Wanted: NIGMS Program Directors
We’re recruiting scientists for positions in our Division for Research Capacity Building (DRCB) and Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (GMCDB). The successful applicants will be responsible for scientific and administrative management of a portfolio of research grants and/or research training and career development awards, and will stimulate, plan, advise, direct, and evaluate program activities related to their field of expertise.
The DRCB position involves overseeing grants supporting research and providing resources for research infrastructure enhancemen...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 13, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Job Announcements Source Type: blogs
Ref 6581/22, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development
About WesternWestern Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led university, located at the heart of Australia ’s fastest-growing and economically significant region, Western Sydney. Boasting 11 campuses – many in Western Sydney CBD locations – and more than 200,000 alumni, 49,500 students and 3,500 staff, the University has 14 Schools with an array of well-designed programs and degrees carefully struc tured to meet the demands of future industry.The University is ranked in the top two per cent of universities worldwide, and as a research leader, over 85 per cent of the University ’s assessed rese...
Source: Talking Brains - January 12, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
More Labor Market Margins of Adjustment
Ryan BourneMany people worry about the existence of labor market outcomes such as low pay, the absence of business family leave policies, or gender pay gaps. A typical response is to demand the government pass laws to ban these outcomes, or else to mandate business practices that avoid them. This is thought to help the affected workers.In a recent Cato book chapter, I explained that things rarely work out so simply. Profit‐making businesses find new ways to make up for higher labor costs or the diminished flexibility imposed upon them as new mandates are passed down. Some cut employment or hiring levels. But rec...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 11, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan Bourne Source Type: blogs
Administrative Supplements for NIGMS Training, Research Education, and Career Development Grants to Develop Curricular, Training, and Evaluation Activities
To continue our efforts to modernize biomedical research training and career development, we invite eligible institutions with NIGMS training (T32, T34), certain research education (R25), or institutional career development (K12) awards to apply for administrative supplements to develop and implement curricular, training, or administrative activities to enhance:
Laboratory safety curriculum and a culture of safety in biomedical research training environments (NOT-GM-22-010)
Safe and inclusive biomedical research training environments (NOT-GM-22-011)
Undergraduate biomedical research training (NOT-GM-22-012) (T34 ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 11, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Resources Training/Fellowships/Career Development Administrative Supplements Biomedical Graduate Education Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
On Dec. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill. The biggest news for healthcare IT was the extension of telehealth expansion under Medicare through the end of 2024. This includes expansion of originating...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 4medica ADAPT AdvancedMD AHA Ardent Health Services Blendid Brian Berning Cadence Carenet Health Carol DeVol CharmHealth CipherHealth Comcast Healthcare CORL directtrust East Tennessee Health Information Netwo Source Type: blogs
Biden ’s New Legal Migration Border Plan Could Work If He Wants It To
ConclusionPresident Biden has announced one of the largest expansions in legal migration in decades, and if he succeeds in drastically reducing illegal crossings with these new procedures, it will likely lead to expansion to other nationalities. This is the first serious intentional effort to use legal migration to secure the border since the 1950s Bracero Program. Whether it succeeds depends more on how it is administered than the policy on paper, but the administration already knows the blueprint, so failure will have to include an element of intent. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 6, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
KeyCare Completes $27MM Series A Investment Round to Expand Adoption and Grow Capabilities of its Epic-based Virtual Care Platform
Ziegler and multiple health systems join previous investor base to advance KeyCare’s innovative telehealth model
KeyCare, the nation’s only virtual-first care platform built with Epic, today announced the completion of its Series A funding round following new investments from Ziegler and two additional health systems. This expanded backing brings KeyCare’s total Series A raise to over $27 million.
These investors join 8VC, LRVHealth, Bold Capital, and Spectrum Health Ventures in support of KeyCare’s mission to improve patient access, expand provider capacity, and streamline care delivery across the country by givin...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 8VC Bold Capital Digital Front Door Epic Grant Chamberlain Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment KeyCare LRVHealth Lyle Berkowitz MyChart Source Type: blogs
Privacy and Its Discontents
Clark Neily andNorbert MichelThere ’s an iconic scene in the movieSpinal Tap where lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel, reacting to a production error that has rendered the band ’s latest record album an unadorned black square, exclaims, “There’s something about this that’s so black, it’s like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none, none more black.” Last Wednesday’sop ‐ed in theNew York Times by self ‐styled “digital ethics” adviser and privacy‐skeptic Reid Blackman evokes a similar response: How much more wrong could this piece be? The answer is none, none more wro...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 4, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Clark Neily, Norbert Michel Source Type: blogs
Shawn Drew Gaillard to Direct GMCDB
I’m pleased to announce the selection of Shawn Drew Gaillard, Ph.D., as the new director of our Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (GMCDB). Shawn has been the acting director of the Division since February 2022. She will begin in this new role on January 15.
Shawn joined GMCDB as chief of the Developmental and Cellular Processes Branch in 2019, overseeing grants focused on organismal response to environmental stressors. Prior to this role, she was the research training officer at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and before that, she was a program director in ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 4, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages Job Announcements NIGMS Staff News Source Type: blogs
A Tale of Tails: How Reptile Regeneration Could Help Humans
Dr. Thomas Lozito. Credit: Chris Shinn for USC Health Advancement Communications.
“I’ve always been interested in science and in lizards. I got my first pet lizard when I was around 4 years old, and it was love at first sight,” says Thomas Lozito, Ph.D., who now studies the creatures as an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, stem cell biology, and regenerative medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.
During his childhood, Dr. Lozito turned his parents’ house into a “little zoo” of lizards and amphibians. He sneaked lizards into his dorm room as a college student at Jo...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 4, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Injury and Illness Cool Creatures Profiles Regeneration Research Organisms Wound Healing Source Type: blogs
Can an Unused Transportation Facility Solve San Francisco ’s Homelessness Crisis?
Marc JoffeSan Francisco has an unrecognized opportunity to cost ‐effectively shelter thousands of its homeless residents. The city’smassive Salesforce Transit Center has two unused subterranean levels that could provide over 400,000 square feet of shelter space. Assuming 100 square feet of space per occupant (well above state building code requirements), this facility should be able to accommodate 4,000 individuals. Since the city ’s most recent point‐in‐time countidentified 4,397 unsheltered homeless people, utilizing this space for shelter would make a tremendous difference.When the tran...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Marc Joffe Source Type: blogs
Most Venezuelans Were Let in Legally in November
David J. BierOver the summer, the Biden administrationsuccessfully slashed illegal immigration from Haiti by letting Haitians apply for asylum at legal crossing points along the U.S.-Mexico border. In November, following its decision to expel Venezuelans who cross illegally, it has also begun to let many Venezuelans enter legally as well —both at airports and at the land borders. It shows how the administration can easily end the border crisis by increasing legal migration.The number of Venezuelans at legal crossing points —officially labeled “inadmissibles”—jumped to 6,817 from just 781 in October and 184 in S...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 27, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Webinar for Institutional Predoctoral Training Grant in Basic Biomedical Sciences and MSTP Applicants
We’re pleased to announce a technical assistance webinar for people interested in applying for training grants in the predoctoral basic biomedical sciences (PAR-20-213) and our Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (PAR-21-189). The next application due date for both programs is January 25, 2023.
During the webinar, we’ll provide an overview of both programs and answer any questions you may have. You can send questions before the webinar or post them in the chat box during the event:
Wednesday, January 11, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Zoom Meeting link
Meeting ID: 161 667 7707
Passcode: 714237
Join by...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - December 21, 2022 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Biomedical Graduate Education Predoctoral Webinars Source Type: blogs
What Makes Crossing the Border Illegal? DHS Does
David J. BierThousands of immigrants are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to request asylum in the United States. These people are not trying to evade detection of the U.S. government. They are turning themselves in for processing. TheWall Street Journaldescribed the scene this way:On Wednesday morning, several hundred migrants waited on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande for a chance to surrender to waiting Border Patrol agents, the first step in what is likely to be a long legal process to apply for asylum. The migrants stood in a single‐file line, many huddled under blankets to shield them from near‐freezing t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 16, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
The Supreme Court Should End Chevron Deference
Thomas A. Berry andIsaiah McKinneyLoper Bright Enterprises is a family ‐owned herring fishing company that operates in New England waters. Herring fishing is hard work on a small boat, and every inch of space is valuable for storing supplies, fishermen, and the catch. Nonetheless, a National Marine Fisheries Service ( “NMFS”) regulation requires that herring fishing boats allow an additional person on board to serve as a monitor, tracking compliance with federal regulations. Not only does this monitor take up limited space, but the fishermen must also pay the monitor ’s salary of around $700 ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 14, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas A. Berry, Isaiah McKinney Source Type: blogs
