Research News - May 23, 2014

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Innovation Newsletter - May 2014

Please click here to read the Innovation Newsletter.

2. Core of the Week: MGH Biomedical Informatics Core

MGH Biomedical Informatics Core
Director: Timothy W. Clark; Assoc. Dir. Sudeshna Das
Location: 65 Landsdowne Street, Suite 200, Cambridge, MA 02139

The MGH Biomedical informatics Core (MGH BMIC) serves the information management and analysis needs of the MGH/Partners/Harvard research community as well as non-profit organizations and industry. MGH BMIC has expertise in biomedical informatics, and leverages re-usable tools developed by the group to offer services in a cost-effective manner.

To learn more about the MGH Biomedical Informatics Core, please click here.

3. Partners Research Management Message, May 22, 2014

Please click here to view the latest Partners Research Management message.

• Guide to Understanding New Post-Award and Research Finance Deliverable Workflow
• Upcoming RM Training Courses
• June Salary and Payroll Deadlines
• Partners HealthCare Research Management Offices Closed Monday, 5/26

4. What's New at PCORI: $90M Funding Opportunity, Survey Highlights PCORI Leadership in CER

Please click here to read the newest update for PCORI.

EVENTS

1. ORCD's Annual Research Fellows Poster Celebration on May 28!

Wednesday, May 28, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, MGH Bulfinch Tent

The Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Research Careers (ORCD) presents its annual poster celebration for MGH research fellows.

The ORCD Research Fellows Poster Celebration showcases the research accomplishments of MGH Postdocs. The morning program includes lectures from Sylvie Breton, PhD, Professor of Medicine, HMS and Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience), HMS. The lectures will be followed by an awards ceremony and posters will be on display in the Bulfinch Tent the whole day.

Please click here for the agenda and click here to rsvp to the event.

2. Meet Research IS & Computing at ORCD Research Fellows Poster Celebration next Wednesday

Wednesday, May 28, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, MGH Bulfinch Tent

Research IS & Computing (RISC) team members will host an information table throughout the Poster Session next week. The research community is encouraged to stop by to learn more about PEAS (Partners Enterprise Apple Support), RPDR (Research Patient Data Registry), HPC (High Performance Computing), EDC Tools (Electronic Data Capture), Research Computing Core Facility, and additional ERIS resources. Support staff will be on hand to answer your questions.

3. Boston Children’s Hospital’s 21st Annual John F. Enders Lecturer

Wednesday, May 28, 2014, 12:00 PM, Boston Children’s Hospital, 320 Longwood Ave., Folkman Audtiorum -Enders Building

“Ending the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: From Basic Science to Public Health Implementation”
Anthony Fauci, MD

The Research Faculty Council Education Committee invites you to the 21st Annual John F. Enders Lecture, honoring Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health. Since his appointment as NIAID Director in 1984, Dr. Fauci has overseen an extensive research portfolio devoted to preventing, diagnosing, and treating infectious and immune-mediated diseases. Dr. Fauci also is chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, where he has made numerous important discoveries related to HIV/AIDS and is one of the most-cited scientists in the field. He serves as one of the key advisors to the White House and Department of Health and Human Services on global AIDS issues and on initiatives to bolster medical and public health preparedness against emerging infectious disease threats, such as pandemic influenza. He was one of the principal architects of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has already been responsible for saving millions of lives throughout the developing world.

For more information about Dr. Fauci’s work, please see: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/directors/biography/Pages/biography.aspx

For more information: 617-919-4664 or resadmin@childrens.harvard.edu
   
The John F. Enders Lecture was established by the research faculty in 1992 to recognize excellence in research in the tradition of John F. Enders, the Nobel Laureate virologist whose brilliant achievements continue to inspire us today.

We look forward to seeing you on May 28, 2014! Contact resadmin@childrens.harvard.edu with any questions.

4. Join the Research Technical Lunch

Thursday, May 29, 12:00 - 2:00 pm, WebEx or Prudential Center

The monthly Tech Lunch is an important forum for research IT administrators and managers to engage with ERIS, Partners IS and each other regarding IT services, technologies, security and infrastructure. This month, Natalie Boutin and her team from Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine will present on the Biobank, its uses and infrastructure: http://pcpgm.partners.org/biorepository/biobank. Mike Carter and Susan Lane from Partners Collaborative Media/Center for Connected Health will also give updates on current and future initiatives of interest to the research community. RSVP Online by 5/27 and note if you plan to attend remotely so that details are sent. Visit the website and contact rcc@partners.org with questions about Tech Lunch.

5. Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP): The Next Step in Your Clinical Research Career - Becoming Certified the Benefits of Association

Tuesday, June 3, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Simches 3.110

Speakers: Terri Hinkley, Deputy Executive Director, ACRP; Jenna Rouse, Director of Business Development, ACRP & Denise Clark, Chairperson, ACRP Boston Chapter

As a clinical research professional you are a part of a unique and complex medical specialty group. Becoming certified in that specialty and joining a professional organization are essential steps in your professional career path. Learn why and what it can do for you during our June seminar as we are joined by Terri Hinkley, Jenna Rouse and Denise Clark from the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). The seminar will highlight the benefits of membership in a professional clinical research organization, provide an understanding of why ACRP certification is unique and outline the process for obtaining clinical research certification. Question and answer period to follow.

Registration is required. Contact Jillian Tonelli with further questions about this session.

6. MGH Research Core Day

Thursday, June 12, 2014 , 1:00 - 3:00 pm, CNY Building 149 - 1st Floor Atrium & Conference Room A

All members of the MGH and Partners Research Community are invited to learn more about the research core services available at MGH.

Light refreshments will be provided, along with a raffle!

If you have any questions regarding this event or if you are interested in registering your core to participate; please contact Samantha Molle.

We hope to see you all on Thursday, June 12!

7. Submitting Results to ClinicalTrials.gov: Practical Helpful Hints

Massachusetts General Hospital
Tuesday, June 24, 9:00am – 11:00am, Simches Room 3.110

Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, June 25, 9:00am – 11:00am, Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th floor

Sponsored by the MGH Clinical Research Program, Harvard Catalyst Regulatory Foundations, Ethics, and Law Program, and the Partners Quality Improvement Program

Speaker: Heather Dobbins, Ph.D., Lead Results Analyst, ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine, NIH
   
Learn how to register and submit study results to the ClinicalTrials.gov database, including specific details about what information needs to be submitted for Results Reporting.
The Seminar at Harvard Medical School will be videotaped and posted on the Harvard Catalyst and MGH CRP Websites.

*Coffee and Tea will be provided at both seminars*

Registration is required. Contact Kelsey Gay with further questions about this session.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

1. PCORI Funding Opportunity

Late last year, PCORI introduced a new funding initiative that makes substantial investments in larger and longer comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects in the form of “pragmatic studies.” These are studies designed to address important questions faced by typical patients and clinicians, so they include broader and more diverse populations than those found in traditional randomized controlled trials, where narrowly defined groups of participants are studied in highly controlled settings.

The second cycle of this initiative has now been announced. To learn more about this opportunity please click here. Please click here to read the full funding announcement.
   

2. Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

The office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) manages Congressional Special Interest Medical Research Programs (CSI) encompassing breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers, neurofibromatosis, military health, and other specified areas. Since fiscal year 1992, the CDMRP has managed approximately over $7.5 billion in Congressional appropriations for peer-reviewed research aimed to prevent, control, and cure disease. Through fiscal year 2012, approximately 11,802 awards have been made to advance health care solutions via extramural grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.

Please click here for the most recent program announcements from the CDMRP.

3. Limited Submission Funding Opportunities

We ask that all MGH Investigators interested in applying for any limited submission award submit a Letter of Intent (see detailed instructions below) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) by the deadline indicated for each award to be considered to receive an institutional nomination.

Process
Submit a one- to two-page Letter of Intent (LOI) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) via email to ecor@partners.org. In addition to your LOI, please include an NIH Biosketch.

The letter of intent should include:
1. Name of the Principal Investigator with appropriate contact information
2. A descriptive title of the potential application
3. Brief description of the project
4. Brief description of why you specifically should be selected to receive institutional nomination for this award

In the event that there is more than one MGH investigators interested in applying each limited submission award, the LOIs will be used to assess candidates and a review and selection process will take place.

Current Limited Submission Funding Opportunities 
Please click here for more information and for our internal deadlines.

• Atopic Dermatitis Research Network (ADRN) (U19)
• Developing and Improving Institutional Animal Resources (G20)

If there is a limited submission funding opportunity you do not see listed above or you have any additional questions, please contact Erin McGivney at 617-643-6471.

4. Private Funding Opportunities

Please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations in the Office of Development at devcfr@mgh.harvard.edu if you wish to submit a proposal in response to any of these funding opportunities. Note that proposals are still routed through the standard InfoEd/Research Management process.

• Pulmonary Hypertension Research Grant, International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation
• Early Career Fellowship Awards, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
• Clinical and Translational Pediatric Lupus Nephritis Biomarker Panel Research, Lupus Foundation of America (LFA)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF)
• Legacy Program, Uniting Against Lung Cancer (UALC)

Please click here for further details on these funding opportunities.

5. NIH Update for Week Ending May 23, 2014

For the latest National Institutes of Health notices, requests for applications, and program announcements, follow this link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Reminders of recently posted funding opportunities, deadlines and events

2015 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine
Nominations are being accepted through August 15, 2014

Boston Biomedical Innovation Center (B-BIC) Accepting PILOT & DRIVE Grant Pre-Proposals

New Research Subject Advocacy Materials for Research Nurses and Research Coordinators - May 28

Clinical Research Data Management: Productivity Tools - May 28

PCORI Luncheon Panel - May 29

The Principles and Practice of Clinical Research Data Management - June 3

IRB & QI Roundtable - Part I: Consent Form Writing - June 5

MGH Research Core Day - June 12

Executive Committee On Research (ECOR) Massachusetts General Hospital

50 Staniford Street, Suite 1001, Boston, MA 02114

ecor@partners.org