The NPAM Council has established an Early Career Committee to foster the development of trainees and early career professionals in the field of arteriosclerosis, thrombosis and vascular biology, including research scientists and clinicians. Our goal is to promote and encourage trainees and early career individuals to participate in council activities and to provide information to those members of our council.

Early Career Committee
Chair Mahesh J. Patel, M.D. Duke University Medical Center     Vice - Chair Christina M. Shay, PhD MA    University of Oklahoma Health Science Center	NPAM Leadership  Advisor Lora E. Burke, Ph.D., M.P.H., FAAN, FAHA  University of Pittsburgh   Co-Mentor Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc., FAHA Tufts University
Members
Rosemay A. Remigio-Baker, MPH Johns Hopkins School Of Public Health   Jessica D. Smith, PhD Centre de Recherche del’Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec   Sarah M. Camhi, PhD MS University of Massachusetts   Quinn R. Pack, MD Mayo Clinic	Michelle Fennessy, PhD APRN-BC University of California Davis   Kristen Gill Hairston, MD MPH Wake Forest University Health Sciences   Jesse A. Lieberman, MD Carolinas Rehabilitation   Sally S. Wong, PhD RD CDN City University of New York

 

 

Location: New Orleans Marriott New Orleans, La. Conference Dates: Mar. 19-22, 2013

Registration Opens - November 16, 2013! Registration and Housing Information

Abstract Submission for EPI/NPAM 2014 will open closer to the meeting.

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Program Description 
The primary goal of the joint EPI/NPAM Spring 2013 Scientific Sessions is to promote the development and application of translational and population science related to the prevention of heart disease and stroke.

The Councils on Epidemiology & Prevention (EPI) and Nutrition, Physical Activity & Metabolism (NPAM) jointly plan the EPI/NPAM Spring 2013 Scientific Sessions.  The sessions focus on obesity, nutrition, physical activity, genetics, metabolism, biomarkers, risk factors, subclinical disease, clinical disease, healthy populations, and global health.  The program also highlights strategies to translate advances in basic and clinical science into efforts to promote cardiometabolic health in both the clinical and population setting.  More...

Young Investigator Awards
The Young Investigator Awards recognize outstanding endeavors by new investigators in research activities and encourages continued biomedical research careers, related to cardiovascular function and diseases, including basic science, integrated physiology and clinical problems.

Student Scholar Award
The objective of Student Scholar awards is to stimulate student scholars in medicine, nursing, public health, nutrition and other allied health disciplines to carry out research projects related to cardiovascular disease, stroke and basic science. 

AHA Lifestyle and Prevention Learning Library Community

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Links to key articles

Slide Sets

• Adherence to Lifestyle Guidelines: Barriers to Reaching 2020 Goals? by Lora E. Burke, PhD, MPH, FAHA, FAAN
• Climbing the Academic Ladder by Judith K. Ockene, PhD, MEd, MA
• Starting a Career Studying Social Determinants of CVH by Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS, FAHA, FACP, FACE
• Starting a Career Studying Genetic Epidemiology by Christopher J. O’Donnell MD MPH
• Starting a Career Studying Prevention in the Clinical Setting by Nehal N. Mehta, MD MSCE FAHA
• Starting a Research Career in the Field of Diabetes by Sherita Hill Golden, MD, MHS
• Transforming Healthcare Delivery Through Cardiovascular Registries by Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH and Fred Cobb, MD Professor of Medicine
• Successful Early Career Research Using Get With The Guidelines by Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
• Role of Health IT in Effective Cardiovascular Care Delivery and Research by Frederic S. Resnic, MD MSc
• Media Training- EPI-NPAM by AHA

Location: New Orleans Marriott New Orleans, La. Conference Dates: Mar. 19-22, 2013

Registration Opens - November 16, 2013! Registration and Housing Information

Abstract Submission for EPI/NPAM 2014 will open closer to the meeting.

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Other Upcoming American Heart Association Scientific Sessions




Visit the Sessions Home page for more information on all AHA Scientific Sessions.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease Meetings and Conferences

Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2013 Congress PEACH, Pattaya, Thailand	Feb. 21–24, 2013
2013 American Society of Hypertension Annual Scientific Meeting & Exposition San Francisco, Calif.	May 15–18, 2013

Nutrition and Physical Activity Meetings and Conferences
 
Other Meetings and Conferences

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Other Seminars

NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration 2012

Exact dates and locations TBD

list of post-doctoral programs

Searching for Funding Opportunities

• Search for funding opportunities from the American Heart Associaion
• Search and subscribe to the NIH guide for Funding Opportunities and Notices
• Search for grant opportunities in all federal agencies
• Register at Community of Science for targeted weekly emails of funding opportunities or search their database (federal and non-federal)
   

Types of Grants

• Pilot Funds include NIH R03 or small grants ($50k year)
• NIH K awards – 2-5 years in length, large portion is PI salary with small research budget 
• NIH R01’s  Investigator initiated awards – can be in response to PA’s— (up to $500K year, up to 5 years)
• Responses to RFA’s
• Other independent funding

Please visit the AHA's Research Funding Opportunities for more information about the following Grants and Awards. 

• Medical Student Research Program
  The student research  program encourages promising students, including women and members of minority groups underrepresented in the sciences, from all disciplines to consider research careers while supporting the highest quality scientific investigation broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke. The research opportunity will allow students to work for 8, 10 or 12 weeks with a faculty/staff member on any project broadly related to cardiovascular  disease/function or stroke. The goal is to encourage students to consider a future academic career in this area.
   
• Predoctoral Fellowship
  Helps students initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research by providing research assistance and training.
   
• Clinical Research Program
  Encourages early career investigators who have appropriate and supportive mentoring relationships to engage in high quality introductory and pilot clinical studies that will guide future strategies for reducing cardiovascular disease and stroke while fostering new research in clinical and translational science, and encouraging community- and population-based activities.
   
• Undergraduate Student Research Program
  The purpose of this undergraduate research training program is to encourage promising students from all disciplines, including women and members of minority groups underrepresented in the sciences, to consider research careers while supporting the highest quality scientific investigation broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke.
   
• Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award
  Provides funding for trainees with outstanding potential for careers as physician-scientists in cardiovascular or stroke research during the crucial period of career development that spans the completion of research training through the early years of the first faculty/staff position. The award provides a supportive mentored experience during this period of transition. The award will
  
  1. greatly enhance the awardee's chances of obtaining a high-quality faculty/staff appointment;
  2. improve the awardee's success and retention in an investigative career in cardiovascular science; and
  3. develop the mentoring skills of the awardee as a potential future mentor.
      
• Postdoctoral Fellowship
  Helps trainees initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research while obtaining significant research results under the supervision of a sponsor or mentor; supports individuals before they are ready for some stage of independent research.
   
• Beginning Grant-In-Aid
  Promotes the independent status of promising beginning scientists. 
   
• Scientist Development Grant
  Supports highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can bridge the gap between completion of research training and readiness for successful competition as an independent investigator.
   
• Grant-In-Aid
  Encourages and adequately funds the most innovative and meritorious research projects from independent investigators. 

   

   

Predoctoral Training Grants

• NIH:  Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (Parent F31)
• NIH: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31 - Diversity)
• American Heart Association:  Predoctoral Fellowship

Postdoctoral Training Grants

• NIH:  Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (Parent F32)
• NIH:  Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00)
• American Heart Association:  Postdoctoral Fellowship
• American Diabetes Association:  Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
• American Diabetes Association:  Mentor-Based Minority Fellowship Award

Early Career/Transition Grants

• NIH:  Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01)
• NIH:  Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02)
• American Heart Association:  Scientist Development Grant Program
• American Heart Association:  Beginning Grant-in-Aid Program
• American Diabetes Association:  Junior Faculty Award
• American Diabetes Association:  Career Development Award
• American Diabetes Association:  Basic Science Award
• American Diabetes Association:  Innovation Award

Predoctoral Training Grants

• NIH:  Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellows (Parent F30)
• NIH:  NHLBI Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30)
• American Heart Association:  Medical Student Research Program
• American Diabetes Association:  Clinical Scholars Award

Postdoctoral Training Grants

• NIH:  Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (Parent F32)
• NIH:  Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00)
• American Heart Association:  Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award Program
• American Heart Association:  Clinical Research Program
• American Diabetes Association:  Clinical Scientist Training Award
• American Diabetes Association-Merck:  Clinical/Translational Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Early Career/Transition Grants

• NIH:  Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08)
• NIH:  Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23)
• NIH:  Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02)
• American Heart Association:  Clinical Research Program
• American Heart Association:  Beginning Grant-in-Aid Program
• American Diabetes Association:  Junior Faculty Award
• American Diabetes Association:  Career Development Award
• American Diabetes Association:  Clinical/Translational Award

Career planning coming soon!

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