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NIH Funding Aging-Related Research in Renal Function and Chronic Kidney Disease
The National Institutes of Health are inviting R01 grant applications for basic, clinical, and translational research on chronic kidney disease and its consequences in aging and in older persons. The external deadline for applications is May 7. Read the full application.
NIH Funding LGBTI-Related Health Research
The NIH have issued a funding opportunity announcement for research focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, (LGBTI) and related populations. Basic, social, behavioral, clinical, and services research may be proposed. The external deadline for application is May 7. Read the full application.
GIM Faculty Highlight Their Leadership, Expertise at NC-ACP Meeting
Faculty of the division of General Internal Medicine made their presence known at the annual meeting of the American College of Physician’s North Carolina chapter, which was held on February 13-14. The division’s Dawn Brezina, MD, FACP, and Sharon Rubin, MD, FACP, co-chaired this year’s meeting, which also featured presentations from Vernee Belcher, MD, Lalit …
Registration Open for “Stronger Together” Women’s Health Event on April 15
Registration is now open for “Stronger Together,” an interprofessional continuing education course that will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Raleigh Hilton on Saturday, April 11. With a focus on menopause, sexuality and women’s health, this all-day event will feature case-based discussions on evaluating and managing midlife women who frequently struggle …
Pfizer Funding Research on Transitions of Care for Patients with VTE
Pfizer, Inc., is offering a new grant opportunity focused on transitions of care for patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE). Ideal projects will be evidence-based approaches that improve the safety and effectiveness of patient movement from one care setting to another. Between $50,000 and $500,000 will be awarded per project. Letters of intent are due by …
Pfizer Offering $250,000 for Anticoagulation Medical Education on NVAF or VTE
Pfizer, Inc., is offering grants of up to $250,000 for projects focusing on medical education in two related areas: reducing the risk of stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), or treatment or secondary risk reduction for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Applications are due by March 23. Read the full announcement.
AHRQ Funding Research Improving Safety in Ambulatory and Long-Term Care Settings
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is funding research projects that examine the epidemiology of patient safety in ambulatory care settings and long-term care facilities, gather evidence about strategies to improve safety in these settings, and develop evidence-based tools to facilitate implementation of these strategies. Letters of intent are due by March 27; …
Faculty Spotlight: Vernee Belcher, MD
Hospitalist Vernee Belcher, MD, is the subject of this week’s faculty spotlight. Belcher talks to us about treating patients at Duke Regional Hospital, discussing catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) at last week’s NC-ACP meeting, and how this week’s snowfall has affected her attempts at gardening. How long have you been at Duke? How long …
Schulteis to Present Abstract at SGIM Conference
Congratulations are in order to Ryan Schulteis, MD, whose abstract, co-written with David Simel, MD, “After Hospitalization, Follow-up with Your (And Only Your) Primary Care Physician is Associated With Reduced Readmissions,” was accepted for oral presentation at the 38 annual meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine in Toronto this April. Schulteis and Simel found …
Steinhauser Wins AAHPM Award for Excellence in Scientific Research
Karen Steinhauser, PhD, received the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)’s 2015 Award for Excellence in Scientific Research. This award will be presented at the AAPHM’s Annual Assembly in Philadelphia on February 28. Congratulations, Dr. Steinhauser!
NIH Announcements
- Notice to Clarify the Disciplinary Scope and Increase Maximum Training Related Expenses for the Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences (TBB) Program Area of the NIGMS Predoctoral Basic Biomedical Sciences Research Training Program
- Notice of Participation in PAR-25-331 (R21) and PAR-25-332 (R01), Research on Current Topics in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Related Dementias (Clinical Trial Optional)
- Notice of Participation in PAR-24-258, "Research Resource for Human Organs and Tissues (U42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
