UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Catalyst Grants
CTSI invites applications for Catalyst Grants, which support team-building activities focused on translational science. Amounts range from $1,000 to $5,000 and the application deadline is Aug. 1. More information can be found here.
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Investigators May Request CTSI Services Online
A user-friendly portal on the CTSI website allows investigators to request a variety of assistance, including biostatistical support, clinical research services, and matchmaking to foster new community or inter-institutional collaborations. A UCLA log-in ID is required. Questions about the service can be directed to CTSI research facilitators.
CTSI Seeks Investigators to Pilot Clinical Research Data Warehouse
CTSI invites UCLA faculty to pilot the University of California Research eXchange (UC- ReX), an electronic system for estimating the size of potential research study cohorts. Information currently available includes demographics, diagnosis, and procedures performed on 11 million de-identified patients. Click here for details.
UCLA Researcher Receives $9-million NIMH Contract for "Fast Fail" Studies of Autism Drugs
James McCracken, MD, professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine, and colleagues, have received a $9-million contract from the National Institute of Mental Health to launch a program to rapidly test drugs for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). CTSI is supporting this research. Read the story.
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EVENTS FROM UCLA CTSI
Drug Development Series: From Bench to Clinic
In the third installment of his series, UCLA Visiting Professor Michael Palazzolo, MD, PhD will discuss targets and biomarkers, including developing road maps, designing informatics and design systems and project management. Videoconferencing of the UCLA event is available at Charles Drew University and LA BioMed. Details about the May 6 seminar can be found here.
Minisymposium: Neural-Immune Interactions in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Diseases to be highlighted at this May 7 event include the autism spectrum disorder Rett Syndome, Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), multiple sclerosis, and blood-brain barrier dysfunction in aging. Click here for details.
Biomedical Informatics in Health Care and Translational Research Modules
On May 7, Doug Bell, MD, PhD discussing informatics in healthcare and translational research in Part l of this series. Omolola Ogunyemi, PhD will lead a discussion of community-based informatics research in Part ll on May 9. Please RSVP for each seminar since space is limited. Videoconferencing of the UCLA events is available at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and Los Angeles Biomedical Institute.
Drop-in Biostatistical Consults
CTSI offers drop-in biostatistical consults at UCLA every Wednesday at noon. Click here for details.Stephen Quake, PhD on Precision Measurement in Biology
His May 8 talk at UCLA is sponsored by CTSI, IMED and the Broad Stem Cell Research Center. Details can be found here. Building a Foundation in Research at UCLAThis May 10 half-day workshop will provide faculty, researchers, staff, postdocs and graduate students with an overview of the many resources available to the UCLA research community. Presentation topics include finding funding opportunities, working with foundations and corporate giving, industry sponsored research, research and collaboration tools and CTSI resources and writing and rewriting NIH proposals. Click here for details and to register.
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REMINDERS
Training Program in Translational Science
The registration deadline for the certificate program (track 2) and master of science program in clinical research (track 3) is May 15. Applications are accepted anytime for seminar modules (track 1). Click here for details.
Clinical & Translational Research Workshop: Grant & Clinical Protocol Development
The application deadline for this workshop in clinical study design, grants, protocols and translational research is today at 5 PM. It is designed for junior/mid-level clinical researchers who have completed their doctoral (i.e., MD, PhD) degrees and are working in translational medicine. Additional information is available here.
Computational Biosciences Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships in Bioinformatics
Become a collaborative postdoc whose functions will be to engage in research projects that are conducted jointly between faculty of the CBI and non-CBI UCLA bioscience faculty and train UCLA students in the latest next-generation sequence analysis techniques. Application deadline is today at 5 PM. This is open to current employees of UCLA Labs (postdoc or staff). Click here for application details.
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