May 2013

Welcome to the May 2013 edition of the CCTS Investigator!

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IN THIS ISSUE
Top News
Grants & Funding
Education & Training
Community
CCTS Resource Highlight
CCTS By the Numbers
Faculty Spotlight
Upcoming Events
CTSA Consortium & NIH News
TOP NEWS
New Autism Registry Hopes to Boost Research Participation Rates 
 
In an effort to increase research participation in the autism community, a group of academic medical centers has collaborated to launch an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) sub-registry within ResearchMatch.
 
The new ASD sub-registry helps act as a matchmaker, linking families with autism researchers around the nation and only takes about 5 minutes for volunteers to register.

 
Did You Know? 

 

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This new interface allows for easier navigation of CCTS resources,
services, upcoming events and more. 

 

Click here to visit the new CCTS homepage.

 

GRANTS & FUNDING
PHPID Strategic Area and Program Grants 

Public Health Preparedness for Infectious Diseases (PHPID) has announced the 2013 Strategic Area and Program Grants Competition.

These awards support the PHPID mission to improve global health and wellness by reducing the threats of infectious diseases through innovative interdisciplinary research, education and outreach.
 
Pilot funding for OSU/Children's Muscle Group 
 
The Muscle Group from OSU and Nationwide Children's Hospital is looking to increase collaborations among basic and clinical scientists across both campuses.

To expand their membership and areas of research, the group is offering pilot funding of $50,000 for one year, awarded to researchers with direct or indirect interests in the areas of skeletal muscle development or pathology, the neuromusculature, or muscle - bone interactions.

For more information, contact Kedar Hiremath or call (614) 688-7804.
 
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Comparative Effectiveness Research certificate program now available

The College of Public Health is currently accepting enrollments for a certificate program in comparative effectiveness research. This program was prepared in collaboration with the CCTS.

 

The CER program utilizes online modules and an in-person workshop. To enroll, contact Laurel Geist or call 292-2383.

 

 
COMMUNITY
The 2013 CCTS Scientific Meeting,"Building Healthy Communities" was a success!
 
Topics included prescription drug misuse, improving clinical practices, addressing cultural differences in research participants, innovation in the medical field and more. 
 
Led by keynote speaker, Michael Botticelli, Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control, attendees heard about new strategies being used in current research and engaged in several discussions. 
 
Follow some of the discussion on Twitter by searching #Research2013, and keep an eye out for the lectures and presentations to be posted on the CCTS website early next week. 
 
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Study Notes: Helping Communities Through Research 

 

Researchers are using a number of strategies to employ and retain community members for research studies, while keeping the specific community's needs in mind. 

  

Read more on Study Notes, a blog that gives potential study volunteers an inside look at the research study experience.

  

CCTS RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT
Dietary Assessments - CCTS Clinical Research Center

The CCTS Clinical Research Center offers consultation and affordable measurement options for including dietary assessments in your research study.  

 

Visit the CCTS website for more information, or contact David Phillips at (614) 293-4406.

 

CCTS BY THE NUMBERS

Pilot Program shows success 

 

 

   

The CCTS Pilot Program is successful in assembling and sustaining new research teams. This is evident by the percentages of awardees that published collaborative papers (above) or received external peer reviewed funding (below).

 

 

 

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Bakaletz, Lauren
Treating Middle Ear Infections 
 
Lauren Bakaletz, PhD, received a pilot grant from the CCTS for her research involving non-invasive treatment of middle ear infections in children.
 
Bakaletz's needle-free approach harnesses the immune power of the skin to produce antibodies that can protect against the development of ear infections. 
 

Read More

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, May 24, 2013 - Intro to REDCap

Friday, May 31, 2013 - EDC Brown Bag Seminar

 

Friday, June 28, 2013 - REDCap Advance Study Design

July 8 - 12, 2013 - 2013 CER Summer Program (register by 6/21)

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - Davis Heart & Lung Research Day

CTSA CONSORTIUM & NIH NEWS
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CER KFC Weekly E-News

The Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Key Function Committee's mission is to build the field of patient-centered research by creating a learning community across CTSA institutions, sharing CER findings and more. 
 
This committee send out a weekly e-newsletter containing information about CER resources, funding and other announcements. 

Download the CER KFC weekly newsletter.

 

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NIH Funding Opportunities 

The NIH releases a list of funding opportunities, grants and program announcements weekly.

Please click here for the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts ending the week of May 17 and the week of May 10

 

 

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