Goal of Workshop: To provide networking opportunities and information, guidance, and professional development information on NIH funding opportunities and research goals that will assist diversity supplement scholars in their transition to independent NIH grant support.
Tuesday, September 24th
All times Eastern.
Time | Event |
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11:00 AM – 11:05 AM |
Welcome Remarks and Meeting Objectives (Zoom) Aria Crump, ScD, Director, Office of Diversity and Health Disparities, Deputy Director, Office of Research Training, Diversity, and Disparities, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health |
11:05 AM – 11:55 AM |
IC Directors’ Keynote/Fireside Chat (Zoom) Moderator: Dr. Marie Bernard, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD) Panel Speakers: Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Director, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Dr. Wilson M. Compton, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Dr. Diana Bianchi, Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Dr. Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, Acting Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) |
11:55 AM – 12:10 PM |
General Introduction to the NIH Grant and Review Process UnJa Hayes, PhD, Program Officer, Division of International Training and Research |
12:10 PM – 1:20 PM |
Demystifying NIH Research Funding Opportunities and the Review Process: Breakout Sessions by Career Level Breakout: Undergrad/Post-Baccalaureate Erika Barr, PhD, Program Director, Office of Health Equity, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health Anahid Ebrahimi, PhD, Health Program Specialist, Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce Diversity, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health Parisa Parsafar, PhD, Program Director Office of Health Equity, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health Breakout: Predoctoral Student Rob Rivers, PhD, Program Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health Lauren E. Ullrich, PhD, Section Chief, Career Advancement, Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce (OPEN), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health Jamie Lahvic, PhD, Training Officer, Office of Strategic Extramural Programs, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Lucia Hindorff, PhD, Lead Extramural Training Program Director, Training, Diversity, and Health Equity Office, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health Ashley Smith, PhD, Program Officer, Office of Research Training and Career Development, Division of Translational Research, National Institute of Mental Health Dave Gutekunst, PhD, Program Director, Division of Interdisciplinary Training, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. Breakout: Postdoctoral Fellow Kalynda Gonzales Stokes, PhD, Program Director, Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health Roya Kalantari, PhD, Program Officer, Acute and Infectious Lung Diseases Branch, Division of Lung Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Breakout: Investigator/Faculty Carlos O. Garrido, PhD, MS, MPH Program Director, Division of Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health Carolina Solis Sanabria, MD, MPH, FACS, Program Official, Division of Clinical and Health Services Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health Breakout: SBIR/STTR (all career levels) Toyin Ajisafe, PhD, Program Officer and Small Business Point of Contact, Julia Berzhanskaya, PhD, Innovator Support Lead, Innovation and Commercialization Office, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Stephanie Davis, PhD, Small Business Program Coordinator, Innovator Support Coordinator, Innovation and Commercialization Office, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
1:20 PM – 1:40 PM | Lunch Break (Zoom or Gather Town networking) |
1:40 PM – 2:15 PM | Meet with a Program Officer (PO): Small Group Breakout Session with POs from Institutes and Centers (Gather Town) |
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM | Diversity Supplement Scholar Poster Session A and B (Gather Town) |
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Break |
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM |
A Journey to Becoming an NIH Funded Investigator Panel Discussion (Zoom) Moderators: Houmam Araj, PhD, Director of Lens/Cataract, Oculomotor/Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pain Programs, and Conference Grants National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health Toyin Ajisafe, PhD, Program Officer and Small Business Point of Contact, Panel Speakers: Darien Weatherspoon, DDS, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Dentistry. Theresa Loveless, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of BioSciences, Rice University. Benga Adeeko, BS, Founder/CEO NewGait – a movement company. Jereme Wilroy, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham. |
4:45 PM – 4:55 PM |
Entrepreneurial Support and Funding at the NIH (Zoom) Stephanie Fertig, Director, NIH Small Business Program, Small Business Education & Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Office |
4:55 PM – 5:00 PM |
Day 1 Closing Remarks/Q&A/Adjourn Marguerite Matthews, PhD, Program Director, Section Chief of Career Preparation in the Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health |
Wednesday, September 25th
All times Eastern.
Time | Event |
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11:00 AM – 11:05 AM |
Welcome Remarks (Zoom) Shakira Nelson, PhD, MPH, Co-Director, Postdoctoral Research Associate Training (PRAT) Program Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity |
11:05 AM – 11:35 AM |
Keynote Address (Zoom) Arielle H. Sheftall, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry |
11:35 AM – 12:30 PM | Get to Know Your NIH Institute/Center (Zoom Breakout Sessions) Participants will spend an hour meeting with staff from the NIH Institute that funded their diversity supplement. |
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch Break |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Diversity Supplement Poster Session C and D (Gather Town) |
2:00 PM – 2:05 PM | Transition to Zoom |
2:05 PM – 3:05 PM |
Resubmissions, Resources, and Resilience (R3) (Zoom) Fred Tyson, PhD, Program Director, Genes, Environment, and Health Branch, Aria Crump, ScD, Director, Office of Diversity and Health Disparities, Deputy Director, Office of Research Training, Diversity, and Disparities, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health Lawrence Baizer, PhD, Program Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
3:05 PM – 3:45 PM |
How to Choose a Mentor and Navigate the Relationship (Zoom) Moderators: Arundhati Gogineni, PhD, Program Officer, Division of Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health Parisa Parsafar, PhD, Program Director Office of Health Equity, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health Panel Speakers: Sheryl L. Frierson, MD, M.Ed. Medical Director, Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders, Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, Texas. Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dominique M. Rose, PhD, MPH, Research Scientist, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Center for Injury Research and Policy Deepak Kumar, PhD, Associate Provost and Dean of Research and Sponsored Programs. Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Carolina Central University |
3:45 PM – 4:55 PM |
Science Careers Panel Discussion (Zoom) Moderators: Julia Berzhanskaya, PhD, Innovator Support Lead, Innovation and Commercialization Office, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Utibe Bickham-Wright, PhD, PMP, Program Official, Division of Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health Panel Speakers: Rumi Chunara, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Center for Health Data Science, New York University Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH, Former Chief Scientific Officer, Ferring US/Immediate Past President, American Medical Women’s Association Kelley S. Harris, PhD, Director of Cross-College Advising Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison Marcos Ramos-Benitez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ponce Health Sciences University |
4:55 PM – 5:00 PM |
Closing Remarks Toyin Ajisafe, PhD, Program Officer and Small Business Point of Contact, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research/National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health |