Educational Videos, Tools, and Workshops

Navigating the K Award Process
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Speaker: Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH
Barbara A. Levey MD & Gerald S. Levey MD Endowed Chair, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Leader of UCLA CTSI Workforce Development, UCLA

Writing the NIH K Award – Research Plan
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Speaker: Sumeet S. Chugh, MD, Price Professor and Associate Director, Smidt Heart Institute, Director, Division of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Writing the NIH K Award – Candidate Information and Career Development Plan, How Reviewers Evaluate K Awards, Common Critiques from NIH K Study Sections
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Speaker: O. Kenrik Duru, MD, MSHS, Professor of Medicine at UCLA, Investigator (Disparities), UCLA CTSI Special Populations 

K99/R00 Awards - Pathways to Independence
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Speaker: Chris Evans, PhD, Director of the Brain Research Institute, UCLA 

UCLA CTSI KL2 Resources
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Speaker: Elizabeta Nemeth, PhD, Co-Director of UCLA CTSI KL2 Program, UCLA

See below for the most recent R Award Workshop slide presentations and video recordings.

How to Anticipate and Plan an R Grant Application

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  Speaker: Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH
  Professor of Medicine, UCLA

A Tactical Approach to Writing Your Grant Application

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  Speaker: William Parks, PhD 
  Professor of Medicine, UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

A Tactical Approach to Writing Your Grant Application

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  Speaker:  Tannaz Moin, MD, MBA, MSHS
  Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA

How to Craft the "Significance” & "Innovation" Sections of a Grant Application

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  Speaker: William Parks, PhD
  Professor of Medicine, UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

How to Craft the "Significance” & "Innovation" Sections of a Grant Application

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  Speaker: Scott G. Filler, MD 
  Professor of Medicine, Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA

How to Structure the “Approach” Section of a Grant Application

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  Speaker: David Elashoff, PhD 
  Professor of Medicine, UCLA

How to Structure the “Approach” Section of a Grant Application (Basic Science)

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  Speaker:  Scott G. Filler, MD
  Professor of Medicine, Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA

How to Write the "Specific Aims"

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  Tannaz Moin, MD, MBA, MSHS
  Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA

How to Write the "Specific Aims (Basic Science)"

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  Speaker:  Scott G. Filler, MD 
  Professor of Medicine, Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA

The Rebuttal Letter

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  Speaker:  Scott G. Filler, MD 
  Professor of Medicine, Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA

Methods Seminar: Pilot Studies versus Feasibility Studies to inform Future RCTs

There is growing consensus in the biostatistical community that pilot studies being done in preparation for RCTs should not be used to estimate effect sizes.  If this is true, what is the purpose of a pilot study, and how is a pilot study different from a feasibility study?  And how should grant applicants approach these issues strategically, given that some study sections still expect a pilot study to estimate an effect size? 

CTSI covers all of these issues and more related to pilot study design in this 1-hour moderated panel with statisticians and health services researchers with extensive expertise writing and reviewing pilot study grant proposals. 

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Panelist Speakers:
David Elashoff, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics and Computational Medicine, Director of UCLA CTSI Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) program.
Sitaram Vangala, Principal Statistician, UCLA CTSI BERD
Kenrik Duru MD, Professor of Medicine and Co-PI, UCLA Resource Center for Minority Aging Research/Center for Healthcare of Minority Elders (RCMAR/CHIME)

Moderator:
Catherine Sarkisian, MD, Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of UCLA CTSI Special Populations Core

Burroughs Welcome Fund CAMS Award Webinar – August 29, 2023

The CTSI and DGSOM Office of Physician Scientist Career Development held this webinar to provide information about the Burroughs Welcome Fund (BWF) Career Awards for Medical Scientist (CAMS). This is a highly-competitive, prestigious award that provides $700,000 over 5 years for physician scientists who are early in their career. Physician Scientists who conduct basic, clinical, or translational research are eligible to apply (no health services research). Career development grant awardees (NIH K and VA CDAs) are eligible.

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Panelists:
Tamer Sallam, MD, PhD – 2016 Recipient
Grant Title: Spatial control of nuclear receptor regulatory circuits in cardiovascular disease
Bio: Dr. Sallam is Vice Chair and Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is executive Co-Director of the UCLA STAR program. His research investigates the role of novel transcription factor regulatory circuits in cardiometabolic disease.

Gil Hoftman, MD, PhD – 2022 Recipient
Grant Title: Imaging transcriptomics across developmental stages of early psychotic illness
Bio: Dr. Hoftman is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, with an emphasis on understanding the cell and circuit specific developmental trajectories of these key molecular components.

Moderator:
Mitchell Wong, MD, PhD, - UCLA CTSI KL2 Director and Co-Director of the DGSOM Office of Physician Scientist Career Development

Loan Repayment Program Informational Session - September 26, 2023

The UCLA CTSI and DGSOM Office of Physician Scientist Career Development held this webinar to provide information on the NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP). The LRP is designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The LRPs counteract financial pressure by repaying up to $50,000 annually of a researcher's qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research.

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• View the LRP FAQ (PDF)

Panelists:
Patricia Ganz, MD
Bio: Dr. Ganz is Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, in the Fielding School of Public Health, Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Director of the Center for Cancer Prevention & Control Research at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is a pioneer in the assessment of quality of life in cancer patients, and has focused much of her clinical and research efforts in the areas of breast cancer and its prevention. Dr. Ganz is one of the Co-Directors of the Office of Physician Scientist Career Development and has successfully mentored several individuals who were recipients of the LRP.

Benjamin Meza, MD - Recipient in 2021 & 2023
Grant Title: Longitudinal Effects of School Climate on Adolescent Social Networks and Substance Use
Bio: Dr. Meza is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the UCLA Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research. He is an internal medicine and pediatrics trained clinician-investigator whose research interests include the role of social networks in health equity and development throughout the life course.  He is currently studying the effect of cooperative group goals on the formation of social networks and prevention of adolescent substance use.

Kathleen Van Dyk, PhD - Recipient in 2017, 2019 & 2020
Grant Title: Cognitive Decline in Breast Cancer Survivors
Bio: Dr. Van Dyk is a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences/Semel Institute. Her research focuses on understanding and treating cognitive decline following cancer and its treatment, particularly with respect to older adults, aging processes, and risk for dementia. She is currently studying the interaction of menopausal status, endocrine therapy for breast cancer and cognitive function.