Activity:       Young Clinical Investigators Grant Mentoring Program

Date:           Next workshop(s)

                   Spring session - April 16-18, 2010, Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois

                   Fall session - October 29-31, 2010, Toronto, Ontario

Participants attend two workshops. The timing of their participation in the second workshop will depend on their readiness to have a completed grant application and summary statement reviewed. Workshops are held in the Spring and Fall.

Organizing Committee: Nancy Lane, MD (Chair); John Esdaile, MD; Marian Hannan, DSc, MPH; Edward Puzas, PhD;

                   Regis O'Keefe, MD, PhD; Martha Somerman, DDS

Faculty:       Nancy Lane, MD (Chair); John Adams, MD; Graciela Alarcon, MD, MPH; Douglas Bauer, MD; Dorcas Beaton, BSc, MSc, PhD; Leigh Callahan, PhD; Jane Cauley, Dr.Ph, MPH; Kelley Fitzgerald, PT, PhD, OCS; Lisa Fredman, PhD; Stuart Goodman, MD; Edward Greenfield, PhD; Andrew Guccione, DPT, PhD; Marian Hannan, DSc, MPH; Susan Harris, DSc; Christopher Jacobs, PhD; Joshua Jacobs, MD; Susan Jaglal, PhD; Jay Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg; Edward Puzas, PhD; Stephen Robinovitch, PhD; Ann Rosenthal, MD; Martha Somerman, DDS, PhD; Stephen Waldman, PhD; Cari Whyne, PhD

Objective:    To provide young clinical investigators an opportunity to mentor and work with experienced clinical investigators to assist them in securing funding.

Timeline:      January 15/July 15            Application deadlines

February/August               Selection by reviewers

March 1/September 1         Invitations to attend workshop

October/November

and April/May                   Workshops

Between 1st and               Work with mentors, development of applications 

2nd workshops                  by participants, grant submissions

                                      Receipt of summary statements

Second workshop              Mock Study Review Section

(12-18 months following first workshop)

Workshop Program:

Phase 1 Workshop - Issues in Clinical Research

1. Lectures/workshops on Methodological Issues and Statistics


2. Office hours with faculty


3. Evening Talk: Career issues including networking


4. Depart afternoon of second day

Phase 2 Workshop - Review of completed proposals - Mock Study Section

1. Mock Study Section with an emphasis on the most common complaints


2. Small Workshops to review study section comments, Summary Statements (pink sheets)
   
3. Office hours with faculty


4. Lectures on Promotions (Demystifying the promotions process), time management, and employee management.


5. Participants should have prepared a grant to submit to NIH/CIHR or for industry funding.


6. Grants reviewed by referees before the meeting to maximize feedback.

Click here to view application instructions