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News By Month (April 2009)

Harvard Catalyst in the News



Grant recipients at HSPH, Harvard Catalyst Colloquium talk on models of clinical research.



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Join a discussion of new opportunities for translational diabetes research



The Provider & Health Systems and Health Disparities programs of Harvard Catalyst will host a dialog on May 20 aimed at fostering translational research in diabetes. RSVP by May 6.



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One more day until the HMS Dean’s Symposium



A limited number of seats are still available at each of the three sessions. Register today!



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The Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series: “Can Vitamin D Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?”



JoAnn Manson, M.D., Dr.P.H., will give the next Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series talk at Massachusetts General Hospital on May 4.



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Seats are filling fast for the primer on the genetics of complex traits. Register today!



The Harvard Catalyst Genetics Consortium is still accepting registrations for its course on the genetics of complex traits on May 11 at the Broad Institute.



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Deadline extended to sign up for Harvard Catalyst website testing



To give your feedback on the Harvard Catalyst website, sign up by Wednesday, May 6.



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One more week until the HMS Dean’s Symposium on Clinical and Translational Research



Faculty, fellows, graduate and undergraduate students – all are invited to attend!



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The Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series: “Family-based Designs for Genetic Association”



Nan Laird, Ph.D., will give the next Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series talk at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on April 27.



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There are three more weeks to submit Letters of Intent for Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grants



Harvard Catalyst will accept Letters of Intent for this round of Pilot Grants until May 13.



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Two more days to sign up to give your feedback on the Harvard Catalyst website



The deadline to sign up to participate in a Harvard Catalyst website focus group or usability test is Friday, April 24.



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BWH Biomedical Research Institute: “The Impact of Genomic Changes on the Treatment of Lung Cancer”



Bruce Johnson, M.D., will deliver the next talk of the BWH BRI’s Translational Genetics Seminar Series at BWH’s Duncan Reid Conference Room on April 23.



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Changes to the Harvard Catalyst Education Program



A letter from Harvard Catalyst Director Lee Nadler, M.D., to the Harvard Catalyst community.



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LITT and PerkinElmer to showcase new technologies April 21-23



LITT (the Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies at Harvard Catalyst) will work with PE new laboratory systems in the Fenway Room of the Longwood Best Western.



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Registration opens 4/17 for a proteomics nanocourse



The course, which will take place at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on May 18, will provide an introductory overview of proteomics for a broad audience.



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The HMS Dean’s Symposium is only two weeks away. Register now!



The symposium, which takes place on April 30 and May 1, will bring the Harvard community together to discuss translational science at Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, and Schepens Eye Research Institute.



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Harvard Catalyst in the News



Harvard Catalyst profiled, pilot grants, education synergies, and the making of a Harvard Catalyst video.



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An opportunity to provide feedback on the Harvard Catalyst website



A research team from Harvard Catalyst and the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science seeks your input on the Harvard Catalyst website. Sign up today to participate in a focus group or testing session.



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The Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series: No talk on April 20



Because of Patriots Day, there will be no Harvard Catalyst Colloquium on April 20. The next talk, “Family-based Designs for Genetic Association,” will be given by Nan Laird, Ph.D., on April 27 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Bornstein Amphitheater.



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Only 3 weeks left until the HMS Dean’s Symposium on Clinical & Translational Research



The symposium - a two-day celebration of clinical and translational research at Harvard - will take place at Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, and Schepens Eye Research Institute on April 30 and May 1. Register today!



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CIMIT Innovation Grand Rounds: “The New Playbook for Healthcare Innovation”



This talk, part of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology Forum, will be held at Massachusetts General Hospital on April 14.



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Harvard Catalyst Member Profile: Randy Gollub, M.D., Ph.D.



Dr. Randy Gollub and her colleagues in the Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consortium work to help render advances in biomedical imaging technologies into tools for translational research and clinical practice.



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Help Harvard Catalyst and Children’s Hospital create collaborative grant writing tools



Researchers at Children’s seek your input on software tools to facilitate collaborative grant writing.



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Register now for a course on the genetics of complex traits



The Harvard Catalyst Genetics Consortium is offering a course on the genetics of complex traits on May 11 at the Broad Institute.



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The Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series: “Informed Consent for Research: Current Issues and Controversies”



Dan Brock, Ph.D., will give the next Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series talk at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on April 13.



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Additional Pilot Grant information session added at MGH



The two sessions will be held on April 6 from noon to 1:00pm and 1:00pm to 2:00pm, both in the Simches Research Center.



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The Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series: “Sleep, Memory, and Dreams: From Pathology to Promise”



Robert Stickgold, Ph.D., will give the next talk Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series talk at Massachusetts General Hospital on April 6.



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Bring your Pilot Grant questions to a Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grant information session



Held by the Harvard Catalyst Research Navigators, the information sessions will take place in Boston and Cambridge the week of April 6.



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Apply now for the next round of Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grants



Letters of Intent are due by May 13, and full applications by June 12. Full information is available on the Pilot Funding page of the Harvard Catalyst website.



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“Health disparities focusing on ethnicity-related variation in breast cancer risk and outcome”



Presented by the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity and Community Partnership, the Harvard Catalyst Program for Faculty Development and Diversity, and the Dana-Farber Cancer INstitute Disparities Program-in-Development.



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