Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

10/02/2012	Call for Applications: 2012 CaMPR-BASIC Awards Phase l - Letter of Intent Due Date: Friday, October 26, 2012 Phase ll - Application Due Date (by invitation only): Friday, December 03, 2012 To download a full application, select the desired format: Adobe PDF MS Word
09/25/2012	Call for Nominations: Mentor of the Year Award Nomination deadline: October 15, 2012 Click here for eligibility, instructions, and nomination form.
09/21/2012	Call for Applications: K12 Mentored Career Development Program Phase I Application Due Date: November 1, 2012 Phase I Selections Announced: December 5, 2012 Phase II Application Due Date (by invitation only): January 2, 2013 Award Start Date: July 1, 2013
7/25/2012	Call for Applications: 2012-13 Irving Institute CaMPR Phase I Awards Application deadline: Monday, September 17, 2012 Award Announcements: Monday, November 19, 2012 Download application
July 2012	The Irving Institute announces the 2012 Irving Scholars, who will each receive a three-year career development award: Roy Alcalay, MD, MS, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Neurology Alex Dranovsky, MD, PhD, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Andrew J. Einstein, MD, PhD, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine Andrew Moran, MD, MPH, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine
June 2012	CTSA-supported research led by Donald Edmondson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and TRANSFORM KM1 IMMERSE in CER Scholar, on “PTSD in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients” was profiled in several major media outlets including: The New York Times CBS New York ABC Cardiovascular Business
6/11/2012	Call for Applications: Irving Institute/DBMI Health Practice Research Pilot Awards Application deadline: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Award Announcements: September 2012 Funding Start Date: October 1, 2012 To download a full application, select the desired format: Adobe PDF MS Word
6/05/2012	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the selection of sixteen recipients for the 2012 Irving Institute/Clinical Trials Office (CTO) Pilot Awards and two recipients for the 2011-12 CaMPR Phase II Pilot Awards.
May 2012	Research supported by the Irving Institute is featured in the HBO documentary series “Weight of the Nation.” Michael Rosenbaum, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Associate Director of the CRR Adult Inpatient Unit, and Rudolph Leibel, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, are featured prominently in the segment, “The Biology of Weight Loss.” Click here to learn more. The Irving Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Ana Abraido-Lanza, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, as a co-director of the Community Engagement Core Resource.
5/24/2012	Irving Institute Health Literacy Day Free Tools Every Investigator Should Know About Panelists: “GetHealthyHeights.org: A Web Based Tool for Community Organizations to Engage their Clients” Rita Kukafka, DrPH, MA, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Sharib Khan, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Shikha Gupta, Community League of the Heights “Assuring that Informed Consent is Informed: Teaching Consent Administrators” Elaine Larson, PhD, RN, Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing, Elizabeth Cohn, RN, DNSc, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Dodi Meyer, MD, Associate Professor in Clinical Pediatrics “VIDA!: Virtual Introduction to Dominican Americans in Washington Heights” Camila Mateo, MD Candidate, College of Physicians and Surgeons Time: 9:00 - 10:30a Location: The Theater at the Armory Track & Field Center, 216 Fort Washington Avenue, NYC 10032 RSVP to Dora Ventura, dv2247@columbia.edu or (646) 697-2274 Continental breakfast will be served Health Information Day A Free Community Event on the Latest in Cancer Research CUMC investigators will present the latest research findings on different cancers that affect children and adults, including leukemia, breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer and others. Free cancer screenings will be available as well as Spanish translation. Time: 11:00a - 2:00p Location: Armory Track & Field Center, 216 Fort Washington Avenue, NYC 10032 A limited number of sack lunches will be served
3/22/2012	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the five recipients of the March 2012 Imaging Core Pilot Award Program.
3/1/2012	Columbia University Medical Center researchers and community leaders identify approaches for research to improve Northern Manhattan Health Outcomes. Click here to learn more. Additional coverage: Manhattan Times Mailman School of Public Health
1/04/2012	Call for Applications: Spring 2012 Reach for the R01 Award Application Due Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Download application and mentor form
12/09/2011	Call for Applications: 2012 Irving Institute/Clinical Trials Office Pilot Awards Application deadline: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Award Announcements: May 2012 Funds Available: July 1, 2012 To download a full application, select the desired format: Adobe PDF MS Word
12/02/2012	Call for Applications: Irving Institute Imaging Core Pilot Awards Application deadline: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Award Announcements: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Submit application
11/14/2011	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the four recipients of the 2011 CaMPR Phase I Awards.
10/05/2011	Call for Applications: 2012 KL2 Mentored Career Development Program Phase I Application Due Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Phase I Selections Announcement: Monday, December 5, 2011 Phase II Application Due Date (by invitation only): Wednesday, January 4, 2011 Award Start Date: July 1, 2012 Click here for eligibility, instructions and application forms.
August 2011	Rafael Lantigua, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and CECR Co-Director, has been appointed Deans Special Advisor for Community Health Affairs, and will counsel all four CUMC deans on community health issues and facilitate new collaborative initiatives with community and academic stakeholders.
8/19/2011	Call for Applications: Fall 2011 Reach for the R01 Award Application Due Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011 Download application and mentor form
7/21/2011	The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research received renewed funding from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Press coverage: Official Press Release, CUMC, Medical News Today
7/07/2011	The Development of Novel Methodologies Resource announces the four recipients of the 2011 CTSA Fellows program.
7/06/2011	Call for Applications: 2011-12 Irving Institute CaMPR Phase I Awards Application deadline: Monday, September 12, 2011 Award Announcements: Monday, November 14, 2011 Download application
6/13/2011	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the sixteen recipients of the 2011 Irving Institute/Clinical Trials Office (CTO) Pilot Awards.
5/23/2011	Antonio Mantovani, MD, PhD, and Adolfo Ferrando, MD, PhD, have been selected as the recipients of the 2011 Irving Institute Outstanding Pilot Studies Award in recognition of research excellence.
5/12/2011	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the three recipients of the 2011 CaMPR Phase II Awards.
3/23/2011	The Irving Institute is pleased to announce the beta version of WorkWeb, a social network site for CUMC researchers. WorkWeb can be used as: Directory easily find people at CUMC by name, title, department, and email. Meeting Planning find a group of people at CUMC working on a particular topic, and review its publications and grants. Collaboration find potential collaborators for a research project. Reference look up citations for an article, or obtain grant numbers.
2/17/2011	Call for Applications: 2011 Irving Institute CTSA Fellows Application deadline: Monday, April 11, 2011 Award Announcements: May 2011 Funds Available: July 1, 2011 To download a full application, select the desired format: Adobe PDF MS Word
January 2011	At a special luncheon, the Irving Institute announced the 95 -100th Irving Scholars, Edward D. Huey, MD, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, P. Christian Schulze, MD, PhD, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine, Marcella Donovan Walker, MD, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Jason D. Wright, MD, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Epidemiology, and Michael T. Yin, MD, MS, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, who will each receive a three-year career development award. CUMC Press Release
1/11/2011	Call for Applications: 2011 TRANSFORM KM1 IMMERSE in CER Award for Junior Faculty and Mid-Level Faculty Phase I Application Due Date: Friday, January 21, 2011 Phase I Selections Announcement: Friday, February 4, 2011 Phase II Application Due Date (by invitation only): Friday, March 4, 2011 Award Start Date: July 1, 2011 (for Junior Faculty); July 1, 2012 (for Mid-Level Faculty) Click here for eligibility, instructions and application forms. Spring 2011 Reach for the R01 Award Application Due Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 To download a full application, select the desired format: Adobe PDF MS Word
12/16/2010	Call for Applications: 2011 Irving Institute/Clinical Trials Office Pilot Awards Application deadline: Friday, March 4, 2011 Award Announcements: Late April 2011 Funds Available: July 1, 2011 To download a full application, select the desired format: Adobe PDF MS Word
11/19/2010	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the five recipients of the 2010 CaMPR Phase I Awards.
11/10/2010	Fall 2010 Open House Discover how the Irving Institute can assist in conducting research and forming new collaborations Time: 3:00 - 5:00p Location: Irving Institute Educational Center Classroom (PH-10-405A/B), 622 West 168 Street, Floor 10, NYC 10032
10/24/2010	The Irving Institute team will walk and raise funds for the American Diabetes Associations signature fundraising walk, the NYC Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes. Click here to join or donate to our team.
10/20/2010	Call for Applications: 2011 TRANSFORM KM1 IMMERSE in CER Award for Junior Faculty Phase I Application Due Date: Monday, November 8, 2010 Phase I Selections Announcement: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Phase II Application Due Date (by invitation only): Monday, December 6, 2010 Award Start Date: January 1, 2011 Download Phase I Application
September 2010	Karen Marder, MD, MPH, the Sally Kerlin Professor of Neurology and Director of the CRR, has been named an Associate Director of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Dr. Marder joins Drs. Karina Davidson, Nancy Green, and Anne Taylor in this new role. Henry N. Ginsberg, MD, is the PI of Columbia's CTSA, the Irving Institute, and Drs. Melissa Begg and Harold Pincus are Co-directors.
8/02/2010	Call for Applications: 2010-11 Irving Institute CaMPR Phase I Awards Application deadline: Monday, September 20, 2010 Award Announcements: Monday, November 15, 2010 Download application
7/15/2010	The Columbia University School of Nursing has received funding approval for four $20,000 scholarships from the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence as part of the expansion of the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program.
7/1/2010	The Irving Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Harold A. Pincus, MD, as a co-director of its Clinical and Translational and Science Award (CTSA), joining Dr. Henry Ginsberg and Dr. Melissa Begg.
July 2010	The Irving Institute announces the 2010 Irving Scholars, Adi Cohen, MD, MHS, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Tiziano Colibazzi, MD, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Srikala Raghavan, PhD, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Epithelial Biology in Dermatology, Nehal Vadhan, PhD, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, and Chunhua Weng, PhD, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, who will each receive a three-year career development award.
6/22/2010	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the three recipients of the 2010 CaMPR Phase II Awards.
6/08/2010	The Irving Institute announces the grand opening of the TRANSFORM Educational Center. © 2010 Charles E. Manley Photographed left to right: Dr. Lee Goldman, Dean of the Faculties of the Health Sciences and Medicine, Dr. Melissa Begg, Co-Director, Irving Institute, Dr. Herbert Pardes, President and CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Herbert and Florence Irving, and Dr. Henry N. Ginsberg, Director, Irving Institute. © 2010 Charles E. Manley Photographed left to right: Dr. Henry N. Ginsberg, Director, Irving Institute, Hebert and Florence Irving, and Dr. Melissa Begg, Co-Director, Irving Institute.
5/1/2010	Interdisciplinary Team offers Mobility Solution for Individuals with Paralyzing Disease Meeting in 2007 as Irving fellows, Petra Kaufmann, MD, (Neurology) and Elisa Konofagou, PhD, (Biomedical Engineering) realized their areas of expertise could merge in a new way and develop a gravity neutral orthotic (GNO) to assist patients with a debilitating disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Through a CaMPR pilot grant, together with colleagues from their home departments and the Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, this multidisciplinary research team developed a novel approach that will help individuals with this severe disease accomplish everyday movements most of us take for granted from scratching one's nose to waiving hello. Click here to watch video. Press Coverage: Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients Look to Interdisciplinary CUMC Team for Solutions to Everyday Challenges (CUMC)
3/31/2010	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the sixteen recipients of the 2010 CTSA/CTO Pilot Awards
February 2010	Karina W. Davidson, PhD, Irving Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine and TRANSFORM Co-Director, led the first study to show that positive emotions may protect against coronary heart disease, published in the European Society of Cardiology's European Heart Journal. CUMC Press Release
11/24/2009	Call for Applications: 2010 Irving Institute/Clinical Trials Office Pilot Awards Application deadline: Monday, February 1, 2010 Award Announcements: Late March 2010 Funds Available: July 1, 2010 To download a full application, select the desired format: Adobe PDF MS Word
11/16/2009	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the seven recipients of the 2009 CaMPR Phase I Awards.
September 2009	The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research received four American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grants, totaling $1.8 million, for the following projects: Targets and Barriers for Hydroxyurea (HU) Therapy in Sickle Hemoglobinopathies, is a six-site collaboration between five NYCON institutions, (Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medical College, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, University of Rochester, and Yale University) and University of California, San Francisco. Henry N. Ginsberg, MD (PI) and Nancy Green, MD (Co-PI) will lead this study focused on identifying novel indication for HU, pharmaco-genomic prediction of response, risks of and barriers to its use. Supplemental Funding for the Organic Synthesis Collaborative Center, lead by Henry N. Ginsberg, MD (PI) and Donald W. Landry (Co-PI), aims to advance translational research by bolstering the Organic Synthesis Collaborative Center's (OSCC) capacity to provide organic chemistry capabilities to biologically-oriented investigators and continue the successful acceleration of bench-to-bedside breakthroughs at CUMC. Amplifying the Pace of Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Pilot Research (CaMPR) at Columbia University is a pilot project mechanism directed by Henry N. Ginsberg, MD (PI) and Nancy Reame, PhD (Co-PI), that will provide additional resources needed to expand the novel Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Pilot Research (CaMPR) award program. Advancing Institutional Efforts to Support Research Mentoring for Clinical/Translational Scientists lead by Henry N. Ginsberg, MD (PI) and Harold A. Pincus, MD (Co-PI), aims to improve research workforce development and dissemination by providing institutional and program leaders with the information, guidance, and tools they need to evaluate and improve their research mentorship efforts. The activities described above are being funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. More information about Recovery Act/NIH/NCRR grants can be found at www.ncrr.nih.gov/recovery. A listing of all Recovery Act/NIH grants can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/.
8/25/2009	Wahida Karmally, DrPH, RD, CDE, CLS, Director of the Bionutrition Research Core, Associate Research Scientist, and Lecturer in Dentistry encourages overall dietary moderation in Newsday in response to the American Heart Association's recommendation to drastically reduce daily sugar intake.
7/28/2009	Call for Applications: 2009 Irving Institute CaMPR Phase I Awards Application deadline: Monday, September 14, 2009 Award Announcements: Monday, November 16, 2009 Download application
7/14/2009	The northeast CTSA regional consortium, NYCON, welcomes two new CTSA recipients, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and New York University School of Medicine as members. This brings NYCON membership to 8 institutions.
July 2009	The 2009 Irving Scholars, Adam Brickman, PhD, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology, Katherine Crew, MD, MS, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Thomas Nickolas, MD, MS, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Adam Ratner, MD, MPH, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology, and Benjamin Spencer, MD, MPH, Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Urology, will each receive a three-year career development award.
6/25/2009	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the two recipients of the 2009 CaMPR Phase II Awards.
6/22/2009	The Irving Institute announces the grand opening of the Columbia Community Partnership for Health. © 2009 Charles E. Manley Photographed left to right: Dr. Robert E. Kelly, Dr. Lee Goldman, and Dr. Henry N. Ginsberg © 2009 Charles E. Manley Photographed left to right: Dr. Robert E. Kelly, Dr. Donald Landry, Dr. Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dr. Lee Goldman, and Dr. Rafael Lantigua Press coverage of the CCPH Grand Opening: Official Press Release, The Record, Manhattan Times, El Nuevo Diario, almomento.net
5/15/2009	The Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource announces the eight recipients of the 2009 CTSA/CTO Pilot Awards.
April 2009	Bernadette Boden-Albala, DrPH, Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Co-Director, Community Engagement Core Resource is featured in the April 2009 edition of The Record, Columbia University's newspaper.
January 2009	The CTSA e-newsletter features an article profiling the inaugural NYCON - New York/Connecticut Regional CTSA Consortium Symposium, "New York and Connecticut CTSA Sites Converge".
12/24/2008	Call for Applications - 2009 Irving Institute/Clinical Trials Office Pilot Awards Application deadline: Monday, March 2, 2009 Award Announcements: Early May 2009 Funds Available: July 1, 2009 To download a full application, select the desired format: Adobe PDF MS Word
12/09/2008	Call for Applications - CTSA Funding for Pilot Projects in PET or MRI Imaging Application deadline: Friday, January 9, 2009 Award Announcements: Thursday, February 12, 2009
November 2008	The Fall 2008 edition of the P&S Journal features an article profiling the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. "CTSA: A Revolution in Clinical Research - Spurring the Change: The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research" NYCON - New York/Connecticut Regional CTSA Consortium Symposium Date: 11/18/2008 - 11/19/2008 © 2008 Charles E. Manley The Principal Investigators from each of the 6 institutions pictured from left to right: Dr. Harry Shamoon (Einstein), Dr. Henry Ginsberg (Columbia), Dr. David Guzick (Rochester), Dr. Julianne Imperato-McGinley (Cornell), Dr. Barry Coller (Rockefeller), Dr. Robert Sherwin (Yale)
10/24/2008	The Nursing Shortage and the Crisis in Health Care airing tonight, Friday, October 24th, from 8:00 - 9:30 PM on Emmy Award-winning news magazine Now on PBS. Exploring the impact of the nursing shortage on patients, the program will examine the root causes of the crisis, and innovative efforts to reverse the trend. Supported in part by a grant from the Barbara and Donald Jonas Family Fund and the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence. For local viewing times, check the TV schedule at PBS website.
September 2008	The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research is the featured institution on the CTSA website for the month of September 2008.
March 2008	The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence announced Columbia's School of Nursing to receive one of the first four grants in its $2.5 million Jonas Nursing Scholars initiative designed to address the nation's accelerating shortage of nursing faculty, support educational development of new nursing faculty, and stimulate models for joint faculty appointments between schools of nursing and clinical affiliates. These grants will fund two doctoral students within Columbia's School of Nursing and the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.
05/21/2007	Pilot Award for Collaborative Clinical and Translational Research
03/15/2007	2007 CTO/CTSA Pilot Award Announcement
02/27/2007	Introduction to CTSA by John Ennever, MD