New PI's Workshop

Event Details

Meeting Objectives

The purpose of this meeting is to provide our first-time R01 investigators the information they will need to be successful in securing continued support for their research programs at a very critical juncture in their career. It also provides a networking forum for the new investigators to interact with NIDDK program and review staff and with each other.

Participation in this meeting is by invitation only to those investigators in a position to renew their R01s within the next year or two. As we hold this workshop on a regular basis, those who do not receive an invitation to the 2012 meeting will be included in future meeting invitations. Because space at the workshop is limited, "New PIs" invited to attend this workshop are encouraged to register as soon as possible if they wish to participate. Once you have registered for the meeting, please contact your R01 program officer for additional information.

Program Committee

Tracy L. Rankin, Ph.D., Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, Chair
Corinne Silva, Ph.D., Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Aaron Pawlyk, Ph.D., Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
John Connaughton, Ph.D., Review Branch
Krystyna Rys-Sikora, Ph.D., Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
Michael Grey, Ph.D., Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Mary Horlick, M.D., Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition

Agenda

December 2, 2012

5:30 p.m.

Registration and Check-in

6:45 p.m.

Introduction to the Workshop
Griffin Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., Director, NIDDK

7:00 p.m.

Plenary Address
Alan Saltiel, Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology, University of Michigan

December 3, 2012

8:00 a.m.

Introduction to the NIDDK, Its Mission, and Resources
Gregory Germino, M.D. , Deputy Director, NIDDK

Session I: Grant Management 101: Submission, Competition, and Management of Your Grant; Insight Into Peer Review

Moderator: Mary Horlick, M.D.

8:30 a.m.

Submitting New and Renewal Grant Applications
Sherry Steusse, Ph.D., Division of Receipt and Referral, Center for Scientific Review

9:00 a.m.

New Versus Revised Applications?
Cathleen Cooper, Ph.D., Center for Scientific Review

9:30 a.m.

Managing Your Current R01 Grant: Top 10 Program Tips
Corinne Silva, Ph.D., Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, NIDDK

10:00 a.m.

Discussion

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Mock Study Section: Peering Into the Black Box of Peer Review
John Connaughton, Ph.D., Section Chief, Chartered Committee Section, Review Branch, NIDDK

11:30 a.m.

Discussion

11:45 a.m.

Lunch With NIDDK Program Officers

Session II: Management Skills

Moderator: Michael Gray, Ph.D.

1:00 p.m.

Scientific Management 101: What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate or Medical School

• Managing People - Team Science
  L. Michelle Bennett, Ph.D., Deputy Scientific Director, NHLBI
• Howard Gadlin, Ph.D., Ombudsman and Director of the Center for Cooperative Resolution at the National Institutes of Health
• Grant Policies and Procedures
  Craig Bagdon, Grants Management Branch, NIDDK
• Negotiation/Crucial Conversations
  Sheryl Brining, Ph.D., National Center for Advancing Translational Research

2:30 p.m.

Discussion

3:00 p.m.

Networking Break

3:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions I/Small Groups
NIDDK Program Staff, Meeting Faculty, and Participants

1. Business of Science (Jasmine Room)
2. Alternative Funding Mechanisms (Juniper Room)
3. Strategies for R01 Renewal (Lavender Room)
4. Working With NIH (Lilac Room)
5. Clinical Research/Trials and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Orchid Room)

5:30 p.m.

Poster Session

7:00 p.m.

Adjournment (Dinner on your own)

December 4, 2012

Session III: Building a Research Program: Insights Into Career Development

Moderator: Aaron Pawlyk, Ph.D.

8:00 a.m.

John M. Carethers, M.D., John G. Searle Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan

Rosalind Coleman, M.D., Professor of Nutrition, University of North Carolina School of Public Health

Bruce Molitoris, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Indiana University

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Breakout Sessions II/Small Groups
NIDDK Program Staff, Meeting Faculty, and Participants

1. Business of Science (Jasmine Room)
2. Alternative Funding Mechanisms (Juniper Room)
3. Strategies for R01 Renewal (Lavender Room)
4. Working With NIH (Lilac Room)
5. Clinical Research/Trials and the FDA (Orchid Room)

11:45 a.m.

Wrap-up and Evaluation

12:00 p.m.

Adjournment