2024 CAIRIBU Trainee Pre-Meeting

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