2022 DHSA Research Competition

DHSA is seeking population health research proposals from students, faculty, or staff affiliated with any of DHSA’s member institutions. This is a ‘shark tank’ type event with real-time presentations, judging and awards! This year, proposals are requested to have a Population Health focus on health disparities. Proposals may address any area of population health including

2021 DHSA Research Competition

Call for Abstracts DHSA is seeking population health research proposals from students, faculty, or staff affiliated with any of DHSA’s member institutions. This is a ‘shark tank’ type of event with real-time presentations, judging, and awards! This year, proposals are requested to have a focus on health disparities. Proposals may address any area of population

2020 DHSA Research Competition

On Monday, October 5, 2020, a panel of “Sharks” listened to four research proposals competing for a $50,000 grant. The Proposal Topics Healthcare Workers and Mental Health Infants Born to COVID-Positive Mothers Models to Inform Policy and Decision Making Virtual Reality for Medical Education The Winners Using National Best Practices to Inform Mental Health Treatment

DHSA Research Competition

Shark Tank-like Initiative This DHSA Shark Tank-like research competition was established in 2019 to foster collaboration between colleagues at our member institutions. Each year we seek population health research proposals from students, faculty, or staff affiliated with any of DHSA’s member institutions. A $50,000 grant is awarded to the winning team. Click here for full

ACCEL Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities ACCEL Community Engaged Research (ACE) Awards Clinical and Translational Research Pilot Grants Program Collaborative Travel Grants Jumpstart Grants Mentored Research-Development Award (MRDA) Program Overcoming Barriers to Translational Success (OrBiTS) Shovel Ready Pilot Grant Proposals (ShoRe PGP) *Visit the ACCEL website at www.de-ctr.org to locate the most recent funding opportunities. Work supported by an

Centers

Centers Bridging Advanced Development for Exceptional Rehabilitation (BADER) Led by the University of Delaware, the BADER Consortium is establishing evidence-based orthopedic rehabilitation for wounded warriors so that each patient can reach his or her optimal level of function. The BADER Consortium brings together researchers, health professionals and physicians from the University of Delaware; Spaulding/Harvard Rehabilitation Hospital; the

Previous Pilot Grant Awardees

Previous Pilot Grant Awardees “Nanotechnology Based Drug Delivery for Childhood Leukemia“Co-Investigators: Ayyappan Rajasekaran – Nemours, Xinqiao Jia- UD, Scott Waldman – TJU, Robert Witt – CCHS  “A New Frontier:Using Linked Pharmacy Data to Understand Primary Nonadherence and Therapeutic Inertia in Hypertension“Co-Investigators: Daniel Elliott – CCHS, Joseph Couto – TJU, Edward Ratledge – UD, Iman Sharif – Nemours, Terri Steinberg – CCHS “NLGN4Y Gene Dosage

Core Facilities

Core Facilities Animal Facilities Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee – TJU Office of Laboratory Medicine – UD Bioimaging Bioimaging Facility – Kimmel Cancer Center, TJU Center for Translational Medicine – TJU Small Animal Molecular Imaging – Kimmel Cancer Center, TJU BioImaging Center – Delaware Biotechnology Institute Bioinformatics & Biostatistics Informatics – Kimmel Cancer Center,

Key Contacts / Institutional Review Boards

Institutional Review Boards ChristianaCare Institutional Review BoardHelen F. Graham Cancer Center, West PavilionSuite 2350, Newark, DE 19713302-623-4983https://christianacare.org/forhealthprofessionals/research/irb/jcastellano@christianacare.org Office of Human Research, Thomas Jefferson UniversityJefferson Alumni Hall1020 Locust StreetSuite M-34Philadelphia, PA 19107(215) 503-8966https://www.jefferson.edu/research.htmlkyle.conner@jefferson.edu Nemours Office of Human Subjects Protection1600 Rockland RoadWilmington, DE 19803(302) 298-7613https://www.nemours.org/pediatric-research/approval/institutional-review-board.htmlrobert.colnes@nemours.org University of Delaware Research 210 Hullihen HallNewark, DE 19716(302) 831-2136http://www1.udel.edu/research/preparing/humansub.htmlmariapj@udel.edu Additional Guidance for Researchers can

Research Connections

Research Connections Contact Information for our Previous Pilot Grant Recipients per Research Area: Cancer Robert Sikes, University of Delaware, rasikes@udel.edu Ayyappan Rajasekaran, University of Delaware, araj@medsci.udel.edu Cardiovascular Ulhas Naik, University of Delaware, unaik@udel.edu Genomics Zhihao Zhuang, University of Delaware, zzhuang@udel.edu Jack London, Thomas Jefferson University, Jack.London@jefferson.edu Judith Ross, Thomas Jefferson University, judith.ross@jefferson.edu Rehabilitation Stuart Binder-McLeod, University of Delaware, sbinder@udel.edu Maternal and Child Health