Outcomes from NASEM's Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM Organizations Report

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.  Nov 06 11:00 AM • Virtual TIN webinar: Social Media Recruitment with Meta Restrictions Brooke Crockett, BA This webinar will provide information on how to create Meta ads for study recruitment. In January 2021, Facebook (now Meta) changed their privacy policy, making it more difficult to target ads to people based on race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious affinity or anything that would be protected under HIPAA (i.e., cancer). This privacy update made targeted recruiting for clinical trial more difficult. During this presentation, Brooke will explain how to build a social media ad for recruitment while also focusing on workarounds of Meta restrictions Nov 08 03:00 PM • K-State Olathe Campus One Health Day: Vector Borne Illnesses Join us for KC One Health Day on Vector Borne Illnesses and their impact on global health. Learn about the parasites, viruses, and bacteria that cause diseases like malaria, dengue, and Lyme disease, and the vectors that transmit them. Discover the complex set of demographic, environmental, and social factors that determine the distribution of these diseases and the challenges they pose for outbreak prevention and management.  ------------------------------------------------------------ One Health Day is an international event every fall. It highlights and celebrates the complex interrelationships between human, animal and environmental health — called One Health.  Kansas City One Health Day is our local celebration. The annual event is a collaboration by K-State, BioNexus KC, the KU Edwards Campus and University of Kansas Medical Center. Nov 16 12:00 PM • Zoom Research and Discovery Grand Rounds: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Faculty Research Workforce: Call to Action The November Research & Discovery Grand Rounds session will feature a panel discussion with the authors of the September 2023 article in Pediatrics titled: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Pediatric Faculty Research Workforce: Call to Action.  These speakers, members of the Society for Pediatric Research's Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, will discuss the work of the committee, their recommendations and toolkit, and strategies for action at different institutions. Panelists: Tamara D. Simon, MD, MSPH- University of Southern California Danielle E. Soranno, MD- Indiana University Samudragupta Bora, PhD- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Jamie L. Lohr, MD- University of Minnesota Medical School Nancy D. Spector, MD- Drexel University, College of Medicine Beth A. Tarini, MD, MS, MBA- Children’s National Hospital Join webinar here.  Nov 16 03:00 PM • Zoom and Kaufman Foundation Conference Center Innovations in Quality Forums: Promising Regional Strategies to Achieve Health Equity Innovations in Quality Forum will discuss Promising Regional Strategies to Achieve Health Equity on Nov. 16 from 3 - 4:30 p.m. CT. Events are being hosted in a hybrid environment in 2023.  Please register if you plan to attend.  Nov 17 11:00 AM • Virtual November 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. Please click the Register button below to enter the virtual meeting room.   Nov 27 09:00 AM • Children's Mercy Research Institute Mock Study Section - Fall 2023 SAVE THE DATE! More information coming soon! Dec 04 11:00 AM • Virtual MyChart Recruitment Service at Johns Hopkins Workflow and Lessons Learned TIN webinar Cassia Lewis-Land, MS,  Tosin Tomiwa, MPA  &  Guanyu Li, MS The upcoming presentation will offer an in-depth look into the MyChart Recruitment Service at Johns Hopkins. It will cover how the service has evolved since its start in 2016, including refinements and streamlining efforts. The team will discuss their collaboration with study teams, focusing on custom messaging development and programming query creation for batch recruitment messaging. Attendees can expect insights into the service’s workflow and lessons learned from its operation. Dec 14 03:00 PM • Zoom and Kaufman Foundation Conference Center Innovations in Quality Forum: Regional Quality Improvement Innovations in Quality Forum on Dec. 14 will discuss Regional Quality Improvement: Current Results from the Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality from 3 - 4:30 p.m. CT. Events are being held in a hybrind environment in 2023.  Please register if you plan to attend.  Dec 20 11:00 AM • Virtual TIN webinar: SMART IRB Agreement 3.0 Proposed Revisions Barbara Bierer, MD,  Nichelle Cobb, PhD  &  Polly Goodman, CIP The SMART IRB Agreement was launched in 2016 after extensive collaboration with government agencies, academic medical centers (including all Clinical and Translational Science hubs and many of their affiliates), and industry partners. To date, the SMART IRB Agreement has been signed by over 1130 entities, supported by (1) the SMART IRB platform, a robust online reliance system to support reliance requests; (2) numerous resources to train and educate the regulatory and investigator community, including a publicly-available learning center; and (3) a highly functional harmonization steering committee facilitating the alignment of policies and processes related to single IRB review. Over the past few years, SMART IRB leadership and representatives from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and Department of Energy (DOE), have engaged in discussions regarding revisions to the Agreement to enable these federal agencies and other institutions to sign on to the SMART IRB Agreement. The proposed revisions reflected in SMART IRB Agreement version 3.0 are provided for review and comment to all current and prospective signatory institutions. This webinar will provide: • A summary of the proposed changes • How public comments are submitted • An overview of the process, timeline, and requirements for signing and re-signing the SMART IRB Agreement version 3.0 • New and existing SMART IRB resources and educational tools Dec 22 11:00 AM • Virtual December 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. Jan 19 11:00 AM • Virtual January 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.   Jan 23 04:30 PM • In Person Winter Implementation Science Meet-up For more information about this event or to recieve a meeting invite please reach out to Maggie Padek Kalman.  Feb 16 11:00 AM • Virtual February 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.   Mar 15 11:00 AM • Virtual March 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.    Apr 19 11:00 AM • Zoom April 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.   May 17 11:00 AM • Virtual May 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. Jun 21 11:00 AM • Virtual June 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.