CTSI Connections
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute
March 4, 2015
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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.

Catalyst Awards
Receive up to $5,000 to fund your event, development program, or new project idea. Applications due Apr. 1. Details here. 

Grant Funding for Small Businesses 
NCATS has four open SBIR/SBTT funding opportunities which support small businesses developing innovative tools, technologies and intervention platforms. Applications due by Apr. 6. Click here for more information.  
  
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
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. 
 
ACTS Translational Science 2015 
The mission is to bring together all of the disciplines involved in clinical and translational research, for the shared benefits of networking and education.
Details here and register here by Apr. 3. 

CTSI Training Programs in Translational Science
These programs can offer you educational opportunities for advanced training in clinical research. These options vary from clinical research development seminar modules (Track 1) to a formal structured certificate program (Track 2) and a Master of Science in Clinical Research (Track 3). Tracks 2 and 3 applications due May 15. Details 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.
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. 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.
CTSI EVENTS
Mar. 11: Medical Student Research Symposium 
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.

Lucy Deckard, Academic Research Funding Strategies.
Learn how to write successful proposals to the DoED and other Education Funders. RSVP and click here for details.  

Mar. 19: CDI Scientific Seminar Series: Rochelle Caplan M.D.
Professor Emeritus; Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences.
"Insights on behavior, brain and development from research on the comorbidities of pediatric epilepsy". RSVP here and click here for details. 

Learn how to develop effective outreach and broader impacts components required for NSF proposals. RSVP and click here for details.  

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
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. 
 
"The Neural Circuitry of Sex and Violence". Details here.
 
"Materials by Design: 3-Dimensional Architected Nanostructured Meta-Materials". Details here.

Mar. 20: Steven Chu, PhD
Professor of Physics and Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University; Former Energy Secretary (2009-13); Nobel Laureate 1997.

Mar. 25: Ming Guo, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA.

Training Opportunities
Carl Stevens, MD MPH
"Opportunities for Research using Public Data Sources, and PCORI Funding Priority Setting Process". Details here.
 
"Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health Technology". 
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.

Open NCATS Funding Opportunities 
View the currently open RFAs here.