UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Oct. 10, 2014

CTSI EVENTS

Today! Lecture: Insights on Engaging Policymakers

UCLA alum Dr. Ron Faibish, a fellow with the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, is the speaker at this Oct. 10. event. Space is limited. For details, go here.

Grant Review and Submission Seminar Series

On Oct. 14, speakers Dr. Leslie Raffel, Dr. Mitch Wong, Dr. John Adams and Denise Gellene will review the process of preparing and resubmitting an NIH grant, including K award applications. On Oct. 16, Dr. John Adams will discuss the NIH review process, and Dr. Leonard Rome, Dr. Christina Wang, Dr. Lenore Arab, Dr. Chris Denny and Robin Faria will talk about non-NIH funding sources. Registration is required. For details, follow this link.

Seminar: 10 Most Common IP Mistakes by Faculty

Intellectual property attorney Suzannah K. Sundby, managing partner of the Washington D.C. office of Canady + Lortz, will discuss how faculty can avoid common mistakes on Oct. 16. Attend in person at UCLA or by webinar. Details are available here. UC Center for Accelerated Innovation is a co-sponsor.

CSNI Core Lab Open House

The Oct. 21 event features presentations from spectroscopy, materials, fabrication, and microscopy cores, as well as lab tours and a demonstration of CSNI's equipment reservation system. RSVP is required. For details, go here.

CTSI Seminar: John C. Doyle, PhD

The control theorist from Caltech discusses the parallels between technological networks and living ones in his lecture, "Universal Laws and Architectures: Brains, Bugs, Hearts, Nets, Grids, Flows." For details about the Oct. 15 lecture, go here.

COHORT-FINDING TOOLS

LADR: Explore Available Patient Populations in Los Angeles

LADR, the Los Angeles Data Repository, is a joint project of major Los Angeles health care provider organizations aimed at enabling clinical investigators to explore the size of potential research study cohorts. Learn more.

UC ReX: a UC Shared Data Resource

UC Research eXchange and its UC ReX Data Explorer tool provide researchers and specialists access to cohort counts derived from the de-identified clinical data of over 12 million patients collected at the point of care from the five UC health campuses. Click here for more information.

DEADLINES

A.P. Giannini Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Nov. 3 is the application deadline for this three-year fellowship. Postdoctoral investigators with 6-36 months experience may apply. Click here for additional details.

Core Voucher RFA--Westwood Only

CTSI will award 12 vouchers worth up to $8K each for core services. Rolling applications will be accepted beginning Oct. 13. The RFA will close when funds are exhausted. Interested applications are strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible. For additional details, go here.

REMINDERS

Drop-in Biostatistical Consults

CTSI offers drop-in biostatistical consults at UCLA every Wednesday and Friday and at LA BioMed/Harbor-UCLA on Wednesdays. Find details and times here.

Employment Postings

CTSI accepts postings for clinical and translational science jobs. To view job openings, go here. To submit a posting, send the job listing with your contact information to editors@ctsi.ucla.edu.