The goals of the Fellows Advancement Skills Training in Clinical Research (FAST-CaR) program are to help clinical research fellows at UCSF to have a tighter-knit community and to have structured career development activities and ongoing research project feedback.
All participating fellows should be doing human subjects research and have some clinical research training. Fellows should be participating in a small group for regular feedback on their projects (works-in-progress).
The structure for this program:
- Small Groups: consist of 10-12 clinical research fellows with 3-4 faculty who meet regularly for works-in-progress sessions and group mentoring. These small groups will be about 2 hours long, scheduled on days/times/locations that are most convenient for the group. The faculty for each small group are supported by Divisions/Departments with T32 grants.
- We currently have 8 small groups that are affiliated with FAST-CaR, but are interested in having new small groups join. Current small groups affiliated with FAST-CaR are:
- Adult and Pediatric Oncology Programs (Radiation Oncology, Neuro-Oncology, Medical Oncology), contact Jennifer Seuferer
- Clinical Research Informatics Postdoctoral (CRISP) Program, contact Mary Whooley, MD, FACP, FAHA, FACC, FAMIA
- Family Planning, contact Molly Kirsch
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, contact Mandana Khalili, MD; or Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA
- National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP), contact Kristin Bradford
- Philip R. Lee Health Policy, contact Krista Harrison, PhD
- Primary Care (General Internal Medicine/Family Medicine + Social Science/Health Policy), contact Eva Lo
- Surgery and Anesthesia, contact Diane Ngo
- Quarterly seminars: CTST will host a quarterly curriculum in half-day blocks. These quarterly seminars will build more of a community for research fellows across the campus. These are typically not recorded as they are highly interactive and require the active participation of those present.
* Resources from presentations are at the bottom of this page. Please refer to the number in parenthesis, ( ), under Session Topics.
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Session Topics |
Presenters |
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Fri, Sep 9, 2022: Making the Most of Your Research Fellowship at UCSF |
Lucy Kornblith, Anoop Sheshadri |
| Wed, Oct 12, 2022: Transitioning to a K Award / Beginning to Mentor |
Naomi Bardach / Alex Smith, Matthew Growdon |
| Fri, Nov 4, 2022: NIH Biosketch / Feedback and Networking | Karla Kerlikowske / Jon Singer |
| Wed, Dec 14, 2022: The Writer's Algorithm / Responding to Manuscript Reviews |
Amy Markowitz |
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Fri, Jan 13, 2023: How to Write a Thought Piece / How to Be an Effective Peer Reviewer |
Louise Walter / Andy Auerbach |
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Wed, Feb 8, 2023: Understanding NIH Study Sections / Recruiting Participants from Marginalized Communities |
Michael Matthay / Neeta Thakur |
| Fri, Mar 10, 2023: Gender Equity in Medicine / Networking |
Christina Mangurian / Jennifer Lai |
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Wed, Apr 12, 2023: Responding to Your Manuscript Reviewers / Data, Datasets, and Clinical Research |
Meyeon Park / Mark Pletcher, Lisa Schoonerman |
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Fri, May 12, 2023: Academic Prioritization / Research Development Office and Funding Opportunities |
Erica Farrand / Gretchen Kiser |
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Wed, Jun 14, 2023: Navigating the Academic Job Search / Interviewing for an Academic Job |
Julie Ann Sosa, Terry Friedlander |
Resources:
All resources that appear here are for 2021-2022. If you would like to access resources from previous years, please contact [email protected].