UI joins new national volunteer recruitment registry ResearchMatch.org
People in Iowa who want to participate in health-related research studies can now connect online with researchers nationwide by joining ResearchMatch.org.
The Institute for Clinical and Translation Science has a new social networking website for pediatric researchers called Pediatric Research. Pediatric Research's goal is to enhance communication and collaboration among pediatric researchers at the University of Iowa Children's Hospital for the ultimate purpose of improving the health of pediatric patients and families.
ICTS Bionutrition Services will have a body composition display at the UI Health Fair Today.
Stop by Booth 15 at the UI Health Fair Wednesday, November 4th and find out how you can:
UI Field House
Main Deck
7:30 am to 4:00 pm
The University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory is currently accepting applications for their 2009-2010 Student Grant Program.
The program enables junior and high school students to conduct science projects and run experimental tests with the assistance of Hygienic Laboratory staff. The application deadline is November 30. Learn more about the program and apply for a grant.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 has dedicated $1.1B to bolster new comparative effectiveness research (CER), patient registries, infrastructure, and dissemination for a period of two years: $300M for Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), $400M for National Institutes of Health (NIH), and $400M for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). ARRA provided this money in an effort to understand how to better prevent, diagnose, and/or treat diseases throughout the country.
National Medical Research Day, sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges, was held on October 21, 2009. The event celebrated the importance and impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and biomedical research. ResearchMeansHope.org, a community of concerned patients, physicians, and researchers from U.S. medical schools throughout the country, hosted a press conference on National Medical Research Day in Washington, D.C.
Katrina L. Kelner, editor of the new journal, Science Translational Medicine, hosts a 15 minute podcast devoted to the topic of translational medicine and highlights a research article from the publication's October, 2009, issue regarding bone formation in rats.
Access the highlighted research article
NIH recently announced that investigators submitting new or resubmission applications for FY2011 funding (due on or after January 25, 2010) must use newly restructured application forms and instructions. These new forms will be available online in December, 2009, either as "ADOBE_FORMS_B" (for the SF 424 (R&R) application) or with a date of June, 2009 (for the PHS 398 application).
The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) at the University of Iowa encourages scientists, physicians, and concerned citizens to collaborate in unique ways to turn discoveries into effective treatments that benefit Iowans and people worldwide. The following story is one example of how the University of Iowa is building bridges on a global scale to translate knowledge into practice.
The following article highlights a collaborative research study that focuses on chronic pain intervention and the unintended effects of the doctor-patient relationship. It is a prime example of how unique interdisciplinary collaborations can foster technological and medical advances in clinical and translational science.
"I think it makes my life a lot easier," said Dori Hinson, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) Office Coordinator, referring to Cayuse, the new software package currently offered by the Division of Sponsored Programs. This easy-to-use web application is licensed by the University of Iowa until 2010 and replaces PureEdge (or Adobe) packages from grants. gov. ICTS is paying for 1 year of license renewal and provided initial support for testing of this system prior to its use.
Cayuse offers new and user-friendly features, including
Established by the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Consortium, the new Society for Clinical and Translational Science (SCTS) is dedicated to improving human health by advancing research and education associated with this discipline.The SCTS and the Association for Clinical Research Training conduct a yearly meeting that addresses issues facing trainees and junior faculty, disseminates new research and programming methods and results, and fosters collaborative relationships across the CTSA consortium. The next meeting will take place in April, 2010.
Dr. Peg Nopoulos, Director of the ICTS' Translational Technologies and Resources Key Function, and her colleagues are currently featured in a Scientific American article. The article highlights their research on the differences in the male and female brains and illustrates how difficult it is to untangle nature and nurture, even at the level of brain structure.
We're exciting to help spread the word about the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT). This on-line resource provides instant access to important resources including reports, data, and analysis of NIH sponsored research activities, and offers useful information about NIH funding, expenditure, and results.
In July, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) selected University of Iowa Health Care to serve as the lead site for one of several National Institutes of Health H1N1 vaccine studies.
In an effort to curtail prolonged submission of papers to the NIHMS, the NIH has introduced a three month deadline regarding the inclusion of a PubMed Central Reference Number at the end of a citation. This means if you supply an NIHMSID at the end of a citation, it will only temporarily serve as proof of compliance for up to three months following publication. After a period of three months has passed a PubMed Central Reference Number is required. If you do not adhere to these conditions then funding may be negatively affected.
Please adhere to the following guidelines as published on the NIH website.
Advancements in clinical and translational research rely heavily upon the cultivation of successful collaborative efforts by an ever-growing community of interdisciplinary scientists. J.L. Cohen, Interim Vice President for Research at The University of Iowa, refers to the convergence of interdisciplinary teams charged with attacking extremely complex problems as "a very integrative concept." Cohen emphasizes collaboration, because it enhances professional training while allowing students to broaden and strengthen their experience base and familiarize themselves with knowledge outside of their focused disciplines. Therefore, the act of seeking collaboration between skills sets is advantageous for both research and training purposes.
University of Iowa research that aims to help improve treatments for schizophrenia has been funded by a two-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, part of the National Institutes of Health. The grant is effective July 1.
The study focuses on the genetic basis of schizophrenia, which affects 1 percent of the world's population and likely accounts for most long-term disability in the United States.
"Our research focuses on identifying genetic abnormalities called copy number variations. This information eventually could help us determine which patients with schizophrenia would respond best to particular medications," said Tom Wassink, M.D., the study's principal investigator and associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the UI Carver College of Medicine and UI Children's Hospital. "Currently, some patients respond well to certain drug therapies, while others do not."
Videos of the presentations, scholar talks and the workshops from the The 4th Meeting of the Upper Midwest Consortium of clinical and translational science organizations are now available online.
Keynote Address: Personalized Medicine Through Multi-Scale Pulmonary Imaging - Eidomics and Other Things -- Geoffrey McLennan MD PhD. Director of the Translational Lung Imaging Research Program
The American Heart Association has announced its National Center and Midwest Affiliate award programs for the July 2009 application cycle. Note that opportunities this cycle are quite limited, as the AHA has suspended the National Established Investigator Award, National Innovative Research Grant, Midwest Affiliate Grant-in-Aid, and Midwest Affiliate Scientist Development Grant, closing them to application this cycle and possibly the next.
