Emory at Grady Professional Development Newsletter
Volume 5, Issue 3, Summer 2024
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Congratulations, Grady Team!
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Have good news? Submit your story
Share your accomplishments, publications and events with the Emory at Grady community for dissemination in future newsletters. Submit here.
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Ravi Rajani named Emory at Grady Executive Associate Dean
Ravi Rajani (surgery) has been named Executive Associate Dean (EAD) for Emory at Grady. Rajani currently serves as the Assistant Dean for Medical Education for Emory at Grady and served as the interim EAD for Emory at Grady since March 2023. Read more.
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Gustavo Pradilla trial featured in The New England Journal of Medicine
Gustavo Pradilla (neurosurgery) and colleagues conducted a multicenter randomized trial involving patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage. The trial assessed minimally invasive surgical removal of the hematoma as compared with medical management. Read article.
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Guillermo Umpierrez honored by American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
Guillermo Umpierrez (medicine) received the Alan J. Garber, MD, PhD, MACE, Lectureship for the Prevention and Management of the Complication of Diabetes from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology.
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Abigail Lott study receives $6 million to assess PTSD screening in pregnant Black women
Researchers at Emory University and the University of Missouri Kansas City have been awarded a five-year, $6 million award. The study will assess post-traumatic stress disorder screening approaches among pregnant Black women. Abigail Lott (psychiatry and behavioral sciences) is co-principal investigator on the study. Read article.
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Congratulations to Sara Turbow
Congratulations to Sara Turbow (medicine) on her recent accomplishments. Sara was appointed as an Associate Editor for the CDC's Preventing Chronic Disease Journal. Also, she is the principal investigator for the Atlanta Interprofessional Student Hotspotting program that received a 2024 President's Grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
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Valeria Cantos and Carlos Saldana awarded CDC grants to advance sexual health initiatives
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Valeria Cantos (medicine) and Carlos Saldana (medicine) each received a $1.4 million CDC U01 grant. The grants will aid in advancing sexual health initiatives prioritizing Hispanic and Latino populations in the Atlanta area over four years. Read more.
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Faculty Spotlight: Jed Mangal
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Faculty Development Course
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Deadline: June 21
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an emerging patient assessment tool that can be utilized for diagnostic and procedural purposes. Clinicians in a wide variety of specialties can utilize POCUS to improve bedside diagnostic assessments as well as improved safety and efficacy for procedural guidance. Apply.
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Research Funding Opportunity from Emory at Grady Dean's Office
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Deadline: July 1
The Emory at Grady Dean's Office is accepting funding requests to elevate research programs based on the Grady campus. Funds are reasonably flexible, but not intended to support faculty salaries. Please reach out to Naquia Mitchell with any questions. Learn more.
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Emory at Grady Advocacy Collaborative Learning Community Meeting
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July 22, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., FOB 101
The Emory at Grady Advocacy Collaborative Learning Community will meet on July 22. Faculty, learners, and staff with an interest in advocacy are encouraged to attend. Register.
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Health Equity Advocacy Course
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Deadline: July 24
The Health Equity Advocacy course is a 5-month multi-pronged educational intervention that will bring faculty, learners and community members from several institutions together to advocate around common health-related priorities. This innovative course goes beyond didactic instruction and includes experiential learning that will leverage collaboration and, importantly, have tangible outcomes as a result. Apply.
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Emory at Grady Education Collaborative Learning Community Meeting
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August 13, 5 - 6 p.m., FOB 101
The Emory at Grady Education Collaborative Learning Community will meet on August 13. This meeting will include a presentation on Summative Assessments by Jeff Siegelman (emergency medicine). Faculty, learners, and staff with an interest in education are encouraged to attend. Register.
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Open position: Emory at Grady Medical Director for Quality and Process Improvement
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This individual will oversee development and implementation of quality and performance improvement initiatives for Emory providers on the Grady campus, help to identify and facilitate the implementation of best practices to mitigate and reduce risk of patient harm and will be responsible for the design and communication of quality reporting. The position reports directly to the Executive Associate Dean for Emory at Grady.
Interested candidates should have a track record of meaningful quality improvement-related activity, ideally in a leadership capacity. The position is funded for 0.2 FTE administrative time. Self-nominations welcome. Interested candidates should submit their CV through Peoplesoft HR system. Select Self Service>Careers>search for job number 130540. Additionally, please consider sending a brief letter of interest to Ravi Rajani and Constance Nagle.
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Clinical Research Mentoring Course Finale
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The Research Mentoring program concluded an eight-session course on May 29. Participants of the course were provided resources, information and tools to develop their Emory at Grady clinical research projects.
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2024 Educator Appreciation Day
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Congratulations to all of the Emory at Grady faculty recognized during Educator Appreciation Day. View recognitions.
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The Climate and Health Actionable Research and Translation (CHART) Center seeks to develop free, relevant, and practical programming on climate change, health, and health equity to meet the needs of clinical professionals. CHART is planning to develop an introductory series directed at clinical professionals hoping to better understand how climate and health can be implemented into a clinical setting. Please complete the survey to help CHART implement cross-cutting climate and health trainings.
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Recent Publications by Emory at Grady Faculty
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