November Features
Announcements
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Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Centers (CSCPDPC-CCs) (U01)
Application due date: April 2, 2015
Expires: April 3, 2015
RFA-DK-14-028
Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer Coordination and Data management Center (CSCPDPC-CDMC) (U01)
Application due date: April 2, 2015
Expires: April 3, 2015
Notice of Intent to Publish Funding Opportunity Announcement for Environmental Influences during Windows of Susceptibility in Breast Cancer Risk (U01)
Notice of Intent to Publish Funding Opportunity Announcement for Coordinating Center for the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (U01)
PAR-15-023
National Cancer Institute Program Project Applications (P01)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement
Expires: January 8, 2017
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NOT-OD-15-002 Webinars on What You Need to Know About NIH Application Submission and Review (Note: These webinars occur Nov. 4, 5, 7, 10)
NOT-OD-15-014 Reminder: NIH Requires the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) for All Type 5 Progress Reports |
Advanced Gene Mapping Course February 9-13, 2015 Rockefeller University, New York, NY |
SeqSPACE Forum: Introduction of SeqSPACE Forum and Brainstorming Key Issues November 4, 2014; 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program Annual Meeting November 19-21, 2014 San Francisco, CA SeqSPACE Forum: Sequencing FFPE Tumor Specimens and Implications for Integrative Studies of Germline and Somatic Variation December 4, 2014; 12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m. 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Transforming Health Systems to Optimize Individual and Population Health December 8-9, 2014 Bethesda, MD NCI Cohort Consortium Annual Meeting December 10-12, 2014 Rockville, MD International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN) Triennial Meeting June 2-4, 2015 Rotterdam, Netherlands Abstracts due: October 10, 2014 |
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The Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP) in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) funds research in human populations to understand the causes of cancer and related outcomes.
The Program fosters interdisciplinary collaborations, as well as the development and use of resources and technologies to advance cancer research and translation of this research, which serve as the basis for clinical and public health interventions.
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New Webinar Series for Scientists to Share Lessons and Knowledge for Next-Generation Sequencing
The Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP) supports research projects that use a wide range of study designs to investigate genetic susceptibility for a number of cancers across diverse populations. As reported in EGRP's 2013 workshop, "Making Sense of the Sequence," and in several recent publications about next-generation sequencing, clear challenges include the multiple approaches for applying sequencing technologies to epidemiology studies, and the lack of standardized practices for next-generation sequencing studies.
As a result, EGRP is launching a new monthly webinar series, "Sequencing Strategies for Population and Cancer Epidemiology Studies (SeqSPACE)," to foster discussion between EGRP's grantees and other interested individuals on lessons learned and knowledge gained from applying next-generation sequencing to cancer epidemiology studies. Ultimately, EGRP expects that this series will facilitate higher quality genetic epidemiology research, improved data interpretation, and best research practices.
The inaugural webinar on November 4, 2014, will include an informal discussion during which participants brainstormed and suggested future topics and speakers for the SeqSPACE webinar series. The second SeqSPACE webinar, scheduled for December 4, 2014, will feature Tom Hudson, M.D., President and Scientific Director of Ontario's Institute for Cancer Research. Dr. Hudson will lead a discussion about sequencing formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor specimens and implications for integrative studies of germline and somatic variation. Additional speakers and topics will be added in the future. Please refer to the SeqSPACE website for the most current information. These webinars will not be recorded for later viewing.
Anyone who is interested is welcome to participate in the SeqSPACE webinars. Each webinar will include a presentation and discussion. The webinars are free, but advance registration is required for each session. Instructions for connecting to the webinars will be sent to all registrants.
Questions about the series may be submitted to the Planning Committee at [email protected].
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NCI Cohort Consortium Annual Meeting, December 10-12, Tackles Important Scientific Questions and Opportunities
The Annual Meeting of the NCI Cohort Consortium will be held on December 10-12, 2014, on the NCI Shady Grove campus in Rockville, Maryland. The Annual Meeting is an opportunity for Consortium members and other interested individuals to discuss scientific progress and priorities, and identify gaps and new opportunities for collaboration. Key topics on the agenda include:
- Metabolomics and prospective cohorts
- Immune markers and the role of inflammation in cancer
- Molecular and histopathologic subdivision of tumors
- Data harmonization and sharing
- Cancer registries-challenges and opportunities
The main portion of the Annual Meeting, on Thursday, December 11, will be available online via webinar. The Cohort Consortium website includes links to the meeting agenda and registration. EGRP's Twitter account, @NCIEpi, will send live tweets from the meeting with the hashtag #NCICohortConsortium.
The NCI Cohort Consortium is a collaborative network of investigators coordinated by EGRP in NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) and the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG). The NCI Cohort Consortium provides a coordinated, interdisciplinary approach to tackling important scientific questions, economies of scale, and opportunities to quicken the pace of research. The Consortium's mission is to promote communication and collaboration between member cohorts, identify common problems, and recommend possible solutions.
Consortium members are responsible for more than 40 high-quality epidemiologic cohorts of 10,000 participants or more, representing large and diverse populations in more than 15 countries. The Consortium includes more than two dozen collaborative research projects and working groups. Investigators are welcome to propose collaborative projects, regardless of whether or not they are a member of the NCI Cohort Consortium.
For questions about the Cohort Consortium or Annual Meeting, contact Nonye Harvey at NCI.
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Transforming Health Systems to Optimize Individual and Population Health
The Implementation Science Team in NCI's DCCPS fosters empirical, data-driven research on integrating evidence-based interventions within clinical and community settings, and on recasting the nature or conduct of research to be more relevant and actionable in those settings.
The Team's ultimate goal is the rapid integration of scientific evidence, practice, and policy that results in improved cancer outcomes and promotes health at the individual, organizational, and community levels. NCI-funded dissemination and implementation (D&I) research is conducted by research institutions in the United States and internationally. The Implementation Science Team's priorities include:
Some of the tools made available by the Implementation Science Team include:
The evolution of health care and public health toward a system that optimizes individual and population health is well under way, with significant expenditures at stake. As policymakers, employers, providers, and patients respond to new demands to show that health care delivery and public health systems can reliably deliver evidence-based and patient-centered services, many are eager to learn what works, for whom, in what contexts, and at what cost. NIH and AcademyHealth are co-hosting the 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation on December 8-9, 2014, in Bethesda, MD. Co-sponsors include the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This conference will bring the latest thinking about dissemination and implementation of research findings in clinical care, public health, and management science to audiences that include researchers engaged in supporting this work, as well as policymakers, employers, health plans, providers, patients, and public health experts who are invested in implementation. To learn more, view the agenda and register.
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