Basic Science Research Training Track

Rishita Chourashi, Alip Ghosh, Bing Guo, Sandesh Kamdi, Hangfan Liu, Miguel Lujan, Isadora Martini Garcia, Jimmy Olusakin, Courtney Townsel, Jeanine Ursitti

Welcome to our newest cohort of CARTI scholars who started with orientation on Sept. 4!

Rhishita Chourashi, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, UM School of Pharmacy
Alip Ghosh, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Bing Guo, MD, PhD, Research Associate in Medicine
Sandesh Kamdi, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurosurgery
Hangfan Liu, DNS, Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Miguel Lujan, PhD, MSc, Research Associate in Neurobiology
Isadora Martini Garcia DDS, MSc, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, UM School of Dentistry
Jimmy Olusakin, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurobiology,
Courtney Townsel, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Jeanine Ursitti, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

Course timeline

Fall 2024 course schedule and syllabus

	PROJECT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Sept 4	Orientation	Shannon Takala Harrison
Sept 10	Path to Success	Jim Kaper
Sept 10	Rigor and reproducibility in experimental design	Nick Ambulos CIBR Olga Goloubeva Rena Lapidus
Sept 11	Determining project scope—balancing innovation and feasibility in selecting research questions/hypotheses	Stuart Martin
Sept 11	Writing an IACUC protocol	Sharon Tennant Janna Barcelo
Sept 11	Data management and sharing	Amy Yarnell
Sept 13	Scholar discussions
Sept 17	Introduction to coding: Command line and organizing a coding project	JP Courneya Amy Yarnell
Sept 17	Path to success	Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos
Sept 18	Intro to coding: Data wrangling with R and RStudio	JP Courneya Amy Yarnell
Sept 18	Intro to coding: Data visualization with R and RStudio	JP Courneya Amy Yarnell
	SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION AND GRANT WRITING
Sept 24	Path to success	J. Marc Simard
Sept 24-25	Scholar presentations
Sept 25	Writing and publishing a research manuscript	Christy Chang
Oct 1	Writing a biosketch	Marey Shriver
Oct 1	Path to success	Asaf Keller
Oct 2	Critically reviewing a scientific manuscript	Gerald Wilson
Oct 2	Identifying funding sources	Stacie Mendoza Marey Shriver
Oct 8	Anatomy of a grant	Shannon Takala Harrison
Oct 8	Specific Aims	Joe Cheer
Oct 9	How to craft a budget	Joe Cheer
Oct 9	How to use figures, tables, and charts effectively	Audrey Huang
Oct 15	Significance	E. Albert Reece
Oct 15-16	Workshop and feedback on specific aims
Oct 15	Path to success	Graeme Woodworth
Oct 22	Path to success	Margaret McCarthy
Oct 22	Innovation	Joe Cheer
Oct 23	Research strategy	E. Albert Reece
Oct 23	Training plan	Marey Shriver
Oct 23	Summary and narrative	Shannon Takala Harrison
Oct 29	Path to success	Claire Fraser
Oct 29-30	Workshop and feedback on significance and innovation
Nov 5	Path to success	Tonya Webb
Nov 5	Responding to reviews	Shannon Takala Harrison
Nov 6	Developing an elevator pitch and marketing your research project	Audrey Huang
	TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE
Nov 6	Navigating the job market	Shannon Takala Harrison Joe Cheer
Nov 12	Negotiating a start-up package	E. Albert Reece
Nov 12	Staffing your lab and creating an inclusive research environmentTBD	Alex Poulopoulos
TBD	Identifying a mentnoring team and developing mentoring skills	TBD
Nov 13	Conflict resolution	Audrey Huang
Nov 19	Path to success	Peter Crino
Nov 19	Building and maintaining effective collaborations	Joe Cheer
TBD	Scholarly writing accountability group meetings
Dec 20	Grant deadline
TBD	Mock study section
TBD	Graduation