few of the 223 graduates in panel form:
Panel 1: "Bench to Bedside"
Jacqueline Achkar, MD, MSc
2008
Katalin Susztak, MD, MSc
2004
Mark Einstein, MD, MSc
2005
Panel 2: “Bedside to Care Delivery and Population Health”
Shadi Nahvi, MD, MSc
2008
Jason Adelman, MD, MSc
2006
Andrea Howard, MD, MSc
1998
Current and past CRTP Directors, Aileen McGinn PhD (2016 - present), Ellie Schoenbaum MD (2006 - 2016), and Paul Marantz MD MPH (1998 - 2006) will be hosting.
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Catalytic Seed Grants Available to Support Pilot Projects
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The ICTR invites
faculty members
to request
seed grants
to generate data for the development of new extramural grant applications. Applications are now available
through our
portal
. Projects supported under this program must involve clinical or translational research. Applications for seed funding must fall into one of three categories: 1) Learning Healthcare System Science; 2) Lifespan research and/or studies in special populations; or 3) Projects that build on mentored career development awards. In the latter category, any faculty member with a peer-reviewed career development award—NIH, AHA, ADA, ACS, etc—is eligible and should contact us (see below) by May 6 to submit a letter of intent.
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Community Engagement and Collaboration
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Nicole Hollingsworth EdD, MA, MCHES
, Assistant Vice President at Montefiore, will join the ICTR
Community Engagement Consultation & Collaboration Core
(CECCC) directed by Dr. Hal Strelnick. Dr. Hollingsworth’s responsibilities at Montefiore’s Office of Community & Population Health (OCPH) – in community and population health strategies, patient education, community-based interventions, and eHealth and mHealth educational services will complement the CECC’s activities. Dr. Hollingsworth serves on the boards of the Public Health Association of New York City, the Bronx Health Link, The Mount Vernon Boys and Girls Club, and Today’s Child Magazine. We are excited to welcome Dr. Hollingsworth to the team!
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Career Development Grant Awardees Meet with the Deans
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On April 12th, many junior faculty enrolled in the
Mentoring for Translational and Team Science
(MeTTS) Program came together for a reception with Dean Gordon Tomaselli and Executive Dean Ed Burns. The faculty members heard about their vision for Einstein-Montefiore, and discussed how they see their careers succeeding.
The MeTTS networking group is led by Dr. Michal Melamed and Dr. Paul Marantz and was created to help junior faculty in the Einstein-Montefiore system who are receiving career development awards in clinical and translational research. This group network includes all Einstein faculty engaged in clinical/translational research and who have federal, foundation, or institutional career development awards and meets monthly for presentations and discussions designed to support their transition to independent research careers, in order to complement their individual and departmental career development support with a broad and diverse support network. To learn more about MeTTS,
click here
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Centers for Therapeutic Innovation Applications Due April 29th
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Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) is requesting proposals for therapeutic targets in areas of interest: cancer, autoimmunity/inflammation, metabolic disorders, and rare disease. CTI is a joint drug discovery model focused on collaborating with leading academic medical centers to rapidly translate novel target opportunities into new medicines. The submission deadline is April 29th and questions can be sent to
benjamin.neymotin@einstein.yu.edu
. For more information,
click here
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Bronx Community Town Hall Features Einstein-Montefiore Investigators
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The
Bronx Community Health Network
(BCHN) will be hosting an event on May 3rd, "One Size Does Not Fit All Town Hall" from 5-7:30pm at the Bronx Library Center Auditorium. This event will focus on precision medicine, the All of Us Research Program, and the importance of the Bronx community in large medical studies. A keynote address will be given by Harry Shamoon MD and the event will feature Einstein-Montefiore Investigators Parsa Mirhaji MD, PhD, Irene Blanco MD, Karinn Glover MD, MPH, and Ilir Agalliu MD, ScD. To learn more,
click here
and to register for this event,
click here
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Research in the Headlines
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Einstein-Montefiore investigators continue to succeed in obtaining funding. Some of these investigators with new grant awards are (from left to right):
Carol Derby PhD
, Research Professor, Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology & Population Health,
Steven Almo PhD
, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology & Biophysics, Chair, Department of Biochemistry,
Harris Goldstein MD
, Associate Dean for Scientific Resources, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics (Pediatric Allergy & Immunology) and Microbiology & Immunology, Director, Einstein/MMC Center for AIDS Research.
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Harold and Muriel Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
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