Office of Research, Health Sciences (OORHS)

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.

In The Spotlight

Colleen A. McClung, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicinewill deliver the next lecture titled "Circadian Genes, Dopamine, and the Biology of Psychiatric Disorders" .

Location and Time — Friday, June 1, 2012, 12:00 PM -1:00 PM 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.

Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD
James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute will deliver the next lecture on "Seven Transmembrane Receptors" .

Location and Time — Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 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.

(Oct, 2011) HANDBOOK for NEW FACULTY MEMBERS

Highlighted Funding Opportunities

Clinical and Translational Science Institute Sponsored Opportunities

(Mar 6 annually) The CTSI Virginia Kaufman Pilot Project Program in Pain Research (New)
(May 15, 2012) Women's Cancer Research Center (WCRC) and CTSI Pilot Project Program in Women’s Cancer Research (New)
(Mar 15 annually) THE VASCULAR MEDICINE INSTITUTE (VMI) AND CTSI PILOT PROJECT PROGRAM IN HEMOSTASIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY (P3HVB)
(Feb 18 & Aug 15 annually) CTSI Basic to Clinical Collaborative Research (BaCCoR) Pilot Program
(Feb 24 annually) CTSI Pilots to Expand Investigator Repertoire (PEIR)
(Mar 25 annually) CTSI Translational Technologies Cores Pilot Program (T2CP2)

Additional Internal Opportunities

(May 15, 2012) Pittsburgh Center for Kidney Research. A George M. O’Brien Kidney Research Center Request for Pilot Projects (New)
(Jan 16, May 7, Sep 4, 2012) Department of Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Research Center sponsored Pilot Funding Project
(Jan 5, May 1, Sep 1 annually) Requests for Bridge Funding (Schools of the Health Sciences)
(ongoing) UPMC-Brain Mapping Center MEG research Seed Fund

External Opportunities

Calendar of Events & Medical News

Quick Links

Important NIH Notices

Dec 2011 — NOT-OD-12-020 - Adoption and Implementation of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition

Nov 2011 — NOT-DK-12-001 - NIDDK Will No Longer Participate in the Parent NIH Exploratory Developmental Research Grant (R21) Funding Opportunity Announcement

Oct 2011 — NOT-OD-12-001 - New Submission Dates for New Investigator R01 Resubmissions (A1)

Sep 2011 — NIH Loan Repayment Program - receive up to $35K annually to repay student loans

Jul 2011 — New R01, R21, R03 Parent Announcements

Jul 2011 — Clarification of NIH Fiscal Policy for Grant Awards – FY 2011

To All Health Sciences Investigators:

The Office of Research, Health Sciences encourages you to use the Virtual Handbook for Biomedical Researchers Using Animal Subjects. Available chapters provide information needed by investigators to conduct animal-based research at the University of Pittsburgh. Important links are also provided that assist investigators in the establishment and maintenance of robust research programs.