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

Topic: Career Development

Description:

Experienced K proposal reviewers will answer your questions about the grant review process in an open forum.

Panelists:

Subhash Pandey, PhD

Joseph A. Flaherty MD, Endowed Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics; Director, Neuroscience Alcoholism Research; Department of Psychiatry, UIC College of Medicine

Eileen Collins, PhD, RN, FAAN, ATSF

Dean, UIC College of Nursing; Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, UIC College of Nursing

Robin Pourzal, PhD

Director of Implant Materials Analysis; Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College; Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago

Moderated by:

Kharma Foucher, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition; Director, Biomechanics and Clinical Outcomes Laboratory; Director, CCTS Education & Professional Development Core, University of Illinois at Chicago

When: 6/7/2023 at 1PM

Contact: Sudeshna De ccts-training@uic.edu

Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Study/Site/Lab Management

Description:

This presentation will disseminate current updates to EPIC

Speaker: 
Andrew D. Boyd, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in Data Initiatives and Information/Chief Research Information Officer, University of Illinois Chicago
Associate Chief Health Information Officer for Innovation and Research, UI Health
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences College of Applied Health Sciences University of Illinois Chicago

RC+ Program:
Core Competency #4: Clinical Trial Operations
Core Competency #5: Study & Site Management

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

Position: Graduate Students, Pre & Post-Doctoral Trainees

Topic: Career Development

Description:

We all need to present ourselves and our research interests in the professional networking place by branding ourselves, yet sometimes it is hard to frame ourselves professionally. This interactive workshop teaches attendees how to frame their research with keywords and present themselves on LinkedIn when engaging in professional networking.

Speaker:

Karin Lawton-Dunn, MS 

Senior Career Services Specialist

Graduate & Postdoctoral Career Services, Graduate College - Iowa State University

When: Thursday, July 20, 2023 12PM-1PM 

Where: College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB), 909 S Wolcott, Room 4175

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: Graduate Students, Pre & Post-Doctoral Trainees

Topic: Career Development

Description:

This talk will highlight skills and responsibilities that are common across the different positions Dr. Huynh has held at FDA and at non-profit organizations.  She will share her experience of being an FDA reviewer and offer suggestions on managing career transitions.

Speaker:

Huong Huynh, PhD, 

Director, Regulatory Science

Critical Path Institute (C-Path)

When: Thursday, June 15, 2023 12PM-1PM 

Where: College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB), 909 S Wolcott, Room 5175

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

Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Research Ethics

Description:

Submitting research projects for IRB review can be a stressful experience.  Many people wonder what steps they can take to minimize requests for modifications (currently referred to as “conditions required to secure approval”, or “conditions”).  This presentation will go over the common reasons for these determinations.  In addition, this talk will address concrete ways researchers can prevent or minimize these types of issues, and provide advice on how to respond to the IRB.

Speaker: 
Rachel Olech 
Senior Regulatory Specialist, CCTS

RC+ Program:
Core Competency #2: Ethical and Participant Safety Considerations

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

Position: Research Personnel

Topic: Team Science

Description:

When working with a research team (or multiple teams), good communication is critical for making progress and ultimately for successful completion of the project. This session will focus on communication, its barriers, and how to overcome those barriers to achieve programmatic objectives.

Speaker: 
Amy Kennedy-Krage, MBA, MSW
Co-Director of Clinical Research Operations 
Clinical Research Center 

RC+ Program:
Core Competency #7: Leadership and Professionalism
Core Competency #8: Communication & Teamwork

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.