Events
Research Day: Research Day brings together researchers from across the Department of Medicine (DOM) and provides an excellent opportunity to share exciting new findings, participate in scientific exchange, and identify potential new collaborations. The annual event consists of poster displays, oral presentations, a keynote address by a renowned scientist, and an award ceremony. All members of the department are encouraged to attend. Held in the fall.
Health Services Research Day: (opens in a new window) This annual symposium and networking opportunity highlights the scope of quality, effectiveness, and value-based research activities across the Woodruff Health Sciences Center. Held in late spring.
Professional Development Lecture Series: The series is presented throughout the year by senior faculty within the School of Medicine and covers practical topics aimed at assisting faculty in their career development.
K-Club: (opens in a new window) The Department of Medicine co-sponsors this lunch-and-learn series with the Emory+Children’s Pediatric Research Center and the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI). K-Club assists fellows and junior faculty in crafting successful career development award applications.
Support Programs
Data Analytics & Biostatistics (DAB) Core: This resource offers biostatistics and study design, clinical data extraction, and faculty guidance on biomedical informatics. Limited services are available to junior investigators and unfunded faculty at no cost, and on a fee-for-service basis for other faculty.
Proposal development and grant-writing support: (opens in a new window) Researchers can request grant-writing and editing support from Janet Gross, PhD on projects including re-submissions, career development awards, and multi-center grants. Cost for this service is split between the division and the department.
Road 2 NEXt sUcceSs (R2NEXUS): This program offers a unique opportunity to facilitate career development and skills training, allow for peer-to-peer networking and building relationships with other talented new investigator, standardize the information career development awardees received, and supplement the advice and direction received from career development award mentor(s).
FAME Grant Program: The FAME (Fostering the Academic Mission in the Emory Department of Medicine) Grant Program allows clinical faculty to apply for support to dedicate up to 20% of their professional time to scholarly activity including research, education, quality improvement projects, and mentoring. (on hiatus FY25)
DOM Research Administration Services (RAS): The RAS Unit assists with pre- and post-award administration of externally funded projects.
Resources
Office of Research intranet: The following resources are available on the Office of Research intranet along with grant-writing, scholarship, and quality improvement resources; research administration information; and more.
“What’s Up in DOM Research?” weekly newsletter: This newsletter features announcements, funding opportunities, notable publications, upcoming events, educational opportunities, division research seminar series, and a highlighted researcher or research administrator. Subscribe to the newsletter (opens in a new window).
External funding opportunities database: (opens in a new window) Each week, the Office of Research highlights relevant funding opportunities in the “What’s Up” newsletter. A comprehensive, searchable database of these opportunities is also available on the Office of Research intranet.
Communicating Research Findings: (opens in a new window) Find department-specific templates, information on where to print posters, and tips on how to give better scientific talks.
Applying for Grants in the Department of Medicine (opens in a new window): A helpful step by step guide for early career investigators to navigate the grant application process.
Research Ride Podcast: This podcast was developed to highlight our department’s brilliant and passionate researchers and their cross-cutting research programs. Hosted by the Associate Vice Chair of Research and Space Management, Dr. Charlie Searles.
Emory Facilities and Resources Boilerplate Language Library: (opens in a new window) Centralized resource of up-to-date, reviewed language describing research and academic resources available at Emory for faculty, staff, and trainees.
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Updated 2.22.2024