Monday, August 3

9:00 – 9:15

OVERVIEW OF COURSE AND INTRODUCTION
Jennifer Albrecht, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMSOM
John Sorkin, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics, UMSOM

9:15 – 10:00

INTRODUCTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGY
Jennifer Albrecht, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMSOM

10:00 – 10:15

BREAK/QUESTIONS

10:15 – 11:00

CLINICAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS, HYPOTHESES AND PREDICTIONS
Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMSOM

11:00 – 11:45

DATA MANAGEMENT
Amy Yarnell, MLS, MA, Head of Data and Bioinformation Services, Health Sciences & Human Services Library, UMB

11:45 - 12:45

LUNCH BREAK (on your own)

12:45 - 1:45

SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS
Jessica Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMSOM

1:45 – 2:00

BREAK/QUESTIONS

2:00 – 3:15

OVERVIEW OF STUDY DESIGN
Jennifer Albrecht, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMSOM

Tuesday, August 4

9:00 – 11:00

INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS
John Sorkin, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics, UMSOM

11:00 – 11:15

BREAK/QUESTIONS

11:15 – 12:00

COMMUNITY-ENGAGED RESEARCH
C. Daniel Mullins, PhD, Professor and Executive Director, the PATIENTS Program, UMSOP

12:00 – 1:00

LUNCH BREAK (on your own)

1:00 – 2:00

SECONDARY DATA SOURCES
Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMSOM

2:00 – 2:45

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Julia Slejko, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, UMSOP; Graduate Program Director, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research

Wednesday, August 5

9:00 – 10:00

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
Christy Chang, PhD, MS, Professor, Department of Medicine; Senior Program Leader, CARTI, UMSOM

10:00 – 10:15

BREAK/QUESTIONS

10:15 – 11:00

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION (continued)
Christy Chang, PhD, MS, Professor, Department of Medicine; Senior Program Leader, CARTI, UMSOM

11:00 – 12:00

RESEARCH ETHICS CASES 
Leslie Katzel, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, UMSOM, Baltimore VAMHCS GRECC, UM-OAIC

12:00 – 1:00

LUNCH BREAK (on your own)

1:00 – 1:30

BUILDING A CAREER IN CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Brittany Burch, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, UMSON

1:30 – 2:15

HEALTH SCIENCES AND HUMAN SERVICES LIBRARY
Nicole Shelawala, M.Eng, MLIS,  Research and Education Librarian for the School of Medicine, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, UMB

2:15 - 2:30

BREAK/QUESTIONS 

2:30 – 3:15

SAMPLE SIZE CALCULATIONS
John Sorkin, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics, UMSOM

Thursday, August 6

9:00 – 10:15

DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Rena Lapidus, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Director, Translational Laboratory Shared Service, UMSOM

10:15 – 10:30

BREAK/QUESTIONS

10:30 – 12:00

OVERVIEW OF REGULATORY ISSUES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH
John Farley, MD, MPH, Director, Office of Infectious Diseases, FDA/CDER/OND (retired)

12:00 – 1:00

LUNCH BREAK (on your own)

1:00 – 1:45

HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTIONS
Julie Doherty, DM, MSN, RN, CIP, CCEP, Assistant Vice President, Human Research Protections Program, Office of Accountability & Compliance, UMB

1:45 – 2:30

OVERVIEW OF INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH (ICTR) & GENERAL CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER (GCRC)
Stephen Davis, MBBS, Professor, Department of Medicine, UMSOM; Director, General Clinical Research Center; Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships; Vice President of Clinical Translational Science, UMB

Friday, August 7

9:00 – 10:00

GRANTS – THE BASICS
Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMSOM

10:00 – 10:15

BREAK/QUESTIONS

10:15 – 11:15

TIPS ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
Jean-Pierre Raufman, MD, Moses and Helen Golden Paulson Professor of Medicine, Head, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, UMSOM

11:15 – 11:45

TIPS FOR APPLYING FOR GRANTS AT THE VA

11:45 – 12:45

LUNCH BREAK (on your own)

12:45 – 1:45

RIGOR, REPRODUCIBILITY & TRANSPARENCY
John Sorkin, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics, UMSOM

1:45 – 3:00

DATA AND OTHER UMB RESOURCES

• CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH TRAINING AND INNOVATION (CARTI)
  Marey Shriver, PhD, Executive Director for Faculty Development, CARTI, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UMSOM
  
  
• PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH COMPUTING (PRC) CENTER
  Abree Johnson, MS, MBA
  Director, Pharmaceutical Research Computing (PRC) Center, UMSOP
  
  
•  PATIENTS PROGRAM
   C. Daniel Mullins, PhD, Professor and Executive Director, the PATIENTS Program, UMSOP
  
  
•  CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE BIOMEDICAL RESOURCES (CIBR)
  Rena Lapidus, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Director, Translational Laboratory Shared Service, UMSOM
  
  
• CLAUDE D. PEPPER OLDER AMERICANS INDEPENDENCE CENTER (UM-OAIC)
  Alice Ryan, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, UMSOM
  
  

• INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH COMPUTING (UM-IHC)
  Rozalina G. McCoy, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, UMSOM; Director, Precision Medicine and Population Health, UM Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC)
  
  
•  APPLIED PHARMACEUTICS LAB (APhL)
  Stephen Hoag, PhD, Director, APhL; Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UMSOP
  
  
•  CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INFORMATICS CENTER (CTRIC)
  Jessica P. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Clinical and Translational Research Informatics Center (CTRIC)