NearUS will establish the Network of Centres of European Research and Innovation as central contact point for support to EU research and innovation actors (start ups, SMEs, universities) seeking collaboration with and in the US. Read on https://ebn.eu/sharedResources/projects/NEARUS_summary.pdf https://ebn.eu/index.php?lnk=REZ1OWY0NDNuY1o4S0xBd0tCLzBCLzd5alcreGRQUHZ1d0F4b0JodWNRdz0=
Funding is harder to find in general, and the current approach favors low-risk research and proposals by older scientists and white men. — Read on mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/upshot/why-the-medical-research-grant-system-could-be-costing-us-great-ideas.html
Constituting 40% of all public and philanthropic health research spending globally, the 10 largest funding organizations together funded research for $37.1 billion. What they fund and how they distribute their funds was analysed in 2016. Read on: https://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12961-015-0074-z
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D43) —Read on grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-057.html
Brigham and Women's to apply deep learning to medical records and images Hospitals say the AI method is in use today automating things humans do well but don't have the time for – and there's much more to come. Read on: www.healthcareitnews.com/news/mass-general-brigham-and-womens-apply-deep-learning-medical-records-and-images
HHS Job Openings in May 2018 Fingerprint Specialist GS-0072- https://lnkd.in/dDg2xp9 Forensic Anthropologist GS-0190-13 https://lnkd.in/d3Qt4v4 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6399211004823109632
Until May 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has open for comment from the public a proposal for precertification of software as a medical device. Its 17-page proposal is located at https://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DigitalHealth/DigitalHealthPreCertProgram/ucm605685.pdf. Some trade press commentary is at http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/fdas-pre-cert-plan-takes-shape-worries-emerge-about-overreach. This is part of FDA’s Digital Health Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) Program (https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DigitalHealth/DigitalHealthPreCertProgram/default.htm). Source: GARY CAPISTRANT, PATH Policy Advisor, Capistrant Consulting
Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage exploratory/developmental research applications that propose to conduct research to develop or adapt innovative mobile health (mHealth) technology specifically suited for low and middle income countries (LMICs) and determine the health-related outcomes associated with implementation of the technology. Of highest interest are innovative, well-designed multidisciplinary projects that aim to generate generalizable knowledge for the field. The overall goal of the FOA is to contribute to the evidence base for the use of…
Multiple Function Device Products: Policy and Considerations FDA: Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration https://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/fdagov-public/@fdagov-meddev-gen/documents/document/ucm605683.pdf
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