BellRinger Blog!
Greetings on BellRinger Saturday night! What a remarkable couple of days this has been. The Friday evening check-in and party were simply fabulous. We had hundreds of attendees, terrific food, and a few talks, including an emotional video testimonial from one of Mike Atkins’ patients. There was a large “why I ride” cube on which attendees wrote brief statements about their illnesses, their loved ones, their patients or their science. It was incredibly moving. I cannot overstate how smoothly it all went. The BellRinger and Georgetown teams worked seamlessly to create a great evening that I will always remember. We came together as a community — in person — to party, shed a few tears, and reaffirm our shared commitment to a world without cancer.
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Inaugural BellRinger Ride Raises More Than $1 Million for Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi
Before sunrise on a crisp fall morning, 851 registered cyclists gathered for the inaugural BellRinger ride, a fundraiser for Georgetown Lombardi that took participants from Higgins Plaza at Georgetown through Montgomery and Frederick counties in Maryland. Read more about this event.
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Wednesday, October 26
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Learn how to use Altmetric Explorer to measure how your specific research outputs are being disseminated and their potential impacts (outside of conventional bibliometrics). Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library. Register for this online workshop.
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Friday, October 28
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Featuring Beth Anne Jones, PhD, MPH, research scientist and lecturer in epidemiology (chronic diseases); associate director for community engagement, Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity (CEHE); inaugural director, Cancer Screening & Prevention Program, Yale University. Join this lecture in the New Research Building Auditorium or via Zoom.
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Monday, October 31
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Join the meeting via Zoom or phone (dial 301-715-8592; Meeting ID: 934 8540 0252)
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My NCBI and SciENcv
Thursday, November 3
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Discover and leverage the power of PubMed’s tools for researchers. See a demonstration of how to use PubMed’s My NCBI account and My Bibliography as well as SciENcv. Presented by Dahlgren Memorial Library. Register for this online workshop.
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Register for the Ruesch Symposium
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Funding and Award Opportunities
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NEW NCI Funding Opportunity: Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (iCURE)
The Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (iCURE) program supports mentored research experiences for qualified students and scientists from diverse backgrounds in the multidisciplinary research environment of the NCI campuses in Bethesda, Rockville, and Frederick, Maryland. Individuals from groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral and population sciences are encouraged to apply. The program offers two-year awards for post-baccalaureate (including post-master's) individuals and graduate students and three-year awards for postdoctoral fellows. Application deadline: December 15 for fall 2023 research experiences; target start date will be September 1, 2023. View eligibility information and application instructions.
NOTE: iCURE will hold a pre-application webinar on Tuesday, November 1, from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Register for the webinar.
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Request for Applications: American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Pilot Project Grants
Up to three American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG) Pilot Project Grants will be funded to help launch promising new projects by early career faculty members. These are one-year, non-renewable $30,000 research grants that are funded through Georgetown Lombardi’s IRG, which is sponsored by the American Cancer Society. View eligibility criteria, full application, and submission instructions. Note the following eligibility clarification: Open to early career faculty (e.g. assistant professor or equivalent), who are eligible to apply for independent national competitive research grants (e.g. NIH R-level grants, ACS Research Scholar Grants, and similar), but who do not currently hold and have not previously held such a grant, with the exception of an R00, which is allowed. Application deadline: 11:59 p.m., Monday, November 14.
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AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships Program
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Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award
The Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award supports computational scientists who are deeply connected to biology labs so that they can bring their computational skills to bear on important biological questions, particularly in cancer. The proposed mentored research training must reflect the individual's potential to develop into a productive, independent cancer research scientist. The award provides $240,000 over three years in stipend and expense allowance for the award recipient. Application deadline: Thursday, December 1. View more details and application guidelines.
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Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training Award
In an effort to confront the growing dearth of physician-scientists, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has created this award program, which is designed to recruit outstanding U.S. Specialty Board-eligible physicians (MDs only) into cancer research careers by providing them with the opportunity for a protected research training experience under the mentorship of a highly qualified and gifted mentor after they have completed all of their clinical training. The award will provide up to $460,000 over four years in financial support for the award recipient. In addition, the Foundation will retire up to $100,000 of medical school debt still owed. The application deadline for the Physician-Scientist Training Award is Thursday, December 1. View more information and application guidelines.
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Cancer Immunotherapy Translational Research Program Grant
The Cancer Research Institute offers Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP) grants to qualified scientists who are working to explore clinically relevant questions aimed at improving the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies. The grants support basic, preclinical, and translational research that provides information that can be directly applied to optimizing cancer immunotherapy in the clinic. Proposals in all cancers are encouraged. Applicants must hold a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor (or higher rank) at the time of award activation. Funding: $200,000 over two years. LOI deadline: Thursday, December 1. Full application deadline: March 1, 2023. View application guidelines.
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Meetings in italics should be attended by all fellows.
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9:00 AM | Breast Research Meeting | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 528212194)
11:00 AM | GU/Melanoma Research Meeting | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 796253566)
4:00 PM | GU Tumor Board (on 1st/3rd Mondays of the month) | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 869742463)
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9:00 AM | Hematology Path Conference - Inpatient Heme fellows + Outpatient Heme + BMT fellow | Podium A / Microsoft Teams (CME code: 80737; phone: 202-796-7323)
12:15 PM | Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer – Dr. Tesfaye | Podium A / Microsoft Teams
4:00 PM | Liver Tumor Board | WebEx (dial 844-302-0362; Meeting number (access code): 711 507 430, password: Mse4mGSA2N5)
5:00 PM | Breast Tumor Board | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 93777073374; CME code: 80044)
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8:00 AM | Thoracic Tumor Board – Thoracic Fellow | Podium A / Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 941 1630 5835)
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9:00 AM | Cancer Research Data Meeting | Speaker: Ghada Sharif | W302 New Research Building or Zoom
9:30 AM | Head and Neck Tumor Board - Thoracic Fellow attendance encouraged as clinic allows | Microsoft Teams
12:15 PM | BMT Candidate Dr. Renteria Job Talk – Updates in Acute GVHD | Podium A / Microsoft Teams
12:30 PM | GI Research Meeting | WebEx (dial 844-302-0362, Meeting Number (access code): 712527865, HOST PIN: 5514)
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7:00 AM | CNS Tumor Board | Zoom (dial 646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 378 807 316)
12:00 PM | No Lecture | Zoom
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Connect with Georgetown Lombardi on Social Media
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If you would like to share news or updates from your department, please get in touch with Sarah Riehl.
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