Spring Course Videos, Department of Epidemiology

Student Position Available, Morningside Center for Innovative and Affordable Medicine

Organization:     Morningside Center for Innovative and Affordable Medicine at Emory University

Location:             Atlanta, GA (Remote)

Date Range:       Fall 2023-Spring 2024    

Hours:                   10-20 hours (Flexible)

Preferred Qualifications: MPH Epidemiology student with clinical background (Second year)

Goal:

For each type of cancer, find, evaluate, and summarize existing clinical data (clinical trials, retrospective and small prospective studies) on supporting the use of off-label combinations of FDA approved non-cancer and cancer drugs. 

Background:

Cancer patients have co-morbid conditions like diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Therefore, along with their cancer treatments (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy etc.) they are also taking drugs like metformin, NSAIDs, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, ARBS, and statins. Many clinical trials, retrospective and population studies have looked at the effects of these non-cancer drugs on cancer outcomes (off-label use). Evaluation of quality and statistical methods used in these studies will allow us to determine if a given drug is ready for prospective clinical trials.

ReMedy (Repurposed Medicines) Cancer Database:

ReMedy Database aims to make the process of finding repurposed drug data related to cancer easier for patients, physicians, and potential investigators. There are currently unmet needs in medicine due to expensive, toxic, and only moderately effective therapies. However, there are also scientifically promising ideas for new treatments which are not being developed largely because they lack sufficient financial incentive. Many of these potential treatments include FDA approved drugs that could be repurposed for other indications, such as cancer.

Tasks:

• For each type of cancer, search PUBMED and other databases for Human data on off-label use.
• Use Mendeley to code relevant data to input into ReMedy database.
• Summarize papers (use a pre-agreed format)- consider both safety, efficacy (QOL, PFS, OS; RR) and any biomarker use.
• Input data into UI ReMedy Database.
• Tabulate studies for different agents (Aspirin/NSAIDS, Metformin, Statins etc.)

The Morningside Center for Innovative and Affordable Medicine (Morningside Center):

We are an interdisciplinary unit within the Woodruff Health Sciences Center at Emory University consisting of a core group of staff, and affiliated faculty from across Emory. Extending the vision of GlobalCures Inc., a non-profit medical research organization, the Morningside Center was created to promote research, education, and advocacy for effective and affordable medical treatments.

Interested students please reach out to greeshma [dot] girish [dot] kombara [at] emory [dot] edu with resume.

Call for Abstracts, Outstanding APE Award

The Office of Career Development is pleased to host our annual Outstanding APE Award recognizing RSPH students who best demonstrate excellence in practice-based public health practicums with goals to improve the quality of health for people and communities, to deliver quality public health services, or to develop policies that improve public health infrastructure. Finalists will be notified by the Office of Career Development by mid-December. 

Abstract Requirements: 

Format: Word document; Times New Roman; 12 pt. font; single space; 0.75’ margins 

Page Count: 2 pages max 

Header: Project Name; Applicant Name, Department, Expected Graduation Date & E-mail Address 

Section Headings and Descriptions: (All sections listed below are REQUIRED!) 

• Background – Provide background information supporting the purpose of your project. Include the target population your practicum impacted, location of the target population and the public health    issue(s). Provide references and citations.  
• Project Goal(s) – Provide a summary or list of goals that your assigned tasks supported in addressing the public health problem(s).  
• Action Plan – Provide a summary of all the tasks you were assigned to complete for the project relative to the project goals.  
• Time Period of Implementation – Include the overall start and end date for your assigned tasks. 
• Project Impact & Accomplishments – Summarize the impact your work had on the target population. 

Explain the successes that directly resulted from your involvement on the project.  

• Professional Skills Applied & Learned – Summarize skills gained in your first year from coursework that you were able to apply. Also, explain skills you learned as a result of working on the project that you previously didn’t have experience.  
• Acknowledgements – Thank your project/practicum supervisor, host/funding organization, faculty and any other people/organizations that provided support for the project. 
• References – Use APA format for all references and citations used. 

Submissions accepted from October 1-31. Apply via 12Twenty.

Finalists will be REQUIRED to create and present a poster in the spring.

Graduate Research Assistant Position Available, Hubert Department of Global Health