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Sunday, April 29, 2007 |
Double Tree Bethesda Hotel |
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7:00 p.m. |
Reception
Welcome
Review of Meeting Goals: Where are we now
and how did we get here?
Meeting Logistics |
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Monday, April 30,
2007 |
NIH Building
31C, Conference Room 10 |
| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome |
Dr. Elias
Zerhouni, Director, NIH |
| 9:15 – 10:45 a.m. |
Session 1 – Implementing
Interdisciplinary Training |
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Domains to Consider:
- Components/organization of the training
program (labs, didactics, developing
coursework, unique programmatic activities,
rotations, etc.)
- Mentoring and co-mentoring
- Administration (cross-departmental
collaborations, team-building, sharing
resources, etc.)
- Trainee skill set upon completion of the
IR training program
- Conducting interdisciplinary science
Questions to Consider:
- What was happening already vs. what had to
be created, strengthened, or reorganized?
- What is working well vs. what did not work
or is not working?
- How were challenges overcome?
- Are there unresolved challenges?
- Based on your experience, what would you
do differently next time?
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| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:30
p.m. |
Session 2 – Recruitment of
Trainees |
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Domains to Consider:
- Recruitment of trainees at different levels of training
- Recruitment of trainees from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups
- Recruitment of international trainees
Questions to Consider:
- Is recruitment for IR training different from other training programs? Is a
particular skill set needed, upon entry, for a trainee to be successful in an IR training
program?
- What were successful vs. unsuccessful recruitment strategies?
- Based on your experience, what would you do differently next time?
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| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
Session 3 – Mechanisms of
Support |
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All Training Programs:
- Is there added value to IR training grants
above combining individual courses, mentors,
etc.?
The T90/R90 Mechanism:
- Is there added value to the T90/R90 above the T32?
- Why was there little interest in training international and undergraduate students in
these programs?
- Are there other features that could make a critical difference in IR training?
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| 2:30
– 3:30 p.m. |
Session 4 – Models of Interdisciplinary Research Training
- What are the key features—and best models—of successful IR training?
- What role does IR training play in IR? (Is it...necessary?...sufficient?...accelerating?...ancillary?)
- Is anything missing in our current efforts to stimulate IR through training?
|
| 3:30 – 4:15
p.m. |
Session 5 – Beyond the NIH
Roadmap
- Current options for competing continuation funding
- Strategies for optimizing success
- Competing continuations – future directions for first group of T90/R90
programs (review of brief written descriptions)
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| 4:15 – 4:30 p.m. |
Meeting Summary |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Adjournment |
