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Viera establishes training course on implementation of new gold standard for hypertension diagnosis
The Ready Clinician's Ambulatory BP Training Course will be offered on Sept. 10, 2016, in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. Learn more about the course or register to attend. CME credits are offered.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Integrating Cost-of-Care Conversation Resources into the Clinical Workflow
The Foundation is accepting applications to establish best practices for how tools/resources that support cost-of-care conversations (e.g., cost estimator tools, conversation guides, and financial questions) can be better embedded into the clinical workflow and patient/caregiver “life flow.” Funded studies will thus explore these best practices for workflow integration to ultimately help inform the development and refinement of tools, guides and resources for improving patient and clinician communication around costs and high-value care. Award amount is up to $225,000 for up to 12 months. Application deadline is July 27, 2016, by 3 p.m. EST.
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: Multiple Requests for Proposals
The Foundation is accepting Letters of Intent for several grant programs: OREF Career Development Grant; OREF New Investigator Grant; and, OREF Prospective Clinical Research Grant. Award amounts vary dependent on grant program. LOI deadline is Aug. 15, 2016. Invited full proposals will be due Sept. 13, 2016.
National Ataxia Foundation: Pioneer SCA Translational Research Award
The NAF is accepting Letters of Intent (LOIs) to award a grant focusing on research investigations that will facilitate the development of treatments for Spinocerebellar Ataxias. Award amount is up to $100,000 for one year. LOI deadline is Aug. 15, 2016. Invited full proposals will be due Sept. 15, 2016, with notification of award by Dec. 31, 2016.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation: Project Grants and Career Development Grants
The Foundation is accepting applications for projects that address the Research Foundation’s priorities to expand cerebral palsy research: etiology, causal pathways; prevention; early identification, early intervention; novel interventions, novel treatments; cure. Award amount is up to $180,000. Application deadline is Aug. 30, 2016, by 3 a.m. EST (Aug. 31, 2016, by 5 p.m. Sydney, Australia local time).
Thrasher Research Fund: Early Career Awards
The Foundation is accepting concept papers to support young investigators in pediatric research. The award is intended to encourage the development of medical research in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this area. The Fund is open to a variety of research topics to children’s health. Both incidence and severity are considered when determining the significance of a problem being studied. Award amount is up to $25,000 over two years. Concept paper deadline is Sept. 9, 2016, by 12 p.m. MST. Invited full proposals will be due Oct. 28, 2016, at 12 p.m. MST.
Quality Improvement: From Classroom to the Community
Amy Shaheen, MD, associate professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, leads a new effort to give medical students more clinical experience and improve clinical care.
YOUR HEALTH® -- Re-air: Concussions, Football and Making Games Safer with Kevin Guskiewicz
This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and Cristy will be talking with Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, co-director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill. The theme of the conversation will be "Concussions, Football and Making Games Safer."