Local Resources to Help You

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Local Resources to Help You

• Brian F. Gage, MD, MSc
• Sept 24, 2008
• Biostats talk w/ mentors
• Funding
• Library
• HRPO
• Other Resources
• Endnote

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ICTS Research Design Biostatistical Group

• Who J. Phil Miller (director), Missy Krauss
  (analyst)
• What Consultation on clinical research
• Where Barnard Hospital, Office 3340
• When Tue 9-12 Thur 1-4
• How much free to ICTS investigators scholars
• http//www.biostat.wustl.edu/icts/

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Biostatistics Core

• Who William Shannon, PhD
• What General biostatistical support for
  genomics, proteomics, data analysis, experimental
  design
• Where 1-Wohl (GMS)
• When by appt.
• How much free consultation, then per hour or FTE
  on your grant

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Industry Stats Consulting

• Who Brian Waterman, MPH (CEO)
• What Stat Consultation
• Where Can meet at the WUMC
• How much 75/hr
• http//www.watermanresearch.com/ourTeam.asp
• P.S. Can also try Danforth campus

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Upcoming Funding

• Internal Competitions http//intramed.wustl.edu/OC
  FR/grants.nsf/Current

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Local K12

• K award (10/1 lecture), but local K12 due 500
  Sept 30!
• http//crscholars.im.wustl.edu/
• research plan lt 5 pages
• http//www.icts.wustl.edu/
• Junior faculty (or end of fellowship), include
  Assistant Professors

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BJHF/ICTS RFA

• Letter of intent due Oct 15
• Requires a 1-2 page research plan
• Application Due November 17, 2008
• To facilitate the development and implementation
  of novel clinical and translational research
  methodologies into human studies
• To facilitate the development of multi- and/or
  interdisciplinary groups or teams of
  investigators
• To improve the quality of patient care, enhance
  patient safety and improve patient outcomes
• To help support the research activities of the
  CCRT
• lt 100,000 x 1-2 yrs planning grants lt 25,000

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Goldfarb Patient Safety

• 2 years
• 75 salary support
• Outcomes research on safety quality
• E.g. decrease drug toxicity

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Other K12

• Pulmonary
• Hematology (non-malignant)
• Contact J. Evan Sadler, MD, PhD
• hemescholars.im.wustl.edu/
• Due date October 17, 2008

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Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award

• http//www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId291
• 125,000/yr x 3 yrs. (direct cost)
• Assistant Professors
• Nomination by Wash U (apply locally 1st)
• Local deadline in October National deadline Nov
  5

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Keck Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical
Research

• This award (1,000,000/5 yrs) promotes the early
  career development of select young biomedical
  scientists
• Faculty appt. from 1-4 yrs.

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Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship Program

• lt 6 years from the completion of recent Ph.D.,
  Sc.D., or M.D. Ph.D.
• lt 3 yrs as a faculty.
• Emphasis is on innovation/application of
  computing.

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Washington University Alzheimers Disease
Research Center (ADRC)

• 35,000/1 yr.
• http//alzheimer.wustl.edu/adrc2/Research/Resource
  sRequest.htm
• as

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Washington University Digestive Diseases Research
Core Center Pilot

• 20,000/1 yrs.
• Includes nutrition research

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Missouri Foundation for Health Grants Program

• Sponsor Missouri Foundation for Health Web Site
  http//www.mffh.org
• Amount varies
• Areas (esp. good for pediatricians, psychiat.,
  tobacco control)
• DM
• Co-occurring diseases
• Elimination of Health Disparities Health
  Literacy
• Promotion of Improved Access to Care
• Support for Disease Prevention and Health
  Promotion
• Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net
• Enhancing the Health of Children (e.g. Dental
  Sealants)

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Look at Funded Grants

• Identify them via Crisp http//crisp.cit.nih.gov/

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ICTS Intensive Research Unit

• http//icts.wustl.edu/cores/iru.aspx
• facilitates and supports patient-oriented
  research, and research training, conducted by the
  faculty
• Esp. in endocrinology, metabolism, pulmonary
• Provides inpatient and outpatient research space,
  research nursing, dietary and data management
  assistance, biostatistical consultation, and core
  laboratory services.
• Clinical nutrition research unit (CNRU) sponsors
  clinical research about nutrition
• http//chn.im.wustl.edu/cnru/cnru_bio.html

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Center for Clinical Studies

• http//ccs.wustl.edu/
• CCS supports investigators with industry
  contract negotiation and clinical trial
  referralsservices for planning and conducting
  clinical trials

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Human Research Protection Office

• http//medicine.wustl.edu/7Ehsc/
• Click on forms then Medical School
• The Health Insurance Portability and
  Accountability Act http//HIPAA.wustl.edu/

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Medical Library http//beckerweb.wustl.edu/

• Quick Links
• Ovid online
• Can get proxy password for home use
• PubMed http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
• Can search by author, citation matcher, etc.
• Electronic journals http//medcat4.wustl.edu/cgi/
  ece.cgi?00WUM1200
• Keep the PDF files for your own library
  (demonstration)
• NTS-Software licensing info. http//sl.wustl.edu/
• SAS, SPSS, Stata, Endnote (100)

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Volunteers for Health

• http//vfh.wustl.edu/
• The overall purpose of VFH is to match interested
  volunteers with current clinical trials at the
  medical school
• Collect information from persons interested in
  volunteering, based on the study's initial
  inclusion and exclusion criteria
• Refer persons who meet the initial study criteria
  (prospective "volunteers") to the coordinator for
  that study

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Additional Local Resources

• Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in
  Womens Health (Semenkovich)
• Siteman Cancer Center (Eberlein)
• Division of Biostatistics (D.C. Rao)
  Biostatistics Core (Shannon)
• AIDS Clinical Trial Unit (ACTU)
• Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC)
• Cardiovascular Imaging and Clinical Research
  (CIRC)

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Hiring Personnel

• Wash U Human Resources https//hr.wustl.edu/
• Job ads should be approved by your dept.
• There are a finite number of positions and each
  has a fixed salary range

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Upcoming Classes

• Complete Problem Set 2 by 330 on Wed., Oct 1.
• OK to email us solns (put DOC Research Problem
  Set 2 is subject line )
• Next week
• Review of homework 2 (Gage)
• Multivariable analysis
• K-Award (Waterman)
• Read
• Hulley chapter 9
• Katz MH. Multivariable Analysis A Primer for
  Readers of Medical Research  Ann Intern Med 2003.

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Local Resources to Help You

• Brian F. Gage, MD, MSc
• Sept 24, 2008
• Biostats talk w/ mentors
• Funding
• Library

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Addl Resources

• To subscribe to the NIH Guide Weekly TOC
  LISTSERV, follow the instructions at
  http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm
• Mentors in Medicine (for medical residents)
• Bioterrorism awareness
• Foundations such as AHA, ACS, etc.
• Ask you mentor!

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Endnote and Electronic Library

• Demonstration of Endnote
• Files like this
• C\PDF_Library\ATx\Heparin\Low-Molecular-Weight
• C\PDF_Library\ATx\Warfarin\Initiation
• C\PDF_Library\Bone\VitaminK\Diet

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BIRCH Womans
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Burroughs Welcome