The next Mid-Atlantic Microbiome Meet-up will take place on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus in Baltimore. This Winter M3 will focus on Predictions and the Microbiome. The overarching goal of the Mid-Atlantic Microbiome Meet-up (M3) initiative is to enable and spur interactions within the broad community of scientists interested in microbiome within the(...)
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Armstrong Institute at Bayview Small Grants Program
Posted by | ResearchDeadline: January 31, 2019 Eligible: All Johns Hopkins Medicine faculty and staff Budget: Up to $20,000 in total costs (direct only). Grant Award Period: One year after award (April 1, 2019) Application: E-mail application form and required materials to AIBayview@jhmi.edu The Armstrong Institute at Bayview’s Small Grants Program was established to promote cross-disciplinary and innovative(...)
Transmittal Addendum Requirement for Visiting Scientists, Postdoctoral Fellows and Trainees with Foreign Support
Posted by | Administration, ResearchIn order to comply with NIH Grants Policy, visiting scientists, postdoctoral fellows and trainees with foreign support must obtain approval for foreign involvement from the federal sponsor prior to processing of the appointment. To obtain approval, the sponsoring PI should email his/her NIH Program Officer and request approval for the visiting scientist, postdoctoral fellow or(...)
Sulkowski Named Associate Dean for Research in the Capital Region
Posted by | Congratulations, Leadership, ResearchMark Sulkowski, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was recently appointed associate dean for research in the Capital Region in the Office for Capital Region Research Support, which coordinates research at Howard County General Hospital, Suburban Hospital and Sibley Memorial Hospital. As associate dean, Mark's primary responsibility will be to work closely with the(...)
Petri Receives Evelyn V. Hess Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchMichelle Petri, professor in the Division of Rheumatology, received the 2018 Evelyn V. Hess Award from the Lupus Foundation of America. The award is given annually to a clinical or basic researcher whose body of work has significantly advanced our understanding of the pathophysiology, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis or treatment of lupus. This award recognizes Michelle's outstanding(...)
Become a Clinical Co-Mentor for Graduate Students
Posted by | Leadership, ResearchThe graduate program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CMM) is recruiting clinical faculty to serve as clinical co-mentors for CMM graduate students. Translational/pre-clinical research is an integral part of the CMM graduate training program. All CMM students are required to have dual mentors for both basic and clinical sciences as part of their thesis committee.(...)
Bluefield Innovations Information Session
Posted by | ResearchIn November 2017, Deerfield Management and Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures announced the creation of Bluefield Innovations, a collaboration designed to catalyze the development of early stage therapeutics. Funded by Deerfield, an investment management firm committed to advancing healthcare, Bluefield Innovations is providing up to $65 million in initial funding over five years to support the(...)
Leucker and Umapathi Receive Cardiology Research Awards
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchThe DOM had a great showing at the Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators' Forum in Chicago earlier this month. Thorsten Leucker, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, won first place in the Junior Faculty Basic Science Competition. Priya Umapathi, fourth year fellow in the Division of Cardiology, won first place in the Fellow Basic Science Competition.(...)
Important NIH Updates
Posted by | ResearchMultiple recent NIH interactions have raised compliance concerns over two NIH policies that require your immediate attention. Foreign Component (Involvement): Foreign collaborations involving NIH funding have always required prior approval. Recent congressional concern over the U.S. losing IP to foreign countries has led to a reminder announcement in May, recent close review of RPPR cited(...)