Do you have a large study for which you need a lot of participants? Would you like some ideas for how to recruit specific subject populations? Are you wondering how you will keep your participants in a long term study? Or maybe you have some tips to share on recruitment and/or retention.
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will hold a workshop entitled "Advancing Biomedical Research Workforce Diversity: NIGMS Workshop for Postdocs Transitioning to Independent Positions," on March 11-12, 2010, on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
To enhance and promote the best practices in research and education of clinical and translational research, the CTSA Education and Career Development consortium has collaborated with the Association for Clinical Research Training (ACRT) and the Society for Clinical and Translational Science (SCTS) to develop a national conference for scholars and leaders in research and education. The scholars program will take place in Washington, DC, on April 6-7, 2010, and the ACRT/SCTS joint meeting will be held on April 5-7, 2010.
For more information and to register, visit the Association for Clinical Research Training Web site.
The Carver College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, College of Public Health, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and VA Health System Research Week events are set to take place Tuesday, April 13 through Thursday, April 15 on the health sciences campus of The University of Iowa.
Washington University in St. Louis will again host the National Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program Meeting, May 3-4, 2010. Meeting events will take place in the Eric P. Newman Education Center and the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center at Washington University School of Medicine. The goals of this meeting are to bring together TL1 Predoctoral Program trainees from CTSA consortium institutions to share research findings and experiences and to provide TL1 Predoctoral Program Directors an opportunity to meet face-to-face and discuss common issues of program management and predoctoral student career development. Program administrators are also welcome to attend.
If you like mathematics, statistics, or science and would like to explore how to apply quantitative methods to investigate important health issues, then the Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS) is ideal for you.
The Midwest Consortium (MC) for education and research collaboration began in 2006 with three Roadmap K12 institutions (Mayo Clinic, University of Minnesota, and University of Wisconsin-Madison) initiating annual meetings. This successful consortium continued over four subsequent years, with the most recent meeting at the University of Iowa in June 2009. The consortium expanded as other institutions were funded under the CTSA and IDeA mechanisms. The annual meetings were devoted to enhancing scientific research education and collaboration for K12 and KL2 scholars. The MC provides a unique opportunity for scholars, mentors and program leadership to focus on addressing specific challenges and opportunities in conducting research in the Midwest.
