CTSI Connections
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute
March 18, 2015
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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 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 April 3. 

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. Application due April 15. Details here.

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. 
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.

For Older Adults, A Solution to Sleepless Nights
Researchers at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior say they've found a relatively simple mind-body intervention that assists adults aged 55 and older in sleeping better without a pill. Full story here. 
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.

For Older Adults, A Solution to Sleepless Nights
Researchers at UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior say they've found a relatively simple mind-body intervention that assists adults aged 55 and older in sleeping better without a pill. Full story here. 
CTSI EVENTS
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.  
 
Learn how to identify how protocols may be part of a systems approach to improving blood pressure control rates, summarize the recommended elements of effective hypertension protocols and their use for successful adoption, and identify why hypertension protocols/algorithms may be useful. Details here.
 
Loretta Jones, M.A. "Four E's to the R. (Efficacy, Equality, Equity Equals Respect)".  RSVP and details here.   

Mar. 24:  Implementation and Improvement Science Symposium
"Improving Health in Southern California through Research/Practice Partnerships". Details here on this event at California Endowment.

"Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC)". Details here.  
 
Apr. 6: CDI Scientific Seminar Series: Kenneth White, PhD
Director, Division of Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy
Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics and IU-Simon Cancer Center
Indiana University School of Medicine
"FGF23: Revealing key control points for disorders of phosphate metabolism"
Click here to see details and RSVP.

April 7, 9 & 14: Modern Imaging Techniques in Clinical Neuroscience Research
This course includes explanations on the physics and methods for commonly used techniques, examples and research topics for clinical neuroscience disciplines and a discussion on hot topics and future techniques.  Register for each date and get more information on each event: Apr. 7, Apr. 9, or Apr. 14.

April 7: Finding and Competing for Graduate/Post-Graduate Fellowships to Promote Diversity
Webinar for students and faculty who mentor them on how to find and apply for graduate fellowships, dissertation grants and postdoctoral grants focused on increasing diversity. Special focus will be on Ford Foundation fellowships/post-doc grants. Register and get more information 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
Professor of Materials Science & Mechanics, Cal. Institute of Technology.
"Materials by Design: 3-Dimensional Architected Nanostructured Meta-Materials". Details here.

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

Mar. 25: Ming Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA.
"Molecular Pathways to Parkinson's Disease". Details here. 

April 1: David Julius, Ph.D. 
Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology,  UC San Francisco.
 "Natural Products as Probes of the Pain Pathway". Details here. 

April 7: Sidney Altman, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; 
Professor of Chemistry; Yale University Nobel Laureate 1989.
"Antibiotics: Present and Future". Details here. 

April 15: Mina Bissell, Ph.D.
Distinguished Scientist, Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
 "Why don't we get more cancer? The crucial role of Extracellular Matrix and Microenvironment in metastasis and dormancy". Details here. 

Training Opportunities
Mar. 19: Comparative Effectiveness Research 
Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D.
"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 Wednesdays and Fridays 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.