Research Enterprise Newsletter - July 2007: Education & Training News
Office of Grants & Contracts Coeus training available
The VUMC Office of Grants & Contracts is offering a number of training sessions for PIs and staff on various aspects of Coeus. Sessions on "Proposal Development in Coeus" and "Getting Started in Coeus" will be held Monday, July 9, at Crystal Terrace, Suite 100. "Approvals and Processing in Coeus" will be held Tuesday, July 10. Other classes held in July are listed on the OGCM web site.
Register for these and other classes online at vanderbilt.edu/oor/gcm/training.
IRB offers human subjects training
The VUMC Institutional Review Board (IRB) is currently offering the following training:
- IRB Essentials: Humanitarian Use Device Issues
- 07/30/2007
Instructor: Becca DuBose, BS, CCRP, CIP
This session will provide information regarding the purpose of the HUD classification and its use. - Research Matters: Biomedical
- 09/12/2007
Instructor: Wendy Lloyd, LPN, CIM, CCRP and Jan Zolkower, BS, CIP, CCRP
This is a basic course on human subject protections in biomedical research. - Research Matters: Social/Behavioral
- 09/19/2007
Instructor: Tony Medure, MA, CIP, RAC and Gene Gallagher, MSPH, CIP, RAC
This is a basic course on human subject protections in social and behavioral research.
Register for these and other IRB human subjects training at mc.vanderbilt.edu/irb/education.
GCRC Weekly Skills Workshops slated for late summer
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 late summer 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.
- Jul 06, 2007
- How to brainstorm, visualize and organize ideas using OpenMind mind mapping software (Rob Taylor, General Clinical Research Center)
- Jul 13, 2007
- How to Assess Synergy in a Clinical Research Project (Dan Ayers, Department of Biostatistics)
- Jul 27, 2007
- How to Become a Great Clinical Investigator (Dr. David Robertson, Clinical Research Center)
- Aug 03, 2007
- How to study medical devices (Secondary Uses for the Nintendo Wii) (Dr. Thomas L. Davis, Department of Neurology)
- Aug 10, 2007
- How to prepare a research budget (Janet Fry, Office of Research)
- Aug 17, 2007
- How to find funding for your research (Lynne Hutchison, Office of Research)
