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| Join us for Bringing Biology to the Patient: A Collaborative Faculty Retreat | You’re invited to attend Bringing Biology to the Patient: A Collaborative Faculty Retreat with the UCI School of Medicine and the UCI Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences. All event details, including the agenda, can be found on the Faculty Research Retreat website.
Thursday, Feb. 13, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m
Location: Beall Applied Innovation
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| Resources for 2025 NIH Applications | Changes to the NIH Applications and Peer Review are now in effect. Please review to ensure your applications are in compliance and responsive to the new requirements and review process. Read more.
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| To Do in 2025: Keep Your eRA Personal Profile Updated | The Personal Profile module in eRA Commons is where you — as a principal investigator, award recipient, trainee, reviewer or other Commons user — tell NIH and other awarding agencies about yourself. Awarding agencies need to know about you to grant awards, process those awards and more. Here are a few reasons that it is extremely important to keep your Personal Profile updated. Read more.
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| School of Medicine Dean's Research Council Meeting | School of Medicine Dean Michael J. Stamos and Associate Dean for Research Administration William E. Bunney invite you to attend this quarterly meeting featuring two distinguished research presentations:
How the Kidney Regulates Cerebrovascular Disease (and Other Microvascular Novelties) by Mark J. Fisher, MD, Professor, Departments of Neurology, Anatomy & Neurobiology, and Pathology
Research Update – the UCI Center on Stress and Health by Zeev N. Kain, MD, MBA, Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Medicine; Director, UCI Center on Stress & Health
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 5 to 6 p.m.
Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 968 2620 4626 | Passcode: 109533
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| Physician Scientist Collective Network Hosts Federico Vaca, MD, MPH |
Advancing Emergency Medicine Through Intentional Pursuit of Physician-Scientist Opportunity and Trajectory, by Federico Vaca, MD, MPH, Professor and Executive Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine; Faculty Associate, Institute of Transportation Studies
- Coffee & Refreshments – 3:30 to 4 p.m.
- Presentation – 4 to 5 p.m.
During coffee and refreshments, you can meet Dr. Vaca and your colleagues. The School of Medicine Research Development staff will host office hours to address research-related questions.
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| Deadline Extended! UCI NIH Boot Camp Applications Due Feb. 18 | | The UCI NIH Boot Camp is a comprehensive, multifaceted mentoring program designed to help faculty and career researchers apply for their first research grants from NIH. Applications are due Feb. 18, 2025. |
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| Planning an NIH Resubmission in March? | Remember that the School of Medicine Research Development Unit (RDU) provides grant support and manages the NIH Resubmission Program. The School of Medicine will provide funds to support resubmission applications, including the costs of subject matter expert reviews and other unique proposal needs. Direct any inquiries to the RDU.
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| Request for Applications: School of Medicine New Investigator Faculty Research Grant | The School of Medicine Research Committee is pleased to announce the School of Medicine New Investigator Faculty Research Grant competition. It is the policy of the Committee to support seed research projects from new investigators that have a high probability of obtaining extramural funding as a result of this award. To qualify, the applicant must have the NIH “Early Stage Investigator” status and not yet competed successfully as a PI to receive substantial independent NIH funding. Please submit inquiries to somrd@hs.uci.edu.
Deadline: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Apply via InfoReady. |
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| Call for Applications: Robert & Sylvia Mapel Research Innovation Award | The UCI School of Medicine is pleased to announce a 2025 call for applications for the Robert & Sylvia Mapel Research Innovation Award. This award is aimed at promoting the early exploration of high-risk research ideas focused on emerging areas of basic and applied biomedical science. Funding will support one $45,000 grant to a PhD mentor and PhD student team of UCI School of Medicine faculty member and graduate academic researcher.
Application Deadline: Thursday, April 3, 2025, by 5 p.m.
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| Faculty Mentoring Academy – UCI Academic Personnel | Mentorship is a powerful tool for working with graduate students. It also enhances collaborative relationships between early-career and senior faculty. Faculty, however, often mentor in the way they were mentored. Many faculty do not have routine formal mentor training. In this workshop series, we will use a discussion and case study approach to share and improve our skills for mentoring graduate students and other trainees. We will focus on the development of applicable mentoring strategies. All faculty are welcome to attend.
The Faculty Mentoring Academy will be delivered via a series of five workshops held during the course of each academic year. Faculty who attend three of the five workshops (over a two-year period) will be eligible to receive a certificate, reflecting the designation of having attended the “Faculty Mentoring Academy.” All workshops are from 10 a.m. to noon at Donald Bren Hall 6011 Seminar Room:
- Wednesday, Feb. 12: “Inspiring Motivation” | RSVP
- Tuesday, March 4: “Aligning Expectations” | RSVP
- Thursday, May 22: “Effective Communication” | RSVP
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| Inaugural MAXImizing Training in MUScle Research (MAXIMUS) Retreat: Abstract submission now open! (Short Talk abstract deadline extended!) | The UCI Muscle Biology and Disease Research Center presents the Inaugural MAXIMUS Retreat centered on cutting-edge work in mechanisms and therapeutics of neuromuscular diseases. Activities will include talks from invited leaders in the field, current MAXIMUS awardees, and selected abstracts from UCI trainees, a career panel luncheon, and a poster session with awards. Additionally, a seed grant funding opportunity for trainees will be announced at the event.
Highlighted speakers: Tom Lloyd (Baylor College of Medicine), Alessandra Sacco (Sanford Burnham Prebys) and Stephen Tapscott (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center)
Students, postdocs, and clinical fellows are encouraged to showcase their work by presenting a poster/talk:
- Abstract submission deadline (short talk): Feb. 14, 2025
- Abstract submission deadline (poster only): March 29, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) Auditorium 1010
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| MS-BATS Program Now Open: Excel as an Effective Clinical Researcher with a Degree in Biomedical and Translational Science | The Master of Science in Biomedical and Translational Science (MS-BATS) program trains students to conduct high-quality multidisciplinary clinical research at the intersection of basic science and clinical medicine. Learn more and apply.
Deadline: May 30, 2025 |
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| Do you or someone on your team have research-related good news to report (e.g., research funding/award, publication, other accolade)? We would like to know! Please fill out this short Good News submission form. |
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| Trainee Funding Opportunities |
| Graduate Student Summer Support Grants by the UCI Center for Medical Humanities | UCI graduate students (PhD and MFA) and medical students are eligible to apply for individual summer support grants (max award $2,000) through the UCI Center for Medical Humanities (CMH). Preference to the graduate students in the center’s three supporting Schools: Arts, Humanities and Medicine. Preference will also be given to students who have completed or are in the process of completing the Graduate Emphasis in Medical Humanities. Projects must be aligned with the center’s mission. Graduate students may receive only ONE summer support grant during their graduate studies. Learn more.
Deadline: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025
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| Postdocs & Early Career Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Limited: Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award | The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award supports independent young physician-scientists conducting disease-oriented research that demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity. The goal is to support the best young physician-scientists doing work aimed at improving the practice of cancer medicine. The $600,000 award will be for a period of three years. Funding in the amount of $200,000 will be allocated to the awardee’s institution each year for the support of the Clinical Investigator. Funds are intended to be flexible and can be used for a variety of scientific needs including the Investigator’s stipend and/or fringe benefits (up to $130,000 annually), salaries for professional and technical personnel, special equipment, supplies, and other miscellaneous items required to conduct the proposed research. No part of this grant can be used for indirect costs or institutional overhead. Read more.
Eligibility: The applicant must hold an independent Assistant Professor position or equivalent and is expected to demonstrate significant support from the home institution through a comprehensive start-up package, ample laboratory space, and protected research time, for example.
Deadline: Feb. 3, 2025
Five nominations per institution are allowed; interested applicants should contact Roxanne Ford, Executive Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations.
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| Postdoc opportunity: Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity in Heart and Lung Diseases (PRISE-HL) T32 Program | The goal of the Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity in Heart and Lung Diseases (PRISE-HL) T32 program is to provide support to outstanding post-doctoral scholars with interdisciplinary training in implementation science and health equity approaches to help transform the uptake and delivery of evidence-based interventions for heart and lung diseases in clinical and community settings.
There are four postdoc positions to start by July 1, 2025. The location is the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) or the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The position may be fully remote or hybrid, depending on the research scope. One-year training slots are available on a competitive basis to trainees proposing implementation science research in NHLBI priority areas (heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders), with a focus on health disparities. Apply here.
Deadline: March 1, 2025
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| All Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Newly released ARPA-H Funding Announcements | The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has significant funding to accelerate biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. This ARPA submission resources/FAQ webpage provides useful resources, templates and links to help you understand the details of the process, from initial submission to a final awarded agreement. Slides from “Doing Business with ARPA-H” include the ARPA-(H)eilmeier Questions (slide 13), which are imperative to answer in all proposals
McAllister & Quinn hosted a comprehensive informational webinar on Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) on Oct. 29, 2024. The materials (slide deck, agency engagement guide and recording) are available on the School of Medicine Office of Research webinar recordings webpage. Your UCINetID login is required to view the page.
Active programs:
If you are considering applying, please email somrd@hs.uci.edu. |
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| Request for Proposals: Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Pilot Awards funded by the Anti-Cancer Challenge |
Deadline: Friday, Feb. 21, 2025
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| Physician Opportunity: Integrative & Functional Medicine Fellowship | The Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute is accepting applications for the Integrative & Functional Medicine Fellowship (IFMF) for our March 2025 cohort. The fellowship is open to MDs, DOs, NPs and PAs. Additionally, scholarships covering 25–50% of tuition are available on a first-come, first-served basis for qualified UCI/UCI Health clinicians. This fellowship offers a comprehensive curriculum that integrates principles of both integrative and functional medicine, equipping participants with the skills necessary to deliver personalized, patient-centered care. Key areas of study include nutrition and fitness, lifestyle medicine, self-care, mind-body medicine, environmental medicine, botanical medicine and traditional medical systems delivered in both didactic format and case-based presentations. Apply here.
Deadline: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 |
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| Faculty Research Grants by the UCI Center for Medical Humanities | The UCI Center for Medical Humanities invites UCI faculty to apply for individual or collaborative research grants, with a maximum award of $3,000. The center supports research and initiatives that examine various aspects of human embodiment, particularly as they intersect with experiences of illness, disability and bodyminds (the center’s mission). While individual projects are not required to encompass all perspectives on a given topic, CMH-funded projects must be grounded in academic research and foster an inclusive space for diverse viewpoints. Learn more.
Eligibility: ONLY UCI Academic Senate and clinical faculty are eligible to apply for these grants. Center for Medical Humanities’ Executive Committee members are NOT eligible to apply for funding. Center for Medical Humanities’ Advisory Committee members may apply for funding.
Priority will be given to proposals from faculty in the Schools of the Arts, Humanities and Medicine as the lead schools in the interschool center. Individuals from other schools are welcome to apply, particularly if their proposed project is in collaboration with a colleague from one of the three lead schools. We encourage collaborative efforts that represent more than one academic discipline and therefore more than one perspective.
Deadline: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025
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| UC Irvine Diabetes Center: Research Funding Opportunity | The UC Irvine Diabetes Center (UCIDC) is pleased to announce the availability of funding for up to five pilot projects, each with a maximum budget of $50,000. The approximate starting date for the projects will be May 1, 2025. All proposals should meet the following criteria: - The project must address unmet needs in diabetes prevention, diagnosis or treatment.
- The proposal must be a collaborative effort, led by at least two principal investigators.
- At least one PI must be affiliated with the UCI School of Medicine.
- The PIs need to be available to present their projects at the Diabetes Center Council meeting in March or April 2025 (specific date to be announced). Council members, who include Diabetes Center donors, will be members of the proposal evaluation committee.
- The selected PIs will be asked to present their projects at the next Diabetes Research at UCI Symposium which is expected to be in late 2025.
For further details, please email Qin Yang, MD, PhD, director, UC Irvine Diabetes Center, qiny3@hs.uci.edu.
Deadline: Friday, Feb. 28, 2025
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| Considering applying for an NIH S10 award? | The NIH S10 Instrumentation Grant Program supports the purchase of state-of-the-art commercially available instruments to enhance the research of NIH-funded investigators. S10 proposals are complex and require the collaboration of numerous researchers and institutional support. All S10 proposals are due June 2, 2025.
The Schol of Medicine Office of Research requires School of Medicine PI(s) to notify the Research Development Unit (RDU) of their intent to submit an S10 proposal by March 3, 2025. This is to ensure coordinated institutional support and that the RDU can provide optimal support to all PIs. Please email the RDU to alert us of your plans to apply. |
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| Upcoming Seminars & Events |
| Department of Biological Chemistry BC Seminar Series |
Advancing Precision Genome Editing: Understanding Molecular Mechanisms to Engineer Safer, Therapeutically Relevant Approaches by Audrone Lapinaite, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Translational Vision Research, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Seminar Series | |
A Mechanism for Nuclear Retention of Mis-Processed RNAs, by Lusong Tian, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Thursday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m.
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166
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| Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR) Distinguished Speaker Series |
Physiological Role of the Vitamin A Receptor RBPR2 in Whole-Body Retinoid Homeostasis, by Glenn Lobo, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Minnesota. Learn more on CTVR's event page.
Friday, Jan. 31, 8:30 to 10 a.m.
Location: Hybrid event at the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, Sue Gross Auditorium, or via Zoom
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| UCI Center for Neuropolitics Lecture Series | Authoritarianism, Threat and Illiberal Political Judgments, by Philip T. Dunwoody, PhD, professor of psychology, Juniata College. Visit the UCI Center for Neuropolitics for more info. Friday, Jan. 31, Noon to 1:15 p.m. PT
Via Zoom
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| Physiology & Biophysics Research in Progress Seminar | Investigating the Neural Mechanisms of Negative and Positive Social Interactions, by Maximillian Lin, graduate student, Kevin T. Beier, PhD, Lab, UC Irvine School of Medicine Wednesday, Feb. 5, 4 to 5 p.m. Location: Plumwood House Lecture Hall
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| Genetics, Biomedical Computing & Genomics Monthly Seminar Series | What’s New in Genomics Technologies? Presented by Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRT Hub) staff. Learn more.
Friday, Feb. 7, 10 to 11 a.m. PT
Via Zoom |
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| Experimental Pathology Research Conferences | Diabetes Pathophysiology and Treatment: Exploring East Asian and Caucasian Differences, by Jung Hun Ohn, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Director, Precision Medicine Center, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine
Monday, Feb. 10, 11 a.m. to noon PT
Location: Hybrid event at Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall and via Zoom
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| Monthly on Mondays | Faculty Development Series | Understanding Faculty Compensation, presented by Rebecca Brusuelas-James, and TJ Kennedy. Monthly on Mondays, presented by Nimisha Parekh, MD, and Brian Cummings, PhD, associate deans of faculty development, is a monthly seminar series covering a wide range of topics focused on faculty development.
Monday, Feb. 10, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Via Zoom
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| An Introduction to the NIH Fellowship Program for Prospective Candidates – Webinar | If you’re new to NIH or NIH fellowships and would like to learn more about how to apply for NIH fellowship programs, plan to attend this webinar.
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 7 to 8:30 a.m.
Via Zoom
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| 12th Annual Stem Cell Science Symposium | Engage with leading experts and learn more about their groundbreaking research at the 12th Annual Stem Cell Science Symposium, presented by the UCI Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center. Speakers include Tom Rando, MD, PhD, UCLA, Joseph Wu, MD, PhD, Stanford University, Andras Nagy, MD, PhD, University of Toronto, Albert La Spada, MD, PhD, UC Irvine, Quinton Smith, PhD, UC Irvine, and Matthew Inlay, PhD, UC Irvine. Read flyer for more details.
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
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| Physiology & Biophysics Seminar Series | Mechanisms of Ligand- and Voltage-dependent Activation in Pacemaker Ion Channels, by Baron Chanda, PhD, Professor, Division of Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology; Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics and Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Friday, Feb. 14, 10 to 11 a.m. Location: Hybrid event at Plumwood House Lecture Hall or via Zoom
Contact Claire Chen to join via Zoom.
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| 12th Annual Conte Center Symposium & Call for Abstracts/Posters | Please join us for the 12th Annual Conte Center Symposium on February 18 at the Beckman Center. The theme is Translating the Science of Early-Life Adversity to Benefit California's Children. In addition, we will be holding a poster session. Please visit the Conte Center’s website for more information, including details on the call for abstracts/posters.
Deadline to Submit Abstracts: Friday, Jan. 31, 2025
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: In-person at The Beckman Center of the National Academies of Science & Engineering and via Zoom
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| Stata Lunch Series | Presented by Chuck Huber, PhD, StataCorp. The UCI Center for Statistical Consulting and ICTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research and Design units are pleased to announce our series of FREE virtual courses on Stata! Stata is a popular statistical analysis software that many researchers find useful. All workshops are at noon via Zoom.
- Wednesday, Feb. 19: Causal Inference for Complex Observational Data (120 minutes) | Register
- Wednesday, March 12: Introduction to Causal Mediation Analysis (90 minutes) | Register
- Wednesday, April 16: Introduction to Survey Statistics Using Stata (90 minutes) | Register
- Wednesday, May 7: Structural Equation Modeling (150 minutes) | Register
- Wednesday, June 4: Latent Class Analysis Using Stata (90 minutes) | Register
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| 8th Annual Skin Symposium | The Language of Skin: Decoding Immunity, Genetics and Technology. Dive into the forefront of skin research at UCI SKIN’s Skin Research Symposium. Engage with leading experts as they share groundbreaking insights into dermatology, skin health and innovative treatments. Speakers include Iwei Yeh, MD, PhD, Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD, Shadmehr Demehro, MD, PhD, Piortor Konieczny, MD, PhD, Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD, Sarah Tishkoff, PhD, Zihao Ou, MD, PhD, J. Michelle Kahlenberg, PhD, and Fu-Tong Liu, PhD.
Friday, Feb. 21, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Hybrid event at Gross Hall, 4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center & Sprague Hall Lobby and via Zoom
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| UCI SKIN: A Skin Biology Resource Center Distinguished Speaker Series | Mechanisms of Melanosome pH Regulation & Impact of Melanin Synthesis on Melanoma Pathogenesis, by Johnathan Zippin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine. Hosted by the UCI Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center.
Thursday, Feb. 27, Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Hybrid event at Beckman Laser Institute Library and via Zoom
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| Register for the 25th Annual Chao Lectureship | Join us for the 25th Annual Allen & Lee-Hwa Chao Lectureship in Cancer Research, in honor of H. H. Chao, to explore factors influencing cancer health disparities with honoree Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance and Associate Director for Community Outreach & Engagement at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Learn more. Community Lecture: Trust and the National Cancer Plan: Empowering our Community Thursday, Feb. 27, 6 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.)
Location: The Beckman Center
Scientific Lecture: Implementing COE Strategies: Enhancing a Cancer Center's Impact in the Community
Friday, Feb. 28, 10 a.m. (Lunch to follow)
Location: Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center, 4th Floor
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| CHOC Research Institute: Pediatric and Lifespan Data Science Conference: Abstract submissions now open! | Join CHOC for the second Pediatric and Lifespan Data Science Conference! This event will explore the intersection of precision medicine and artificial intelligence, suicide prediction and the management of complex medical patients. Perspectives from patients, families, healthcare providers, health systems, data scientists and insurance companies will be featured.
Abstract Submission Deadline: Feb. 17, 2025 | Submit Abstract
Early Bird Registration Deadline: Feb. 3, 2025 | Register
April 10–11
Location: The Westin Anaheim Resort |
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| What kind of grant support does the RDU provide to Physician Scientists? | Along with the general grant support the RDU provides (outlined above), there are multiple programs available outlined on the Physician Scientist Resources page. - Physician Scientist Collective: Monthly seminar series with visiting speakers
- Physician Scientist Pathways Certificate Course: Six-week, 12-hour hybrid course that introduce clinicians to research pathways
- Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP): Helps physician scientists apply for their first K award
- Dean’s K Scholar: Provides awardees the protected time and mentorship needed to obtain NIH K/ equivalent funding
- Clinical Trialist Training Program (CTTP): Supports junior faculty on externally funded clinical trials through a 2-year partnership program with senior investigators already running clinical trials
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