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Mingzhao Xing, professor in the Division of Endocrinology, was named the 2017 recipient of the Johns Hopkins Thyroid Tumor Center's Paul W. Ladenson Thyroid Award. The award recognizes him as an outstanding longtime thyroid tumor researcher who has made fundamental impacts on the field. He was presented the award at the center's annual event.
Overview: The Emerson Collective is proud to announce another round of funding for cancer research. The Emerson Collective Cancer Research Fund is requesting individual or team proposals for research projects related, but not limited to, immunotherapy, ‘high risk/high reward’ initiatives, KRAS targeting or antibody therapies. Positive criteria include the potential of a project to significantly impact(...)
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research is hosting a conference, “Advancing Research in the Digital Age”, Tuesday, February 27 from 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Turner Concourse in the Miller Research Building. Researchers, coordinators, fellows and anyone with an interest in digital research are encouraged to attend. The conference focuses on(...)
Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars cohort. Pending continued NIH funding, we hope to have four KL2 awards available in Fall 2018. The application deadline is Friday, March 2, 2018. This two-year mentored career development award supports junior faculty with five years or less on the faculty or current postdocs in(...)
The Pearl M. Stetler is an award intended for women who are senior fellows or fellows transitioning to faculty at the instructor level. It provides $65,000 support ($64,000 salary and $1,000 supplies). The application provide specifics about eligibility. The application deadline is February 15. Funding decisions will be made by March 15. Please read the eligibility requirements carefully and(...)
The Office of Human Subjects Research Institutional Review Board (IRB) has published some very useful information for researchers here: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institutional_review_board/about/agreements/sirb_faqs.html Questions include: How do I submit a request to have JHM IRB serve as the sIRB for my grant proposal or study? JHM IRB has created a reliance request tool [survey] that is available on(...)
The Johns Hopkins Doris Duke Early Clinician Investigator Award, which supports outstanding junior faculty physician scientists who are working on clinical research projects while facing significant extraprofessional caregiving demands, is seeking applicants for its second cohort. Applicants should currently have research funding, such as a career development award or research project grant, that includes salary support.(...)
The HERA Women’s Cancer Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to stop the loss of women from ovarian cancer by promoting Health, Empowerment, Research and Awareness. The purpose of the Outside-the-Box grant is to improve prevention and prognosis through innovative scientific research and to foster a strong, long-term commitment to research in the(...)
Chulan Kwon, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, received an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association, which supports mid-career individuals with unusual promise and commitment to cardiovascular science. The grant was funded with an outstanding priority score and a total award amount of up to $400,000. The grant will help with his research involving heart generation(...)
Rosanne Rouf, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, recently won a 2017 Discovery Innovation Award from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Innovation Awards are designed to provide seed funding to support bold, innovative projects to enable new scientific directions and achievements of the highest quality and impact and consist of up to(...)