Announcements
The Fetal Research and Therapy Program at Wake Forest institute for Regenerative Medicine – Is Hosting Virtually “6th International Fetal Transplantation and Immunology Society Meeting” Date/Time: Oct 1st & 2nd Registration: before Sept. 25th. $25 fee https://wfirm.regfox.com/ifetis-annual-meeting-2020 Info: This conference will focus on applications of stem cell transplantation and gene therapy approaches to treat congenital disorders prior to and after birth, ethics, and prenatal diagnostics. Speakers will be from the US and other parts of the world. Info Link: https://www.fetaltherapies.org
2020/2021 CTSI Pilot Awards – Basic/Translational Science and Clinical/Population Health Science Pilots. Due Dates: LOI Deadline (10/16/20) Full Application Deadline – after invite (11/13/20) Info: Successful Pilots will receive up to $40,000 in direct costs. For questions contact Brittney Jackson ( britjack@wakehealth.edu ) **WFBMI is offering a $10,000 bonus for one of the pilot awards if the proposed project involves informatics researchers, techniques and methods. This bonus will be awarded to one pilot proposal evaluated as meritorious by CTSI Administrators and the IRSC and additional review by the leadership of the Wake Forest Center for Biomedical Informatics (the resulting pilot award will be in the amount of up to $50,000). Link: CTSI Pilot Awards announcement
ACT Network Training Recording Now Live To access the recording of the ACT Network training, please use the following link: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/c12e7518-fec3-4b28-85a1-8ca7a3f0f3d5?list=studio
Wake Forest Pepper Center Pilot RFA – Funding Opportunity in Geriatric Research Pilot and Exploratory Studies Research Program Funding Announcement/Pepper OAIC: “Integrating pathways affecting physical function for new approaches to disability treatment and prevention” Due Date: LOI (Monday, Oct 5th by 5pm) Full Application (Friday, Nov 6th by 5pm) Info: The WF Pepper Pilot Studies Program promotes promising new research ideas by providing funds for generation of preliminary data for the development of grant applications leading to external funding of behavioral, cognitive, genomic, metabolic, and other factors which contribute to age-related physical function decline, or progression to disability. A major goal is the development and testing in clinical or pre-clinical studies of novel interventions which target contributors to age-related decline in physical function in order to prevent or reverse the progression to disability. (see flyer for full details)
CTSI Internal and External funding opportunities link: https://ctsi.wakehealth.edu/Funding-Opportunities?utm_source=Master%3A+Research+Rundown+%2F+Funding&utm_campaign=700f42117c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_02_07_05_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9d8dbeb58a-700f42117c-194798127
Upcoming Events
Center for Precision Medicine – Fall Virtual Seminar Series Date/Time: Thursday, Sept 17th – 12pm – 1pm Speaker: Dr. Gary Rosenthal (Chair & Professor, Internal Medicine) Title: “The Academic Learning Health System: Advancing Healthcare, Science, and the Science of Healthcare” Webex Info: Webex Information: Meeting #: 171 499 1408 Password: cJxVmFPt632 Event: https://wakehealth.webex.com/wakehealth/onstage/g.php?MTID=e909c3229af82cb43012e84968e5c5fd8 Join by phone: +1-415-655-0001 Join by video system: 1714446325@wakehealth.webex.com
Wake Forest Center for Biomedical Informatics – Virtual Seminar (flyer attached) Date/Time: Wednesday, Sept 16th – 12pm – 1pm Presenter: Dr. Andrew King, Post-doc in Critical Care Informatics, University of Pittsburgh Dr. King’s dissertation on Learning Electronic Health Record (LEMR) systems won two of the American Medical Informatics Assoc. (AMIA) best student paper awards. He was recently awarded a one-year $200K innovation grant to develop a voice-based clinical decision support system in the intensive care unit (ICU). He received his BS in Bioinformatics and PhD in Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh. Title: “The Development and Evaluation of a Learning Electronic Medical Record System” Webex Info: Meeting #: 171 925 1871 Password: MqiqshpE838 https://wakehealth.webex.com/wakehealth/j.php?MTID=m0af89b5b423c2fc391a82a1f8c632231 Join by phone: +1-415-655-0001 US Toll Access code: 171 925 1871
Fall Webinar Series: Dissemination and Implementation Science (Thursdays 12-1pm) Thursday, Sept 17th: Research Design in D&I Science Thursday, Sept 24th: Evaluation in D&I Research Registration Link: https://redcap.wakehealth.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=KRE3XPXNLY
Molecular Medicine Journal Club (MMTS 781) – Webex Date/Time: Friday, Sept 18th – 12:15pm – 1:15pm Presenter: Jenny Gonzalez-Armenta 5th year PhD candidate – Matriculated 2016 Mentor: Dr. Anthony Molina Program: Internal Medicine – Gerontology and Geriatrics “Alpha-Ketoglutarate, an Endogenous Metabolite, Extends Lifespan and Compresses Morbidity in Aging Mice” Shahmirzadi, A et al. Cell Metabolism 32,447-456 Sept 1, 2020 https://wakehealth.sharepoint.com/sites/MolecularMedicineResearch/Journal%20Articles/Forms/2019.aspx?viewid=44c12f73%2D6369%2D4467%2Da687%2Dd1094ec260ca&id=%2Fsites%2FMolecularMedicineResearch%2FJournal%20Articles%2FJournal%20Club%209%2018%2020%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FMolecularMedicineResearch%2FJournal%20Articles Webex Info: WebEx Meeting #: 171 652 6202 Meeting password: xH9JDQsMH33 Join meeting [wakehealth.webex.com] Join by phone: +1-415-655-0001 Join by video system: 1716526202@wakehealth.webex.com
Recent Publications
Ø Jorgensen AM, Chou Z, Gillispie G, Lee SJ, Yoo JJ, Soker S, Atala A. Decellularized Skin Extracellular Matrix (dsECM) Improves the Physical and Biological Properties of Fibrinogen Hydrogel for Skin Bioprinting Applications. Nanomaterials (Basel). 2020 Jul 29;10(8):E1484. PMID: 32751101. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10081484
Ø Wells RE, Collier J, Posey G, Morgan A, Auman T, Strittmatter B, Magalhaes R, Adler-Neal A, McHaffie JG, Zeidan F. Attention to Breath Sensations Does Not Engage Endogenous Opioids to Reduce Pain. Pain. 2020 Aug;161(8):1884-1893. PMID: 32701847. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001865
Ø Li X, Li Z, Zhou H, Gaynor SM, Liu Y, Chen H, Sun R, Dey R, Arnett DK, Aslibekyan S, Ballantyne CM, Bielak LF, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bowden DW, Broome JG, Conomos MP, Correa A, Cupples LA, Curran JE, Freedman BI, Guo X, Hindy G, Irvin MR, Kardia SLR, Kathiresan S, Khan AT, Kooperberg CL, Laurie CC, Liu XS, Mahaney MC, Manichaikul AW, Martin LW, Mathias RA, McGarvey ST, Mitchell BD, Montasser ME, Moore JE, Morrison AC, O’Connell JR, Palmer ND, Pampana A, (etc). Dynamic Incorporation of Multiple in Silico Functional Annotations Empowers Rare Variant Association Analysis of Large Whole-Genome Sequencing Studies at Scale. Nat Genet. 2020 Aug 24. [Online ahead of print] PMID: 32839606. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-020-0676-4
Ø Robboy SJ, Gross D, Park JY, Kittrie E, Crawford JM, Johnson RL, Cohen MB, Karcher DS, Hoffman 2nd RD, Smith AT, Black-Schaffer WS. Reevaluation of the US Pathologist Workforce Size. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 1;3(7):e2010648. PMID: 32672830. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10648
Ø Takemura H, Palomero-Gallagher N, Axer M, GraBel D, Jorgensen MJ, Woods R, Zilles K. Anatomy of Nerve Fiber Bundles at Micrometer-Resolution in the Vervet Monkey Visual System. Elife. 2020 Aug 26;9:e55444. [Online ahead of print] PMID: 32844747. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.55444