American Federation for
Medical Research

NEWS

MIDWESTERN REGION Edition

It is a great pleasure to provide an update into the activities of the Mid-West Section of the AFMR. Congress and the White House are in the process of hammering out a budget for the fiscal year. Biomedical research at least in the House of Representative proposal faces severe cutbacks as do many other programs that are not related to defense, social security, or Medicare. It is during times like this that the mission of the AFMR is even more important. The mission of AFMR is to promote understanding of recent advances in biomedical science for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease; to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among physicians and other investigators who are concerned with the treatment.

Public Policy Update The AFMR has taken recent steps toward advancing its public policy agenda by partnering with FASEB and with Research!America. Here are a few:    FASEB provided comments to the Department of Health and Human Services on proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule.    The AFMR identified priorities for future investment in biomedical research that were forwarded to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy by FASEB.    Congress has recessed without passing the FY2011 funding bills for NIH and other

Journal of Investigative Medicine The Journal of Investigative Medicine publishes work of broad interest to academic physicians and research scientists in areas pertaining to clinical and biomedical research. Publications Upcoming in Issue #5: EB symposium manuscripts A collection of manuscripts summarizing the topics of the presentations at the AFMR EB symposium entitled "Translating Your Ideas: Drug Development, Intellectual Property and the State of Academic-University Relations". The manuscripts from this symposium detail pathways and problems that surround the process of translating scientific ideas and discoveries into beneficial

Data Mining: Functional Statistical Genetics & Bioinformatics - Laura Kelly Vaughan, PhD
Design and Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies - Tasha E. Fingerlin, PhD
Introduction to Epigenetics/Epigenomics - Xiangqin Cui, PhD
Pathway Analysis Hypothesis - David B. Allison, PhD

Outstanding Investigator Vance G. Fowler, Jr., MD, MHS Associate Professor with Tenure Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina

Junior Physician Investigator Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana

1. Submit an abstract to your AFMR Regional Meeting.
2. Learn about and influence important public policy issues.
3. Apply for a Research Day Award to be presented at your institution’s college or departmental research day.
4. Obtain information regarding career development, research and training opportunities, funding sources, and grant development at AFMR Career Connections.
5. Submit a proposal for a symposium at the 2012 Experimental Biology meeting.