The 5th annual pre-meeting convenes at 8:30 AM Wed., December 4, and concludes at 12 noon. Topics and presentations are suggested by CAIRIBU Community trainees and early-stage investigators. Pre-meeting program below:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4
- 8:30 AM Breakfast and welcome (10 min): Opening remarks: Hannah Ruetten, PhD, DVM (Wake Forest University) and Michael Neugent, PhD (University of Texas Dallas)
- 8:40 AM Introductions and informal networking (30 min): Break into small groups for structured activity
- 9:10 AM Your grant is submitted, now what? Understanding the scientific review process (15 min): Presenter: Christopher Mullins, PhD (NIH/NIDDK)
- 9:25 AM Mock grant review session – attendees form a fishbowl around reviewers’ table (70 min)
- Reviewer 1: Scott Bauer, MD, MS (University of California San Francisco)
- Reviewer 2: George Kuchel, MD (University of Connecticut)
- Reviewer 3: Indira Mysorekar, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine)
- Scientific Review Officer from NIH/NIDDK: TBD
- 10:35 AM BIO BREAK (15 min)
- 10:50 AM What just happened? Deconstructing the review process (10 min): Q&A
- 11:00 AM Your grant got reviewed, now what? Responding to reviewers and resubmitting (15 min): Presenter: Rosalyn Adam, PhD (Boston Children’s/Harvard University)
- 11:15 AM Alternatively (in a different universe)…You got the grant, now what? Setting up and executing your research (15 min): Presenter: Chad Vezina, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- 11:30 AM The patient voice in urology research (15 min): Presenter: Jonathan Ellison, MD (Children’s Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin)
- 11:45 AM Concluding remarks and evaluations