2020.10.14 HC-SIG General Meeting

Zoom to join this week: https://zoom.us/j/94119371318?pwd=Sm5UZ0JrUEhuZFdpdlZLbTJ6NjRXZz09

Ben Kaplan & Al Farrington: creating a BC-based patient record system at Ehave.com
- Partners with BurstIQ
- Focused on Behavioral Health, Mental Health cases with psychedelics and other medicines
- Combining BC and Federated Learning

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Stay up to date with Blockchain and Healthcare news via Robert Miller's Newsletter
To hear from industry experts in podcast form, check out Ray Dogum's HealthUnchained Podcast
Wiki Redesign Team
- Discussion: are you a Confluence expert... interested in joining this team?
HC-SIG Use Case Development Team (Erika Beerbower, Lead)
IEEE Industry Day Presentation on 11/04/2020 (Mike McCoy and Jim St. Clair)
Mike has reached out to speakers from last week's meeting. New schedule of speakers coming soon
IEEE BeepTrace: Blockchain-enabled Privacy-preserving Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Benchmarking Blockchain Paper

Global
- Grant Opportunities Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Updated JUL 05. GrantStation is now offering a filtering service for globally-available COVID-19 virus grants for non-profits and small businesses.
Canada

Canadian Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rapid Research Funding Opportunity. Updated JUN 30. On March 31, 2020, through a contribution from Research Manitoba, Research Nova Scotia, and Alberta Innovates, CIHR was able to fund an additional three grants, bringing the total number of funded grants to 99 and a total investment of $54.2M.

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Funding Opportunities for Small Businesses (SBIRs/STTRs). Updated MAR 27. The NCI participates in the NIH-issued SBIR and an STTR Omnibus grant solicitation for small businesses, which allow small businesses to submit researcher-initiated projects that are within NIH’s mission.
National Institute of Health (NIH) Funding Opportunities. Updated JUN 12. Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional) recently updated through "Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements and Revision Supplements on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)."
COVID Help for Families. A match-making service for for those offering help and those seeking help during this pandemic. Help Seekers can post urgent needs for Helpers in their area to see and fulfill. Helpers will be able to see those help requests in their area and offer help. The Helpers can get in touch with the Help Seekers and deliver the help that is requested

UC Davis Office of Research. Updated JUL 05. Provides a regularly updated set of links tied to COVID-19 funding opportunities across numerous US agencies, including Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Gates Foundation