Week of 8/17/2020
Announcements
Wake Forest Baptist Health is one of the medical centers participating in the COVID vaccine trail of the Moderna mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. If you are interested in participating, and would like to know more, please call to speak with a study team member at 336.713.7888. See attachment for additional information.
Funding Opportunity: Pfizer and Eli Lilly and Company: Global Awards for Advancing Chronic Pain Research (ADVANCE) Due Date: Sept 15, 2020
Info: Independently-reviewed competitive grants program seeking to fund innovative research proposals focusing on advancing the understanding and management of chronic pain. Max of 5 awards each between $50,000 - $200,000. (see link for complete information including eligibility and submission)
Funding Opportunity: Yakult and Nature Research: The Global Grants for Gut Health Due Date: Sept 30, 2020
Info: Competitive program for investigator-initiated research into the human gut microbiota. Will consider proposals for research projects that advance understanding of the impact of the small intestine microbiome on human health. In all cases the focus should be on uncovering and understanding the mechanisms through which the microbiota exert an influence on human health. Research projects should be one year in duration. Max of three awards per funding cycle, each up to $100,000. (see link for complete information including eligibility and submission)
Funding Opportunity: NHGRI – Defining Genomic Influence on Gene Network Regulation (U01 Clinical Trial not allowed) Due Date: Nov 4, 2020
Info: (RFA-HG-20-044) Seeking applications for research project to explore the effects of genomic variation on phenotypes at the network level. Projects supported through this FOA will measure changes in the activity of genes and regulatory elements during biological transitions and use generalizable analytical approaches to understand network-level relationships among genomic variation, functional elements, genes, and phenotypes related to human health and disease. Projects funded through this initiative will become part of the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function Consortium. (see link for complete information)
CTSI Internal and External funding opportunities link:
Upcoming Events
Wake Forest Center for Biomedical Informatics will host Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences Graduate Student Presentation Date/Time: Thursday, August 20th, 12pm – 12:45pm Presenter: Rayonna Gordon (recently completed Biomedical Engineering Masters program)
Talk Title: “MENDing the Gap: A Resourceful Solution for Medical Equipment Management Disparity”
WebEx information: Meeting number: 161 853 7062 Password: bPme9ZPxb73
https://wakehealth.webex.com/wakehealth/j.php?MTID=m1b63598cc58f07cb4b419555db12cd01
Join by phone +1-415-655-0001 US Toll Access Code: 161 853 7062
Wake Forest CTSI Translational Data Warehouse and Center for Biomedical Informatics team will provide a virtual training of the ACT Network Date/Time: Monday, August 24th, 12pm – 1pm
Info: The ACT Network is a real-time, open-access platform allowing researchers to explore and validate feasibility for clinical studies using aggregated electronic health record data from over 125M patients nationwide. ACT is HIPPA-compliant and does not require study-specific IRB approval. Training will demonstrate the functionality of the ACT Network and discuss its capabilities as it relates to our local data warehouse and i2b2. Examples of COVID-19 related inquiries will be reviewed.
· WebEx information: Meeting number 171 964 5348 Password: iFvkaUfv743
https://wakehealth.webex.com/wakehealth/j.php?MTID=mdee537edf7e6b9259e3493af2f48c550
Join by phone +1-415-655-0001 US Toll Access Code: 171 964 5348
Fall Webinar Series Dissemination and Implementation Science
This sequence of four virtual seminars will be held each Thursday in September 2020 and is sponsored by the Implementation Science Affinity Group.
Registration Link: https://redcap.wakehealth.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=KRE3XPXNLY
Recent Publications
Ø Forsythe SD, Sasikumar S, Moaven O, Sivakumar H, Shen P, Levine EA, Soker S, Skardal A, Votanopoulos KI. Personalized Identification of Optimal HIPEC Perfusion Protocol in Patient-Derived Tumor Organoid Platform. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jul 6. [Online ahead of print] PMID: 32632882. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08790-2
Ø Helis CA, Hughes RT, Glenn CW, Lanier CM, Masters AH, Dohm A, Ahmed T, Ruiz J, Triozzi P, Gondal H, Cramer CK, Tatter SB, Laxton AW, Xing F, Lo HW, Su J, Watabe K, Wang G, Whitlow CT, Chan MD. Predictors of Adverse Radiation Effect in Brain Metastasis Patients Treated with Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Jun 29;S0360-3016(20)31344-4. PMID: 32615262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.06.057
Ø Kavanagh K, *Sherrill C, *Ruggiero A, *Block M, *Vemuri R, *Davis M, Olivier A. Biomarkers of senescence in non-human primate adipose depots relate to aging. Geroscience. 2020 Jul 23. [Online ahead of print] PMID: 32705409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-020-00230-z
Ø *Deal AW, *Seshie O, Lenzo A, Cooper N, Ozimek N, Solberg Woods LC. High fat diet negatively impacts both metabolic and behavioral health in an outbred rat model. Physiol Genomics. 2020 Jul 20. [Online ahead of print] PMID: 32687430. https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00018.2020
Ø Niazi MKK, Yazgan E, Tavolara TE, Li W, Lee CT, Parwani A, Gurcan MN. Semantic segmentation to identify bladder layers from H&E Images. Diagn Pathol. 2020 Jul 16;15(1):87. PMCID: PMC7364471. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13000-020-01002-1