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