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Meeting Info
April 20 | Wednesday
How to Build Mentoring and Community Support Platforms To Support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion In Your Scientific Network
12:30 – 2:00 PM ET
Early-career investigators (ECI) require mentoring to succeed to their fullest potential and make it over the ‘career valley of death.’ Since diversity increases the strength of innovation, nonprofit funders may be considering setting up specifically-focused mentoring/training/support programs forblack, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) or other marginalized early-career investigator (ECI). The panel discussion from DEI experts in academia, government and non-profit space will not only give insights into their platforms and programs, they will also give advice on “what to do and what not to do” when you set up a program, and how to determine the short term versus longer term goals.
Moderator
Kelly Rose, PhD
Program Officer | Burroughs Wellcome Fund
HRA Member Presenter
Eugene Manley, Jr., PhD
Director of Community Engagement | LUNGevity Foundation
Presenters
Shakira Nelson, PhD
Program Director| Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity, NIH
Michael A. Yassa, PhD
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, School of Biological Sciences | University of California, Irvine
April 20 | Wednesday
Open Science: Tortoise and the Hare
3:00 – 4:30 PM ET
Is your org moving so slowly in implementing open science policies that you may forgo even a participant ribbon? Is your org moving so quickly that you have taken some wrong turns? Open science (including data sharing) was crucial to mitigating the effects of COVID-19. Sharing results and data helped in the development of diagnostics, vaccines, and multiple therapeutics. The future of medical and scientific research is increasingly populated with AI models that learn from existing data and point to the next experiment to be run. However, sharing data and providing open access to data is still not straightforward. On one end, resources, privacy, security, governance, credentials, are some of the obstacles to access, on the other end, excluding data-sharing requirements in grant making misses an opportunity for maximizing funding impact, and leaves huge gaps and unleveled outputs.
During the session you will learn from fellow member organizations (and external speakers) about new programs or policies that were successful, or failed to bear the expected results. We’ll also discuss the pace of change – why some orgs moved quickly, some decided to move at a slower pace, and some got stuck in the process of implementing even small initial steps.
Moderator
Rachel Cruthirds
Research Pre-Award Manager | American Heart Association
Presenter
Tony Kerlavage, PhD
Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology | National Cancer Institute, NIH
HRA Member Presenters
Jaclyn N. Taroni, PhD
Director, Childhood Cancer Data Lab | Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Salvo La Rosa, PhD
Chief Science Officer | Children’s Tumor Foundation
Laura Chung
Director of Grants Administration | St. Baldrick’s Foundation
Gabrielle Rushing, PhD
Director, Research | TSC Alliance
April 20 | Wednesday
Networking
4:30 – 5:30 PM ET
April 21 | Thursday
Innovative Models to Expedite Research Funding
12:30 – 2:00 PM ET
Is the current process of scientific funding too slow? Implementing innovative processes to decrease time between announcement to award is one way organizations are changing the status quo. This session will explore rapid funding – how various organizations have worked to streamline their application and review processes to accelerate research funding, or in response to an emergency. The conversation will focus on the mechanics, outcomes, and pitfalls.
Moderator
Kristen Mueller, PhD
Vice President, Autoimmune Arthritis Research | Arthritis Foundation
Presenters
Brian Fiske, PhD
Co-Chief Scientific Officer | Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Linda Reilly, PhD
Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR)| University of California San Francisco
HRA Member Presenters
Rachel Cruthirds
Research Pre-Award Manager | American Heart Association
Heather Snyder, PhD
Vice President| Alzheimer’s Association
April 21 | Thursday
Enhancing Program Performance Using Logic Models
3:00 – 4:30 PM ET
This session will briefly review the concept of a logic model. It will focus on how logic models can be used in practice to develop a new program or modify an existing program, and to create an evaluation plan which can inform ongoing learning and planning to increase program effectiveness. After the into, HRA members will walk attendees through (1) an example of a program that focuses on preventing disease progression & improving quality of life among patients and (2) an example of a program targeted toward evaluation of programs for early career investigators. Then we will break out into smaller groups to discuss in more detail examples for different types of programs (for example disease-based, translational, and early-career programs), and to share ideas and lessons learned regarding how they have used logic models in their own work.
Moderator and Intro to Logic Models
Lara Bethke,PhD
Chief Scientific Officer | Health Resources in Action
HRA Member Presenters
Alycia Halladay, PhD
Chief Science Officer | Autism Science Foundation
Mary Harkins-Schwarz, MPH
Director, Health Services Research | Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
Breakout Session Moderators
Orna Ehrlich, MPH
Vice President, Strategic Impact | Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
Caitlyn Barrett, PhD
Senior Director, Research and Programs | CureSearch for Children’s Cancer
Kara Coleman, PhD
Project Director, Pew Programs in the Biomedical Sciences | Pew Charitable Trust
April 21 | Thursday
Networking
4:30 – 5:30 PM ET
*HRA is committed to providing a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for all, regardless of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, or religion. When registering, you will be promoted to let us know if there are accommodations we can provide to maintain an inclusive environment and one that is accessible to those with disabilities.