UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute

September 24, 2014

CTSI EVENTS

This week! CTSI/CTRC Networking Seminar: Informatics Tools for Clinical Research

This month's seminar focuses on informatics tools for research including cohort finding, recruitment, and data collection and management. Doug Bell, MD, PhD will present. View the announcement here.

Location, date and time: CHS 14-214U, Sept. 25, 12-1:30 p.m.

Coming Monday: Got Grant? Seminar on CTSI Grant Preparation Services

Speakers include David Elashoff, PhD on biostatistics, Doug Bell, MD, PhD on cohort-finding tools, and Lenore Arab, PhD on Rapid Response Team grant preparation software and support. RSVP to dkherman@mednet.ucla.edu.

Location, date and time: Friedman Boardroom 12-407 MDCC, Sept. 29, 12-1 p.m. Lunch will be served.

Implementation and Improvement Science Webinar Series

Co-hosted by David Ganz, MD, PhD of the VA, the one-hour webinar will present insights from the VA quality enhancement research initiative. To register for the Oct. 1 webinar, click here.

Exercise and the Brain Symposium

Art Kramer, PhD, an expert on neural plasticity across the lifespan, is the keynote speaker at this UCLA event, which is free and open to the public. Details and registration information can be found here.

Location, date and time: UCLA NRB auditorium, Oct. 2, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

CTSI Seminar: Gene Block

The 2014-15 CTSI Seminar Series begins with a conversation with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. Live streaming available; for details, go here.

Location, date, and time: NRB auditorium, Oct. 6, 12-1 p.m.

COHORT-FINDING TOOLS

LADR: Explore Available Patient Populations in Los Angeles

LADR, the Los Angeles Data Repository, is a joint project of major Los Angeles health care provider organizations aimed at enabling clinical investigators to explore the size of potential research study cohorts. Learn more.

UC ReX: a UC Shared Data Resource

UC Research eXchange and its UC ReX Data Explorer tool provide researchers and specialists access to cohort counts derived from the de-identified clinical data of over 12 million patients collected at the point of care from the five UC health campuses. Click here for more information.

DEADLINES

K-to-R Grant Application Workshop

Oct. 2 is the deadline to register for the K-to-R workshop for junior investigators preparing their first R-series grant application. The workshop will take place at UCLA on Nov. 13. For registration details, follow this link.

Ethics Course: Responsible Conduct of Research

The 10-week course begins Oct. 8. Obtaining a certificate makes you eligible to submit a grant to an IRB. For registration and course information, follow this link.

REMINDERS

Drop-in Biostatistical Consults

CTSI offers drop-in biostatistical consults at UCLA every Wednesday and Friday and at LA BioMed/Harbor-UCLA on Wednesdays. Find details and times here.

Employment Postings

CTSI accepts postings for clinical and translational science jobs. To view job openings, go here. To submit a posting, send the job listing with your contact information to editors@ctsi.ucla.edu.