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The purpose of this meeting is to provide our first-time R01 investigators with 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 will also provide a networking forum for the new investigators to interact with NIDDK program and review staff and with each other.
NIDDK Organizing Committee
Kristin Abraham, Ph.D., Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Chair
Mary Evans, Ph.D., Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Jim Hyde, Ph.D., Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
Yan Li, Ph.D., Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
Lauren Meskill, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Afshin Parsa, M.D., Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
Peter Perrin, Ph.D., Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Cindy Roy, Ph.D., Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases
Jian Yang, Ph.D., Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
Registration Deadline
August 12, 2019
Agenda
August 13, 2019
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Meeting Registration and Check-in
Location: White Flint Amphitheater
Session I: Workshop and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Overview
Moderator: Kristin Abraham, Ph.D.
Location White Flint Amphitheater
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Introductions and Workshop Overview
Kristin Abraham, Ph.D., Program Director, NIDDK
Session II: Academic Skills
Moderator: Mary Evans, Ph.D., Program Director, NIDDK
Location White Flint Amphitheater
9:15 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Running Your Research Program
Topics: Hiring/firing, mentoring, work-life balance
Penny Gordon-Larsen, Ph.D., Professor of Nutrition and Associate Dean for Research, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
9:55 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
Thriving Within Your Institution
Topics: Collaborations, balancing research with teaching and clinical responsibilities, tenure, promotion
Dale Abel, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, University of Iowa
10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Break
10:50 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Reaching Out to the Broader Community
Topics: Meetings, presentations, foundations, pharma collaborations
Al Powers, MD
Joe C. Davis Chair in Biomedical Science, Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Professor & Director, Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, Vanderbilt University
Kidney, Urology and Hematology Division Breakout Room: Oakley
Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Division Breakout Room: Forest Glen
Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Division Breakout Room: Linden Oak
Session IV: Breakout Sessions (Select One)
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Clinical Trials: New NIH Policies & Procedures
Mary Evans, Ph.D., NIDDK Breakout Room: Oakley
Multiple NIH policies regarding clinical research have been implemented to enhance the accountability and transparency of clinical research. Many of these changes are mandated across NIH, but some procedures differ between Institutes. This breakout session will answer questions related to clinical research at NIDDK such as:
What kinds of clinical research does NIDDK support through various mechanisms?
How do I determine whether my research is relevant for NIDDK, and what happens if it isn’t?
What are the expectations for clinical trials submitted to NIDDK?
I’ve completed my first NIH-funded clinical trial grant. What’s next? Do I submit a new or renewal application?
Research Rigor and Reproducibility
Kristin Abraham, Ph.D., NIDDK
Breakout Room: White Flint Amphitheater
Today's biomedical researchers face tough new mandates for research rigor and reproducibility. Funders and journals regularly update their requirements for resource identification and authentication, transparency and openness, and sharing of data. These mandates are part of a larger movement to ensure that data is FAIR—Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. This breakout session will present tools and services that can be used to comply with these mandates and manage digital assets more effectively. Attendees will be provided information needed to:
Comply with NIH mandates on resource identification and authentication;
Register and use your ORC-ID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) as a persistent digital identifier to integrate your research workflows and to automate linkages between you and your professional activities;
Use identifiers to connect with other researchers who use a particular research resource;
Manage and share FAIR research data;
Generate resource reproducibility and authentication reports when you submit a proposal for grant funding or for publication.
Supporting your Trainees
David Saslowsky, Ph.D., NIDDK
Breakout Room: Linden Oak
NIDDK supports many kinds of training awards, fellowships and career development awards based on career level and experience. Funding is available to support NIDDK-focused biomedical research training for high school, undergraduate, doctoral and medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and physician scientists; career development awards are also available for junior faculty. This breakout session will answer questions related to NIDDK training support such as:
I’m interested in obtaining funding for my trainees – where do I start?
What kinds of fellowships and career awards does NIDDK support?
What are the expectations to be competitive for the various support mechanisms?
Do my trainees need a green card to apply for a grant?
Are there funding opportunities specifically directed at underrepresented diversity candidates?
Benefit from the perspective and prior experience of our meeting speakers! Join us for small group discussion to ask questions and consider “tested and validated” approaches for running a successful research program. You’ll have opportunity to follow up with the morning’s speakers or seek out new perspectives from Session 6 speakers. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from academic leaders in NIDDK’s community.
As the amount of shared data resources and informational tools continues to increase, finding the right information can, at times, be challenging. This session will briefly present some of the more commonly helpful resources to identify and access available biorepository data and samples, and finding NIH grant funding opportunities that may be relevant to your research. There will be discussions of:
Identifying and obtaining data pertaining to completed clinical studies for secondary analyses
Identifying and obtaining bio samples from a broad array of NIDDK funded studies
Identifying ongoing multicenter NIDDK studies as a basis for new ancillary studies
Identifying NIH based funding opportunities
Clinical Research Implementation
Ziya Kirkali, MD
Breakout Room: Oakley
You’re ready to submit your next R-grant involving a clinical study. What’s new this time? This breakout session will include discussions and questions about issues of implementation and reporting for clinical trials vs clinical studies that are relevant to NIH and NIDDK. Questions pertinent to breakout session 4.1 are also welcome.
Grant Life Cycle Refresher
Peter Perrin, Ph.D., NIDDK
Breakout Room: Linden Oak
Despite relying on NIH grant support to fund their research, many Principal Investigators do not always have a good understanding of the NIH grants system. This breakout session will provide a framework of how the system works from the initial submission of an application to post-award activities, with the goal of enabling participants to better navigate the complex NIH system. There will be a discussion of:
The two-tiered review system consisting of peer review followed by programmatic review, their relationship to each other, how they function, and how they contribute to funding decisions;
The individuals involved in the grants process, their roles, and your interactions with them: the Scientific Review Officer, the Program Director, and the Grants Management Specialist;
How researchers can be proactive in each stage of the process.
Peer to Peer Networking
Jim Hyde, Ph.D., NIDDK
Breakout Room: Forest Glen
Use this opportunity to meet one-on-one or in groups to discuss your current research and/or explore potential new exciting collaborations with your colleagues.
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion
6:00 p.m.
Dinner – On Your Own
August 14, 2019
8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Welcome
Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., Director, NIDDK Location White Flint Amphitheater
Session VI: Maintaining Grant Support/Renewal Clinic
Moderator: Peter Perrin, Ph.D.
Location White Flint Amphitheater
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Peer review of your follow up grant application
Elaine Sierra-Rivera Ph.D., Chief Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive Sciences (EMNR) Integrated Review Group – CSR- NIH
9:15 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Preparing an Effective Grant Renewal Application – Tips and Pitfalls
9:15 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Jodie Babitt M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
9:40 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. Terry Barrett M.D., Professor and Chief of Gastroenterology, University of Kentucky
10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Discussion
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
What I learned from my initial review experience (peer to peer discussion):
New versus renewal applications; good vs bad responses to critiques; high risk vs “safe” science
Choosing the right study section – considering the audience
Structure and content of the application
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Perspectives on peer review:
NIH Program Officers, NIH Review Officers, Study Section Members – Q&A
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Wrap-up
12:00 p.m.
Adjournment
Event Logistics
Registration
Registration Closed
Registration ended
Location
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center 5701 Marinelli Road Rockville,MD20852
