Fellows Advancement Skills Training in Clinical Research (FAST-CaR)

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 7 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
  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology, contact Mandana Khalili, MD; or Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA
  • Gerontology, contact Rebecca Sudore, MD
  • Learning Health System (LHS) Embedded Scientist Training and Research (E-STAR), contact Mary Whooley, MD, FACP, FAHA, FACC, FAMIA; or Ma Somsouk, MD, MAS
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, contact Shan Ward, MD
  • Primary Care (General Internal Medicine/Family Medicine + Social Science/Health Policy), contact Eva Lo
  • Rheumatology, contact Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH
  • Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR), contact Alison Huang, MD, MAS
• 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.