Federal Funding Opportunitites Workshop

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Federal Funding Opportunitites Workshop

Arizona Telemedicine Program
June 5, 2017

Many federal agencies sponsor extramural research funding programs that are underutilized. Col. (Ret.) Ronald K. Poropatich, M.D., Executive Director, Center for Military Medicine Research, University of Pittsburgh, an acute care pulmonary physician and a national expert on federal research funding programs, will survey current federal funding opportunities and share his "secrets for success." 

Dr. Poropatich will also lead a day-long “Federal Funding Opportunities Workshop” that will be in the College of Medicine, Room 5403 on June 12.

The workshop schedule is as follows:

UA Medical Research Programs

  • 8:45 a.m. – Introductions and Workshop Facilitators: Distinguished Visiting Professor Col. (Ret.) Ronald K. Poropatich, MD; Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, FCAP, Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program, Professor of Pathology and Medical Imaging, University of Arizona College of Medicine
  • 9 a.m. – School-based Asthma Programs/Internet-based Asthma Monitoring: Lynn B. Gerald, PhD, MSPH, Canyon Ranch Endowed Chair, Professor of Public Health, University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
  • 9:40 a.m. – Innovative Health Care Delivery Systems (PCORI Grants): Christopher Wendel, PhD, Research Instructor, Geriatrics, General and Palliative Medicine, College of Medicine, UA
  • 10:20 a.m. – Clinical Research in Sleep Disorders: Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, Professor of Medicine, UA Director, Center of Sleep Disorders
  • 11 a.m. – Precision Approach to Emergency Medicine and Critical Care: Charles B. Cairns, MD, Dean, College of Medicine-Tucson Professor, Emergency Medicine
  • 12 p.m. (Room 5403) – Lunch provided; "Department of Defense and Other Non-NIH Federal Funding Opportunities at Academic Health Centers": Col. (Ret.) Ronald K. Poropatich, MD, Executive Director, Center for Military Medicine Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

UA Medical Research Programs

  • 1:30 p.m. – Arizona Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program; Bioengineering  Applications to Support Resilient Aging: M. Jane Mohler, RN, MSN, MPH, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Nursing and Public Health, Clinical, Professor of Pharmacy Practice- Science, Associate Director of Arizona Center on Aging, University of Arizona
  • 2:10 p.m. – Improving TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Outcomes with Remote Ischemic   Conditioning from Bench to Bedside: Bellal A. Joseph, MD, FACS, Vice Chair for Knowledge Expansion, Professor of Trauma Surgery, UA and Banner Health
  • 2:50 p.m. – Optical Biopsy–Now and in the Future: Arthur F. Gmitro, PhD, Department Head and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Medical Imaging and Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
  • 3:20 p.m. – Closing remarks by Dr. Poropatich and Dr. Weinstein

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