R&D September Newsletter
Colleagues,
Carilion Clinic is accepting applications to the Research Acceleration Program (RAP). The program is open to all Carilion Clinic employees seeking funds for clinical, biomedical, or behavioral research projects. While all innovative research proposals are welcomed, applicants are encouraged to pursue research in alignment with our Vision 2025 Research and Innovation Strategy.
A. Expand, design, and invest in care delivery of the future.
B. Grow and invest in clinical platforms that provide cutting edge-
treatment capabilities
C. Deepen academic partnerships
• Virginia Tech
• Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion.
• Radford University Carilion
This year the application process is a REDCap web form found at the Carilion Clinic Research and Development website: https://www.carilionclinic.org/research#research-acceleration-program. Those that have completed a research and development application in the past will find the new application familiar, including an online submission process and eSignature approval routing. The Project Narrative, Budget and other supporting documents are uploaded in the provided links in the application. In addition to the application, you will find instructions at a glance and updated and condensed guidelines. Applications are due by Monday, December 5th 2022 at 5:00 pm. Good luck and I hope you consider applying.
Yet another funding opportunity for those pursuing health behavior research is a joint program between Carilion Clinic Research Acceleration Program, the Office of the Virginia Tech Vice President of Health Sciences and Technology, and the Center for Health Behaviors Research (CHBR). Proposals should align with the mission of Carilion Clinic—to improve the health of the communities we serve and seek to advance care through medical education and research—and with the mission and foci of the CHBR. The mission is to conduct and disseminate transformative health behaviors research with the primary objective of preventing and treating life-style related diseases. Funding will only be awarded to applications that are collaborations between Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic. Complete instructions and further information are found in this newsletter. A Letter of Intent with supporting documents is due by Friday, December 2, 2022, to chbr@vtc.vt.edu.
Francis X. Farrell, PhD
Senior Director, Research and Development
Welcome to Carilion
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery
Daniel B. Rukstalis, MD has joined Carilion Clinic as a urologic surgeon. He previously held the position of Professor and Residency Program Director in Department of Urology at Wake Forest School of Medicine. In addition he was also employed by USC, Columbia. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Eastern Virginia Medical School. Dr. Rukstalis has over 80 peer-reviewed publications in his specialty. He is the lead Principal Investigator for an international clinical trial for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).
Carilion Clinic TriNetX Virtual Training Schedule
Carilion offers instructor led, focused training for an in-depth, step-by-step learning experience building patient cohorts and delving into Analytics. The facilitator will be Dee Myers. Please contact HART@carilionclinic.org with the subject of 'TriNetX Training' for training outside of the scheduled sessions. If you haven’t taken a class or need a refresher, this is your opportunity to do so. Let Dee Myers know which date you prefer and she will send a meeting invitation.
- Oct 27 from 1:30 – 3:30pm
- Nov 17 from 1:30 – 3:30pm
- Dec 14 from 9:30 – 11:30am
iTHRIV Updates:
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Newsletter link: https://www.ithriv.org/news-letter