NMRI Annual Workshop 2024

Event Details

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Meeting Objectives

• Mentorship
• Poster Presentation
• Scholarly exchange among field leaders

Who can attend?

The meeting is open to all underrepresented minority investigators, including post-graduate doctoral students, who are conducting biomedical research in the fields of

• Diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism
• Digestive and liver diseases, nutrition
• Kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases

Background

More than 700 researchers have participated in NMRI workshops in the past decade, and approximately 100+ are active members. The success of the NMRI, a network that is “owned” by its members and supported by the NIDDK, begins with the dedication of senior investigators who mentor and serve as role models for junior investigators. The participation of active members and the recruitment of new members is a primary reason for the Network’s success in the past and the reason for confidence that it will continue to grow in the future.

Registration Deadline

March 29, 2024

Abstract Submission Deadline

March 22, 2024

Agenda

April 18 and April 19, 2024, the workshop will be held at the NIH Natcher Conference Center. All non-NIH participants will be required to enter through the Visitor Center, NIH Gateway on both days to obtain a visitor's badge. Please plan accordingly.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024—NMRI Pre Workshop Event (Pre-registration)—The Bethesdan Hotel, Bethesdan C/D

NMRI Leadership Excellence to Advance Diversity in Executive Research (LEADER) Program: An Introduction

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Registration
Lunch on your own

12:30 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.

Introduction to Leadership and the NMRI LEADER Program
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Patricia Heyn, Director, Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University

12:40 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.

Strategic Planning: An Introduction
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

1:20 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Team Building
Dr. Patricia Heyn, Director, Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University

1:50 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Cultural Competency: An Introduction
Dr. Brianna Clark-Williams, Director of the Center for Career Development and Professor, Marymount University

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Leadership: From Coaching to Conflict Resolution
Dr. Virginia Bianco-Mathis, Professor, Management and Leadership, Marymount University

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Panel: What Are the Challenges to Being an Executive Leader?
Moderator: Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Dr. Patricia Heyn, Director, Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University

Dr. Soumya Sivakumar, Interim Dean and Associate Professor, College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology, Marymount University

Dr. Virginia Bianco-Mathis, Professor, Management and Leadership, Marymount University

Dr. Brianna Clark-Williams, Director of the Center for Career Development and Professor, Marymount University

4:15 p.m.

Adjournment

Wednesday, April 17, 2024—The Bethesdan Hotel, Bethesdan C/D

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Specific Aims Reviews (Pre-registration)

5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

NMRI Strategic Plan Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting)

6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Welcome meeting for New Attendees (Open to first time attendees only)
NMRI Planning Board Members and Oversight Board Members are encouraged to attend.

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Networking/Collaboration

Light hors d’oeuvres
Sponsored by the American Physiological Association (APS)

Dinner on Your Own

7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

NMRI Oversight Board Meeting (Closed Meeting)

Thursday, April 18, 2024—Natcher Conference Center, Room E1/E2

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

Registration

Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and University of California, Merced

8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Introductions
Dr. Kirk Campbell, Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dr. Robert Rivers, Acting Director, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Carmen Sceppa, Dean of Bouvé College of Health Sciences and Professor of Health Sciences, Northeastern University

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility—The NIH Perspective
Dr. Marie Bernard, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, NIH

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Panel
Moderator: Dr. Bridgett Rahim-Williams, Associate Director, Research Integrity, University of North Florida

Dr. Bessie Young, Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Carmen Sceppa, Dean of Bouvé Colleg of Health Sciences and Professor, Northeastern University
Dr. Keith Norris, Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Break (Participants Group Photo)
All participants are welcome to join in the group photo.

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

Welcome Remarks
Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch / Networking (Pre-order lunch)
Lunch is Sponsored by Kidney Research Institute (KRI)

Mentor/Mentee Session (Pre-registration)

If you did not request a Mentor or Mentee, please feel free to use this time for networking over lunch or to continue meeting with collaborators that you have identified.

1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Strategies on Grant Writing
Dr. Mark Lawson, Professor, University of California, San Diego

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

NIH Small Business Programs and the Translational Pipeline
Dr. Daniel Gossett, Program Director, Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases, NIDDK

2:15 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.

Mock Study Section—Parallel Sessions (Breakout Rooms)

NIH R01, R21, and K-Awards will be evaluated in a mock study section. Grant reviewers will be selected from those who pre-register for the sessions. Pre-registration is required for pre-conference grant reviews.

Mock Study Section—R01
Dr. Jose Romero, Associate Physiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Dr. Jian Yang, Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK

Mock Study Section—K-Awards
Dr. Rudy Ortiz, Professor, University of California, Merced
Dr. Jason Hoffert, Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK

Mock Study Section—R21
Dr. Absalon Gutierrez, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston
Dr. Michele Barnard, Deputy Branch Chief, Review Branch, NIDDK

3:05 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Parallel Sessions (Breakout Rooms)

Promotion and Tenure
Dr. Keith Norris, Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Roland Thorpe, Professor, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Intersection of Work and Life
Dr. Bessie Young, Vice Dean EDI, Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Senta Georgia, Associate Professor, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Resources and Insights for Developing as a STEM Teacher-Scholar
Dr. Bethany Usher, President, Council on Undergraduate Research and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, George Mason University

4:15 p.m.

Travel back to The Bethesdan Hotel

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Poster and Networking Session – The Bethesdan Hotel, Wisconsin Room
Poster Session I: Clinical/Basic
Poster Session II: Translational

7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Dinner Session (Pre-order Dinner) – The Bethesdan Hotel, Bethesdan C/D

The Dr. Lawrence Y. Agodoa Honorary Lecture of the Network of Minority Health Research Investigators

Dr. Lewis Roberts, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Friday, April 19, 2024—Natcher Conference Center, Room E1/E2

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Registration (Breakfast on your own)

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

New Attendees Feedback Session (Open to first time attendees only)
NMRI Planning Board and Oversight Board Members are encouraged to attend

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Scientific Presentations
(Presented by Abstract Winners)

Role of IL-21 AXIS in the Progression Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
Maria Moreno-Fernandez, Ph.D., Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Adapting A Weight-Management Intervention for Latino Women From In-Person To Online Delivery. Lessons Learned
Maud Joachim-Celestin, Dr.P.H., M.P.H, Loma Linda University

Malnutrition As a Potential Predictor Of Mortality In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients On Dialysis: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
Ishfaq Rashid Teali, Ph.D., University of Utah

Awards presented to Poster Winners and Abstract Winners
Sponsored by Women in Nephrology (WIN)

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Break

Poster and Abstract Winners Group Photo

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Role of Scientific Societies and Professional Organizations
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Dr. Deidra Crews, President, ASN
Professor, Johns Hopkins University

American Physiological Society (APS)

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
Dr. Nilsson Holguin, ASBMR DEIA Committee Chair
Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Endocrine Society

Professional Society Travel Award Recipient Group Photo

11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

NMRI Committee Reports

Oversight Committee
Dr. Larry Alexander, Chair Elect
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, University of Las Vegas

Planning Committee
Dr. Carmen Sceppa, Dean of Bouvé College of Health Sciences and Professor of Health Sciences, Northeastern University

NMRI Community/Faith Based Subgroup
Dr. Fern Webb, Associate Professor, University of Florida, Jacksonville

11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Wrap-up, Next Steps, Adjournment

Abstracts

Abstract Submission Deadline

March 22, 2024

Submitting Abstracts and Posters

Abstracts can be emailed to Winnie Martinez as a Microsoft Word document by the deadline date listed above. Please put “NMRI Abstract - (Translational, Basic or Clinical)” in the subject line. Or you may upload your abstract on your registration page. Please indicate a category (Translational, Basic, or Clinical) on top right corner and follow the guidelines below.

Abstract Organization

Organize the body of the abstract as follows:

• Statement of the purpose of the study/program/project;
• Statement of the methods used;
• Summary of the results presented in sufficient detail to support the conclusion
• Statement of the conclusions reached.

Formatting Requirements

Your abstract must conform to the above guidelines, as incorrect formatting could result in disqualification.

• The abstract should be typed single-spaced, type no smaller than 10 point (12 cpi).
• Use a common font (e.g., Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Arial)
• Set the margins to the following using Microsoft Word: Top 1"; Bottom 1"; Left 1.25"; Right 1".
• Abstract should be no more than one page in length.
• The abstract’s title should be typed in CAPITAL LETTERS and should clearly represent the nature of the investigation.
• Title should be followed in lowercase letters by the author’s first and last names, degree, affiliation (if applicable), city, state, and country. Underline the primary author’s name (one primary author per abstract).
• Leave one blank line between the title and the body of the abstract, and between paragraphs.
• Do not indent paragraphs.
• Use of standard abbreviations is desirable (e.g., RBC). Use kg, gm, mg, mL, L, and %. Place a special or unusual abbreviation in parentheses after the full word the first time that it appears.
• Use numerals to indicate numbers except to begin sentences.
• Do not use subtitles (e.g., Methods, Results).
• Simple tables or graphs may be included; however, they must fit within the designated abstract space.
• The abstract file should be saved as: primary author’s last name_first word in the title (e.g., Zucker_Effects).

Poster Presentations

Posters will be judged based on the criteria listed below:

• Did the poster have an appropriate organization (layout of the poster -title, sections)?
• Did the introduction reflect why the project is important?
• Was the hypothesis clearly stated?
• Did the researcher use appropriate methods in the study?
• Were the findings in the result section clear and concise?
• Was the discussion consistent with the initial hypothesis?
• Was the conclusion supported by the results?
• Did the researcher specify any limitations and how to address them

Poster Presentations will be displayed on 4-foot-high by 6-foot-wide poster boards. Pushpins and Velcro will be provided. All presenters must register for the workshop.