Announcements
Grant-Writing Success: 9 Strategies for Winning Grants at NIH and Beyond (Live Webinar) – June 30th, 12pm
See attached PDF for additional information.
CTSI Translational Pilot Program Ignition Funds
Deadline: July 7, 2020
BrightFocus Foundation – Innovative Research Grants
Deadline: July 29, 2020
Link: Innovative Research Grants
Wake Forest University School of Medicine & University of Massachusetts Medical School - Pilot Funding
Title: iDAPT: Implementation & Informatics Developing Adaptable Processes and Technologies for Cancer Control – Round 1 Implementation Pilot Studies
Deadline: July 31, 2020 by 5pm EST
Note: LOI Submission is optional, but strongly recommended
RFA/application link: https://ctsi.wakehealth.edu/-/media/WakeForest/CTSI/Files/Funding-Opportunities/P50-Pilot-RFA_FINAL.pdf
Upcoming Events
Succeeding in Aging Research During the Pandemic: A Webinar for Research Fellows and Junior Faculty
July 10, 2020 at 2pm ET
Hosted by the American Geriatrics Society
Co-sponsored by Clin-STAR, the Pepper Network, and the US Deprescribing Research Network
Featuring: Cynthia Boyd, Cynthia Brown, Heather Whitson, Sue Zieman, Ken Covinsky, Andrew Cohen, and Michael Steinman
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WTN4q-HVRzm4jfP4oZNK3Q
Recent Publications
Ø Wu T, Hsu FC, Pierce JP. Increased Acid-Producing Diet and Past Smoking Intensity are Associated with Worse Prognoses among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Clin Med. 2020 Jun 11; 9(6): E1817. PMID: 32545214. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9061817
Ø Damuka N, Czoty PW, Davis AT, Nader MA, Nader SH, Craft S, Macauley SL, Galbo LK, Epperly PM, Whitlow CT, Davenport AT, Martin TJ, Daunais JB, Mintz A, Kumar K, Sai S. PET Imaging of [11C]MPC-6827, a Microtubule-Based Radiotracer in Non-Human Primate Brains. Molecules. 2020 May 13; 25(10): 2289. PMCID: PMC7287733. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25102289
Ø Camalan S, Niazi MKK, Moberly AC, Teknos T, Essig G, Elmaraghy C, Taj-Schaal N, Gurcan MN. OtoMatch: Content-based Eardrum Image Retrieval Using Deep Learning. PloS One. 2020 May 15; 15(5): e0232776. PMCID: PMC7228122. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232776
Ø Simpson FR, Pajewski NM, Beavers KM, Kritchevsky S, McCaffery J, Nicklas BJ, Wing RR, Bertoni A, Ingram F, Ojeranti D, Espeland MA. Does the Impact of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiovascular Disease Vary According to Frailty Measured via Deficit Accumulation? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020 Jun 20; glaa153. PMID: 32564066. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaa153
Ø Housman G, Quillen EE, Stone AC. Intraspecific and Interspecific Investigations of Skeletal DNA Methylation and Femur Morphology in Primates. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2020 Mar 14. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32170728. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24041
Member Highlights
Center for Precision Medicine 2019 Summer Intern and Draelos Scholar
Elizabeth Boger recently won the prestigious Trinity Scholarship to Duke University. Elizabeth worked in Dr. Tony Reeves lab last summer as a rising Senior at High Point Central High School.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Highlight
Ravichandra Vemuri, PhD
Research Fellow – Comparative Medicine
Mentor(s): Dr. Kylie Kavanagh
Ravichandra is a post-doctoral research fellow in comparative medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He received his PhD in health science from University of Tasmania, Australia (2019). Ravi is generally interested in the gut health and aging studies. Most of his PhD work is on understanding gut microbiome and related mechanism in the aging mouse model. His research interests include aging, microbiome, metabolism, and the immune system.