Research Enterprise Newsletter - December 2008: Education & Training News
Grants & Contracts training for December
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 vanderbilt.edu/oor/gcm/training/.
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: How to Register Your Clinical Trial: An overview of clinicaltrials.gov
12/08/2008
Alice Owens-Gatlin, JD, CCRP
This session will provide information related to registering a clinical trial on clinicaltrials.gov, as well as the background related to this newly established requirement for clinical trials research. A light lunch is provided. This session counts toward IRB continuing education requirements. - RSS education: Ethical Standards, Federal Requirements, and Institutional Policy for Research and Oversight
12/17/2008
Elizabeth Heitman, PhD
Lunch will be provided. IRB and RCR education credit will be given for attendance at this session.
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.
- December 5, 2008
How to manage citations and create bibliographies with EndNote
(Monica Baffeti - Eskind Biomedical Library) - December 12, 2008
Introduction to ROC Curves
(Jeffrey Blume, PhD - Department of Biostatistics) - December 19, 2008
Research Subject Recruitment - Harnessing the Power of Marketing & Communications
(Lynne Hutchison, Director of Communications, VUSM)
