Division News

Howard Bauchner, MD, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, will deliver the lecture, “Guidelines, Cardiovascular Health and the Public,” on Monday, October 27 at 11:45 a.m. in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center. All faculty and staff are invited to attend.

An abstract written by Corrine Voils, PhD, Jennifer Gierisch, PhD, Matthew Maciejewski, PhD, and William Yancy, MD,  whose abstract, “Predictors of initiation of a behavioral weight-loss intervention,” was selected as one of 10 winners in The Obesity Society’s Health Services Research Section.

The Obesity Society and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery are holding their combined annual scientific meeting from November 2 - 7 in Boston. The meeting will together the leading players in the field of obesity from world-renowned speakers, researchers and clinicians to educators, advocates, policymakers and practitioners.

The American Heart Association’s National Mentored Clinical and Population Research Award will offer up to $150,000 over two years for research related to cardiovascular disease and stroke prevention or treatment, or to related clinical and public health problems, including multidisciplinary efforts. Applications are due by January 1, 2015.

Our third Staff Spotlight focuses on Clinical Research Coordinator Iris Pounds, a 10-year veteran of the Division. Ms. Pounds talks to us about the human and scientific sides of her work, her dual degrees in business and health administration, and collecting costume jewelry. How long have you been at Duke?

The National Institutes of Health invite grant applications proposing basic, clinical, translational or outcomes research on acute kidney injury (AKI) in older adults. Applications may focus on the epidemiology, etiology and risk factors of AKI; pathophysiology of AKI and its impact on disease; early detection, diagnosis and monitoring; or prevention, treatment and management strategies.

The National Institutes of Health have offered a funding opportunity announcement for grant applications focusing on palliative care in geriatric populations. Relevant settings include ambulatory care, hospitals assisted living facilities, and short- and long-term care facilities. For more information, read the full funding announcement.

Jennifer Gierisch, PhD, was just awarded a VA HSR&D investigator-initiated research (IIR) grant, "Adjunctive Mood Management for Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation in Primary Care." This four-year randomized controlled trial will assess the combined potency of co-delivered behavioral mood management and the reach of proactive telephone-delivered interventions. Congratulations, Dr. Gierisch!

The PhRMA Foundation is offering 2015 grants and fellowships in clinical pharmacology, health outcomes, and translational medicine and therapeutics. Available awards include the $120,000 Faculty Development Award in Clinical Pharmacology, research starter grants in health outcomes and translational medicine and therapeutics, and doctoral fellowship awards. Applications are due by February 1, 2015.

Congratulations to Bruce Peyser, MD, who co-authored two recent academic articles and contributed to a panel on improving academic education for internal medicine. Dr. Peyser was the lead author for “Enlisting new teachers in clinical environments (ENTICE): Novel ways to engage clinicians,” published in the most recent issue of Advances in Medical Education and Practice.