In support of the TRANSFORM goal of encouraging the next generation of clinical and translational (C/T) investigators, the CTSA will be sponsoring several educational and general interest seminars. These activities fall into the following categories:
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Multidisciplinary Seminar Series: On November 27, 2007, the Institute began hosting a bi-monthly, campus-wide seminar series relevant to C/T issues. We plan on having two or more experts publicly engage in interactive dialogues about major aspects of translational research - both successes and challenges. Topics may include: human subject research, public health challenges, the pace of bench-to-bedside progress, public-private research interactions, communication roles for the media vs. academics, and evidence-based medicine, among others. Scheduling for the Multidisciplinary Seminar Series for 2009-2010 is in process.
RASCAL Basics: On-line training and manuals can be found on the RASCAL webpage. For further details, view their webpage link: https://www.rascal.columbia.edu/.
Funding for Research Activities: This course presents effective strategies for post-doctoral fellows, new scientific investigators, current faculty and administrators on securing research funding through guidelines on grant writing, identifying funding sources and preparing for grant application reviews. Offered by GSAS, this course provides useful and informative resources, including advice given by experienced Columbia researchers, to learn about the measures strongly encouraged to secure grants to fund research.
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Industry Rotation Series: A new course, entitled, “Drug Development from the Pharmaceutical Perspective” (BIST P8146) is being offered through the Biostatistics Department of the Mailman School of Public Health in Fall 2009. This course will provide an overview to trainees from various disciplines about the science, methodology, and approach adopted by industry to determine if a drug is effective. The course will follow the science behind drug development from drug discovery, and its basic science approaches, through trial designs currently in use in pharmaceutical intramural laboratories, to the economic analyses and scientific interactions with academic scientists and government regulatory bodies. The School of Continuing Education is also offering this course and cross registration is also offered through GSAS and the School of Nursing. For more information, send an e-mail to Nkemdilim Ukwu at nu2113@columbia.edu. Please click on the following link to view archived class sessions: http://a2learning.cumc.columbia.edu:8080/ess/feed?id=d1e0ed52-f38d-402e-9d3e-d69fa1e9a148&type=MP3.
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Building Interdisciplinary Research Models: Mailman School of Public Health, the School of Nursing and GSAS is offering a course entitled, “Building Interdisciplinary Research Models” in Fall 2009 (Course Numbers: BIST 89260, SON N9260, GSAS G9260). This course will allow participants to build skills in interdisciplinary research by collaborating with scholars from various disciplines. For more information about this course, please contact one of the course instructors, Dr. Elaine Larson at ell23@columbia.edu or Dr. Melissa Begg at mdb3@columbia.edu.
