Events - Frontiers Clinical Translational Science Institute

Sep 28 12:00 PM ■ Virtual From the lab to the market: The role of innovation and commercialization at research universities Research and Discovery Grand Rounds Join Clifford Michaels, Ph.D., Executive Director of the KU Center for Technology & Commercialization as he discusses the basics of technology transfer and intellectual property. Learn what the Bayh Doyle Act is about and why it matters to faculty, explore the path from lab discovery to product and common questions along the way, and gain tips to working successfully with a university tech transfer office. Join here. 

Sep 28 04:00 PM ■ Zoom KCART Research Seminar: Applying Precision Therapeutics to Adolescent Mental Health Stephani Stancil, PhD, APRN, who is a past Frontiers KL2 Scholar will present on Applying Precision Therapeutics to Adolescent Mental Health.  This seminar will take place via Zoom ONLY. Please use the Zoom information below.  https://ku-health.zoom.us/j/91368252880 Meeting ID: 913 6825 2880 Passcode: 142498 Speaker Bio Stephani Stancil, PhD, APRN is an adolescent medicine clinician scientist in the Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Innovation at Children's Mercy and an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. For over a decade, her clinical practice has focused on complex teens in specialized and vulnerable populations. Her interdisciplinary, translational research focuses on developing precision therapeutics for adolescent mental health conditions by understanding variability in exposure and response. Her other research interests include improving reproductive health care in teens and reducing risks of vulnerable youth. She recently served as an editor-in-training for the ASCPT journal, Clinical and Translational Science and now serves on their editorial board.

Oct 02 08:01 AM ■ Kauffman Conference Center, Kansas City, Missouri Advances in Medical Research-KC2023 Advances in Medical Research-KC 2023 reviews recent progress in Veterans’ related health research at regional and national level including cancer research. Organized by the Midwest Veterans’ Biomedical Research Foundation (MVBRF) and Kansas City VA Medical Center’s Research Department, this year’s conference is a collaborative effort with Flight Attendants Medical Research Institute (FAMRI), a national leader in promoting and funding research in the area of secondhand tobacco smoke exposure.  A distinguished panel from KCVAMC, local academic institutes, FAMRI funded scientists and invited guests from highly recognized institutes form an outstanding group of experts presenting innovative medical research.   Please submit a one-page abstract to amrkc2023@gmail.com by August 10, 2023. Link to flyer.

Oct 02 11:00 AM ■ Virtual A Community Engaged Approach to Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Populations in Research TIN webinar Nicole Wolfe, PhD,  Mayra Rubio-Diaz  &  Lindsay Slay, MSW This webinar will highlight effective strategies for investigators and others who work in and with diverse communities to develop greater capacity and success in engaging, recruiting, and retaining research participants from underrepresented populations.

Oct 17 12:00 PM ■ Virtual Implementation Science Quarterly Meet-up Contact Maggie Padek Kalman for additional information and the meeting invite. 

Oct 18 11:00 AM ■ Virtual Expanding patient access to research opportunities through novel approaches: An institution’s implementation of an opt-out, cold-contact recruitment process and methods to improve the feasibility and rigor of remote trials TIN webinar Tara Pittman, MA, CCRP  &  Jennifer Dahne, Ph.D This webinar will describe the Medical University of South Carolina’s adoption and implementation of an opt-out, cold-contact patient recruitment policy (referred to as Patient Outreach Recruitment) allowing researchers to reach out to potentially eligible study subjects identified via the electronic health record. The reasoning that lead to the use of this approach will be explained and the development of the implementation workflow and patient communication surrounding the process will be outlined. In addition to describing the Patient Outreach Recruitment process, this webinar will also showcase REDCap tools, developed at MUSC, to improve both the feasibility and rigor of remote trials. These tools focus on increasing representativeness of participant samples enrolled in clinical trials as well as decreasing the incidence of fraud.

Oct 19 05:30 PM ■ Midland Theatre 1228 Main St, Kansas City MO BioNexus Annual Event Save the Date  MEET OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MARCUS WHITNEY Founding Partner of Jumpstart Health Investors, America's most active early-stage healthcare venture capital firm Leader of Jumpstart Nova, the first healthcare venture fund in America investing exclusively in Black founded and led startups #1 best-selling author of "Create and Orchestrate," about claiming your creative power through entrepreneurship

Oct 20 01:30 PM ■ Virtual October Open Forum on Biostatistics The Open Forum on Biostatistics is a service provided by the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) function of Frontiers, our institutions Clinical and Translational Science Institute.  The purpose of this forum is to provide investigators with an opportunity to ask questions related to BERD topic areas.  These may relate to research and training, and the forum provides a new avenue to connect with colleagues in support of the research and education missions of the BERD function of Frontiers.  This meeting is open to staff and faculty from all Frontiers Partner Institutions. You can email BERD navigator Megan Tremblay mtremblay@kumc.edu if you have any questions prior to the forum. The forum will be hosted by two biostatisticians of the BERD function of Frontiers. Join here.

Oct 26 12:00 PM ■ Zoom Research and Discovery Grand Rounds: Leading High-Impact Team Science: Opportunities and Challenges in Clinical and Translational Research By definition, Clinical and Translational Research is team science. Moving discoveries from the bench to the clinic to the community requires collaboration across disciplinary, career stage, and institutional boundaries. While team science has many benefits, including the ability to address more complex questions, there are also challenges in coordinating people and tasks across those boundaries. Join Betsy Rolland, Ph.D., MLIS, MPH as she presents team science best practices that CTR leaders can implement to mitigate some of the challenges and discusses the benefits of Collaboration Planning, an intervention developed at the University of Wisconsin’s CTSA and now being implemented in Frontiers. With a minimal investment of time and effort, Collaboration Planning can help teams design a more deliberate approach to their collaborative work that results in lower levels of conflict and greater scientific progress. Join the webinar here. 