Research News - September 19, 2014

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Nominate Yourself or a Colleague for ECOR Representative

There are two openings for election as a representative from the Research community to the Executive Committee On Research (ECOR). One opening is for a Professor, the other for an Associate Professor.
 
The deadline for nominations is at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, September 30.

For each open position on the ballot, the ECOR Nominations Review Committee will select three candidates from among the nominated faculty.

Nomination form: http://ecor.mgh.harvard.edu/elections/NominationForm.aspx

For information about ECOR & ECOR Reps responsibilities go to: http://ecor.mgh.harvard.edu

Questions? ECOR@mgh.harvard.edu

2. Core of the Week: Biostatistics Core

Biostatistics Core
Directors: Dr. Dianne Finkelstein & Dr. Hang Lee
50 Staniford Street, Suite 560

The Biostatistics Core provides support to MGH investigators in the design and analysis of research studies. This includes assistance in the preparation of proposals and protocols by calculating the required sample size of the study as well as preparing an analysis plan. Also, assistance is provided in performing the analyses as well as providing database and statistical computing support (including tasks involving website applications), and preparing data reports. The staff includes biostatisticians, data managers, project managers, research assistants, and computing staff.

To learn more about the Biostatistics Core, please click here.

3. Research Navigator Tips

To learn how to update your profile on the Research Navigator, please click here.

4. Please take the Partners HealthCare Innovation 2014 Service Survey!

This annual survey is part of our team’s commitment to provide the highest quality service to our constituents, and to maximize the outcomes we work toward as a team. We will set targeted action plans based on survey results and repeat the process every year. The survey is open until Friday, October 3, 2014. To begin, please click here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SJ6WGST

The survey can also be found under “News” on the new Research Navigator:
https://partnershealthcare.sharepoint.com/sites/phrmResources/news/Pages/Innovation-Service-Survey.aspx

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this survey, please contact Innovations@partners.org.

Your feedback is important to us. Thank you for your participation.

5. PCORI September Newsletter: Board Meeting Highlights, Peer Review Public Forum, and App Challenge Winners Announcement

Please click here to read the latest news and updates from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

EVENTS

1. MGH Faculty Happy Hour

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 5:00-7:00 PM, Paul S. Russell, MD Museum; 2 North Grove St., Boston, MA 02114

Need an excuse to relax with your colleagues after the October 6 NIH Deadline?

ECOR invites our Research Faculty to our Fall Faculty Happy Hour on October 8!

Please RSVP: ecor@mgh.harvard.edu!

2. Munn Nursing Research Grand Rounds

Thursday, October 2, 1:30-2:30 pm, O’Keeffe Auditorium

“Utilizing Evidence Based Practice to Prevent Constipation in Older, Adult Hospitalized Patients”

Presented by: Andrea H. Thurler, DNP, FNP-BC and Lieba R. Savitt, MSN, RN, ANP-BC (recipients of an Yvonne L. Munn Nursing Research Award in 2011; mentor Deborah D’Avolio, PhD, APRN-BC)

This presentation will discuss their pilot study and lessons learned throughout their research process. They will examine future opportunities for constipation research and practice implementation. There will be an interactive discussion with the audience about their experience and implications for future research and investigators.

Norman Knight Nursing Center for Clinical and Professional Development at Massachusetts General Hospital (OH-239, 10/1/2017) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The learner must stay for the entire program and submit a completed evaluation to obtain contact hours.

3. “Science BITES” CNY Faculty Lunch Seminar Series

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 1:30pm - 2:30p, CNY 149, Conference Room A, behind Eat Street Café

“Mechanisms of cancer related fatigue"
Lisa J. Wood, PhD, RN, FAAN
Fatigue Related Symptom Laboratory
School of Nursing ~ MGH Institute of Health Professions

Bring your lunch and we’ll provide cookies!

Come learn about the exceptional and remarkably diverse research going on within MGH East. Feed your brain with cool science and meet “the faces behind the names” in our scientific community.

Contact: JLFuller@partners.org

4. Meet the Protocol Administrators and Manager of the Partners Human Research Office

September 22, 2014, 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Simches 3.120

Please join us for a special IRB Roundtable in the new academic year where you will have the opportunity to meet the Protocol Administrators, Team Leads and other key Managers of the Partners Human Research Office. Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions relating to how to best communicate with the IRB and troubleshoot any issues that they have recently faced with their IRB submissions.

To register for this course, please click here. Please contact Jillian Tonelli at jtonelli@partners.org with any questions.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

1. HMS Foundation Funds

Each year several foundations invite HMS faculty and postdocs to apply for their fellowships and grants, which serve as critical funding at the early stages of a research career. Interested investigators must first apply for the HMS nomination through the HMS Foundation Funds, and a committee will select the final candidates to submit applications to the foundations.

Information on funding opportunities offered through the HMS Foundation Funds is available online at: http://hms.harvard.edu/FoundationFunds

Awards include:

• Brain Research Fund Fay/Frank Seed Grant Program
• Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grant (MGH Nomination required)
• Bullock-Wellman Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Dana Foundation David Mahoney Neuroimaging Program
• Macy Foundation Faculty Scholars Program
• Mary Kay Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Award
• Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering
• Rita Allen Faculty Scholars Program

Faculty and postdocs interested in applying for any of the awards listed above can apply for the HMS nomination by submitting an application online no later than October 15, 2014 at 5:00PM. Please direct all inquiries to the Office of the HMS Dean for Academic and Clinical Affairs, 617-432-7463, Betty_Carbunari@hms.harvard.edu.

If you are an MGH investigator, you should not apply directly to HMS for several of the funding opportunities offered through the HMS foundation funds annually. Please see the chart located here to determine where to apply and for information on the process.

If you have any questions, please contact Erin McGivney at 617-643-6471.

2. 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 for 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.

• Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award (K12)
• Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium: Coordinating Center (U01)
• The Ho-Am Prize for Science - NEW!
• The Ho-Am Prize for Medicine - NEW!
• NINDS Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25)
• Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54) - NEW!

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.

3. 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.

• Clinical Scientist Development Award (CSDA), Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
• Alzheimer's Disease Research, BrightFocus Foundation
• CART Grants, CART Fund (Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust)
• Liver Scholar Award, American Liver Foundation (ALF)
• Linked Standard Research Grants, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
• Health Care Grant, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
• Research Grants, International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation (IWMF)
• Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Program, American Kidney Fund (AKF)
• NPKUA Post-Doctoral Fellowship, National PKU Alliance (NPKUA)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
• Distinguished Investigator Grants, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
• Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Please click here for further details on these funding opportunities.

4. NIH Update for Week Ending September 19, 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

MGH ECOR Formulaic Bridge Funding
Application Deadline: 7th day of each month

ADA-BI Targeted Award in CKD 
Application Deadline: October 15, 2014

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

2014 MGH-University of Tokyo Symposium: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering - September 24

Join the Research Technical Lunch - September 25

Maintaining Research Subject Privacy and Information Security: What Clinical Researchers Must Know - September 30

A Practical Guide to Biobanking for Biomarker and Personalized Medicine Research - October 1

Executive Committee On Research (ECOR) Massachusetts General Hospital

50 Staniford Street, Suite 1001, Boston, MA 02114

ecor@partners.org