Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Career Development

Description:

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science has organized a comprehensive educational certificate program for UIC research staff involved in human subjects research [clinical and translational, community-based and/or social/behavioral research].

Primary Audience: New and/or experienced Research Coordinators, Research Specialists, or Staff who work on research projects that involve human subjects, targeting those with project, personnel and/or grants management responsibilities.

Program Goals:

• Offer opportunities for training and professional development for research coordinators and other staff that will add value as they advance their careers at UIC.
• Increase knowledge and self-efficacy of research staff in performing their job responsibilities.
• Provide a seal of approval that Principal Investigators recognize as representing minimal competence when hiring and promoting research staff.
• Communicate standards and best practices for the responsible conduct of research specific to the roles and responsibilities of research coordinators at UIC.

Elements of the RC+ Certificate Program:

• Proof of CITI Trainings
• Complete online course modules
• Attend Best Practice Hour seminars
• Attend Master Classes

*Certificate program is ONLY open to Research Staff at UIC.

Position: Research Personnel, Graduate Students, Pre & Post-Doctoral Trainees, Faculty

Topic: Biomedical Informatics/Data Science

Description: The goal of the seminar and networking events for the Health Data Science Consortium is to bring together faculty, staff, and students from both east and west campus to learn together, create connections, and advance the field of health data science at UIC.

Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Study/Site/Lab Management

Description:

This session will focus on learning and understanding what an Applicable Clinical Trial (ACT) is and the registration and results reporting what are required in ClinicalTrials.gov.

Speaker: 
Annette Kinsella, RN, CCRC
QA Education Specialist
UI Cancer Center, UIC

RC+ Program:
Core Competency #5: Study and Site Management

Contact: Sudeshna De, Lawrie Zhang, ccts-training@uic.edu

Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Clinical Research

Description:

This presentation will be an overview of clinical trial designs, with an emphasis on the design of FDA regulated clinical trials.

Speaker: 
Darlene Kitterman, MBA
Director, UICC Clinical Trials Office

RC+ Program:
Core Competency #1: Scientific Concepts & Research Design

Contact: Sudeshna De, Lawrie Zhang, ccts-training@uic.edu

Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Clinical Trial Operations/Finances

Description:

The CCTS Master Class seminar series helps clinicians, research coordinators/specialists and other health research personnel develop a better understanding of conducting human subjects research at UIC. These immersive training workshops enable participants to implement best practices for human research subject protection, recruitment, study conduct, and data safety/security.

The Master Class on Financial Management: Post award will be held over 2 days, about 2 hours per day, and will cover post-award and activities related to financial management in the post-award period. 

When: Tuesday, August 27th, from 1PM-3PM and Thursday, August 29th, from 1PM-3PM  

Register for Zoom link! 

*The program will be recorded, and the recording will be made available to those enrolled in the CCTS’s RC+ Certificate Program

Contact: Sudeshna De, Lawrie Zhang, ccts-training@uic.edu

Position: Any

Topic: Biomedical Informatics/Data Science

Description:

QUICKSet, or “Query UIC Knowledge Set,” is the CCTS Biomedical Informatics Core built version of the i2b2 (Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside) framework. The purpose of this tool is to allow researchers to access de-identified clinical data from the UI Health system to obtain aggregate patient counts. QUICKSet can facilitate a study by helping researchers to quickly establish the feasibility of carrying out a research study or clinical trial, work through hypothesis creation by continually modifying their own searches, and to identify potential cohorts for clinical trials.

Completion of this training module is required to gain access to the QUICKSet system. Users can request consultations and supplementary services at the CCTS Service Request Site.

Position: Research Personnel, Graduate Students, Pre & Post-Doctoral Trainees, Faculty

Topic: Biostatistics

Description:

This presentation will provide an overview of the main steps of analyzing a randomized controlled trial (RCT). The main example will be a 2-group x 3-time factorial longitudinal design, one of the most common RCTs designs. The emphasis will be conceptual rather than computational, although some concrete examples will be shown. Attention will be given to the assumptions of the main analytical strategies and how those are incorporated into the analysis. Various online and campus resources will be indicated.

Speaker: 
Michael L. Berbaum, Ph.D.
Director, Biostatistics Core
Center for Clinical and Translational Science
University of Illinois Chicago

2023-2024 Clinical Research Investigators Seminar Series (CRISS): This training seminar series is intended to provide faculty and other investigators with information and skills needed to conduct clinical research at UIC at all stages of a study’s lifecycle.

Contact: Sudeshna De, Lawrie Zhang, ccts-training@uic.edu

Position: Faculty

Topic: Career Development

Description:

This session emphasizes the importance of "knowing" how your institution works in order to get things done. We will explore power and influence and discuss how to align personal career goals with institutional priorities and leverage key professional relationships for success.  

Speaker: 

Rachel B. Levine MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine 
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Associate Dean for Faculty Educational Development, Office of Faculty Development (OFD), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Contact: Sudeshna De, Lawrie Zhang, ccts-training@uic.edu

Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Study/Site/Lab Management

Description:

The CCTS Master Class seminar series helps clinicians, research coordinators/specialists and other health research personnel develop a better understanding of conducting human subjects research at UIC. These immersive training workshops enable participants to implement best practices for human research subject protection, recruitment, study conduct, and data safety/security.

The Master Class on Project Management: In the Field will be held over 2 days, about 2 hours per day, and is designed to increase research coordinators’ knowledge and confidence regarding project management, with a focus on study implementation.

When: Tuesday, May 28th, from 1PM-3PM and Thursday, May 30th, from 1PM-3PM 

Register for Zoom link! 

*The program will be recorded, and the recording will be made available to those enrolled in the CCTS’s RC+ Certificate Program

Contact: Sudeshna De, Lawrie Zhang, ccts-training@uic.edu

Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Study/Site/Lab Management

Description:

An Overview of the Contract Review Process for Industry Sponsored Clinical Trials

This session will provide insight into key provisions of Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial Agreements (publication, confidentiality, intellectual property, subject injury reimbursement, and indemnification). Learn how the Research Administrator can facilitate the review process and help prevent delays.

Speaker: 
Brenda Barrie, CRA
Clinical Research Contracts Specialist
Office of Sponsored Programs, UIC

RC+ Program:
Core Competency #5: Study and Site Management

Contact: Sudeshna De, Lawrie Zhang, ccts-training@uic.edu

Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Recruitment & Retention

Description:

The CCTS Master Class seminar series helps clinicians, research coordinators/specialists and other health research personnel develop a better understanding of conducting human subjects research at UIC. These immersive training workshops enable participants to implement best practices for human research subject protection, recruitment, study conduct, and data safety/security.

The Master Class on Recruitment and Retention will be held over 2 days, about 2 hours per day, and will cover a wide range of topics on recruitment and retention, relevant for individuals involved in recruitment for research studies.

When: Tuesday, October 22nd, from 1PM-3PM and Thursday, October 24th, from 1PM-3PM 

Register for Zoom link! 

*The program will be recorded, and the recording will be made available to those enrolled in the CCTS’s RC+ Certificate Program

Contact: Sudeshna De, Lawrie Zhang, ccts-training@uic.edu

Position:

Topic: Human Subject Protections

Description:

CIRTification: Community Involvement in Research Training is a human research protections training program designed especially for community partners. If you will be involved in research and responsible for recruiting research participants, obtaining informed consent, or collecting data, this training is for you.  This course will cover:

• Introduction to Research: The basic terminology, activities, and people involved in research and various ethical considerations.
• Research History: Some research abuses that have happened in the past and the rules we have now to prevent those abuses.  This module also introduces the goals of community engagement in research and the important responsibilities shared by community research partners.
• Eligibility & Recruitment: The importance of adhering to study inclusion/exclusion criteria and best practices identifying and recruiting research participants.
• Informed Consent: The key components of informed consent, the kinds of information included in the consent form, how to respond to participants’ questions about enrollment and withdrawal, and discussion of practical challenges and good practices.
• The Institutional Review Board: The people on the IRB, the process of submitting to the IRB, and the criteria that IRBs apply to the review of research.
• Collecting & Protecting Data: How to protect participant privacy and keep data safe and confidential during collection, transport, and storage.
• Handling Issues in the Field: What do to if you suspect a co-worker of falsifying data, run into a study participant outside of work, and get challenging questions from study participants.