Office of Research, Health Sciences (OORHS) Mission

The OORHS offers support services, including assistance in developing competitive grant applications, for investigators throughout the Graduate School of Public Health, the School of Dental Medicine, the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and the School of Pharmacy.

To learn more about how the Office of Research, Health Sciences can help you and your research program, please review details regarding our available support services.

Christopher Navara, PhD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences School of Medicine, will deliver the next lecture on Regulation of the Core Chromosomal Passenger Proteins During the Cell Cycle in Human Embronic Stem Cells.

Location and Time — Friday, September 19, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Auditorium 6 of Scaife Hall.
(show location map). The Lecture will be followed by an informal reception.

For information on future lectures in this series, please visit our website or call the Office of Academic Affairs at 412-383-7382.

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, Robert J. Glaser
Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Genome Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louise, MO, will deliver the next lecture on The Human Microbiome Project: Exploring the Microbial Side of Ourselves.

Location and Time — Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Auditorium 6 of Scaife Hall.
(show location map). The Lecture will be followed by an informal reception.

For information on future lectures in this series, please visit our website or call the Office of Academic Affairs at 412-383-7382.

1. Internal Opportunites
   • (Oct 15) Basic to Clinical Collaborative Research Pilot Program (BaCCoR)
   • (Apr 1, annually) EXcellence in Progressive, Leading-edge, Original REseaRch (EXPLORER) Award
   • (ongoing) Pilot Imaging Program (MR, PET)
   • (Jan 5) Health Sciences Bridge Funding Program
   • (Jan, annually) Competitive Medical Research Fund (CMRF)

1. External Opportunites
   • Hartwell Foundation - Individual Biomedical Research Award (Updated)
   • (Oct 28) EUREKA R01
   • Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
   • Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers
   • (Jul 7, Nov 3) NIH Supplements for Neuroimaging Informatics Software Enhancement
   • NIH Supplements for Protein Functional Studies
   • All Current NIH Opportunities
   • All Current NSF Opportunities
   • DoD Medical Research Programs

Sept 2, 2008 — Memo Regarding NIH Conflict of Interest Tutorial and Reminder

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• Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
• Office of Research (Sponsored Research Administration)