CTSI Update: Reminder

Session 3: What CE Researchers at BU and BMC Need to Know About Subcontracting with Community Partners Mar. 18, 2021, 12 - 1 p.m. Presented by Stephanie Wasserman, CRA, MHA, Renna Lilly, & Shelly Stewardson Representatives from BU and BMC Sponsored Programs and Research Operations will help CE Researchers understand administrative structures at the university and hospital levels involved in subcontracting with community partners. Read More Session 3: Recruitment and Retention of Populations Underrepresented and Historically Excluded from Research Mar. 25, 2021, 12 - 1 p.m  Presented by Caroline J. Kistin, MD, MSc, Jocelyn Antonio, Sarah Bagley, MD, MSc, & Katherine Bright, MA The goal of this series is to provide an understanding of the ethical background, regulatory knowledge, and models of best practices for conducting research when the participants represent special populations and vulnerable subjects. Read More

New Funding Opportunities

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for NIH Grants to Add or Expand Research Focused on Maternal Health, Structural Racism, and Discrimination, and COVID-19. Application Due Date: April 14, 2021 This NOSI seeks to understand the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health, well- being, functioning, and quality of life; identify psychosocial and behavioral health risk factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic that affect maternal mental health, and address the impact of structural racism and discrimination on maternal health outcomes in the context of COVID-19. More Details Here

Behavioral Health Workforce Development Technical Assistance and Evaluation (BHWD TAE) Program. Application Due Date: May 3, 2021 The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the Behavioral Health Workforce Development Technical Assistance and Evaluation (BHWD TAE) Program. The BHWD TAE program will improve the knowledge and training of the behavioral health workforce. The BHW TAE awardee will provide technical assistance to HRSA’s mental health and substance use workforce grantees. More Details Here

Training Opportunity

TOTAL App The DL&I Incubator team has recently launched Training Opportunities To Augment Learning (TOTAL), a digital app that allows biomedical trainees to attend career and professional development events. This software application aims to defuse workforce challenges of the current and ever-changing job market by providing area trainees with a personalized system of alerts of opportunities available at Boston University and other universities and institutions. The increased access to a wealth of events, trainings, and networking opportunities will allow trainees to develop the necessary skills to secure their ideal careers. Read More  It is open to all institutions! Register Here

News Highlights

CRISPR-Based Anti-Viral Therapy Could One Day Foil the Flu—and COVID-19 A recent animal study shows that another CRISPR system could work as an inhaled anti-viral therapeutic that can be preprogrammed to seek out and foil potentially almost any flu strain and many other respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. Read More

Going Universal: The Search for an All-In-One Coronavirus Vaccine   The emergence of new variants means that developers must rapidly revisit plans – which could impact the rollout of currently available doses and require further funding and resource to ensure countries do not get left behind. Read More

Study Confirms Very Low Risk of Severe Allergic Reaction to COVID Vaccines The new findings show that people who survive a COVID-19 infection continue to produce protective antibodies against key parts of the virus for at least three to four months after developing their first symptoms. Read More

Upcoming Events

Improving Representation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Clinical Trials and Research Mar. 29, 2021, 10 a.m - 2:45 p.m. A Workshop to Inform the Committee on Improving the Representation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Clinical Trials and Research. More Details Here

NIAID Research Priorities in the Time of COVID Mar. 31, 2021, 3:30 - 5 p.m. An update on NIAID’s current and future research priorities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include the FY21 budget for the NIH, COVID-related grant policies and flexibilities, the NIAID response to COVID, and future COVID initiatives. More Details Here

19th Annual NMQF Leadership Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust Apr. 26 - 28, 2021 The theme for the National Minority Quality Forum's 19th Annual Leadership Summit on Health Disparities and Spring Health Braintrust is Racism Makes Me Sick! More Details Here

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