Research Enterprise Newsletter - September 2007: Education & Training News
School of Medicine accepting junior faculty leadership development applications
The School of Medicine is now accepting applications for the 2007 Leadership Development program. Designed for new junior faculty conducting bench research, the program will provide tools to enhance skills and knowledge of Vanderbilt policies and regulations in support of our scientific mission. Specifically covered are grant and manuscript writing, funding and financial management, hiring, and research enterprise leadership. Seven four-hour sessions will be held, beginning in October 2007 and ending in April 2008. To participate, junior faculty must be nominated by September 14, 2007. Nominations should include a letter of nomination from the department chair, a statement of intent that the department will cover the $300 program cost for each of their applicants, and the candidate's CV. Please submit materials to Vanessa Hill in the Department of Cancer Biology.
Office of Grants & Contracts offer Coeus Premium Training
VUMC is transitioning to a fully electronic grant review, approval, and submission process. Thus far, the Office of Grants & Contracts Management (OGCM) has successfully submitted ~200 electronic applications via Coeus to grants.gov. Now OGCM has announced that beginning September 1, 2007, all grant applications (new, competing, and progress reports) to be submitted to external sponsors should be developed in Coeus Premium. GCM has developed new training to support this shift:
- Non-Grants.Gov Proposals in Coeus Premium
- Ks, Ps, Ts and Other Mechanisms in Coeus Premium
These two sessions provide detailed hands-on instruction for this transition. The August Coeus Update will include education on the transition of progress reports to Coeus Premium. Training is on-going and offered on a regular basis-some prerequisites apply to these training opportunities. To register for this and other Coeus training, visit vanderbilt.edu/oor/gcm/training/trainingcal.php.
IRB offers human subjects training
The VUMC Institutional Review Board (IRB) is currently offering the following training:
- 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 September
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 September 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.
- Sept. 14, 2007
How to Interact with Professional Medical Journal Editors
(Vivian Siegel, Research Professor - Department of Medicine) - Sept. 21, 2007
How to publish your clinical research paper
(Dr. Michael Stein - Clinical Pharmacology) - Sept. 28, 2007
How to respond to reviewers and how to review a clinical research journal manuscript
(Dr. Michael Stein - Clinical Pharmacology)
