Sunil Solomon, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, recently received the Avenir Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Avenir Award, using the French word for future, looks toward the future by supporting early stage investigators proposing highly innovative studies. Dr. Soloman’s study focuses(...)
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Fahey Named Director of the Cullman Chemoprotection Center
Posted by | ResearchJed Fahey, Sc.D., assistant professor in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology with secondary appointments in the Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences (SOM) and International Health (BSPH) is now the director of the Cullman Chemoprotection Center (SOM). Dr. Fahey has been an integral part of the Cullman Center since its inception by Dr. Paul Talalay(...)
2016 Small Grant Program to Support Innovation Projects that Advance Primary Care
Posted by | ResearchThe Primary Care Consortium (PCC) is pleased to announce its small grant program for 2016. It will likely be able to fund 3-5 grants in the $5,000 to $20,000 range. The mission of the PCC is to provide a broadly collaborative and multi-disciplinary academic home at Hopkins for research, education, quality improvement and innovation designed(...)
RFI Strategies to Enhance Diversity in the Physician-Scientist Workforce
Posted by | ResearchThe NIH Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) charged a Working Group with analyzing the composition and size of the physician-scientist biomedical workforce (defined as individuals with MD, DO, DDS/DMD, DVM/VMD degrees and nurses with research doctoral degrees who devote the majority of their time to biomedical research), and with making recommendations for actions that(...)
Pearl M. Stetler Research Fund Request for Applications
Posted by | ResearchThe Pearl M. Stetler Research Fund for Women Physicians. Awards are $65,000 for a designated year of research in a postgraduate program. This is usually the third or fourth year of fellowship. $1,000 is provided for supplies and equipment. Renewal for a second year of funding requires reapplication and is evaluated with new applications. The deadline for the electronic submission of applications(...)
Bayview Research Symposium Schedule
Posted by | Research8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Breakfast & Poster Viewing 8:30 a.m.–8:40 a.m. David Hellmann, MD, MACP Aliki Perroti Professor of Medicine Vice Dean, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Chairman, Department of Medicine 8:40 a.m.–8:45 a.m. Nadia Hansel, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Associate Dean of Research, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Chair,(...)
Recertification Requirements for Human Subjects Research Study Team Members
Posted by | ResearchIn January 2015, the Johns Hopkins Medicine Human Research Protection Program implemented a new online recertification program for study team members engaged in human subjects research. Through the CTSA program, the NIH and leading academic research organizations have agreed to recertification of all study team members every three years. The recertification requirement goes into effect(...)
Nexus Award for Junior Investigators Seeking Imaging Support
Posted by | ResearchDeadline: Applications are due at 11:59 p.m. on December 8, 2015 Eligible: Any instructor or assistant professor faculty member at Johns Hopkins University Award Period: All scans provided by Nexus Award funds should aim to be completed by June 30, 2015. Funding may be available, but is not guaranteed after this date. Application: Online at ICTR Connection Request(...)
Bayview Research Symposium call for posters
Posted by | ResearchThe 10th Annual Johns Hopkins Bayview Research Symposium is scheduled for Friday, December 4, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center atrium and auditorium. This year's symposium will focus on "Achieving Health Equality in Baltimore and Beyond: The Next Horizon" and will feature a keynote address by Jonathan Samet,(...)
2016 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science
Posted by | ResearchThe Taubman Prize is presented annually by the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan. It is meant to recognize work in the crucial field of translational research being conducted by the clinician-scientist who has done the most to transform laboratory discoveries into clinical applications for patients suffering from disease. The(...)