Clinical and Translational Research Training Track

Week

Topic

1

Welcome & Orientation

1

Grant Writing – The Basics

1

Developing a clinical research question and hypothesis

1

Specific Aims

1

Critically reviewing the scientific literature/Rigor of prior research

2

Writing & publishing a research manuscript

2

Significance & Innovation

2

Specific Aims draft

2

Specific Aims draft

3

Approach/Methods

3

Design and Implementation of a clinical research study

3

Introduction to study design – quantitative and qualitative research

3

Study design: cross sectional studies

3

Study design: case-control and cohort studies

4

Study design: clinical trials

4

Choosing study subjects, sampling, and recruitment strategies

4

Significance & Innovation draft

4

Significance & Innovation draft

5

Identifying study measurements and data collection methods

5

Health survey research methods

5

Biostatistics basics, interacting with a biostatistician

5

Principles of sample size estimation

5

Data management

6

Giving an effective research presentation/executive presence

6

IRB Approval

6

Full project presentation

6

Full project presentation

6

Full project presentation

7

Identifying sources of funding

7

Project Summary & Public Health Narrative

7

NIH biosketch, Letters of Support

7

Developing a budget, budget justification, and administrative components of a grant application

7

Responding to reviewer critiques

8

NIH Biosketch feedback (optional)