October 30, 2019
Kudos ...
... to Erica Johnson for securing her first NIH funding!
Erica's R01 funding on How Maternal HCMV Facilitates in utero Transmission of HIV and Impacts the Developing Fetal Immune System During Gestation (1R01HD097843-01) is based on the findings of her CFAR Developmental Core CFAR-03 award. (Yay Erica!)
Even with optimal adherence, antiretroviral therapy given to pregnant women reduces, but does not eliminate, vertical transmission of HIV. One potential barrier to elimination, particularly in resource-poor settings, are maternal co-infections during pregnancy.
In conjunction with MPI Rana Chakraborty, Erica's work is exploring viral immune responses at the maternal-fetal interface throughout gestation and seeks to provide a deeper conceptual understanding of the mechanisms that promote HIV transmission and impact the developing fetal immune system.
The goal of their studies is to contribute towards the development of specific antiviral therapies to further reduce MTCT of HIV and improve clinical outcomes in HIV-exposed infants globally.
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In Other News ... From the Emory IRB
IMPORTANT DATES and Submission Restrictions:
Emory eIRB Update Project--Slowdown planned for January 2020
What is Happening?
In order to migrate study data from the current eIRB system to the upgraded one, there needs to be a strategic submission slowdown, currently planned for January 2020. This slowdown will allow our vendor to efficiently conduct the data migration process and will shorten the overall time to complete the upgrade.
The current proposed dates for the slowdown are January 7-January 31, 2020. These dates are subject to change depending on technical issues discovered along the way. Rest assured we will keep you well-informed of any changes!
Please note that the IRB will not process or accept the submission of any continuing reviews during the slowdown period. Please read on to learn how the slowdown may affect your studies.
• Check this list to verify if your study is affected!
• Emory eIRB Upgrade News Page
• Summary PowerPoint
• Summary Infographic
- New Studies
- During the submission slowdown, the IRB will generally only accept new study submissions for interventional studies (i.e. treatment studies) that meet the following criteria:
• Competitive enrollment or contractual obligation for quick start-up (eg. NCI grant), and
• IRB review is the limiting factor in study start-up (i.e. you should not submit if a contract, etc. is not close to being ready).
All other types of studies should be held until the new system go-live date. If you have special concerns, please consult with IRB staff leadership at http://www.irb.emory.edu/about/staff.html.
Also: Any new studies submitted during the slowdown that are not approved within 90 days of the upgraded system going live (i.e. when the second wave of data will be migrated), will be withdrawn. You will have to submit again in the upgraded system because the study cannot be migrated. Please consider the likelihood of all pending issues being addressed (e.g. ancillary reviews, IND issues) in the required time frame before submitting during the slowdown.
- Continuing Reviews
- The IRB will not process or accept the submission of any continuing review submissions during the slowdown period.
In order to avoid a lapse in approval due to the possibility that the slowdown period may shift,
studies expiring Jan-Feb 2020, must submit renewal application by:
• Nov. 1: For more than minimal risk studies
• Nov. 15: For minimal risk studies
Please review your portfolio of active studies to determine whether your studies may need to submit continuing review early, and contact irb@emory.edu if you have any questions.
- Amendments
- Amendment submissions will only be accepted and processed if they consist of changes required to protect research subjects' safety and welfare or immediate changes required by the study Sponsor.
- Reportable Events
- No changes. All reportable events should be submitted in the current eIRB system as normal until the go-live date for the new system.
- WIRB and other External-IRB-reviewed studies
- Another workflow will be available outside of eIRB. Please stay tuned for more information.
Bulletin Board...
Mentoring Moment... Social Media for HIV Researchers
On Wednesday, October 30
, the CFAR Developmental Core and the CFAR Prevention Science Core will co-sponsor a Social Media for HIV Researchers Day.
9:00 - 11:30am
RSPH/CNR/2001
Emory CFAR Half-Day Intensive
Twitter for Researchers
Sponsored by: CFAR Developmental Core
No matter whether you have been Tweeting for years or don't even have a Twitter account yet, all CFAR researchers can benefit from this half-day intensive.
Session I: Why Researchers Should Use Twitter
• Social Media for Academic Researchers
• Altmetrics: Tracking Research Impact in Real Time
Session II: How Researchers Can Best Use Twitter
• Best Practices for Academic Twitter
• Panel Discussion on Lessons Learned from Emory Twitter Leaders
• Live Stream the Event (Click Here)
12:00 - 1:00pm
RSPH/CNR/4001
Emory CFAR Next Generation Methods Seminar
Social Media Mining
Sponsored by: CFAR Prevention Science Core
Lunch Provided
Are you interested in learning more about the emerging field of social media mining as a health research tool? Presenter Abeed Sarker is an Assistant Professor (Biomedical Informatics) at Emory. His research focus lies at the intersection of natural language processing, social media mining, applied machine learning, public health surveillance, and medicine. He is currently serving as an investigator in several noisy, big text mining projects in the health domain, which are funded by state, federal and private grants, including being PI of an NIH/NIDA-funded project focusing on social media mining for prescription medication abuse monitoring.
• No RSVP required
Community Corner...
Dear Community Partners,
Register now for end of the year training and events!
Frontline HIV Prevention Training
• WHAT: An intensive 2-day training.
• WHO: All are welcome to register.
• WHEN: November 6th – 7th. The certification exam will take place November 11, 2019.
• WHERE: Fulton County Board of Health, 10 Park Place South, S.E., Atlanta, 30303.
• REGISTER: Click Here
Transgender Multicultural Sensitivity Training
• WHAT: An intensive 1-day training.
• WHO: All are welcome to register.
• WHEN: November 14th 2019.
• WHERE: Fulton County Board of Health, 10 Park Place South, S.E., Atlanta, 30303
• REGISTER: Click Here
Pre-World AIDS Day Event
• WHAT: The second annual Pre-World AIDS Day Breakfast
• WHO: Community members, medical, political and community leaders.
• WHY: Dr. Eugene McCray, Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, CDC, will receive the Kathleen Toomey Lifetime Achievement award. We will also be honoring 5 other community members who have distinguished themselves in their efforts to end the HIV epidemic.
• WHEN: November 22, 9:00 - 11:00
• WHERE: The Gathering Spot, 384 Northyards Blvd NW, Atlanta 30313
• REGISTER: Click Here for Free Tickets
Best regards,
#StopHIVATL
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