UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute
April 1, 2015
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Last Day to Apply for Catalyst Awards
Receive up to $5,000 to fund your event, development program, or new project idea. Applications due today, 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.
New! Funding Opportunity in Breast Cancer Prevention
The California Breast Cancer Research Program is calling for teams to submit applications by Apr. 9 to conduct rapid response research on policy-relevant breast cancer topics. CBCRP has allocated $150,000 annually to this initiative. More details here.
New! Tech Development Award for Substance Use Disorders
University of California investigators can apply between Apr. 6 - 13 for awards aimed at accelerating translational efforts in the development of medications for the treatment of SUDs, multiple therapeutic approaches, technologies or formulations to improve medication delivery and/or to deter drug abuse. Awards of up to $200,000 each; funding for up to two years. Details here.
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.
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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.
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 Apr. 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.
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CTSI NEWS
Students Showcase CTSI-Supported Research
Eighteen Long Beach Polytechnic High School students enrolled in a CTSI-supported biomedical research course showcased their research at a symposium at Cedars-Sinai on Feb. 24. Full story here.
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CTSI EVENTS
Apr. 2: Become a Biomedical Entrepreneur: I-Corps Information Session and Mixer
Learn about a 7-week course that takes participants down the pathway from turning a technology application idea to a market tested commercialization plan while finding team members or joining a team. Click here for more.
Apr. 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.
Apr. 7: Finding and Competing for Graduate/Post-Graduate Fellowships to Promote Diversity
Learn how to find and apply for graduate fellowships, dissertation grants and postdoctoral grants focused on increasing diversity. Special focus on Ford Foundation fellowships/post-doc grants. Register and get more details.
Investigators and Administrators are invited to find out what you will need to know in updating NIH biosketches utilizing the new format. Register here.
Apr. 14: Intellectual Property Basics for the New Innovator
The NIH NHLBI Small Biz Hangouts' webinar will provide an introduction to the major types of Intellectual Property protection innovators should consider while developing their biomedical technologies. Join here.
Apr. 20: RCMAR CHIME & Project EXPORT Methodological Seminar and Work-in-Progress Session
Marc Elliot, Ph.D.
"Casemix Adjustment of Patient Evaluation of Care Measures". Click here to RSVP and get more information.
Apr. 23: CTSI/CTRC Clinical Research Networking Seminar - CTRC 2015 Annual Update
Learn the latest updates and information, hear about the changes, and make plans for research projects utilizing CTRC resources in 2015-2016. Click here for more information.
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
Apr. 1: David Julius, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology, UC San Francisco.
"Natural Products as Probes of the Pain Pathway". Details here.
Apr. 8: Sidney Altman, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology;
Professor of Chemistry; Yale University Nobel Laureate 1989.
Apr. 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.
Apr. 22: Amnon Yariv, Ph.D.
Professor of Applied Physics & Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology. Details here.
Apr. 28: Keith Flaherty, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Developmental Therapeutics, Mass. General Hospital
"Mapping out the downstream consequences of MAP kinase targeted therapy to assemble rational combination therapy". Details here.
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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.
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REMINDERS
Drop-in Biostatistical Consults
CTSI offers drop-in biostatistical consults at UCLA Wednesdays and Fridays; Wednesdays at LA BioMed/Harbor-UCLA. Find details and times here.
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. NCATS: News and Open Funding Opportunities View the latest NCATS news and currently open RFAs.
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