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Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH, Director Doris M. Rubio, PhD, Co-Director

Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program. Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH, Director Doris M. Rubio, PhD, Co-Director. Clinical and Translational Science Institute ( CTSI ). Funded by the Clinical and Translational Science Award (UL1 funding mechanism)

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Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH, Director Doris M. Rubio, PhD, Co-Director

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  1. Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH, DirectorDoris M. Rubio, PhD, Co-Director

  2. ClinicalandTranslationalScienceInstitute (CTSI) • Funded by the Clinical and Translational Science Award (UL1 funding mechanism) • Provides funding to develop infrastructure to facilitate Clinical and Translational Science • Aimed to accelerate the pace of discovery • 10 different cores for investigators • Education Core: ICRE • KL2 (same as K12) – institutional K awards

  3. KL2 vs K23, K01, K08 • Other K awards • You are the PI • Successfully compete on a national level • No oversight • KL2 – Institutional award • Various resources available • Statistical help • Data management • Editor • IRB help • Close monitoring and support • Regular reporting on progress • Advisors and MAC

  4. Components: Training, Research, Mentoring

  5. Training • MS degree or • Individualized advanced educational program: • other MS/MPH degrees • PhD degrees in Schools of the Health Sciences • Additional courses • Grant Writing • Scientific Writing and Presentation Skills • Best Practices in Clinical Research • Leadership, Team Building and Innovation Seminars

  6. Research Multidisciplinary research based in Centers and Institutes Research provides preliminary findings for future research Research should be your work

  7. Mentoring Mentoring team of 2 or more mentors from different disciplines Mentor and mentee contracts Mentor and mentee training: one day program Ongoing support of mentoring relationship Evaluation: ongoing monitoring

  8. Multidisciplinary? • Why multiple disciplines? • Clinical research requires multiple disciplines to answer difficult questions • How divergent should the disciplines be? • Greater diversity is likely to lead to greater innovations • Multidisciplinary research and multidisciplinary research teams

  9. MultidisciplinaryAdvisoryCommittee - MAC • Senior investigators from all of the Schools of the Health Sciences • Meets weekly and guides direction, focus and components: • Select Scholars • Monitoring and evaluation of each Scholar • Monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness of the program • Participate in annual review of each Scholar’s progress report and their plans

  10. Eligibility • Be US citizen or permanent resident, have a clinical doctorate or Ph.D. degree or its equivalent • Commit at least 75 percent effort • Not be or have been a Principal Investigator on an R01 or equivalent • Have a faculty appointment at Pitt by the start of the CRSP program • Be committed to developing a clinical research career • You cannot have another K award pending to apply • If you have a K award under review, but are interested in the KL2, email (mcrsp@pitt.edu) a two page letter of interest • 1) brief information on the pending K application (K series, funding agency, review date, etc) • 2) a brief description of training plan and • 3) aims for the proposed research with a brief discussion of the approach. 

  11. Application Candidate • Excellent clinical or other doctoral and postdoctoral training • Commitment to multidisciplinary clinical research • Describe your future goals—short and long term • We are looking for future leaders in clinical research

  12. Application Training • Those without MS or equivalent training, should provide specific plan of the degree they will obtain • Additional courses required by CRSP • Individualized additional training as needed by the area of focus

  13. Application Research • Research plan for up to 5 years, use NIH format, describe methods in as much detail as possible • How is the research multidisciplinary? • How is the research innovative?

  14. Application Mentoring • At least two disciplines—should be very divergent • Indicate how the two or more disciplines will advance the research and career • Indicate how the mentors will work together • Specific about weekly meetings, joint meetings, grants, papers • Provide a schedule

  15. Application Environment • Department, divisions’ research environment • Provide examples of success in the Division • Additional support by the department, division • Examples include additional seed funding for research, research assistants, lab support, etc • Career advancement—provide commitment from Chair and the Dean • Commitment for a faculty position for the scholar and type of position

  16. MechanismofSupport Scholar salary: 75% support Research, travel, tuition: up to 25 K each year

  17. PreparingtheApplication CRSP and MAC can help with questions and issues about the application Letters of commitment are very important

  18. Feel free to contact us to help! Doris Rubio rubiodm@upmc.edu

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