Announcements
The International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM) – Call for Papers & Presentations (see attached PDF for detailed information) Deadline: (for proposals) July 31st
Info: forum topics under the broad umbrella of Knowledge Management include data analytics, telehealth, project management, business development, and clinical/healthcare informatics.
ICKM 2020 will be online and broadcast December 3-5, 2020 from Durham, NC.
Additional information: http://www.ickm.net
COVID-19 RFP Program: COMMIT (Covid-19 unMet MedIcal needs and associated research exTension) – Gilead
Deadline: August 3rd
Info: In an effort to further address the unmet medical need in COVID-19, Gilead Medical Affairs is launching the COMMIT program. The COMMIT program will support well defined individual projects of no more than $250,000.
Research Focus Grants – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Deadline: Letter of Intent due August 1st. Full application for invited applicants due December 7th.
Info: To develop identification and /or intervention strategies for short-term suicide risk that can be implemented in clinical settings. Up to $500,000/year for up to three years.
Prostate Cancer Disparities Project Competitive Grant Program – American Cancer Society and Pfizer Global Medical
Deadline: Letter of Intent due Aug 13th. Full application for invited applicants due December 1st.
Info: The American Cancer Society and Pfizer Global Medical Grants are collaborating to offer a new competitive grant opportunity focused on addressing prostate cancer disparities impacting Black men. https://pfe-pfizercom-d8-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/2020-06/GMG_2020-Oncology_ACSProstateCancerDisparities.pdf?GznolkRgErMSxi4z9JNOo2asaidvEp91&utm_source=Master%3A+Research+Rundown+%2F+Funding&utm_campaign=471ce145a2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_14_08_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9d8dbeb58a-471ce145a2-194798043
CTSI Internal and External funding opportunities link: https://ctsi.wakehealth.edu/Funding-Opportunities?utm_source=Master%3A+Research+Rundown+%2F+Funding&utm_campaign=5dd45434a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_02_07_05_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9d8dbeb58a-5dd45434a9-194798127
Upcoming Events
CPM Collaborative Discussion (WebEx) Date/Time: Thursday, July 23rd, 10am – 11am
· Kip Zimmerman 6th year graduate student in Carl Langefeld’s lab. His dissertation focuses on the analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data.
Discussion Topic: Simulating hierarchical single-cell RNA-seq data and estimating the power of mixed effects models to account for the hierarchical correlation structure. He will be introducing an R-package that he has created for estimating power and for simulating single-cell RNA-seq data. He is hoping the discussion will be centered around ways that he can improve the simulations as well as the functionality of the R-package.
· Ellen Quillen, PhD (Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine) Her research focuses on the multi-omic analyses of musculoskeletal tissues.
Discussion Topic: Circulating miRNAs associated with bone and muscle in aging baboons.She is looking for feedback on additional data that would strengthen R01 applications in preparation.
WebEx information: Meeting number: 161 763 5778 Meeting password: Fssh4QVK
Join by phone: 1-415-655-0001
Join from video system: 1617635778@wakehealth.webex.com
Recent Publications
Ø Diaz-Garelli F, Strowd R, Lawson VL, Mayorga ME, Wells BJ, Lycan TW, Topaloglu U. Workflow Differences Affect Data Accuracy in Oncologic EHRs: A First Step Toward Detangling the Diagnosis Data Babel. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2020 Jun; 4: 529-538. PMID: 32543899. https://doi.org/10.1200/cci.19.00114
Ø Gibson EM, Bennett CF, Gillespie SM, Guler AD, Gutmann DH, Halpern CH, Kucenas SC, Kushida CA, Lemieux M, Liddelow S, Macauley SL, Li Q, Quinn MA, Roberts LW, Saligrama N, Taylor KR, Venkatesh HS, Yalcin B, Zuchero JB. How Support of Early Career Researchers Can Reset Science in the Post-COVID19 World. Cell. 2020 Jun 25; 181(7): 1445-1449. PMCID: PMC7291965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.045
Ø Devarasetty M, Dominijanni A, Herberg S, Shelkey E, Skardal A, Soker S. Simulating the Human Colorectal Cancer Microenvironment in 3D Tumor-Stroma Co-Cultures in Vitro and in Vivo. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 17; 10(1): 9832. PMCID: PMC7300090. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66785-1
Ø Ma J, Rebholz CM, Braun KVE, Reynolds LM, Aslibekyan S, Xia R, Biligowda NG, Huan T, Liu C, Mendelson MM, Joehanes R, Hu EA, Vitolins MZ, Wood AC, Lohman K, Ochoa-Rosales C, Muers J, Uitterlinden A, Liu Yongmei, Elhadad MA,Heier M, Waldenberger M, Peters A, Colicino E, Whitsel EA, Baldassari A, Gharib SA, Sotoodehnia N, Brody JA, Sitlani CM, Tanaka T, Hill WD, Corley J, Deary IJ, Zhang Y, Schottker B, Brenner H, Walker ME, Ye Shumao, Nguyen S, Pankow J, Demerath EW, Zheng Y, Hou L, Liang L, Lichtenstein AH, Hu FB, Fornage M, Voortman T, Levy D. Whole Blood DNA Methylation Signatures of Diet are Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and All-cause Mortality. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2020 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32525743. https://doi.org/10.1161/circgen.119.002766