Family Medicine's Monthly Research Forum

This month’s Research Forum will be held on April 29th at 1 pm in 2.222 PCP. Jeff Wickliffe, PhD, from UTMB Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health will be presenting.

Adriana Gomez, MD, awarded AAFP Resident Research Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Adriana Gomez, who was recently awarded a Resident Research Grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. Her grant project is entitled “Relationship between depression and Glycemic control and its correlation with medication adherence in patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: a cohort study in a primary care setting.” The purpose of the study is to determine if the association between depression and Glycemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 who attend to a primary care clinic it is due to its impact on medication adherence. Her research mentor is Alvah R Cass, MD, SM.

Writing a New Grant? Looking for Funding?

So you're thinking about writing a new grant, you have a good idea but need help locating funding? We can help! Look at the links at our "Funding Source Information" section. Also, find out what happens to your grant once submitted to the NIH - you can see an interesting video of the review process. Visit our Funding Source Information.

W. Jerome Alonso, MD awarded AAFP Resident Research Grant

Congratulations to Dr. W. Jerome Alonso, who was recently awarded a Resident Research Grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. His grant project is entitled “A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating the Relationship between Uncontrolled Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Intensity of Hypoglycemic Therapy among Type 2 Diabetics.” The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between uncontrolled OSA and glycemic control and/or intensity of hypoglycemic therapy. His research mentor is Cynthia Ripsin, MD, MS, MPH.

Protection of Human Research Participants

Effective September 1, 2004 all key personnel* participating in research projects involving human research participants, human derived materials (including organs, tissue, bone marrow, and non-vascular body fluids), and/or human derived data, and regardless of the funding source, are required to complete once every 3 years, a new on-line education module titled “Protection of Human Research Participants” located on UTMB’s On-Line Training database at http://www.utmb-online.com/.

If you did not complete this training before 9/1/04, you can do so at: Human Subjects Knowledge Assessment.