New PI Workshop

Event Details

Background

In an effort to facilitate continued success of first-time recipients of National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) R01 funding, the NIDDK is sponsoring a New PI Workshop to be held on April 6–7, 2022. Participation in the workshop is by invitation only.

Meeting Objectives

The purpose of this meeting is to provide first-time NIDDK 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. The meeting also will provide a networking forum for the new investigators to interact with NIDDK program and review staff and with each other.

Registration Deadline

March 29, 2022

Agenda

April 6, 2022

Session I: Workshop and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Overview

12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m.

Introduction and Workshop Overview
Afshin Parsa, M.D., M.P.H., Program Director, Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases (KUH), NIDDK

12:10 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.

NIDDK Overview
Gregory Germino, M.D., Deputy Director, NIDDK

12:50 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Q&A

Session II: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NIDDK “101” Sessions

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Grant Life Cycle Refresher
Terez Shea-Donohue, Ph.D., Program Director, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (DDN), NIDDK

Despite relying on NIH grant support to fund their research, many principal investigators do not always understand the operations of the NIH grants system. This 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. The discussion will include the following topics:

The two-tiered review system (peer review followed by programmatic review) and the tiers’ relationship to each other, their function, and their impact on 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
Outcome experiences

1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Q&A

1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Supporting Your Trainees
Tracy Rankin, Ph.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director, KUH, NIDDK

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 also are available for junior faculty. This 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 non–U.S. citizen trainees need a green card to apply for a grant?
What funding opportunities are directed specifically to underrepresented diversity candidates?

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Q&A

Session III: Academic Skills

2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

Running Your Research Program
Penny Gordon-Larsen, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research, Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Professor, Department of Nutrition, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Topics include:
Hiring and firing
Mentoring
Maintaining work-life balance.

2:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Q&A

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Break

Session IV: Maintaining Grant Support and Renewal Clinic

2:45 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.

Peer Review of Your Follow-up Grant Application
Elaine Sierra-Rivera, Ph.D., Chief, Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive Sciences Integrated Review Group, Center for Scientific Review

3:05 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Q&A

3:15 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.

Preparing an Effective Grant Renewal Application and Obtaining Additional Grant Support
Jodie Babitt, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Terrence Barrett, M.D., Professor and Chief of Gastroenterology, University of Kentucky

3:55 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Q&A

4:15 p.m.

Adjournment

April 7, 2022

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Setup and Virtual Meeting Troubleshooting

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Message From the Director
Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., Director, NIDDK

Session V: Clinical Research Considerations

12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Setting Up Clinical Disease Cohorts
Sushrut Waikar, M.D., M.P.H., Norman G. Levinsky Professor of Medicine and Chief of Nephrology, Boston University School of Medicine

Establishing a cohort—what options to consider
Working with established consortia and establishing ancillary studies
Using established health care-based registries

12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Q&A

Session VI: Establishing Collaborations

1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.

Reaching Out to the Broader Community
Alvin Powers, M.D., Joe C. Davis Chair in Biomedical Science, Medicine, and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, and Professor and Director, Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, Vanderbilt University

Topics:
Meetings
Presentations
Foundations
Pharmaceutical collaborations

1:20 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Q&A

1:30 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.

Introduction to Collaborative Project Opportunities (5 minutes)
Kristin Abraham, Ph.D., Program Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (DEM), NIDDK

Highlighted DEM Consortia (20 min)
Highlighted DDN Consortia (20 min)
Highlighted KUH Consortia (20 min)

Session VII: NIDDK Interactions

2:35 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.

Breakout Rooms with NIDDK Program and Review Staff

3:35 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Wrap-up and Adjournment