Research Enterprise Newsletter - April 2009: Education & Training News
Grants & Contracts training
The Office of Grants and Contracts Management offers training programs designed to educate medical center staff on both pre- and post-award research administration. Classes and registration information may be found at mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcm/?page=trainingcal.
| Date | Time | Title | Hours | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Apr 14 | 1:00 PM | Coeus 6: Coeus Premium Skills for AAs | 2.5 hrs | CT 100 |
| Wed, Apr 15 | 1:00 PM | eSNAP Made Easy | 2.5 hrs | LH 415CD |
| Mon, Apr 20 | 9:00 AM | Subcontract Management with No Whammies! | 2.5 hrs | LH 431 |
| Thu, Apr 23 | 9:00 AM | Introduction to NSF | 3 hrs | MCE 8380B |
IRB offers human subjects training
Upcoming VUMC Institutional Review Board (IRB) training is listed below. Register for IRB human subjects training at mc.vanderbilt.edu/irb/education/.
- IRB Essentials: Waiver of Consent Form
04/09/2009
Jenni Beadles, BS, CIP
This session will provide information about the recently updated Waiver of Consent Form and form instruction. This session counts toward IRB continuing education requirements. - What would you do if your PI asked you to....?
04/09/2009
Group Discussion
Small group discussions to brainstorm about research practices. - IRB News You Can Use: Research Protocols and Prisoners as Human Subjects - Learnings from the Vanderbilt IRB
04/28/2009
Jay Groves, Ed.D. - Prisoner Representative
This session will provide an overview of issues surrounding research with prisoners, as well as suggestions and tips for success when working with this population. This session counts toward IRB continuing education requirements. - Clinical Research Immersion Boot Camp
05/01/2009
Research Support Services
Research Orientation Program. This program provides fundamental information to support the development of skills and competencies essential to good clinical research practice. Participants may take the Purple shuttle from the MCN roundwing entrance to 2525 West End. This session is approved for IRB education credit. Lunch will be provided.
GCRC Weekly Skills Workshops slated
The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) is offering Weekly Skills Workshops every Friday from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. in the GCRC conference room, A-3210 MCN. Below are topics slated for upcoming workshops, which include a discussion, breakfast and CME credit. A schedule of upcoming workshops, handouts from previous sessions, and other resources can be found at mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/workshop.html.
| Date | Workshop |
|---|---|
| April 10, 2009 | Writing an IRB Protocol (Jan Zolkower & Shannon Potter - Institutional Review Board) |
| April 17, 2009 | The Discovery and Application of Science in Community-Settings: The Rationale, The Approach and The Resources Summary: This presentation will review the rationale and examples of research conducted in clinical and community settings (T2 research). Additionally, Vanderbilt-based resources to support T2 research will be discussed. (Shari Barkin, PhD, MSHS - Division of General Pediatrics) |
| April 24, 2009 | New Informatics Tools for Clinical and Translational Research Studies (Office of Research Informatics) |
| May 01, 2009 | How to search for information on genetic variations (SNPs) (Jennifer Lyon - Eskind Biomedical Library) |
