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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center is offering the following classes in May:

All times are CDT. Click on the class links for descriptions and to register. Classes fill up quickly and registration is recommended. Classes meet for approximately one hour and are free to affiliates of the Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center. Many of the classes are available by request to Feinberg School of Medicine faculty, staff, students, and residents. For a complete list of available classes, click here.

Email [email protected] for more information.

Research Scholar Day is an opportunity to share and celebrate scholarly work being done at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute. Hosted by Lurie Children’s, Manne Research Institute, and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, this year’s event will be held in the Simpson Querrey Institute building on May 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Opening remarks will be delivered by Dr. Matthew Davis, Dr. Patrick Seed, and Dr. Jennifer Trainor. The poster sessions will be structured to allow presenters to have an opportunity to view the research of their peers. Download the Research Scholar Day 2022 booklet (.pdf) for more information about Research Scholar Day.

The Office of Research Development hosts monthly research education at Lurie Children’s (REAL) Training lectures on a variety of domains and topics including, but not limited to, study management and conduct, financial considerations in research, research data, research regulatory requirements, available resources, and more. Sessions occur twice a month, virtually through Microsoft Teams, and welcome all investigators and staff. Previous REAL trainings and recordings can be found on ResearchPedia, within the Previous Research Professional Events page. Please email [email protected] with any questions or to request the calendar invite for an upcoming lecture.

 The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute is hosting a session, “Maintaining Effective Communication/Difficult Conversations,” as part of its Developing and Enhancing Mentoring Relationships Series. The sessions are exclusively for faculty and will feature an open-discussion format, breakout groups, and hypothetical case scenarios to help participants identify strategies to strengthen their mentoring skills. The next session (held via Zoom) is scheduled for May 12 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Attendance is limited to 50 participants. To learn more and register, visit the Series site.

The Succeeding with Your K Award professional development seminar series allows early career faculty members and post-doctoral fellows to look at their own work and that of others in a critical but supportive manner. The free interactive and supportive peer-mentoring sessions offered through NUCATS cover a variety of topics, including elevator pitches, the K-to-R transition, and diversifying your funding portfolio.

The next session, “Grant Budget Development,” will be held via Zoom on May 16 from noon to 1:30 p.m. NUCATS sends invitations to early career faculty members or post-doctoral fellows supported on a National Institutes of Health K Award. If you have not received an invitation and feel you should be included, please email Morgan Barrowman to be added to the invitation list.

Initiate, Inquire, Innovate, Inspire—the Four I’s sessions provide an opportunity to workshop your ideas related to health services, social/behavioral, outcomes, and clinical research. Smith Child Health Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation Center invites researchers, research professionals, and trainees to join the next session on May 18. Sessions are co-hosted by the divisions of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, and Hospital Based Medicine.

Sessions occur during the third week* of the month and rotate every three months.

Sign up to workshop your ideas using this shared spreadsheet. No need to prep slides or have a polished presentation. Come prepared for excellent feedback and lively discussions about how to develop your research question, strengthen your specific aims, address challenges with project completion, and improve your analytic approach or presentation of results. The sessions are hosted on Zoom. Find the Zoom meeting details and information for upcoming presentations on the shared spreadsheet. Please direct questions to Roman Gomez.

Apply for the Multidisciplinary Training Program in Child and Adolescent Health (TL1)

Predoctoral fellows at McCormick and postdoctoral fellows at Feinberg and McCormick are invited to apply for the NUCATS-funded Multidisciplinary Training Program in Child and Adolescent Health (TL1). The program trains clinician scientists and engineers to conduct translational science that will improve the care of children and adolescents. For more information, determination of eligibility, or assistance in identifying mentors, contact Adam White. The deadline to submit applications is today, May 9.

Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute is pleased to announce the Manne Research Institute Mental Health Springboard Awards.

Mental health is an important part of children’s overall health and well-being. Many investigators in the Manne Research Institute have the expertise necessary to understand children’s mental health, mental health disorders, and mental health challenges such as impact of adverse childhood events, access to treatment, and chronic health conditions. The Mental Health Springboard Awards will provide resources to allow research institute investigators to initiate new research efforts toward understanding aspects of childhood and adolescent mental health across the translational research spectrum (i.e., basic, clinical, and health services research), while working to obtain extramural funding to sustain these new research collaborations.

Applications are due May 16. Please review the Request for Proposals (.pdf) and visit our internal award opportunities page for more information. Contact [email protected] with questions.

Cures Within Reach, a Chicago-based philanthropic leader in drug, device, and nutraceutical repurposing research, announces several funding opportunities/requests for proposals (RFPs). 

For more information, visit the Cures Within Reach funding opportunities/RFPs site or contact Clare Thibodeaux, Vice President of Scientific Affairs with Cures Within Reach.

Research in Progress (RiP) Presentation Slated for May 23  

Presenter: Gal Finer, Md, PhD

Presentation Title: Transcription Factor 21 in Kidney Development

Presentation Description: The transcription factor Tcf21 emerges as a key regulator of kidney development. In the presentation, Dr. Finer will review her recent work on the role of Tcf21 in the formation of the renal stroma and will touch on future directions in investigating the role of Tcf21 in kidney angiogenesis.

Time: May 23, 11:00 a.m.–noon

Location: Virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams. Please follow the link below. Google Chrome is suggested for best quality. When joining please click "audio off" to prevent an echo.

The RiP Conference is open to researchers across scientific disciplines and experience levels. We encourage early career and senior investigators from all Manne Research Institute pillars and their trainees to attend whenever possible, including when presented topics differ from their own areas of expertise. Presentations should last anywhere from 40 to 50 minutes and include the project background, rationale, and expected outcomes, and may feature projects at any stage in the research process. Virtual Research-in-Progress presentation slots are available every Monday from 11:00 a.m. to noon. Sign up for a RiP presentation opportunity here. (Sharepoint site)

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies.

Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides details regarding a specific area of interest, sets timelines for review and approval, and uses an expert review panel. Institutions are invited to submit an application as outlined in the specific RFP.

For all Investigator Sponsored Research, general research grants, and fellowship grants, the grant requester (and ultimately the grantee) is responsible for the design, implementation, sponsorship, and conduct of the independent initiative supported by the grant, including compliance with any regulatory requirements. Pfizer must not be involved in any aspect of study protocol or project development, nor the conduct or monitoring of the individual program.

Attaining the goal of advancing our national and international reputation as a premier children’s hospital will require a robust and mixed portfolio of individual and multi-investigator federal grants. As one step to meet this goal, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute have implemented a mandatory Scientific Peer Review (SPR) process for all prime Federal grant submissions. Click the button below to learn more.

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