UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute | www.ctsi.ucla.edu | Nov 18, 2015       
CTSI Catalyst Award
Receive up to $5,000 to fund your workshop, conference, or team-building activity.  Applications due by Dec. 1. Details here. 

Technology Development Grants for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders and Diseases 
UC Center for Accelerated  Innovation and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will make up to six awards worth up to $200K each in grant and local support for development of drugs, devices (including wireless), diagnostics and tools that address heart, lung and sleep and blood diseases. Pre-app submission period is Dec. 1-8. More here. 

Technology Development Grants for Substance Use Disorders
UC Center for Accelerated Innovation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse will make up to three awards worth up to $200K each in grant and local support for discovery and development of medications for the treatment of substance use disorders; technologies, tools, novel patient systems and devices are also encouraged. Pre-app submission period is Dec. 1-8. More here.

Core Voucher RFA - UCLA Westwood Investigators Only
This rolling RFA awards applicants vouchers worth up to $8K in core services. Applications are being accepted from UCLA Westwood investigators only; previous voucher recipients may apply if a different proposal is being submitted. Details here. 

Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Launch a career in the new subspecialty of clinical informatics, focusing on health information technology within health care delivery systems. Upon completion, fellows are eligible for board certification in clinical informatics. Apply by Jan. 1; details here. 
SOCRA Certification: Become a Certified Clinical Research Professional
LA BioMed will host the Society for Clinical Research's Clinical Research Certification Exam on Mar. 18. Space is limited and registration is due six weeks in advance. Details can be found here.
NCATS Accepting Collaborative Proposals for Pre-Clinical Programs
NCATS is accepting proposals to collaborate with its Bridging Interventional Development Gaps (BrIDGs) and Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND) program scientists. More here.
CTSI EVENTS
RESEARCHER RESOURCES 

View successful K and U proposals

Obtain patient counts preparatory for research or data to conduct research

Free consults at UCLA and LA BioMed 
Nov 19: CDI Scientific Seminar Series 
Dr. Isidro Salusky  will lecture in this seminar on "Bone and Vascular Health in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Potential Systemic Disorder." For information, click here.

Nov 23: CDI Scientific Seminar Series
Dr. Daniel Marks will present this seminar on
"Mechanisms of wasting in chronic disease." Click here for more information. 

CTSI Seminar: Robert Maxson, PhD
Dr. Maxson, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at USC, will discuss transcriptional regulation of skull development today at noon. Go here for details.

Translational Science and Women's Health
This three-hour training training module features lectures on cervical cancer prevention (Dr. Joshua Cohen), male and female contraception (Dr. Aparna Sridhar), and environmental pollution and birth outcomes (Dr. Beate Ritz). Please go here for more information about the Dec. 9 module.

UCLA Research Enhancement Series
Grantmaking webinars, workshops, and interdisciplinary team-building events to support researchers at all career stages. Open to CTSI partner sites. The event calendar is here.

REMINDERS
Employment Postings 
Go here. To submit a posting, send the job listing to editors@ctsi.ucla.edu.

 

NCATS: News and Open Funding Opportunities 

View the latest NCATS newsletter, announcements and currently open RFAs.