NMRI Annual Workshop 2023

Event Details

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.

Meeting Objectives

• Mentorship
• Poster Presentation
• Scholarly exchange among field leaders

Who can attend?

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

Registration Deadline

April 3, 2023

Abstract Deadline

March 27, 2023

Specific Aims Deadline

March 27, 2023

Agenda

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Pre NMRI Workshop Event

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

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Registration

1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.

Introduction to Leadership
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Patricia Heyn, Director, Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University
Dr. Absalon Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

1:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Why Leadership Development?
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

Basic Elements of Leadership Development
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.

Leadership Development: The Power of Mentoring
Dr. Patricia Heyn, Director, Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University

3:10 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Leading: A Conversation
Dr. Otis Brawley, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology, John Hopkins University

4:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.

Break

4:10 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

NMRI Leadership Panel: A Conversation
Moderator: Dr. Patricia Heyn, Director, Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University

Dr. Carmen Sceppa, Dean, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Dr. Keith Norris, Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

4:50 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

The LEADER Program: An Outline and Conversation
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Patricia Heyn, Director, Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

NMRI Planning Board Meeting (closed meeting)

6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Welcome Remarks
Dr. Absalon Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
Dr. Bethany Usher, President, CUR
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, George Mason University

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Networking / Collaboration
Sponsored by American Physiological Society
(Light hors d’oeuvres will be served)

7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

NMRI Oversight Board Meeting (Closed meeting)

Thursday, April 20, 2023

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Registration / Poster Set-up
Continental breakfast sponsored by Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Introductions
Dr. Absalon Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dr. Robert Rivers, Acting Director, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Keith Whitfield, President, University of Nevada

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Strategies on Grant Writing (Include writing Specific aims)
Dr. Mark Lawson, Professor, University of California, San Diego
Dr. Francisco Villarreal, Professor, University of California, San Diego

10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

Introduction to Peer Mentoring
Dr. Absalon Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

10:50 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Break (Move to tables)

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Peer Mentoring: Round Table Discussions
Participants will have an opportunity to participate in an informal small group discussions.

12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Lunch / Networking / Poster Set-up (Pre-order lunch)
Specific Aims Review Session

12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

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

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Parallel Session

NIH R01, R21 and K Award 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 review.

Mock Study Section - R01 - Breakout Room Hart
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 - Breakout Room Dirksen
Dr. Mark Lawson, Professor, University of California, San Diego
Dr. Jason Hoffert, Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK

Mock Study Section - R21 - Breakout Room Russell
Dr. Absalon Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dr. Michele Barnard, Deputy Branch Chief, Review Branch, NIDDK

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

Break

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

Round Table Discussion Session I

Working and Negotiating With Your Administration
Dr. Ayotunde Dokun, Associate Professor, University of Iowa
Dr. Keith Norris, Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

Managing Teams and Collaborators
Dr. Heather Tarleton, Professor and Associate Dean, Loyola Marymount University
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Managing Your Lab - Basic Science
Dr. Francisco Villarreal, Professor, University of California, San Diego
Dr. Jose Romero, Associate Physiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Managing Clinical Research Operations & Compliance
Dr. Bridgett Rahim-Williams, Associate Director, Research Integrity, University of North Florida
Dr. Sylvia Rosas, Associate Professor of Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School

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

Round Table Discussion Session II (Session I repeated)

Working and Negotiating With Your Administration

Managing Teams and Collaborators

Managing Your Lab - Basic Science

Managing Clinical Research Operations & Compliance

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

Break

4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Poster and Networking Session - Salon 3

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Poster Session I: Clinical/Basic - Salon 3

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Poster Session II: Translational - Salon 3

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Dinner Session
(Pre-order dinner)

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

Centering the Margins to Achieve Kidney Health Equity
Dr. Deidra Crews, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Friday, April 21, 2023

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Registration
Breakfast and Coffee on your own.

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Mentor / Mentee Session - Salon 1 & 2
If you did not request a Mentor or Mentee, please feel free to use this time for networking over breakfast or to continue meeting with collaborators that you identified.

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Advancing Clinical and Basic Science Gender Equity
Dr. Leon McDougle, Chief Diversity Officer for the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Role of Scientific Societies and Professional Organizations

American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Dr. Michelle A. Josephson, President, ASN

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
Dr. Gabriela Loots, Professor, University of California, Davis
Dr. Nilsson Holguin, Assistant Professor Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Endocrine Society
Mr. Ben Wokas, CAE, Sr. Manager, Endocrine Society
Ms. Nazila Jamishidi, Manager of Diversity Program, Endocrine Society

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Break
(Professional Society Travel Award Recipient Group Photo)

10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Scientific Presentations Presented by Abstract Winners

The Role of Disrupted Iron Homeostasis in Acute Kidney Injury
Dr. Abdulsalam Soofi, Research Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Racial Disparities In Drug-Induced Liver Injury: Ancillary Study Of The Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN)
Dr. Klarissa Jackson, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Reducing Health Care Disparities in Kidney Disease: Novel Biomarker-Enriched Risk Scores for Prognostication of Adverse Kidney Outcomes Among African Americans
Dr. George Vasquez Rios, Clinical and Research Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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

Awards presented to Poster Winners and Abstract Winners
(Poster and Abstract Winners Group photo)

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Business Meeting and Committee Reports

NMRI Community and Faith-Based Research Subgroup
Dr. Marino Bruce, Co-Chair
Associate Dean for Research, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine

NMRI Planning Board
Dr. Absalon Gutierrez, Chair
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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

NMRI Oversight Board
Dr. Susanne Nicholas, Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Chair Elect

NMRI Leadership Excellence to Advance Diversity in Executive Research (LEADER) Program
Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Patricia Heyn, Director, Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University

12:45 pm – 1:00 p.m

Wrap-up, Next Steps, Adjournment

Abstracts

Submission Deadline

March 27, 2023 (11:59 p.m. EST)

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:

Poster Evaluation Criteria

• 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.