PALISI May2025 Newsletter
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In this issue:
Membership Management on Morweb – Clearing Site Credit Histories
PALISI Social Media Expansion – Join the Team
PEDAL Off Cycle Meeting June 17
Save The Dates – Fall 2025 and Fall 2026 PALISI meetings (Spring 2026 Coming Soon)
Fall 2025 Clinical Research Course – Save the Date!
Clinical Research Course Fall 2025 Speakers Survey
Foundation Funding Opportunities!
CDC Pediatric Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy/Encephalitis Surveillance
General PALISI communication information
Membership Management on Morweb – Clearing Site Credit Histories
As the last PALISI meeting in academic year 2025 has now come to a close, and the year itself only has a few more months in it, we are currently in planning for the start of AY2026. At that time each site’s history in Morweb will be cleared, and all site credits will be reset to zero for the new year AY26. We will, of course, retain all records for prior years even though they will no longer be visible on Morweb. Although the newly purchased credits won’t be able to be used until the September meeting, we will open the ability to purchase AY2026 site credits as of June 1, 2025. This way, those of you with available department/division funds from AY2025 can spend them on credits for AY2026.
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If you have any questions about PALISI financial processes, please don’t hesitate to email admin@palisi.org. We will still be in touch about prior unpaid invoices from AY2025, so please do your best to help us get those paid as soon as possible.
PALISI Social Media Expansion – Join the Team
PALISI is now on both Bluesky and X. We are seeking a few PALISI members to assist in managing these accounts. If you are interested, please contact Ann-Marie Brown at ann-marie.brown@emory.eduÂ
PEDAL Off Cycle Meeting June 17
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SAVE THE DATE! Please join the Pediatric Data Science and Analytics (PEDAL) subgroup for our summer off-cycle meeting on bias in machine learning and artificial intelligence in pediatrics: Tuesday, June 17th 10-11:30am Central. A panel of experts, including data scientists and ethicists, will join us to discuss the risk of bias (and what we can do to mitigate it!) in this field. If you would like a calendar invite, please reach out to PEDAL Chair Julia Heneghan at heneg013@umn.edu or palisipedal@gmail.com.
Save the Dates – Fall 2025 and Fall 2026 PALISI meetings (Spring 2026 coming soon!)
The PALISI Executive Committee and Venues Subcommittee have been working hard to plan our biannual meetings farther ahead to facilitate your schedules. The Fall 2025 meeting will be hosted in Montreal, Canada at the Omni Hotel Mont Royal September 8-11, 2025. The Fall 2026 meeting will be held in Minneapolis, MN at The Marquette Minneapolis September 9-12, 2026.Â
We are working to finalize the Spring 2026 meeting and will post as soon as confirmed.
Fall 2025 Clinical Research Course – Save the Date!
Attention senior fellows, junior faculty and novice researchers - are you interested in developing your research skills from leading scientists in the field of pediatric critical care? Join us for PALISI’s Clinical Research Course on Monday, September 8, 2025, from 8:00am - 5:30pm. This one-day intensive workshop is designed to expose junior investigators to key components of a research career and build connections in the PALISI community. Topics will include building connections, developing your research program, cultivating collaborations, reviewing specific aims, discussing strategies for your professional success, and more!
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This year participants will register for one of two tracks. You will be asked to choose your track upon registration, and you will spend roughly half of the day within your track.Â
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Collaborative Clinician-Researcher - for those interested in roles such as collaborative investigator or site PI with a local clinical research or quality improvement scholarly focus.
Independent Clinician-Scientist*Â - for those aiming to lead independently funded research programs.
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*If you register for the Independent Clinician-Scientist track, you must submit a Specific Aims page for review during the Specific Aims Workshop. If you are interested but do not feel prepared to submit this sample work, please don't hesitate to reach out to the course directors for guidance. Specific Aims will be requested in advance of the meeting and all late registrants will be placed in the Collaborative Clinician-Researcher track.Â
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Please note that repeat course participation is encouraged, especially if you've participated in the past and now have better defined specific aims that you would like to review!
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Please save the date - registration will open soon! See you in Montreal!
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Brad Lindell – LindellR@chop.edu
Lee Polikoff – Lee.Polikoff@brownhealth.org
Clinical Research Course Fall 2025 Speakers Survey
We are working on putting together PALISI's Clinical Research Course (CRC) for the Fall 2025 conference and we need your help!
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We are looking for PALISI members with experience to share with the next generation of pediatric critical care scholars, including independent physician-scientists and collaborative clinician-researchers. If this is you, we would love for you to participate as faculty in the course.
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If you are interested, please complete the survey (link below) by June 1, 2025.
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Thank you very much and we hope to see you in Montreal!
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Brad Lindell and Lee Polikoff
Foundation Funding Opportunities
The Pathways to Independence SIG held a discussion on foundation funding at the PALISI meeting in Santa Fe, NM on April 1st. Here is their summary – thank you to this team, led by Erin Carlton, Anoop Bhalla, and Liz Killian for completing this work and requesting we share with our membership!
General Points to Consider
Shorter timeline to complete and require specific deliverables required for these types of grants. Most want immediate clinical impact.
Can use for equipment or to fund gathering preliminary data for research program
Good opportunity to get peer review
Need to write these differently, discuss with your foundation liaison at your institution. Sell the story of your research.
Needs to be supported by division chief. Often limited/no indirects and salary support.
Overdeliver and they may seek you out for additional research
Develop a 1 page summary of research that can be handed out by your philanthropy department
With an associated 4-5 page document that goes into more details about each component of your research you need funded.
Partner with your foundations/philanthropy team
Look to your institution’s office of research/OVPR for external grant opportunities
Organization | Approximate Funding | Notes |
Sleep Services of America | $50-250,000 | |
Donaghue Foundation | $250,000 | |
Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Apnea | $10,000 | |
American Thoracic Society | $50,000 | |
SCCM | $50-100,000 | |
American Heart Association | $50,000 | |
Thrasher Foundation | $300,000 | https://www.thrasherresearch.org/ Also has a career development award |
Hedco Foundation | $50,000 | equipment |
Coulter Foundation | $100,000 | Working on commercialization |
Parker B Francis Development Award | $50,000 | https://francisfoundation.org/the-parker-b-francis-fellowship-program/ Career Development Award |
Gerber | $30,000 - $350,000 | |
Laerdal Foundation | $25,000 or less | https://laerdalfoundation.org/what-we-fund/# Anything resuscitation related |
PCORI | R01 equivalent | |
Johnson and Johnson | varies | https://jnjmd-iis-portal.idea-point.com/Home.aspx Research Grants https://innovativemedicine.jnj.com/us/grants-and-giving/educational Medical Education |
Department of Defense | varies | https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/343725 also search grants.gov for others |
William T Grant Foundation | $100,000 to $1,000,000 over 2-4 years, including up to 15% indirect costs. Officers Research Grant$25,000–$50,000 over 1-2 years, including up to 15% indirect costs.  |
CDC Pediatric Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy/Encephalitis Surveillance
The Section on Critical Care SOCC of the American Academy of Pediatrics has shared this information on CDC surveillance of Pediatric Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy/Encephalitis We thought it might be of interest to those doing research in this area.
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Please note, this is NOT part of the PICFlu initiative.
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The CDC has just opened an investigation into reports of pediatric influenza-associated encephalopathy and encephalitis, including acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE). This is public health surveillance. Please report your cases to the CDC even if you have reported the cases to your local public health department. Feel free to share the information below broadly across pediatric ID, neurology and critical care networks.Â
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Subject:Â Important: Call for Cases: Pediatric Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy - October 1, 2024 to Present
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Call for Cases: Pediatric Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy - October 1, 2024 to Present
CDC is investigating reports of pediatric influenza-associated encephalopathy and encephalitis (IAE), including acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE). Contact CDC at severeflu@cdc.gov providing your contact information if you are aware of a case of IAE in a child <18 years of age. Do NOT include any of the HIPPA identifiers in the communication.
General PALISI Communication Reminders
Don’t forget to follow us on X/(formerly Twitter) @PALISINet and Bluesky PALISInet.bsky.social
Do you have any information that you would like to share in the monthly digest? Make sure to submit it to Ann-Marie Brown by the 1st day of the month at https://www.palisi.org/communications . (Direct Email:
ann-marie.brown@emory.edu). This is also the place for questions for the Executive Committee or administrative team anytime!