Division News

The NIH is funding research examining the relationship between asthma, obesity and self-management. Although the association between asthma and obesity has has been found in many studies, the exact mechanisms for how this association arises are unresolved to include self-management and achieving control.

Hayden Bosworth, PhD, is teaching “Implementation and Dissemination of Health Care Research,” at the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) this fall.

The NIH have issued a funding opportunity announcement to support research evaluating large-scale health-care delivery policies or programs that influence diabetes prevention and care. The goal is to support research that meaningfully informs clinical practice and health policy related to prevention or management of diabetes. Read more.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is seeking nominations for its Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) program, which provides $700,000 over five years for physician-scientists to bridge advanced postdoctoral or fellowship training and the early years of faculty service.

Have you ever wondered whether your research might be eligible to Department of Defense (DoD) funding, or wanted to know more about how to pitch your research? If so, attend the free workshop on Department of Defense (DoD) research funding will be held on Tuesday, September 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The NIH invites U54 applications to implement partnership awards between Institutions serving communities with alcohol-use related health disparities and other institutions with extensive alcohol research programs, including NIAAA-funded alcohol research centers and consortia. Read more.

Congratulations to Courtney Van Houtven, PhD, who is giving a plenary address at the 3rd International Conference on Evidence-Based Policy in Long-Term Care, which will be held this coming weekend in London. Van Houten will deliver the lecture, “Economics of Informal Care: Do We Know Enough to Advocate for Policy Change?” This plenary session will review empirical findings about the economic impacts of informal care and discuss policies in the U.S.

[caption id="attachment_1281" align="alignright" width="148"] George Gopen, JD, PhD, Duke Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric[/caption] Registration is now open for a free seminar series, "Writing from the Reader's Perspective," to be held this fall in the Medical Student Amphitheater in Duke South. The 12-hour workshop, taught by Duke Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric George Gopen, will focus on improving attendees' writing skills by helping them understand the perspective of readers.&nb

The Chancellor’s Program Project Accelerator is a new internal funding source intended to accelerate development of large, multi-investigator research programs within the Duke Schools of Medicine or Nursing. The Program Project Accelerator will fund up to three one-year awards of up to $100,000 to promote competitive applications for external funding within one to two years of the award. The application deadline is October 6. For more information, email Suzy Johnson at suzy.johnson@duke.edu or call 919.681.8222.

The Alzheimer’s Association is offering research funding for investigators who are less than 10 years past their doctoral degree. The program will allow newly independent investigators to develop preliminary or pilot data, to test procedures and to develop hypotheses. Up to $100,000 per year is available for up to two years. Letters of intent are due by September 24.