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The data shows approximately 90 percent of those with CF could potentially be positively impacted by these new treatments.
UAB Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics — both part of the School of Medicine, along with UAB Hospital and Children’s of Alabama, support UAB’s Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program and the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Program. The program is accredited by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and currently cares for more than 450 individuals with CF.
The Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center and the adult and pediatric CF programs are integrated with the UAB CF clinical trials unit, co-led by said Steven Rowe, M.D., director of the UAB Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, and Isabel Virella Lowell, M.D., an associate professor of pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine. The center is recognized internationally for its transformative clinical and basic research, including the development of new therapies for the treatment of this devastating disease.
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Children’s of Alabama and the Kaul Pediatric Research Institute have released the announcement and guidelines for the 2017-2018 KPRI grant application process. The major goal of the New and Established Investigator KPRI grant program is to allow investigators to obtain data that will advantage applications for additional extramural funding. This will bring new knowledge to the care of children, leverage the investment of the KPRI, and allow projects to be competitive for the very best science on the national stage. A second, but important, goal is to ensure that a dedicated funding source is available to unique segments of the pediatric research, education, and quality improvement enterprise. The goal of the quality/safety/educational awards is to further advance and stimulate projects that will advance child health in these areas. A goal of future extramural funding is not a requirement for these awards. Awards are open to all faculty in pediatric disciplines and all employees at Children’s of Alabama.
This year, once again, there are three categories of grants that will be funded: Established Investigator Awards, New Investigator Awards, and Quality/Safety/Educational Awards. All funded applications will be directed toward the improvement of child health care.
Established Investigator Awards: Up to two awards will be funded, one named in honor of Dr. Sergio Stagno and one named in memory of Dr. Rud Polhill, at an amount of $50,000 per year each for a maximum of two years.
New Investigator Awards: Up to five awards will be funded, at an amount of $35,000 per year each for a maximum of two years.
Quality/Safety/Educational Awards: Up to two Quality/Safety/Educational awards will be funded, at an amount of $10,000 each for one year.
Applications for all awards must be submitted electronically to mary.aiken@childrensal.orgby 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. In addition, - to ensure accuracy, completeness, and proper processing through UAB OSP – all Established and New Investigator grant applications from Department of Pediatrics Faculty should also be submitted to David Ingram (dingram@peds.uab.edu) for internal review on or before Wednesday, September 20.
Application guidelines and forms can be found on the Pediatric Research Office (PRO) website, along with an FAQ section, at the following link: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/peds/research/funding/kpri. The PRO is available to assist all investigators with application development. Please do not hesitate reaching out to David Ingram (dingram@peds.uab.edu), Cheryl Perry (cperry@uab.edu), or Melissa McBrayer (mcbrayer@uab.edu) with any questions.
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This year, once again, there are three categories of grants that will be funded: Established Investigator Awards, New Investigator Awards, and Quality/Safety/Educational Awards. All funded applications will be directed toward the improvement of child health care.
Established Investigator Awards: Up to two awards will be funded, one named in honor of Dr. Sergio Stagno and one named in memory of Dr. Rud Polhill, at an amount of $50,000 per year each for a maximum of two years.
New Investigator Awards: Up to five awards will be funded, at an amount of $35,000 per year each for a maximum of two years.
Quality/Safety/Educational Awards: Up to two Quality/Safety/Educational awards will be funded, at an amount of $10,000 each for one year.
Applications for all awards must be submitted electronically to mary.aiken@childrensal.orgby 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. In addition, - to ensure accuracy, completeness, and proper processing through UAB OSP – all Established and New Investigator grant applications from Department of Pediatrics Faculty should also be submitted to David Ingram (dingram@peds.uab.edu) for internal review on or before Wednesday, September 20.
Application guidelines and forms can be found on the Pediatric Research Office (PRO) website, along with an FAQ section, at the following link: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/peds/research/funding/kpri. The PRO is available to assist all investigators with application development. Please do not hesitate reaching out to David Ingram (dingram@peds.uab.edu), Cheryl Perry (cperry@uab.edu), or Melissa McBrayer (mcbrayer@uab.edu) with any questions.
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UAB physicians are asking parents to take inventory of another school-year need for many children — vaccines.
Each state and the District of Columbia have their own vaccination requirements to attend public school, and if you are a parent who has not vaccinated your child according to the Centers for Disease Control’s recommended schedule but need to now that they are school age, you still can. UAB physician David Kimberlin, M.D., vice chair of Pediatrics, co-director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and also the American Academy of Pediatrics liaison to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, says it’s not too late to start getting your child caught up and back on the recommended schedule.
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The AGHI, a partnership between UAB, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, and Children's of Alabama, was announced on March 9. It will recruit a diverse group of participants from every county in Alabama and provide genomic analysis and interpretation to this group free of charge.
Following the conclusion in May of a pilot project that recruited the first 100 participants, the AGHI has now opened widespread recruitment with the intent of adding 2,000 individuals in the first year. Over a five-year period, the goal will be to increase the number of participants to more than 10,000 persons.
To learn more about the Alabama Genomic Health Initiative please visit www.aghi.org. To participate, call 1-855-462-6850.
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Please welcome Bob Sarnecki officially to the Children's of Alabama team.
To view the original announcement of Bob's hire, click here.
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