The American Medical Informatics Association’s Clinical Translational Science Community (CTS-AMIA) is offering “NICHD’s Clinical Trials Database,” a free webinar for members on January 9 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CTS-AMIA is a community of practice and research for translational informaticians and researchers specifically professionals associated with CTSA and CTSI sites. It provides a forum …
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AcademyHealth Accepting Abstracts for 2015 Meetings
AcademyHealth is now accepting abstracts to be considered for presentation or publication at its 2015 Annual Research Meeting and Interest Group Meetings, which will be held in next June. Applications for the Annual Research Meeting are invited for five categories: calls for innovation, policy roundtables, presentations, research panels, and student posters. Abstracts are also being …
AcademyHealth to Host Free Twitter Webinar on January 15
AcademyHealth’s EDM Forum will host a free seminar on using Twitter to share health innovations and evidence. “The Social Network: Using Twitter to Translate and Disseminate Evidence” will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 15. A panel discussion will help participants understand what makes an effective tweet; learn how to …
AMIA Offering 10×10 Virtual Informatics Courses in January
The American Medical Informatics Association is offering “10×10” virtual courses in bioinformatics. These courses, taught by partners such as Oregon Health and Science University, Ohio State University and Nova Southeastern University, offer a chance to learn about a variety of bioinformatics topics online. The next batch of 10×10 courses will begin in January and run through …
Ubel’s Time Management Presentation Available Here
The PowerPoint presentation from Peter Ubel’s time management discussion, given at the Fellow/Faculty development presentation on Friday the 19th, is available online here. During this presentation, Ubel talked about how to make effective lists, avoid being distracted by email, carve out time for research and other techniques. All faculty and fellows are invited to attend the …
Duke O’Brien Center for Kidney Research Calling for Proposals
The Clinical and Translational Core (CTC) of the Duke O’Brien Center for Kidney Research (DOCK) is sponsoring projects the interrelationships among kidney disease, hypertension and/or heart disease. Priorities for this year include aging, health disparities and implementation. While the DOCK can’t provide effort support for principal investigators, it can provide other resources that may help …
SoM Seeking Associate Course Director for Practice Course
The School of Medicine is seeking applicants for the position of Associate Course Director for the Practice Course. The Practice Course is a longitudinal course spanning the first three years of medical school. The first year of the course teaches medical students the foundation of the patient-physician relationship, communication and interviewing as well as basic …
SoM Accepting Nominations for 2015 Faculty Awards
The School of Medicine Office for Faculty Development is now accepting applications and nominations for the 2014 faculty awards. Please visit the school’s Faculty Awards page for details and nomination information. Available awards include the following: Research Mentoring Awards, Deadline: Feb. 5 Ruth and A. Morris Williams Faculty Research Prize, Deadline: Feb. 12 Leonard Palumbo Jr., …
Applications for Free NLM Biomedical Informatics Course Due Dec. 15
Applications are now open for the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Georgia Biomedical Informatics Course, to be held in the spring and fall of 2015 at Georgia Regents University. The course, which will be held April 12-18 and September 27-October 3, will offer participants a week-long immersive experience in biomedical informatics as well as continuing education to health …
Registration, Panel Mentoring Positions Open at Southern SGIM Meeting
Registration is now open for the Society of General Internal Medicine’s Southern regional meeting, which will be held February 26-28 in New Orleans. In addition, the organizers of this year’s event are offering panel mentoring sessions for junior and mid-career faculty members, fellows, residents and medical students with confidential advice from mentors from diverse backgrounds. …