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Vol. VI, No. 3 Spring 2003
A publication of Ohio University
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OU-COM
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J. O. Watson, D.O., Endowed Research Chair
The
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine takes great pleasure in
announcing the appointment of Leonard D. Kohn,
M.D., to the J. O. Watson, D.O.,
Endowed Research Chair. This position is funded by a $1.5 million endowment from
the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation. Dr. Kohn received his B.A. degree from
Columbia College and his M.D. degree from Columbia College of Physicians and
Surgeons in New York. After an internship and residency at Columbia Presbyterian
Medical Center, Dr. Kohn joined the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases in Bethesda, MD. During his career at NIH, Dr. Kohn served
as Medical Director and Chief of the Cell Regulation Section of the Metabolic
Diseases Branch of NIDDK.
In 2000, Dr. Kohn left NIH to become a Distinguished Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at OU-COM and in the Edison Biotechnology Institute. Dr. Kohn’s research has focused primarily on thyroid disorders. He has nearly 400 scientific publications to his credit, and has served on the editorial boards of many scientific journals. Dr. Kohn holds five patents and has several more pending. In 2000, he became the president and CEO of Interthyr Corporation, which is located in the Innovation Center at Ohio University.
His current research centers on the treatment and prevention of the macro- and micro-vascular complications of diabetes, which lead to increased cardiovascular disease, stroke, eye disease, and amputations that are common in patients with diabetes. As the J. O. Watson, D.O., Endowed Research Chair, Dr. Kohn will lead a new program at Ohio University in diabetes treatment and care. Frank Schwartz, M.D., an endocrinologist from Parkersburg, WV, will join the OU-COM clinical faculty in July. Dr. Kohn and Dr. Schwartz plan to establish a new Diabetes Center that will address this major health problem in Southeast Ohio and the Appalachian region through the provision of services and research leading to new treatments for diabetes. The Diabetes Center will be part of the Appalachian Rural Health Institute, which will receive a $500,000 federal appropriation this year to initiate its activities.
The
long awaited, and much needed, position of the CORE Research Director has
finally been filled. With a five-year grant funded by the Osteopathic Heritage
Foundation, the College and CORE extends a warm welcome to
Joy Matthews-López in her new role.
Joy comes to OU-COM from the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ, where she worked as a Measurement Statistician since July 2000. Even though she worked in New Jersey, Joy lives in Athens with her husband and four sons. Joy has a Master of Science in applied mathematics from NC State University. She is nearing completion of a Ph.D. from Ohio University in education measurement, research and evaluation. Additionally, Joy was a graduate student representative to OU’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) for two years.
Joy's mission in her new position is to contribute to the validation of the osteopathic profession through the support of research and other scholarly work. When not visiting the CORE sites, she can be reached at her COM office in 319 Grosvenor Hall, 740-593-2380, or by email at joy.matthews-lopez.1@ohio.edu.
Shane Gilkey, Director of the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, has assigned Patricia Leib as the ORSP Grants and Contracts Manager for Proposal Preparation and Kristen Geiger as the Contract Administrator to the following COM units: Office of the Dean; Biomedical Sciences; COM Operations; COM- Research & Grants; Community and Clinical Services; Family Medicine; Social Medicine; Specialty Medicine; and Student Affairs. Patti may be reached at phone: 740.593.9987, fax: 740.593-0379, or e-mail: leib@ohio.edu. Kristen may be reached at phone: 740.593.9985, fax: 740-593-0379, or e-mail: geiger@ohio.edu.
Assignments for Academic Affairs/CORE remain Erin Nash, Grants and Contracts Manager for Proposal Preparation, and Thea Arocho, Contract Administrator. Erin may be reached at phone: 740-593-9750, or e-mail: nashe@ohio.edu. Thea may be reached at phone: 740-593-2856, or e-mail arocho@ohio.edu.
Brentwood Foundation Director Terri Kovach visited the OU-COM Athens campus on March 19. Established in 1994, this Foundation is dedicated to the “advancement of osteopathic medicine.” The purpose of the recent site visit was to review previously funded projects and to discuss future funding opportunities. The Brentwood Foundation is interested in working with the Office of Research and Grants and the CORE Research Director to coordinate proposal requests to the Foundation.
Please make it a point to contact Christine Knisely, Director of Grant Development in the COM Office of Research & Grants at 740-593-2214 so we can respond to your project ideas and assistance with the application process. Annual application deadlines are April 1 and September 1.
Come See Us - Early and Often!
by Chris Knisely
Thanks to the OU-COM and staff who attended our last two Research and Grants Office workshops. The first session focused on the pre-application process. The second workshop provided a detailed discussion of the OU transmittal form, a document that has been known to give even the stout of heart an anxious moment. Thea Arocho from OU’s Office of Research & Sponsored Programs offered the background for the transmittal form entries and helped dispel the mystery behind those cryptic questions. By hosting these workshops we hope you’ll find some useful information. Know that our office is a resource for assisting with the proposal process - come see us often and come see us early.
To follow up on these workshops here are several web site URLs to aid in your search for funds and your preparation of applications:
Funding Sources
http://www.grantadvisor.com/tgaplus/links.htm
Listing of Foundations and Government Agencies that have direct links to the funding web sites
http://www.grantadvisor.com/tgaplus/tgapctgw.htm
Searchable database provided by Grants Advisor Plus
http://www.ohiou.edu/orsp/spin.htm
Sponsored Program Information Network (SPIN)
Searchable database for specific topics and fund - ORSP at OU offers instructional workshops on SPIN
http://www.ohiou.edu/orsp/orsp_linksponsor.htm
Listing at OU web site that contains links to major federal funding agencies
Proposal Tips
http://www.grantadvisor.com/tgaplus/tgapctgw.htm
Selection of articles by Robert Toft, Ph.D., which includes tips on proposal writing, review of common errors, samples of exemplary narrative
Written for nonprofit organizations, it has guidelines on the basics of grant writing & sample proposals
by Joy Matthews-López
Greetings from the desk of the CORE Research Director! I’m pleased to have the opportunity to communicate with you through this quarterly newsletter. Over the course of the next year, I hope to address issues that will be of interest to you. My focus will be on various aspects of validity. Particular topics to be covered are survey design and piloting, sample size and how it relates to statistical power, and ethical considerations of research involving human subjects.
Statistical analyses are but a small part of any given research effort. Unfortunately, there is a tendency among novice researchers to limit the role of statistical support to only that of analysis. It is impossible to test a hypothesis that is ambiguously stated or to interpret analyses without a meaningful context. The research question, study design, sampling techniques, and data collection methods determine which statistical procedures are appropriate and subsequently drive decisions regarding minimally adequate sample sizes. Sample size, in turn, will impact the statistical power needed to draw conclusions and correctly interpret the data. It is the representativeness of that sample that will support generalizability of the findings. By utilizing sound sampling techniques and clean research methodology, valid and replicable results are but a study away.
I am always open to questions, comments, and/or suggestions. You may reach me by email at joy.matthews-lopez.1@ohio.edu or by phone at 740-593-2380.
Research Grants
PI: John Howell, Ph.D.
Agency: Osteopathic Heritage Foundation
Title: Virtual haptic back for osteopathic training
Amount: $282,088
Program Grants
PI: Carl Denbow
Agency: Brentwood Foundation
Title: Family Health Radio Show
Amount: $35,000
PI: Roy Johnson
Agency: Service League for CHE
Title: Curriculum and equipment grant for OMM/Doctors of Stark County
Amount: $11,000
Research Proposals
PI: Jackie Wolf, Ph.D.
Agency: NIH
Title: Birth pangs: a social history of obstetric anesthesia
Amount: $133,159
PI: Mark Brauner, MS II, Peter Bell, D.O.
Agency: Emergency Medicine Foundation
Title: Effects of pulmonary formed reactive oxygen species on cardiac dysfunction associated with ischemic-reperfusion injury
Amount: $2,400
PI: Gillian Ice, Ph.D.
Agency: NIH
Title: The toll of the HIV/AIDS crisis on Kenyan grandparents
Amount: $145,000
PI: Sharon Inman, Ph.D.
Agency: National Kidney Foundation of Ohio
Title: The role of nitric oxide in protective effect of rapamycin following ischemia/reperfusion injury
Amount: $9,922
Program Proposals
PI: Deborah Meyer
Agency: HRSA
Title: Interdisciplinary mental health care in SE Ohio
Amount: $642,331
PI: Robert Gotfried, D.O.
Agency: American Medical Student Association Foundation
Title: Educational development for complementary and alternative medicine multicenter curriculum project
Amount: $60,000
PI: Harold Thompson, D.O.
Agency: HRSA
Title: Center of Excellence
Amount: $1,941,351
PI: Kathy Trace
Agency: Ohio Community Service Council
Title: ComCorps
Amount: $190,036
PI: Brian Phillips
Agency: NLM
Title: Appalachian regional informatics consortium (ARIC) planning project
amount: $297,788
PI: Dan Marazon, D.O.
Agency: DHHS/OSU Foundation
Title: Challenging sociocultural health disparities: a collaborative interdisciplinary model podogeriatric curriculum plan
Amount: $22,823
Contact Judi Rioch at 740-593-2336 or rioch@ohio.edu for details
National Institutes of Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
Research Project Grants (R01)
Research project grants are awarded to institutions on behalf of a principal investigator to facilitate pursuit of a scientific focus or objective in the area of the investigator's interest and competence. Institutional sponsorship assures the NIH that the institution will provide facilities necessary to accomplish the research and will be accountable for the grant funds. Applications are accepted for health-related research and development in all areas within the scope of NIH's mission.
Deadline: June 1, 2003
Awarded: April 1, 2004
Amount: Up to $500,000 direct costs per year for up to 5 years
AREA -- Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15)
The Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) is designed to enhance the research environment of educational institutions that have not been traditional recipients of NIH research funds. This award provides limited funds for faculty members of these institutions to develop new research projects or expand ongoing research activities in areas related to the health sciences and to encourage students to participate in the research activity.
Deadline: May 25, 2003
Award: April 1, 2004
Amount: Up to $150,000 total direct costs over 1 to 3 years
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-053.html
