A Primer on NIGMS Research Capacity Building Opportunities
This post is part of a series outlining NIGMS research priorities, funding opportunities, and the grant application process. You can read more posts in this series and sign up to receive all future posts delivered straight to your inbox.
Now that you understand the major types of research project grants NIGMS supports and where to apply, let’s discuss our Institute’s funding opportunities that focus on research capacity building.
What Is Research Capacity Building?
Part of NIH’s mission is to increase the participation and representation of researchers at institutions that don’t receive large amounts of NI...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 16, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Research Administration Resources NIGMS Grant Basics Research Capacity Building Submitting an Application Source Type: blogs
Updates for Our Medicine and the Arts Feature
Medicine and the Arts (MATA) is Academic Medicine’s longest-running feature. Since 1991, MATA authors have explored the relationship between art and the teaching, learning, and practice of medicine. MATA has long served a unique role in the literature of health professions education by inviting moments of reflection on medicine as seen through the lens of the arts and humanities. To ensure the ongoing success of the MATA feature in an ever-evolving digital landscape, we are announcing some updates to how we handle the artwork that forms the basis of all MATA pieces.
Each MATA piece comprises a work of art—a pa...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - November 15, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: hgrimmaamc Tags: Journal Announcement Academic Medicine Medicine and the Arts Source Type: blogs
Curiosity-Driven Science: Q & A With Saad Bhamla
What do worm blobs and insect pee have to do with human health? We talked to Saad Bhamla, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, to find out.
Q: What did your path to becoming a scientist look like?
Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech.
A: I grew up in Dubai and did my undergraduate work in India, which is where I was first introduced to science. The science faculty members seemed to be having so much fun and would say things like “for the love of science,” but I couldn’t figure out what joy they were getting until I got a ta...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 15, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Tools and Techniques Cool Tools/Techniques Profiles Research Organisms Source Type: blogs
Unusual Weapon of a Murder Case - A Case of Fatal Penetrating Chest Trauma
Uruthirapasupathi Mayorathan (University of Jaffna), Sriluxayini Manikkavasakar (Teaching Hospital, Jaffna), Unusual Weapon of a Murder Case - A Case of Fatal Penetrating Chest Trauma (2023): To solve complex forensic cases, medico-legal issues such as cause of death, manner of death,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 15, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
State of the lab 10 and 11 - the first years at ETH Zurich
Yet another lake by a mountain in SwitzerlandThis blog post is part of a(nearly) yearly series on running a research group in academia. This post summarizes years 10 and 11, the first 2 years after moving to ETH Zurich. It also marks the end of the first decade as a research group leader, which is meaningful only because we have ten fingers and use 10 as a base for counting but I digress. There has been a lot to adapt to in moving to a new country including all the basics of moving, re-building the group and starting teaching. It was a lot easier than the first time around since I didn ' t have to set up the group from zer...
Source: Evolution of Cellular Networks - November 13, 2023 Category: Cytology Tags: academia state of the lab Source Type: blogs
Quiz: Do You Know Pharmacology Facts?
This is the final post in our miniseries on pharmacology. Check out the others: “What Is Pharmacology?“, “What Happens to Medicine In Your Body?“, and “How Do Medicines Work?“
Credit: NIGMS.
Pharmacologists research how the body acts on medicines (e.g., absorption, excretion) and how medicines act in the body, as well as how these effects vary from person to person. NIGMS-funded pharmacology researchers are:
Conducting research to design medicines with fewer side effects
Exploring how genes cause people to respond differently to medicines
Developing new methods and molecul...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Common questions Medicines Miniseries Quiz Source Type: blogs
Turnarounds are Talent Magnets: University of Chicago Medical Center
By JEFF GOLDSMITH
Like birds of a feather, talent in healthcare management often gathers in flocks. The University of Minnesota, University of Michigan and University of Iowa healthcare management programs are all justly famous for graduating, over many decades, an exceptional number of future transformative healthcare leaders. But sometimes, talent comes from the “street”- challenging healthcare turnarounds that attract risk-taking leaders who, in turn, gather young talent around them. The University of Chicago’s urban academic health center has been one of these places.
The U of C was (and remains) the la...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Jeff Goldsmith talent University of Chicago Source Type: blogs
Spotlighting SEPA for National STEM Day
The NIGMS Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program provides opportunities for pre-K-12 students from underserved communities to access STEM educational resources. SEPA grants support innovative, research-based, science education programs, furthering NIGMS’ mission to ensure a strong and diverse biomedical research workforce. SEPA projects generate resources that are mapped to state and national teaching standards for STEM and are rigorously evaluated for effectiveness; most are also available at no cost. These resources include mobile laboratories, interactive health exhibits in museums and science centers, edu...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: STEM Education Research Roundup SEPA Training Source Type: blogs
Do clinicians know how to help people develop pain self management?
In recent posts I’ve been discussing pain self management and why it’s not only necessary, but inevitable for people living with pain. Today I turn my gaze to health professionals, and the skills needed to support developing self management – because it’s not the same as ‘telling’, or ‘educating’, or even ‘advising’.
Firstly, let’s check out what people with pain want in self management. Lim and colleagues (2019) conducted a systematic review examining studies identifying ‘health information needs’ of people with low back pain. I put that tit...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - November 5, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Coping Skills Low back pain Professional topics Science in practice Clinical reasoning healthcare pain management self-management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
New Textbook Chapter on Pressure Injuries & Chronic Wounds
I am thrilled that my chapter entitled Pressure Injury and Chronic Wounds was just published in a major new reference work. The textbook is entitled Geriatric Medicine: A Person Centered Evidence Based Approach and is available on Springerlink. My chapter is illustrated by photos taken over years in practice, and illustrations that demonstrate pressure injury staging and aging skin.
This chapter is part of a large multidisciplinary reference work with over 70 peer-reviewed chapters designed to present a comprehensive and state-of-the-art update that incorporates existing literature with clinical experience. Geriatric med...
Source: Jeffrey M. Levine MD | Geriatric Specialist | Wound Care | Pressure Ulcers - November 5, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jeffrey M Levine Tags: Featured Medical Articles Geriatric Medicine Long-Term Care Pressure Injuries & Wound Care Publications aging skin bedsore bedsores decubiti decubitus ulcer elder abuse end-of-life care eschar geriatrics gerontology Healthcar Source Type: blogs
Please Include “ mitral regurgitation ” in the “ Complication basket ” of hypertensive heart disease
Hypertension is a prevalent condition in the general population, as is mitral regurgitation (MR). For most of us, HT traditionally conveys a “singular meaning” that is, high pressure within blood vessels. We often forget that the origin of blood pressure begins right inside the heart, i.e, the left ventricle, which is guarded by two valves – the aortic and mitral. (Though we are aware, LVH is the classical response to HT),
Obviously, there will be signiifcant consequences to the structural integrity of these valves when LV pressure is raised beyond the tolerable limit of endocardial layers that line th...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 5, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized effect of sht on mr functional MR hyppertension and mitral regurgitation secondary mr tips on mr amanagement valvular heart disease vasodilators in mr Source Type: blogs
Let us add “ mitral regurgitation ” in the “ Complication basket ” of hypertensive heart disease
Hypertension is a prevalent condition in the general population, as is mitral regurgitation (MR). For most of us, HT traditionally conveys a “singular meaning” that is, high pressure within blood vessels. We often forget that the origin of blood pressure begins right inside the heart, i.e, the left ventricle, which is guarded by two valves – the aortic and mitral. (Though we are aware, LVH is the classical response to HT),
Obviously, there will be signiifcant consequences to the structural integrity of these valves when LV pressure is raised beyond the tolerable limit of endocardial layers that line th...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 5, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized effect of sht on mr functional MR hyppertension and mitral regurgitation secondary mr tips on mr amanagement valvular heart disease vasodilators in mr Source Type: blogs
The One Teaching Strategy That Will Fix Your Anatomy & Physiology Course | TAPP 143
In episode 143 ofThe A&P Professor podcast for anatomy and physiology faculty, host Kevin Patton uncovers the super-secret, single,ultimate teaching strategy you need to keep your course tuned up andeffective. He also revisits the " out there "transducer model of the brain and suggests a connection with a recent discovery supportingquantum wave activity in brain cell microtubules. Yes, quantum waves in the microtubules. Kevin also clarifies and expands on those wacky" extra " courses he described in Episodes 140 and 141.00:00 | Introduction00:51 | Clarifying Kevin ' s Wacky Supplemental Courses15:50 | Quantum Acti...
Source: The A and P Professor - November 2, 2023 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
AI and the Human Touch: Embracing a Symbiotic Future
The following is a guest article by Ed Watal, Founder and Principal at Intellibus
It seems as if every news outlet, talking head, and business influencer has been talking about AI — and for good reason. Though artificial intelligence is not a new concept, the latest innovations in what the technology can do for business, news, media, art, and finance are taking the world by storm. From ChatGPT to AI-assisted medical care, there isn’t a single industry that hasn’t been touched by AI in some way — causing some to wonder if the human element of business, work, and life itself may be in jeopardy.
However, human beings ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AI Integration Ed Watal Healthcare AI Bias Healthcare AI Ethics Intellibus Symbiotic AI/Human Relationship Source Type: blogs
Obstacles to Healthcare Training Data Accuracy and How to Overcome Them
One of the biggest problems with AI solutions in healthcare right now is getting quality data that you can use to train your AI models. When you train an AI model using generic data, it is like a child trying to teach another child. For the AI models to be effective, they require the highest quality data including meta data that helps the model to understand the context of the data. This is particularly true in healthcare which has extremely complex data models, superfluous data, and unique terminology.
The good news for healthcare IT companies is that there are companies who can help them clean up and annotate their...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability AI Training Data Healthcare AI Healthcare AI Training Data Healthcare Data Quality Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured Healt Source Type: blogs
