CTSI Connections
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute
February 18, 2015
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
KL2 Translational Science Award
This CTSI award provides over $100K in salary support, benefits and funds to highly qualified junior faculty to conduct mentored, interdisciplinary, patient-oriented research. Letters of intent were due Feb. 2; full applications due
Feb. 23. Click here for more.
 
Core Voucher RFA 
Applications for vouchers worth up to $10K in core services will be accepted from CTSI partner sites between Feb. 23 - Mar. 9. Previous voucher recipients may also apply if a different proposal is being submitted. Details here.
 
NCATS to Issue CTSA Funding Opportunities
NCATS has announced the intent to publish new CTSA funding opportunities for Trial Innovation Centers and Recruitment Innovation Centers. Also announced, CTSA Innovation Awards will fund flexible CTSA networks to address high priority translational research questions.

Rapid Pilot Grants Program Research Funding Available
The UCLA OAIC and the UCLA CTSI are soliciting applications from the four CTSI partner institutions for the Rapid Pilot Grants Program's aging-related basic, clinical and health services research. Award size will range from $1,000 to $10,000, depending on scope of work. Applications will accepted until the program's allocated funds have been spent. More information here. 
DEADLINES
Call for Abstracts: Translational Nicotine Research Symposium
Junior investigators, fellows and graduate students in nicotine research are encouraged to present their recent research findings in the format of either a poster or oral presentation. Abstracts due Feb. 27. Learn more here.
 
FDA Fellowship: Tobacco Regulatory Science
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is offering mid-career professionals the opportunity to spend a year as a Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellow in the Center for Tobacco Products. Applications due Mar. 2. Details here.

UCLA Summer Institute on Longitudinal Research 
Promoting Identification, Intervention, and Management of Risks and Problems of Substance Use. Applications due Mar. 15. Click here for more.

UCLA CTSI TL1 Summer Program 2015 
An eight-week fellowship for professional students where students will be paired with a faculty mentor and will be expected to work on a project with their mentor. Applications due Mar. 31. More information here. 
 
Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Launch your career in the new subspecialty of clinical informatics, focusing on health information technology within health care delivery systems. Open to physicians who are board-certified or board-eligible in any specialty. Now accepting applications for July 2015.
CTSI NEWS 

Participate in BRIDGES, an NSF-funded Project for Interdisciplinary Research Teams 

The UCLA CTSI is recruiting interdisciplinary research teams for an  NSF-funded research project - BRIDGES: Building Resources through Integrating Disciplines for Group Effectiveness in Science (NSF, SciSIP, Award #1262754). Volunteer teams will complete a few brief surveys and attend a 1.5-hour team-training workshop on either Mar. 25 or 26.  Learn more here.

 

Remembering Lee Goodglick

For many years Dr. Goodglick organized and hosted the CTSI Seminar Series (formerly IMED Seminar series). Click here to see a video tribute and the Lee Goodglick Memorial Lecture. 

CTSI EVENTS
Feb. 19: CDI Scientific Seminar Series: "Mechanisms of Airway Basal Stem Cell Repair in Health and Disease"
Brigitte Gomperts, MD; Associate Professor, Ped. Hematology/Oncology
See CDI website for more information and the series schedule. RSVP here.

All-day workshop for junior investigators who have applied, are applying, or thinking about applying for a NIH K/Career Development Award. Details here.
 
Feb. 20: How to Find and Compete for Graduate Fellowships 
2-hour webinar for undergraduates planning to go to graduate school and for current graduate students on how to find and successful compete for graduate fellowships. Click here for more information and RSVP here. 
 
 Dr. Jose Calderon - "Case Study of an Unsustainable Community-Academic Partnership: Towards Core Standards for the Structure of Emerging Participatory Research." Details here.

Feb. 24: Drug Discovery & Development Mini Symposium
Learn about early toxicity evaluation of small molecules from experts. Speakers include Robert Damoiseaux, PhD (UCLA), Jie Zhang (FDA) and Jim Cali, PhD (Promega). Attend in-person or via webinar. Details here.  
Clinical Research Billing - "This Won't Hurt - Wisely Managing Your Research Resources". Details here. 

 

Mar. 11: Medical Student Research Symposium 
we are looking for researchers at UCLA in basic sciences, public health, and translational science that are interested in taking on a medical student to mentor. Register today or see more details here.

Mar. 12: Cancer and Metabolism Mini-Symposium
This special mini-symposium is being hosted by Drs. Heather Christofk and Fuyu Tamanoi. RSVP for seating and lunch. Details here. 

Mar. 12-13: Genomics and Ethics in Research and Medical Decision-Making Conference
This program will discuss the intersection of genetics/genomics and ethics. Register today or see more details here.
 
Mar. 24:  Implementation and Improvement Science Symposium
"Improving Health in Southern California through Research/Practice Partnerships". Details here. 

May 28: Save the Date for the Second Annual CDI Symposium
This year's Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute symposium will focus on "Catalyzing and Expanding Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Translational Child Health Research". More here. 

CTSI Seminars
Feb. 25: Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS
Professor of Tumor Biology and Cancer Research; Professor Emeritus, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center; UC San Francisco 
"Targeting K-Ras induced stemness". Details here.
 
Mar. 6: Jack Szostak, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University; Alex. A. Rich Distinguished Investigator, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Details here. 

Training Opportunities
Loren G. Miller, MD, MPH and Michael Weisman, MD 
"Clinical Trials". Details here. 

"Implementation Science" (Part 2). Details here. 

COHORT-FINDING TOOLS

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.  

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.