HHS Announces New National Challenge to Reduce HIV-Related Stigma and Disparities The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the launch of The HIV Challenge, a national competition to engage communities to reduce HIV-related stigma and increase prevention and treatment among racial and ethnic minority people. Through this challenge, HHS is seeking innovative […]
Shining Light on BU Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARCs) October 7, 2021 | 1:15pm – 2:15pm | Virtual Presentations, ePosterBoards Connect to Evans Day via (link will be provided when available) Purpose & Attendees Learn, Engage, Envision BU faculty and trainees are invited; RSVP is appreciated (link will be provided nearer the event date) 1:15 pm […]
Volume 10 │ Issue 06│August 02, 2021 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Dr. Rutter discusses NCATS’ involvement in the Antiviral Program for Pandemics, a federal, academic, and private sector collaborative the effort to accelerate antiviral development and prevent future pandemics. Read More WHAT’S HAPPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS & OPPORTUNITIES MEET NCATS STAFF Audie A. Atienza, Ph.D. is a program officer in the […]
An Open-Label Clinical Trial Evaluating the Immunogenicity of the 9vHPV Vaccination Regimen Over 6 months Among Women Aged 16 to 45 years old, An Exploratory Immunogenicity Study ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT04206813 Protocol Version Number: 6 Protocol Version Date: 2/16/2021 Funding Mechanism Sponsor: Merck grant MISP #59402 Principal Investigator: Dr. Natalie Pierre Joseph Phone: (781) 879-4841 E-mail: […]
The challenge facing biomedical innovators is how to put together a package that de-risks their candidate molecule to the point where investors and are willing to take a leap of faith. OTD The Road to IND
News Roundup July 13, 2021 CLIC Updates Twitter Highlight CLIC Education CTSA News Coordinating Center News News from around the CTSA Program Consortium Meet some CTSA Program brain researchers! June was National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. Scientists supported by the CTSA Program are contributing important research to […]
Webinar to be held July 15 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched an exciting new program called the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity, or AIM-AHEAD. Read the program’s goals and find the latest updates on the program’s website: bit.ly/nih-aim-ahead. Upcoming Research Opportunity On July 7, the NIH issued a […]
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administers grant programs to support projects that implement innovative models to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. OMH has released the following funding opportunity announcements for which applications are now being accepted. Announcement Number: MP-CPI-21-003 Opportunity Title: Framework to Address […]
THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER Mike’s Blog July 2021 Expanding Options for COVID Interventions Although COVID-19 infections are decreasing and vaccinations among the adult population hover around 50%, COVID-19 is not quite yet in our rear-view mirror due to a combination of uncertainty regarding durability of immunity conferred by either vaccination or natural infection as […]
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administers grant programs to support projects that implement innovative models to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. OMH has released the following funding opportunity announcement for which applications are now being accepted. Announcement Number: MP-CPI-21-007 Opportunity Title: Center for Indigenous […]