The Communication Skills module of the TraCS Professional Development Seminar Series focuses on the types of oral and written communication used in clinical and translational research.

Seminars in the Communication Skills module (April 3-May 5) are presented in-person on Mondays from 12 – 2 p.m. ET in room 219 of the Brinkhous-Bullitt building (in the NC TraCS Institute suite on the 2nd floor), and repeated via Zoom on Fridays from 12 – 2 p.m ET.

Please note: There will be no seminar on Friday, April 7 due to the UNC Spring Holiday. The Monday, April 3 seminar will be recorded and the recording will be made available to registrants.

In-person | Brinkhous-Bullitt, room 219
Monday, April 3: How to write & publish a scientific paper: the process from identifying a journal, to assigning authorship, all the way through to the peer review process and making revisions (This seminar will be recorded & made available to registrants due to the Friday, April 7 UNC Spring Holiday.)
Monday, April 10: The 10-minute scientific talk; Pitching your research to any audience
Monday, April 24: Working with the media: interviews with journalists and science communicators; Sharing your research through social media
Monday, May 1: Career mapping: creating and communicating a vision for your career and/or research program

Virtual | Zoom
Friday, April 7: No seminar due to UNC Spring Holiday. The recording from the Monday, April 3 seminar will be made available to registrants.
Friday, April 14: The 10-minute scientific talk; Pitching your research to any audience
Friday, April 28: Working with the media: interviews with journalists and science communicators; Sharing your research through social media
Friday, May 5: Career mapping: creating and communicating a vision for your career and/or research program

Join for the topics that interest you and on the days that work for you. Once registered for this module you will receive a separate invite to the Canvas site for this module of the seminar series.

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The 2023 Translational Medicine Symposium is co-sponsored by the Program in Translational Medicine and the Cancer Cell Biology Training Program.

Symposium Agenda

9:10-10:20 a.m. | Welcome, followed immediately by opening keynote address (DeBerardinis)
10:30-11:20 a.m. | Trainee Talks
11:30-12:30 p.m. | poster session 1
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch with speakers
1:40-2:30 p.m. | Trainee Talks
2:30-3:30 p.m. | poster session 2
3:45-4:45 p.m. | Closing Keynote Talk (Larsen)
4:45-5:00 p.m. | Student Awards & Closing Remarks

About the Keynote Speakers:

Ralph DeBerardinis, MD, PhD
Ralph DeBerardinis earned a BS in biology from St. Joseph’s University and MD and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. DeBerardinis was the first trainee in the combined residency program in pediatrics and medical genetics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and received several awards for teaching and clinical care. He ultimately achieved board certification in pediatrics, medical genetics and clinical biochemical genetics. DeBerardinis performed postdoctoral research in Craig Thompson’s laboratory in the Penn Cancer Center from 2004 to 2007. He joined the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2008 and joined the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) shortly after its founding in 2012. DeBerardinis serves as chief of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism at UT Southwestern and director of the Genetic and Metabolic Disease Program in the CRI. DeBerardinis became a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator in 2018 and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020. The DeBerardinis laboratory is interested in the role of altered metabolic states in human diseases, particularly pediatric inborn errors of metabolism and cancer. This research is tightly integrated with clinical activities in medical genetics, oncology and radiology, providing seamless opportunities to examine the relevance of findings in patients.

Joe Larsen, PhD
Joe Larsen is Vice President, Clinical Development at Locus Biosciences where he leads development programs for Locus’s clinical stage assets. Previously, Larsen was Vice President, Strategic Portfolio Development at Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel antibiotics. Prior to that, Larsen spent ten years in the federal government, including serving as Deputy Director of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures at the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), where he oversaw the $2.8B Project Bioshield fund for the late-stage development and procurement of medical countermeasures. Larsen received his PhD in microbiology and immunology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and a BA in microbiology from the University of Kansas.

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Strengthening Engagement in Research: Building and Maintaining Relationships with Patient & Community Partners

Meaningful partnerships with patients, community members, or other collaborators involved in your research are invaluable. Projects are set up for success when care is intentionally given to developing and strengthening partnerships over time.

This online training will describe best practices for building mutually beneficial partnerships. The session will also cover common challenges that researchers and patient, community, and other partners experience when working together, along with suggested solutions.

Participation in our Engagement in Research 101 or Engagement in Research Nuts and Bolts trainings are not required to attend this session; however, some knowledge of engagement, whether from prior training(s) or personal experience, may foster deeper understanding of the material in this session.

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The Engaging Patient, Community, and Other Partners in Your Research: Online Training Series is a 3-part online training series about engaging patient, community, and other partners in research. You may register for the entire series OR any single training session.

Part 1will focus on the basics of research engagement, providing an overview of patient and community engagement and its benefits, debunking common myths and misconceptions, and providing considerations and next steps for incorporating engagement approaches into your research.

Part 2 will cover specific engagement methods, including consultative community feedback sessions, advisory boards, and working with patient and community partners as members of a research team.

Part 3 will focus on the nuances of building and maintaining partnerships, outlining best practices for developing and strengthening mutually beneficial partnerships and discussing common partnership challenges and solutions.

This training series was developed collaboratively with patient, community, and researcher partners and is co-sponsored by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and NC TraCS Institute.

The NC TraCS Institute's new cycle of CTS (Clinical and Translational Science) Pilot funding has been announced. Concept proposals are due April 25, 2023. Full proposals are due July 11, 2023.

First released in 2022, CTS Pilots are focused on translational science—a departure from our long-standing pilot RFAs focused on translational research. In preparation for this 2nd cycle of CTS Pilots, TraCS is holding 1-hour information sessions for investigators interested in learning more about this funding opportunity.

Each session will begin with a 20-minute presentation by CTS Pilot Program faculty that will include a discussion of the definition of translational science and a review of the multi-step application process. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about the CTS Pilot RFA for the remainder of the one-hour session.

Presenters
David Peden, MD, MS
CTS Pilot Program Module Lead, NC TraCS Institute
Senior Associate Dean for Translational Research, UNC School of Medicine

David Carroll, PhD
Director of Research Funding Development, NC TraCS Institute

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The Communication Skills module of the TraCS Professional Development Seminar Series focuses on the types of oral and written communication used in clinical and translational research.

Seminars in the Communication Skills module (April 3-May 5) are presented in-person on Mondays from 12 – 2 p.m. ET in room 219 of the Brinkhous-Bullitt building (in the NC TraCS Institute suite on the 2nd floor), and repeated via Zoom on Fridays from 12 – 2 p.m ET.

Please note: There will be no seminar on Friday, April 7 due to the UNC Spring Holiday. The Monday, April 3 seminar will be recorded and the recording will be made available to registrants.

In-person | Brinkhous-Bullitt, room 219
Monday, April 3: How to write & publish a scientific paper: the process from identifying a journal, to assigning authorship, all the way through to the peer review process and making revisions (This seminar will be recorded & made available to registrants due to the Friday, April 7 UNC Spring Holiday.)
Monday, April 10: The 10-minute scientific talk; Pitching your research to any audience
Monday, April 24: Working with the media: interviews with journalists and science communicators; Sharing your research through social media
Monday, May 1: Career mapping: creating and communicating a vision for your career and/or research program

Virtual | Zoom
Friday, April 7: No seminar due to UNC Spring Holiday. The recording from the Monday, April 3 seminar will be made available to registrants.
Friday, April 14: The 10-minute scientific talk; Pitching your research to any audience
Friday, April 28: Working with the media: interviews with journalists and science communicators; Sharing your research through social media
Friday, May 5: Career mapping: creating and communicating a vision for your career and/or research program

Join for the topics that interest you and on the days that work for you. Once registered for this module you will receive a separate invite to the Canvas site for this module of the seminar series.

Register

RECOVER in Action: Status of Clinical Trial Protocols

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

Kanecia Zimmerman, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University School of Medicine

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