Title: Career Advancement Program for Clinical Research Scholars (CAPS) ORIENTATION
1Career Advancement Program for Clinical Research
Scholars(CAPS)ORIENTATION
2Opening Remarks
- Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS
- Mayo Professor
- Division of Epidemiology Community Health
- School of Public Health
- CAPS Program Director
3NIH Roadmap and CAPS Program Overview
- Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS
- Mayo Professor
- Division of Epidemiology Community Health
- School of Public Health
- CAPS Program Director
4NIH RoadmapGoal
- Goal of K12 NIH Roadmap
- ...to educate future leaders of multidisciplinary
clinical research and speed the translation of
research discoveries into improved patient care.
5NIH Roadmap
New Pathways to Discovery
Re-engineering the Clinical Research Enterprise
Research Teams of the Future
6How Did We Get Here?
- Difficulty recruiting and retaining clinical
researchers - Rising overhead costs and regulatory demands
- Limitations due to NIH funding mechanisms,
review, and program structure - Lack of a viable career pathway deters
investigators from conducting clinical and
translational research impedes basic research
results from entering into clinical practice
7Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research
- The current system of academic advancement favors
the independent investigator - Most institutions house scientists in discrete
departments - Interdisciplinary science requires
interdisciplinary peer-review - Project management and oversight is currently
performed by discrete ICs - Interdisciplinary research teams take time to
assemble and require unique resources
8Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career
Development Program
- Roadmap K12 Program is designed to increase the
national pool of clinician-scientists from many
disciplines - The program differs in its goal by supporting
career development of the clinical research team - The clinical research team includes nurses,
sociologists, pharmacologists, biostatisticians,
and epidemiologists, in addition to physicians,
dentists, and other scientists. - Funding for up to 5 years includes didactic and
practical training in design, conduct, and
analysis of clinical research - Each clinical research scholar may be recruited
from within a grantee institution or externally
and has two mentors
9CAPS Program Goals
- CAPS is more than a training program.
- Goals
- to train clinical researchers
- to launch Scholars careers
- to increase the number of interdisciplinary
researchers who are working together
10CAPS Overview
- Minnesotas Approach
- Core Competencies
- Training Program
- Expectations
- Scholars Mentoring Teams
- MAC
- Shared Resources
- Ombudsman
11Minnesotas Approach
- Faculty Career Development Program
- Executive Committee
- Multidisciplinary Scholars
- Mentoring Teams
- Infrastructure Support
- Research Support
- Evaluation
- Upper Midwest Consortium
12CAPS Core Competencies
- Study concepts
- Study designs
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Research funding
- Planning and managing research studies
- Human Subjects Protection and Responsible Conduct
of Research - Data collection, management, analysis
- Data interpretation
- Reporting study findings (publications)
- Professional presentation of study results
13Training Program
- MS in Clinical Research or related field
- Additional CAPS courses and seminars
- Career Development seminar (PubH 6309)
- AHC Clinical Research Conference
- Management for Clinical Research (PubH 6572)
- NIH CTSA KL2/K12 Annual Meeting
- Midwest Consortium
14Training Program (contd)MS Clinical Research
(38 cr)
- Fundamentals of Clinical Research (3 cr)
- Epidemiologic Methods I II (3 cr each)
- Biostatistics I II (4 cr each)
- Clinical Trials (3 cr)
- Clinical Research Project Seminar (2 cr)
- Writing Research Grants (2 cr)
- Ethics in Public Health Res Policy (1 cr)
- Thesis Credits Masters (10 cr)
- Electives (3 cr)
15Training Program (contd)Other Masters Level
Degrees
- MS in Health Services Research and Policy
- MS in Clinical Investigation
- MS in Social, Administrative, and Clinical
Pharmacy - Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
Track - MPH in Epidemiology
16CAPS Expectations
- Commit 75 effort to CAPS-related training,
research, and career development activities (50
effort for surgical scholars). - Commit no more than 25 total effort to clinical
duties, teaching, and departmental administrative
duties. - Post and update Career Development Plan, Ground
rules, Confidentiality Agreement, and Mentoring
Team interactions on mentor team website. - Meet regularly with mentoring team.
- Participate in all CAPS-specific activities
(seminar, conferences, workshops, etc). - Complete MS degree program (if not completed
prior to CAPS). - Register for additional CAPS-specific courses.
- Submit one peer-review article for publication
per year (exceptions granted for full-time MS
program students in first K12 year) - Presentations
- Grant proposal (by end of CAPS period)
17Career Advancement Program for Clinical Research
Scholars(CAPS)
18CAPS 2008 Scholars
- Scholar Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD, Assistant
Professor, Neurosurgery - Mentors Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, MD, PhD,
Professor, Neuroscience Jon E. Grant, MD, MPH,
Associate Professor, Psychiatry Kamil Ugurbil,
PhD, Professor, Center for Magnetic Resonance
Research Lynn E. Eberly, PhD, Associate
Professor, Biostatistics - Project Title Compulsive Behavior in Patients
with Parkinsons Disease before and after Deep
Brain Stimulation
19CAPS 2008 Scholars
- Scholar Jason Baker, MD, MS, Assistant
Professor, Infectious Diseases International
Medicine, HCMC - Mentors James D. Neaton, PhD, Professor,
Biostatistics W. Keith Henry, MD, Professor, UMN
AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, HCMC Richard Grimm,
MD, PhD, MPH, Professor, Cardiology/
Epidemiology Daniel A. Duprez, MD, PhD,
Professor, Cardiology - Project Title Small and Large Arterial
Elasticity and HIV Infection a pilot study
20CAPS 2008 Scholars
- Scholar Monica Colvin-Adams, MD, Assistant
Professor, Cardiology - Mentors Daniel J. Garry, MD, PhD, Professor,
Cardiology - Daniel A. Duprez, MD, PhD, Professor,
Cardiology Robert F. Wilson, MD, Professor,
Cardiology John E. Connett, PhD, Professor and
Head, Biostatistics Robert Bache, MD, Professor,
Cardiology - Project Title Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibition
and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
21CAPS 2008 Scholars
- Scholar Sean Elliott, MD, Assistant Professor,
Urologic Surgery - Mentors Timothy J. Wilt, MD, MPH, Professor,
Internal Medicine Beth A. Virnig, PhD, MPH,
Associate Professor, Health Services Research,
Policy, and Administration Robert L. Kane, MD,
Professor, Health Policy and Management Roger
Feldman, PhD, Professor, Health Policy and
Management Bradley P. Carlin, PhD, MS, Mayo
Professor, Biostatistics - Project Title The influence of financial
incentives on practice patterns and outcomes in
prostate cancer therapy
22CAPS 2008 Scholars
- Scholar Lynda Polgreen, MD, MS, Fellow,
Pediatric Endocrinology - Mentors Anna Petryk, MD, Assistant Professor,
Pediatric Endocrinology Antoinette M. Moran, MD,
Professor, Pediatrics Chester B. Whitley, MD,
PhD, Professor, Pediatrics William Thomas, PhD,
MS, Associate Professor, Biostatistics - Research Project To study bone health in two
related populations children after hematopoietic
cell transplantation (HCT) and children with
Mucopolysac-charidosis (MPS) diseases with and
without HCT and/or enzyme replacement therapy
(ERT)
23CAPS 2008 Scholars
- Scholar Steven Stovitz, MD, Assistant Professor,
Family Medicine and Community Health Adjunct
Faculty, Kinesiology - Mentors Robert W. Jeffrey, PhD, Professor,
Epidemiology and Community Health John H. Himes,
PhD, Professor, Epidemiology and Community
Health Mark A. Pereira, PhD, Associate
Professor, Epidemiology and Community Health
Peter J. Hannan, MStat, Senior Research Fellow,
Epidemiology and Community Health - Research Project To study childhood growth
features which predict adult obesity utilizing
the CATCH and SOLAR databases
24CAPS 2008 Scholars
- Scholar Fareed Suri, MD, Fellow, Neurology
- Mentors Aaron R. Folsom, MD, MPH, Professor,
Epidemiology and Community Health Adnan I.
Qureshi, MD, Professor, Neurology Cavan S.
Reilly, PhD, MS, Associate Professor,
Biostatistics - Project Title Renin-Angiotensin System
Polymorphisms and Risk of Small Vessel Ischemic
Stroke Analysis from a Cardiovascular Cohort
25CAPS 2006 Scholars
- Scholar Lisa Chow, MD, Assistant Professor,
Endocrinology - Mentors Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD, Professor,
Medicine - Michael Garwood, PhD, Professor, Radiology
- Lynn E. Eberly, PhD, Associate Professor,
Biostatistics - Project Title Evaluation of Intramyocellular
Lipid Content (IMCL) in Skeletal Muscle by
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - Scholar Sarah A. Cooley, MD, Assistant
Professor, Adult Hematology, Oncology and
Transplantation - Mentors Jeffrey S. Miller, MD, Professor,
Medicine - Daniel J. Weisdorf, MD, Professor, Hematology,
Oncology and Transplantation Chap T. Le, PhD,
Distinguished Professor, Biostatistics - Project Title Natural Killer Cell Receptors
26CAPS 2006 Scholars
- Scholar Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, MD, Assistant
Professor, Neurology - Mentors David C. Anderson, MD, Professor,
Neurology - Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS, Mayo Professor,
Epidemiology Community Health Beth A. Virnig,
PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Health Services
Research, Policy, and Administration - David R. Jacobs, Jr., PhD, Professor,
Epidemiology Community Health - Project Title Improving Evidence-Based Quality
of Care in Acute Stroke - Scholar Peter Milev, MD, PhD, Assistant
Professor, Psychiatry - Mentors Kelvin O. Lim, MD, Professor,
Psychiatry - Angus W. MacDonald III, PhD, Assistant
Professor, Psychology Susanne S. Lee, PhD,
Assistant Professor and Statistician, Psychiatry - Project Title Deficits in perceptual
organization and thought disorder in
schizophrenia relationships with fMRI functional
anatomy
27CAPS 2006 Scholars
- Scholar Daniel A Mulrooney, MD, MS, Assistant
Professor, Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology,
Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation - Mentors Joseph P. Neglia, MD, MPH, Professor,
Pediatrics - Robert P. Hebbel, MD, Professor, Hematology,
Oncology and Transplantation James D. Neaton,
PhD, Professor, Biostatistics - Project Title Atherosclerosis in Survivors of
Childhood and Young Adult Hodgkins Disease - Scholar Marcie R. Tomblyn, MD, MS, Assistant
Professor, Hematology, Oncology and
Transplantation - Mentors Daniel J. Weisdorf, MD, Professor,
Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation Mary M.
Horowitz, MD, Professor, Medicine, Medical
College of WI John P. Klein, PhD, Professor,
Biostatistics, Medical College of WI Brent R.
Logan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics,
Medical College of WI - Research Project To design and execute local and
multi-center trials to advance hematopoietic stem
cell transplant (HSCT) for management of lymphoma
28CAPS 2006 Scholars
- Scholar Heather E. Vezina, PharmD, Assistant
Professor, Laboratory Medicine and
Pathology/Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology - Mentors Henry H. Balfour, Jr., MD, Professor,
Lab Medicine and Pathology/Pediatrics Richard
Brundage, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor,
Pharmacy William Thomas, PhD, Associate
Professor, Biostatistics - Project Title Pharmacokinetic and
pharmacodynamic characteristics of valacyclovir
(V-ACV) in adults with primary Epstein-Barr virus
(EBV) infectious mononucleosis (IM)
29CAPS 2007 Scholars
- Scholar David R. Boulware, MD, Assistant
Professor, Infectious Diseases International
Medicine - Mentors Paul R. Bohjanen, MD, PhD, Associate
Professor, Microbiology and Medicine Edward N.
Janoff, MD, Professor, Infectious Diseases,
University of Colorado at Denver James D.
Neaton, PhD, MS, Professor, Biostatistics Tracy
L. Bergemann, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Biostatistics - Project Title Immune Reconstruction Syndrome in
HIV-infected Persons in Resource-Limited Areas - Scholar Adam F. Carpenter, MD, Assistant
Professor, Neurology - Mentors Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, MD, PhD,
Professor, Neuroscience - Gareth J. Parry, MD, Professor, Neurology
Kelvin O. Lim, MD, Professor, Psychiatry Lynn E.
Eberly, PhD, Associate Professor, Biostatistics - Project Title Protein markers of disease in
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
30CAPS 2007 Scholars
- Scholar Melissa A. Geller, MD, Assistant
Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's
Health - Mentors Amy P. N. Skubitz, PhD, Associate
Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Sundaram Ramakrishnan, PhD, Professor,
Pharmacology Douglas Yee, MD, Professor,
Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation Chap
T. Le, PhD, Professor, Biostatistics - Project Title Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in
Ovarian Cancer Predicting Tumor Response - Scholar LAurelle A. Johnson, PhD, Assistant
Professor, Experimental Clinical Pharmacology - Mentors Timothy S. Tracy, PhD, Professor,
Pharmacy - Pamala A. Jacobson, PharmD, Associate Professor,
Pharmacy - Julie A. Ross, PhD, Professor, Pediatrics
Antoinette M. Moran, MD, Professor, Pediatrics
Melanie M. Wall, PhD, MS, Associate Professor,
Biostatistics - Project Title The effect of childhood obesity on
phase 1 and phase 2 drug metabolism enzymes
31CAPS 2007 Scholars
- Scholar Ken M. Kunisaki, MD, MS, Assistant
Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and
Sleep Medicine - Mentors Dennis E. Niewoehner, MD, Professor,
Pulmonary Section, VAMC Allen S. Levine, PhD,
Professor and Dean, College of Food, Agricultural
and Natural Resources Sciences John E. Connett,
PhD, Professor and Head, Biostatistics - Project Title Micronutrients and Exacerbations
of COPD - Scholar Donald R. Nixdorf, DDS, MS, Assistant
Professor, Diagnostic Biological Sciences,
Dentistry - Mentors Eric L. Schiffman, DDS, MS, Associate
Professor, Dentistry David A. Bereiter, PhD,
Professor, Dentistry Kamil Ugurbil, PhD,
Professor, Center for Magnetic Resonance
Research Noam Harel, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Medicine James S. Hodges, PhD, MA, Associate
Professor, Biostatistics - Project Title Functional Imaging of Trigeminal
Neuropathic Pain
32CAPS 2007 Scholars
- Scholar Jeffrey R. Wozniak, PhD, LP, Assistant
Professor, Psychiatry - Mentors Kelvin O. Lim, MD, Professor,
Psychiatry Monica A. Luciana, PhD, Associate
Professor, Psychology Pi-Nian Chang, PhD,
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Psychiatry Paul
M. Thuras, PhD, Research Associate, Psychiatry - Project Title Cerebral white matter effects of
fetal alcohol exposure A Diffusion Tensor
Imaging (DTI) study of microstructural brain
abnormalities and their neurocognitive correlates - Scholar Fang Yu, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor,
Adult and Gerontological Health Co-operative
Unit, Nursing - Mentors Jean F. Wyman, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA,
Professor, Nursing Research/Community Health and
Family Practice - Maurice W. Dysken, MD, Professor, Psychiatry
Wei Pan, PhD, Associate Professor, Biostatistics - Project Title The FIT-AD Study /Preserving
Cognition and Function Through Aerobic Training
in Alzheimer's Disease
33CAPS Executive Committee
- Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS, Mayo Professor,
- Epidemiology Community Health, SPH
- CAPS Program Director
- Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD, Interim Director, OCR
- Professor, Medicine Director, GCRC CAPS
Co-Director - James D. Neaton, PhD, Professor, Biostatistics,
SPH - CAPS Co-Director
34CAPS Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee
- Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS (Chair)
- Linda H. Bearinger, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN
- David M. Brown, MD, Ombudsman
- Barbara A. Elliott, PhD
- Frank A. Lederle, MD
- Bryan S. Michalowicz, DDS, MS
- James D. Neaton, PhD
- Nancy C. Raymond, MD
- Timothy W. Schacker, MD
- S. Charles Schulz, MD
- Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD
- William Thomas, PhD, MS
- Timothy S. Tracy, PhD
- Todd M. Tuttle, MD, MS
- Anne Marie Weber-Main, PhD
- Daniel J. Weisdorf, MD
35CAPS Ombudsman
- David M. Brown, MD, Professor Emeritus,
Pediatrics/LaboratoryMedicine and Pathology - Role of Ombudsman
- to provide scholars with feedback and advice
- from outside the program
- to facilitate resolution of program-related
difficulties and challenges
36CAPS the CTSA
37CAPS Mentoring and Evaluation
- CAPS Mentoring Evaluation Director
38CAPS Mentoring Evaluation
- Why the emphasis on mentoring in this program
- What do we know about effective mentoring
- How the CAPS program facilitates an effective
mentoring approach - How the CAPS program evaluated
39Why Emphasis on Mentoring?
- Faculty with mentors demonstrate higher levels
of success on the following factors - Research productivity (Bland and Schmitz 1986,
Byrne and Keefe 2002) - Professional socialization and interactions with
colleagues (Corcoran and Clark 1984) - Salary levels and satisfaction with salary and
promotion (Melicher 2000) - Teaching effectiveness, evidenced by declines in
teaching anxiety and improved student ratings of
teaching effectiveness (Williams 1991).
40Not all Mentoring is alike
- Effective faculty mentoring is a result of
- Clarity of purpose
- Systematic tasks and activities that the mentor
and mentee do together not personal chemistry - Early and enduring mentoring is most beneficial
- Regular meetings of the mentoring pairs/teams -
which may require nudging - Using mentors from outside the mentees
department is very effective - (Boyle and Boice, 1998)
41CAPS Mentoring Teams
- Mentoring teams include experienced clinical
investigators - Teams are multidisciplinary and include a
biostatistician - Mentors responsibilities are clearly delineated
- Mentoring process and development of mentees is
reviewed regularly - Mentors and mentees participate in training
workshops - Online tracking of mentoring process (meetings
and progress) is provided
42Mentoring Workshops
- Mentoring Workshop
- Scholars attend an initial mentoring workshop
with their senior mentors and, preferably, one or
more associate mentors. - Mentor-to-Mentor Workshop
- Senior Mentors attend a mentors-only workshop to
provide feedback on the mentoring experience. - Dates are posted on the CAPS Website as workshops
are scheduled. - Next Mentoring Workshop (new Scholars Mentors)
- Friday, June 6, 2008 from 100-400 p.m.
- at 142 WBOB
43First Mentoring Workshop for Mentors and
Mentees
- Working session to review
- Mentees career vision, goals, next years
objectives, and activities - Mentees incoming strengths and improvement areas
- Mentoring ground rules and confidentiality
agreements - Mentoring schedule (team is expected to meet as a
group at least quarterly) - Role of each mentor on the team
44Workshop for Mentors Only
- Working session
- to review highlights of Scholars progress
- to review Scholars time distribution
- to discuss mentoring team roles (individual and
group as a whole) - to review Scholars satisfaction with mentoring
behaviors - to review adequacy of mentoring interactions
- to discuss purpose of multidisciplinary mentoring
and how best to achieve it - to share strategies for successful mentoring
- to assess reasonableness of Scholars next years
goals and timelines - to identify ways CAPS can better support
mentoring activities.
45Online Tracking of Mentoring and Career
Development(Optional)Matt Beecher, Informatics
Manager, General Clinical Research Center
- Post career vision, goals, planned strategies,
and timeline - Post ground rules and confidentiality agreement
documents - Document mentor team meetings
- Document use of Shared Clinical Research Support
Group (SCRSG) - Note decisions from meetings, assignments before
next meeting, and goals for next meeting - Maintain drafts of projects accessible by whole
team - Ease mentor tracking burden
- Aid evaluation without duplication of effort
46CAPS Scholar Agreement
- Requirement
- 75 effort on CAPS-related training, research,
and career development activities (50 surgical
scholars) - Expectations
- Career development plan (post on team website
within 2 wks of Mentoring Workshop update 2 wks
prior to scheduled MAC review meetings) - Ground rules and confidentiality agreements
(post on team website w/in 2 wks of Mentoring
Workshop) - Regularly scheduled mentoring team meetings
(post schedule and interactions on mentor team
website - post meetings and action items w/in 2
wks of each interaction)
47CAPS Scholar Agreement
- Expectations (continued)
- Participate in all CAPS-specific activities
- Complete MS degree program (if not completed
prior to CAPS) - 9-14 cr in first year maintain
3.5 GPA - Register for additional CAPS-specific courses
(all scholars) - Peer-review articles (1 per yr - exceptions
granted to full-time students in first year) - Presentations
- Grant proposal (by end of CAPS period)
48CAPS Mentor Agreement
- Requirement
- Assure that scholars spend 75 effort on
CAPS-related training, research, and career
development activities (50 effort for surgical
scholars) - Expectations
- Attend CAPS Orientation and mentoring workshops
- Participate in regularly scheduled mentoring team
meetings - Senior Mentor provides accountability for
scholars work and coordination of team - plans
meeting agendas with Scholar to address research
and career mentoring topics - Complete written mentoring ground rules and
confidentiality agreements with scholar - Assist scholar with career development plan
components including annual goals and objectives
with specific strategies and timeline
49CAPS Mentor Agreement
- Expectations (continued)
- Approve career development plan components and
subsequent changes (posted on mentor team
website) - Monitor scholars career development, CAPS
activities, and mentoring interactions - review
team website entries monthly - Assure that scholar is receiving support and
resources from home department - Provide information for semi-annual program
evaluation of mentoring activities - Develop plans for grant submission
- Benefits
- Mentor funds for CAPS-related activities
including travel, continuing education, CAPS
research project support, or salary redistribution
50CAPS Baseline and Year-End Quantitative Evaluation
- Evaluation
- Data collection at the beginning of the program
and abbreviated follow-up at the end of each year
as well as ongoing mentoring tracking - Scholar Clinical Research Appraisal Inventory
- Scholar Department/Division Culture
- Scholar Discipline Identification
- Mentor Discipline Identification
- Scholar and Mentor Consent form
51Baseline Evaluation Forms
- Evaluation is a CAPS requirement
- Baseline forms - complete and return to CAPS
Administrative Specialist (forms are posted on
CAPS website) - Consent form - grants permission to use
evaluation data for research purposes
52CAPS Scholar Qualitative Evaluation
- At 6 months, 1 year, and then annually, a MAC
Evaluation Subcommittee reviews - Clinical Schedule (protected time)
- Overall Weekly Schedule (time management)
- MS Degree Program
- Current Research
- Career Development
- Mentoring Team Interactions
- Connections in Professional Field
- Use of Shared Resources
- Overall CAPS Satisfaction
- Completion of Evaluation Forms
- Clinical Research Skills Development
53Biostatistician Mentors in CAPS
- James D. Neaton, PhD, MS
- Professor, Division of Biostatistics, School of
Public Health - CAPS Co-Director
54Biostatistician MentorsGeneral Goals
- Work with you and the other mentors as part of a
multi-disciplinary team - Learn about your field and area of research
- Advise/teach biostatistical topics relevant to
your research - Convey the value of early biostats mentor
involvement re project design, data collection,
and problem resolution - Discuss potential role of biostatistician mentors
on future grants
55Biostatistician Collaborators Will Work With You
To
- Formulate study questions
- Develop study implementation plans
- Interpret data
- Determine the next question
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57CAPS Benefits Administration
- Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS
- CAPS Program Director
58CAPS Benefits
- Salary and Benefits - commensurate with rank and
position (75 effort 50 for surgical scholars) - Tuition and program application fee for up to 14
cr/sem and 6 cr/summer session - Travel funds for annual NIH-sponsored CTSA/K12
Meeting for Scholars, Upper Midwest Consortium
meeting, and professional meetings (up to
2,500/year) - Research funds (up to 25,000 per year)
- Mentor funds (up to 10,000 per year/team)
- CAPS Award is renewable annually (3-5 years)
59Benefits Administration
- Salary
- Salary is paid through scholars departments
- (departments cross charge K12 grant)
- Tuition
- Full tuition coverage for scholars in MS programs
(e-mail Student Accts Receivable page to CAPS
Coordinator each semester) - Scholars not in MS program apply for Regents
Scholarship (non-degree student information and
form are posted on CAPS website) - Required course textbooks and software are
covered by CAPS (SAS forms on CAPS website)
60Benefits Administration (continued)
- Travel
- Complete CAPS Travel Authorization (TA) form (on
CAPS website) submit to CAPS Coordinator prior
to travel - Check GSA per diem when completing TA (link
posted on CAPS website) - Complete Employee Expense Worksheet (on CAPS
website) and submit with original receipts after
travel (internet charges are not allowed by K12
grant)
61Benefits Administration (continued)
- Research Funds
- Complete Research Funding Application (on CAPS
website) - Complete NIH budget and justification
- Contact Coordinator re equipment order forms
- Submit forms electronically to the CAPS
Coordinator with IRB approval/renewal letter - Include electronic signatures or send a signed
hard copy to CAPS Coordinator at EpiCH, 300 WBOB - For subsequent year renewal requests, submit NIH
budget and justification electronically and the
most recent IRB approval/renewal letter
62Benefits Administration (continued)
- Mentor Funds
- Review policy re use of mentor funds (on
Mentoring page of CAPS website) - Each Scholars team decides how to divide funds
- Mentor funds may be used for professional travel,
continuing education, CAPS research project, or
salary redistribution - Submit forms to the CAPS Coordinator as early in
each budget year as possible
63MS Program Application
- Submit choice of MS program to CAPS Program
Director for approval - Apply to program (see SPH website and Graduate
Studies Coordinator for information) - Attend the SPH Orientation
- Maintain contact with Major Coordinator and
Advisor - Refer to Student Guidebook throughout program
- Register for course load as outlined in plan
- Maintain cumulative GPA of 3.5
64Public Information
- Scholars name
- Photo
- Biosketch
- Area of study and research interest
- Disclosed in press releases, program reports, web
pages, and similar documents
65Notification of Changes
- Scholars are required to immediately notify
- CAPS Director in writing of
- Changes that preclude meeting award requirements
- Acceptance of similar award with duplicate
benefits - Changes in course load
- Changes in clinical responsibilities
- Changes in teaching load
- Withdrawal from degree program
66Leaves of Absence
- Requires written request to CAPS Program Director
- Requires approval of CAPS Program Director
- Maximum, if approved, is 2 months of unpaid
absence
67Clinical Research Shared Support
68CAPS Contacts
69Introductions
70CAPS Coordinator
- Terri Tharp, MPH
- tharp_at_epi.umn.edu
- 612-626-8882
71MS Clinical Research Major Coordinator
- Andrea Kish, MS
- kish_at_umn.edu
72EpiCH Accounting
- Keith Coyer
- CAPS Accountant
- coyer001_at_umn.edu
73Administrative Support
- Jill Anderson
- Administrative Specialist
- anderson_at_epi.umn.edu
- Janelle Willard
- Executive Secretary
- willard_at_epi.umn.edu
74CAPS Questions?