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

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. 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. Finally, this talk will go over steps researchers can take to streamline the submission process.

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: Faculty

Topic: Career Development

Description:

Join us for "K" Day with talks on topics such as:

• Navigating career development

• Building a Mentoring Team

Selected Scholars will also have the opportunity to present their work in 5 minute Lightning Talks! 

Our keynote speaker is Monica Peek, MD, MPH, Ellen H. Block Professor for Health Justice of Medicine, Associate Director, Chicago Center for Diabetes Translational Research at the University of Chicago

Following the scientific activities, join us for social networking from 5 pm to 7 pm with appetizers and beverages.

Hosted by UIC CCTS Leadership:  Shane Phillips, PhD, Director of UIC CCTS KL2 Scholar Program and Lisa Sharp, PhD. Associate Director of UIC CCTS KL2 Scholar Program in partnership with NUCATS and ITM

Contact information: Elli Resnick, eresnick@uic.edu

Who Should Attend:

• Early career faculty and postdocs
• Faculty working towards a clinical or translational K award
• Any faculty holding a individual K series career development grant or similar career development award

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

Topic: Clinical Research

Description:

This training will discuss investigator-initiated protocol development (both therapeutic and non-therapeutic) from the perspectives of the PI, clinical research nurse, and regulatory coordinator. In addition, practical issues of protocol implementation and recognizing when to amend study documents will be discussed.

Speakers: 

Aziza Alana Aziz, MPH
Regulatory Specialist
Division of Heme/Onc- Sickle Cell Program

Santosh L. Saraf, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Adult Sickle Cell Center
Division of Hematology/Oncology

Lani Krauz, BSN, RN
Administrative Nurse III
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Hematology Oncology/ Sickle Cell Center

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:

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.

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

Topic: Clinical Trial Operations/Finances

Description:

This presentation will outline specifics to the budgeting process of investigator-initiated trials – highlighting what we need to know at the onset and how to find out the rest.  We will discuss differences and similarities dependent on funding source and mechanism – as well as how the budget process fits within the entire study start up process.  We will also touch on resources needed to implement your budget and what needs to be set up in advance for various collaborations.

Speaker: 
Michael Isaac
Assistant Director of Research Operations
UI Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office
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: 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: Pre-Award will be held over 2 days, about 2 hours per day, and will cover activities related to research funding during the funding procurement or contract negotiation period.  Presentations from both study team members as well as university administrative offices will provide multiple perspectives on the processes involved with securing funding, working with funding agencies and sponsors, and developing budgets.

When: Wednesday, January 29th, from 1PM-3PM and Thursday, January 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: Drug Discovery

Description:

This seminar will cover the IND submission process, specifically focusing on:

1. Investigator initiated IND
2. Single patient (emergency use) IND
3. Requirements after IND is approved for use

Speaker: 
Darlene Kitterman, MBA
Director, Clinical Trials Office
University of Illinois Cancer Center

RC+ Program:
Core Competency #3: Medicine Development & Regulation

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

Position:

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. To request a consultation or supplementary service at CCTS, please visit Research Ally.