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

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

Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program

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Clinical and Translational Science Institute (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

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KL2 vs K23, K01, K08

• KL2 – Institutional award

– Various resources available

• Statistical help• Data management• Editor• IRB help

– Close monitoring and support

– Regular reporting on progress

– Advisors and MAC

• Other K awards

– You are the PI

– Successfully compete on a national level

– No oversight

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COMPONENTS:

Training, Research, Mentoring

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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

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Research

• Multidisciplinary research based in Centers and Institutes

• Research provides preliminary findings for future research

• Research should be your work

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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

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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

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Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee - 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

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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 (

[email protected]) 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. 

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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

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ApplicationTraining

• 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

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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?

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ApplicationMentoring

• 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

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ApplicationEnvironment

• 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

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Mechanism of Support

• Scholar salary: 75% support

• Research, travel, tuition: up to 25 K each year

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Preparing the Application

• CRSP and MAC can help with questions and issues about the application

• Letters of commitment are very important

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Feel free to contact us to help!

Doris Rubio [email protected]