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: Faculty, Community Members

Topic: Team Science

Description:

This talk aims to inspire faculty by showcasing strategies, challenges, and triumphs in developing successful team science efforts, particularly among women leaders at UIC.

Speaker:

Heather Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH, MHA, FACEP
Professor and Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, UIC College of Medicine
Executive Director, University of Illinois Physician Group
Vice Chair Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine

Zoom Login Details:

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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: 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: Research Personnel

Topic: Clinical Trial Operations/Finances

Description:

This seminar will describe the potential review processes required to obtain regulatory approval for clinical research conducted at UIC, when these reviews are required, and how to submit projects for review.

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

RC+ Program:
Core Competency #4: Clinical Trials Operations

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

Topic: Career Development

Description:

Successful career development grants need a strong research concept, a solid career development plan, and skillful writing. CCTS Grant Writing Coaching Groups can help support you! Modeled after successful formats from the National Research Mentoring Network, these small groups are geared toward senior postdocs writing K99/R00 proposals and junior faculty writing other types of K grants. (Other types of career development proposals are also welcome.) With support from peers and a senior faculty coach with NIH reviewing experience, 4-5 participants will work together to refine their Specific Aims pages, biosketches, and career development/training plans.

Current meetings are on Wednesdays at 12 AM (5 openings) via Zoom.

Eligibility:

To participate you must

• Be a senior postdoc or junior faculty member planning to submit a K99, other types of K proposal, or similar career development proposals like AHA or ALA.
• Have an aims page drafted (no matter how rough)
• Have identified a primary mentor
• Planning to submit a proposal for deadlines in October 2024 (or February 2025) 

Sign-Up for a Group starting in July!

Position: Faculty

Topic: Data Management

Description:

Join Professors Goben and Hanneke to review researcher focused services offered by the University Library like systematic reviews and data management and identify new ways you might collaborate with Library faculty as part of your research team.

Speakers: 

Abigail H. Goben, MLS
Associate Professor, Data Management University Library
Data Policy Advisor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

& 

Rosie Hanneke
Associate Professor
Head Librarian, Information Services & Research, Library of the Health Sciences

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

Position: Faculty

Topic: Biomedical Informatics/Data Science

Description:

Dr. Margaret Wright will introduce The University of Illinois Cancer Center’s Data Hub for Communities, an interactive platform that allows you to explore and visualize data about the burden of cancer and its risk factors across multiple geographic levels within Illinois.

Speaker: 

Margaret Wright, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Co-Director, Data Integration Shared Resource (DISR)

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

Position: Faculty

Topic: Career Development

Description:

Co-facilitators Taylor and Minshall will facilitate a Zoom roundtable discussion about the multiple pathways to obtaining independence as a scientist.  

Speakers: 

Dr. Renee Taylor, Professor, Occupational Therapy, Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, College of Applied Health Sciences
Director, Model of Human Occupation and Intentional Relationship Model Clearinghouse, Occupational Therapy 

& 

Dr. Richard Minshall, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine

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.