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2012 PALISI Fellow Course: Launching Your Clinical Research Career

Fairmont Chicago • 200 N. Columbus Drive • Chicago, Illinois 60601

October 3, 2012

The Fellow Course will focus on key aspects of clinical research:

  • How to Design Your 1st Clinical Study
  • Clinical Research Pathway from Fellow to RO1
  • Specific Aims: The Basis for Any Grant Proposal
  • Basics of IRBs, Research Agreort and Basic Stats
  • Importance of Statistical Supp
  • Strategies for Reviewing the Literature
  • Communicating Your Research

Course Program

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Course Faculty

Ira Cheifetz, MD, FCCM, FAARC
Martha Curley, RN, PhD, FAAN
J. Michael Dean, MD, MBA
Barry Markovitz, MD
Vinay Nadkarni, MD
Neal Thomas, MD, MSc
Adrienne Randolph, MD, MSc
Ann Thompson, MD
Doug Wilson, MD

Fellows attending the course are automatically registered to attend the PALISI meeting taking place October 4—6, 2012.

Research Idea or Proposal
A 5 – 10 page description of a research idea or proposal is required to be handed in by September 19, 2012.

The description should include:
1. Background
2. Specific Aims
3. Hypotheses
4. Research Design (including planned analysis)
5. References

Here is a helpful link reviewing the NIH format. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/write_grant_doc.htm This link is for your information only, not a required format.

Please forward your research idea or proposal to Christina Steele