Announcements
Dr. Robert Pack to present on Prescription Drug Abuse
Dr. Robert Pack, Professor of Community and Behavioral Health, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University, and Director of the new ETSU Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment will present on “Prescription Drug Abuse a Decade into the Epidemic: Lessons learned in Tennessee”.
James Simpkins wins national award for mentoring and research excellence
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Earlier today West Virginia clinical and Translational Science Institute pilot recipient and mentor James “Jim” Simpkins, Ph.D., was awarded the inaugural Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) Award at the National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) in Washington D.C.
Learning and Clinical Integration Grants: Call for applications
The Learning and Clinical Integration Team at Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, has recently published three Call for Grant Notifications (CGNs) for independent, certified medical education in various disease areas. They are publicly available through Genentech's funding site, the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) site, and the Alliance for Continuing Education in Health Professions (ACEHP) site. More therapeutic areas or support may also be listed on the funding website. To review the details of these requests, including criteria, due dates, and submission procedures, please go to the Genentech funding request website: funding.gene.com
REQUEST FOR GRANT PROPOSALS TO WVU ICRC
On behalf of the West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center’s (ICRC) Director, Dr. Robert Bossarte, and Principal Investigator, Dr. Jeffrey Coben, we are pleased to invite ICRC affiliated faculty to submit proposals for research projects to be conducted as part of ICRC-funded activities during the fiscal years 2018-2019. If not an affiliate faculty, we encourage you to submit your idea, however if funded, you will agree to accept the terms and conditions of affiliation with our center. Interested investigators should prepare a two- to three-page letter of intent describing the project’s objectives, setting, research team and projected cost. Based on current guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we anticipate support will be available for two to three R03- or R21-scale projects over the two-year period. Proposed projects may be one to two years in length with total annual cost between $50,000-$200,000. Proposed projects should address areas of ICRC activities, funded during the last five years (e.g., opioid/opiate overdose prevention, motor-vehicle-related deaths and injuries, falls among older persons, suicide prevention, intimate partner violence), be consistent with research priorities identified by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and focus on implementation/translational science or the impact of policy change/implementation. Letters of intent should be submitted electronically to Mr. Dave Fulaytar (dfulaytar@hsc.wvu.edu) by June 30, 2016. Investigators of selected projects will be notified by July 8, 2016 and full proposals will be due by August 5, 2016. Guidance on formatting requirements for full proposals will be provided to selected investigators as it becomes available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Questions about proposed projects or ICRC priorities should be directed Dr. Robert Bossarte (rbossarte@hsc.wvu.edu) or the ICRC Deputy Director, Mr. Herbert Linn (hlinn2@hsc.wvu.edu).
Finding Wellness initiative aimed at improving personal health
Finding Wellness is a new, free program for people who are ready to make permanent lifestyle changes to improve personal health. This six-week program is open to anyone in the community and meets from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday afternoons at WVU Medicine University Town Centre. Monthly supermarket shopping events take place on the second Friday of every month.
WVU Injury Control Research Center presents awards for excellence in teaching and research
Steven Wheeler, Ph.D., and Brandon Lucke-Wold have been recognized by the WVU Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) for excellence in teaching and research in the fields of injury and/or violence prevention.
Two from WVU named BioWV leaders
Two WVU researchers have been named to the leadership of BioWV, the Bioscience Association of West Virginia, a nonprofit organization that promotes the state’s growing bioscience business community.
New Grant Funding Opportunities: Prescription Drug Abuse
New funding announcements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH):
The Defense Health Program: DoD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Programs
The Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Defense Appropriations Act provides $278.7 million to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP). The vision of the PRMRP is to improve the health and well-being of all military Service members, Veterans, and beneficiaries. The PRMRP challenges the scientific and clinical communities to address one of the FY16 congressionally directed topic areas with original ideas that foster new directions in basic science and translational research; novel product development leading to improved therapeutic or diagnostic tools; synergistic, multidisciplinary research programs; or clinical trials that address an immediate clinical need.
Technopalooza 2016
The Office of Research and Graduate Education will be hosting a fast paced, social event with brief presentations, posters and informal conversations focused on cutting edge technology and shared resources open to all researchers at WVU. We want to increase awareness of all the assets we have available to drive our science. This event is campus wide, so please spread the word and bring your colleagues along. Faculty, post-docs and students (graduate and undergraduate) are welcome. Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served. Evansdale Crossing, 4th floor May 25th, 3-5 p.m.