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ForwardEarly Career Investigators Workshop - ECIW (2024)
Nurturing the success of early-career urologist-scientists is a major goal of the AUA Office of Research and the AUA Research Council. In particular, when the skills needed to be successful in research are well-developed in urology physician-scientists (researchers), they have enhanced abilities to more effectively communicate with their patients on the latest research relevant to the patients' diseases or conditions, engender greater patient confidence in evidence-based clinical decision-making, and better ensure delivery of the highest quality of patient care through the ability to understand, engage in, and employ in their practice new knowledge from urologic research. The ability to successfully compete for funding for a physician's own research program is an integral part of the skillset needed to be successful in research. The collaborative Early-Career Investigators Workshop (ECIW) provides an opportunity for promising junior researchers to receive individualized mentoring, insights into the scientific review process, information about independent funding sources, and grant writing guidance. The goal of the workshop is to motivate and support researchers in the early stages of their careers by providing an outstanding program led by established, well-funded investigators (both researchers and other investigators) in urologic research. This pre-workshop webinar and two-day workshop event is geared toward individuals planning to submit competitive research proposals to the major funders of urologic research.
CURRICULUM: The workshop agenda fosters research career success by providing participants with a solid foundation for successful grant writing.
The workshop and activities include interaction with senior scientific advisors in small group and individual sessions. The program consists of five major components:
- Didactic Instruction
- Individual Proposal Review and Critique
- Grant Review/Revision
- Mock Study Section
- Funding Speaker Webinar
Course Registration Fees
Member: $445.00
Non-member: $580.00
Please contact Stephanie Swords at sswords@auanet.org if you do not receive the member rate as an AUA member.
Acknowledgements
Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 1 R13 DK141208 -01 from NIDDK. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Target Audience
- Urologist
- Resident
- Researcher/Scientist
Learning Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, participants will be able to:
- Determine which components of their research efforts interact or expand upon cutting-edge and developing areas in basic and translational research;
- Develop and refine a compelling, innovative, and testable hypothesis;
- Develop a reasonable and 'do-able' experimental plan that adequately tests the stated hypothesis;
- Identify potential limitations of the proposed experimental plan and alternative experimental outcomes, and develop responsive alternative experimental approaches;
- Expand the initial concepts presented in the application to optimally project future directions, concepts, and studies;
- Avoid common pitfalls that typically dampen the enthusiasm of grant reviewers;
- Demonstrate proficiency with the necessary administrative (nuts¬-and-bolts) components of NIH grant applications.
Pre-Workshop Webinar – Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 | ||
4:00pm – 4:03pm
| Welcome & Introductions of Funding Speakers
| Chairs: Rosalyn M. Adam, PhD Boston Children's Hospital
John Gore, MD, MS UW Medicine |
4:03pm – 4:23pm | NIDDK Presentation and Q&A | Christopher Mullins, PhD |
4:23pm – 4:43pm | NIA Presentation and Q&A | Alexis Bakos, PhD, MPH, RN National Institute on Aging (NIA) |
4:43pm – 5:03pm | VA Presentation and Q&A | Eric Schwinder US Department of Veterans Affairs |
5:03pm – 5:23pm | DoD Presentation and Q&A | Julia Huiberts Defense Health Agency |
5:23pm – 5:28pm | Break | |
5:28pm – 5:48pm | NCI Presentation and Q&A | Corinne Boulanger-Espeut, PhD, MBA |
5:48pm – 6:08pm | NICHD Presentation and Q&A | Travis Kent, PhD Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
6:08pm – 6:28pm | PCORI Presentation and Q&A | Nora McGhee, PhD Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) |
6:28pm – 6:48pm | Overview of American Cancer Society Funding Opportunities | Joanne Elena, PhD, MPH or Sabrina Times, PhD, MPH American Cancer Society |
6:48pm – 7:08pm | Catalyst Presentation and Q&A | Kristina L. Penniston, PhD, RDN, FAND University of Wisconsin-Madison |
7:08pm – 7:28pm | AHRQ Presentation and Q&A | Derrick Wyatt, DHA, MSN, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
7:28pm – 7:30pm | Conclusion | Chairs: Rosalyn M. Adam, PhD Boston Children's Hospital
John Gore, MD, MS UW Medicine |
Day One – Friday, November 8th, 2024 | |||||
7:45am – 8:45am | Attendee Arrival & Registration (breakfast available) | Attendees can pick up registration badges and packets with materials from funding speakers at the registration table. | |||
8:45am – 9:00am | Welcome & Goals for Day 1 & Introduction of Faculty Mentors | Chairs: Rosalyn M. Adam, PhD Boston Children's Hospital
John Gore, MD, MS UW Medicine | |||
9:00am – 10:00am | Specific Aims Workshop | John Gore, MD, MS UW Medicine | |||
10:00am – 10:30am | Composing a Successful Research Proposal
| Chris Barbieri, PhD, MD Weill Cornell Medicine | |||
10:30am – 11:00am | Selling Yourself Through Your NIH Biosketch | Rosalyn Adam, PhD Boston Children's Hospital | |||
11:00am – 11:30am | Group Picture & Break in the Front Lobby | ||||
11:30am – 12:15pm | Mentor Relationships | LaMonica Stewart, PhD Meharry Medical College | |||
12:15pm – 12:45pm | Common Grant Writing Pitfalls | Dolores Lamb, PhD, HCLD (ABB) | |||
12:45pm – 1:30pm | Networking Lunch | ||||
| CONCURRENT TRAINING TRACKS | ||||
| EARLY CAREER MENTEES | ADVANCED CAREER MENTEES | |||
1:30pm – 2:30pm | How to Manage Your Own Lab: Budget, Project Management, And Everything They Don’t Teach You! | Margot Damaser, PhD The Cleveland Clinic | 1-on-1 / 1-on-2 meetings with faculty mentors including guidance on
| Conference Room, Library, and Exhibit Room | |
2:30pm – 3:00pm | Networking Break | ||||
3:00pm – 3:15pm | AUA Grant Funding Presentation and Q&A | Sarah Gross, MS Research Grants Program Sr. Manager - American Urological Association | |||
3:15pm – 3:45pm | Perspectives from a Senior Investigator | Stephen Zderic, MD Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania | |||
3:45pm – 4:15pm | Journey from K to R Grants | Gregory E. Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE | |||
4:15pm – 4:30pm | Day 1 Closing Remarks | Chairs: Rosalyn M. Adam, PhD Boston Children's Hospital
John Gore, MD, MS UW Medicine | |||
4:30pm – 5:00pm | Tour of the William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History Museum | Tupper Stevens, MLS American Urological Association | |||
5:00pm – 6:00pm | Dinner & Networking | ||||
6:00pm – 6:15pm | Adjourn | ||||
6:15pm | AUA Building Closes | ||||
Day Two – Saturday, November 9th, 2024 | ||||||
7:30am – 8:00am | Attendee Arrival & Registration (breakfast available) |
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8:00am – 8:15am | Welcome & Goals for Day 2
| Chairs: Rosalyn M. Adam, PhD Boston Children's Hospital
John Gore, MD, MS UW Medicine | ||||
| CONCURRENT TRAINING TRACKS | |||||
| EARLY CAREER MENTEES | ADVANCED CAREER MENTEES | ||||
8:15am – 9:00am | Early Grant Development Group
| Auditorium | Advanced Grant Development Group
proposal editing
presentation editing
| Conference Room, Library, and Exhibit Room | ||
9:00am – 9:15am | Networking Break | |||||
9:15am – 9:45am | Introduction to Mock Peer Review What Happens in a Study Section | Chairs: Rosalyn M. Adam, PhD Boston Children's Hospital
John Gore, MD, MS UW Medicine | ||||
| Mock Peer Review Session – Chaired by Dolores Lamb, PhD, HCLD (ABB) | |||||
9:45am – 10:15am | Funded R01 Application | All Faculty Mentors serve as the review panel | ||||
10:15am – 11:15am | Funded Resubmitted K23 Application | All Faculty Mentors serve as the review panel | ||||
11:15am – 11:30am | Mock Peer Review Session Q&A | All Faculty Mentors serve as the review panel | ||||
11:30am – 12:15pm | Responding to the Summary Statement
| Henry Lai, MD Washington University Physicians | ||||
12:15pm – 1:00pm | Lunch & Networking | |||||
1:00pm – 1:10pm | Advanced Grant Development Group Presentations Introduction Presenters are to use no more than 5 slides. | Chairs: Rosalyn M. Adam, PhD Boston Children's Hospital
John Gore, MD, MS UW Medicine | ||||
1:10pm – 1:15pm | Presentation 1 | Alexandra LaPat Polasko, MS, PhD | ||||
1:15pm – 1:20pm | Presentation 2 | Allyson Elizabeth, Shea, PhD | ||||
1:20pm – 1:25pm | Presentation 3 | Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh, MD, MPH | ||||
1:25pm – 1:30pm | Presentation 4 | Daniel Damon Joyce, MD, MS | ||||
1:30pm – 1:35pm | Presentation 5 | Jorge Ballena, MD | ||||
1:35pm – 1:40pm | Presentation 6 | Matthew S Lee, MD | ||||
1:40pm – 1:45pm | Presentation 7 | Nicholas Pickersgill, MD | ||||
1:45pm – 1:50pm | Presentation 8 | Tristan Marriner Nicholson, MD, PhD | ||||
1:50pm – 1:55pm | Presentation 9 | Tyler James Sheetz, MD | ||||
1:55pm – 2:15pm | Faculty feedback | All Faculty Mentors | ||||
2:15pm – 2:30pm | Day 2 Closing Remarks | Chairs: Rosalyn M. Adam, PhD Boston Children's Hospital
John Gore, MD, MS UW Medicine | ||||
2:30pm – 3:00pm | Adjourn | |||||
3:00pm | AUA Building Closes | |||||
On October 23, 2024, please follow the below instructions to access the Early Career Investigators Workshop - ECIW Live Virtual Webinar:
- Click on the TAKE COURSE button.
- Click “Live Virtual Webinar” in the Course Progress pane.
- Click the link to register in advance.
- After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
On October 8-9, 2024, attend the Early Career Investigators Workshop - ECIW Live Course at the AUA Headquarters.
The faculty listed below have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
| Name |
| Rosalyn Adams |
| Alexis Bakos |
| Chris Barbieri |
| Corinne Boulanger-Espeut |
| Margot Damaser |
| Joanne Elena |
| John Gore |
| Sarah Gross |
| Julia Huiberts |
| Steven Kaplan |
| Travis Kent |
| Henry Lai |
| Dolores Lamb |
| Nora McGhee |
| Christopher Mullins |
| Kristina Penniston |
| Eric Schwinder |
| Nima Sharifi |
| LaMonica Stewart |
| Gregory Tasian |
| Sabrina Times |
| Derrick Wyatt |
| Stephen Zderic |
Research Education, Conference and Communication Committee Disclosures
Research Education, Conference and Communication Committee Disclosures.pdf
COI Review Work Group Disclosures
COI Review Workgroup Disclosures_June 2024.pdf
AUA Staff have nothing to disclose.
AUA ACCREDITATION INFORMATION
ACCREDITATION:
The American Urological Association (AUA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CREDIT DESIGNATION:
The American Urological Association (AUA) designates this Live Activity for 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
OTHER LEARNERS:
The AUA is not accredited to offer credit to participants who are not MDs or DOs. However, the AUA will issue documentation of participation that states that the activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE:
It is the policy of the AUA to ensure that the content contained in this CME activity is valid, fair, balanced, scientifically rigorous, and free of commercial bias.
AUA DISCLOSURE POLICY:
All persons in a position to control the content of a CME activity are required to disclose to the AUA, as the ACCME-accredited provider, all financial relationships with any ineligible company (formerly commercial interests) during the previous 24 months. An ineligible company is defined as one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The AUA must determine if the individual's relationships are relevant to the educational content and mitigate any conflicts of interest prior to the commencement of the educational activity. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent individuals with relevant financial relationships from participating, but rather to provide learners with information so they can make their own judgements.
MITIGATION OF IDENTIFIED CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
All disclosures will be reviewed by the AUA Conflict of Interest (COI) Review Work Group Chair and/or Vice Chair for identification relevant financial relationships that result in of conflicts of interest. The AUA COI Review Work Group, working with Office of Education staff, will document the mechanism(s) for management and mitigation of the conflict of interest and final approval of the activity will be documented prior to implementation.
OFF-LABEL OR UNAPPROVED USE OF DRUGS OR DEVICES:
The audience is advised that this continuing medical education activity may contain reference(s) to off-label or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please consult the prescribing information for full disclosure of approved uses.
ATTENDEE INFORMATION & POLICIES
AUA ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY:
AUA Commitment: AUA is committed to providing a safe and productive meeting environment that fosters open dialogue and the exchange of scientific ideas and is free of harassment and discrimination. All meeting participants are expected to behave professionally and treat others with respect, follow venue rules, and alert AUA staff or security of any dangerous situations or anyone in distress.
REPORTING HARASSMENT:
It is the policy of the AUA that all meeting participants will enjoy an environment free from discrimination, harassment or retaliation. Harassing behavior by meeting participants will not be tolerated. If an individual experiences or witnesses harassment, he or she should contact Janet Skorepa, AUA EVP, at jskorepa@AUAnet.org or Maureen E. Cones, Esq., AUA General Counsel, at mcones@auanet.org or use a venue phone and ask for security if he or she feels unsafe. All complaints will be treated seriously and responded to promptly.
The AUA reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate, including refusing or revoking the registration of any individual, without refund, as long as such refusal is consistent with applicable law and AUA policy.
DISCLAIMER:
The opinions and recommendations expressed by faculty, authors and other experts whose input is included in this program are their own and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of the American Urological Association (AUA).
CONSENT TO USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES:
Registration and attendance at or participation in AUA meetings and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to AUA's use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee's image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions, and audiotapes of such events and activities.
AUDIO, VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT:
The use of audio, video and other photographic recording equipment by attendees is prohibited inside AUA meeting rooms.
REPRODUCTION PERMISSION:
Reproduction of written materials developed for this AUA course is prohibited without the written permission from individual authors and the AUA.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE/DIETARY NEEDS:
The AUA complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act §12112(a). If any participant is in need of special assistance or has any dietary restrictions, a written request should be submitted at least one month in advance. For additional assistance with your request please call 1-800-908-9414.
Available Credit
- 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 14.25 Non-Physician Participation
Price
REGISTRATION FEES
Member: $445.00
Non-member: $580.00
Please contact Stephanie Swords at sswords@auanet.org if you do not receive the member rate as an AUA member.
ATTENDEE INFORMATION & POLICIES
AUA ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY:
AUA Commitment: AUA is committed to providing a safe and productive meeting environment that fosters open dialogue and the exchange of scientific ideas and is free of harassment and discrimination. All meeting participants are expected to behave professionally and treat others with respect, follow venue rules, and alert AUA staff or security of any dangerous situations or anyone in distress.
REPORTING HARASSMENT:
It is the policy of the AUA that all meeting participants will enjoy an environment free from discrimination, harassment or retaliation. Harassing behavior by meeting participants will not be tolerated. If an individual experiences or witnesses harassment, he or she should contact Janet Skorepa, AUA EVP, at jskorepa@AUAnet.org or Maureen E. Cones, Esq., AUA General Counsel, at mcones@auanet.org or use a venue phone and ask for security if he or she feels unsafe. All complaints will be treated seriously and responded to promptly.
The AUA reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate, including refusing or revoking the registration of any individual, without refund, as long as such refusal is consistent with applicable law and AUA policy.
DISCLAIMER:
The opinions and recommendations expressed by faculty, authors and other experts whose input is included in this program are their own and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of the American Urological Association (AUA).
CONSENT TO USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES:
Registration and attendance at or participation in AUA meetings and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to AUA's use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee's image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions, and audiotapes of such events and activities.
AUDIO, VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT:
The use of audio, video and other photographic recording equipment by attendees is prohibited inside AUA meeting rooms.
REPRODUCTION PERMISSION:
Reproduction of written materials developed for this AUA course is prohibited without the written permission from individual authors and the AUA.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE/DIETARY NEEDS:
The AUA complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act §12112(a). If any participant is in need of special assistance or has any dietary restrictions, a written request should be submitted at least one month in advance. For additional assistance with your request please call 1-800-908-9414.