Research Day - Session Descriptions
Welcome and Introduction
TIME: 8:30AM
ROOM: Special Collections & Archives Reading Room (1-032)
TITLE: Welcome and Introduction
SPEAKERS: Jean P. Shipman and Francis L. Macrina - VCU Office for Research
The Ethics of Publishing
TIME: 8:45-9:45AM
ROOM: Special Collections & Archives Reading Room (1-032)
SPEAKER: Dr. Francis L. Macrina - VCU Office for Research
DESCRIPTION:
Publication of scholarly writings has long been the coin of the realm in academics. The last few decades have been marked by the birth or refinement of guidelines and policies on publishing scientific papers. These have emanated from professional societies, academic and research institutions, federal agencies, and journal publishers. The evolution of these policy and guidance documents has been steady, resulting in an articulation of authorship criteria and responsibilities. Likewise, explicit statements that cover a variety of other issues are now frequently encountered; these include data sharing, duplicative publication, conflict of interest disclosure, electronic access, digital image integrity, and research requiring subjects protection, including prior registration of clinical trials. These elements arguably constitute a set of best practices and should be taught to trainees and invoked realistically in the mentor-trainee relationship. An overview of the substance of these elements will be presented in my lecture.
About the Speaker
Francis L. Macrina is the Edward Myers Professor of Dentistry and Vice President for Research at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Macrina's scientific interests are in the molecular pathogenesis of infectious diseases, and his research has been continuously supported by the National Institutes of Health for the past 32 years. His NIH funding included Research Career Development and MERIT Awards from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. His scholarly interests also include behavioral and educational research in scientific ethics. He has authored over 100 scientific publications. He has served two terms on NIH study sections and was both a member and the chair of the NIDCR Board of Scientific Counselors. He also served a four year term on the NIH National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council. Dr. Macrina has taught scientific integrity to graduate biomedical trainees at Virginia Commonwealth University since 1986. He is invited to speak frequently on scientific integrity teaching, and has been involved in teaching workshops sponsored by PRIM&R, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Sigma XI, and the National Academy of Sciences. He recently completed terms of service as a member of the ASM Ethics Committee and the Ethics Committee of the American Association for Dental Research. He also has been a consultant to the USHHS Office of Research Integrity and to the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity. He has published scholarly papers and a textbook on scientific integrity. The third edition of his widely used text, Scientific Integrity, Text and Cases in Responsible Conduct of Research, was published by ASM Press in March, 2005.
Publishing with the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
TIME: 9:50-10:50AM
ROOM: Special Collections & Archives Reading Room (1-032)
SPEAKER:
Tom Richardson - Institutional Sales and Services, New England Journal of Medicine
DESCRIPTION:
An overview of considerations and process in getting published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
About the Speaker
Tom Richardson is the Director of Institution Sales & Service for the New England Journal of Medicine. In this role, Tom is responsible for institution sales and library relations around the world. He has been at the Journal for 15 years in a variety of marketing, business management, product management, and product development roles. Tom led the development of the NEJM Weekly CME Program and co-led the development of the Journal’s site license program. He is a frequent speaker at publishing events. Tom is also a member of the international librarian rock band, The Bearded Pigs.
Open Access: Options for Authors
TIME: 11:00-11:50AM
ROOM: Distance Education Room (2-010)
SPEAKER: Lynne Turman - Tompkins-McCaw Library, VCU Libraries
DESCRIPTION:
Want to make your research publications available to a wider audience worldwide? If so, consider the benefits of Open Access (OA), a publishing model that allows anyone, anywhere immediate electronic access to your journal articles without charging the reader a fee. This session will introduce the concept of OA, dispel some of the myths, and provide you with the tools to learn about OA publishing options. Complying with the recent NIH Public Access Policy mandate will also be discussed.
About the Speaker
Lynne Turman is Head of Collections for Tompkins-McCaw Library, VCU Libraries. Ms. Turman oversees activities associated with selection and maintenance of resources in the Library's print and electronic collections. Ms. Turman has worked for over 25 years in hospital and academic health sciences libraries. In 2006, she participated as part of the VCU Libraries' team in the first Institute on Scholarly Communication sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries.
New Authors Mentoring Discussion Forum
TIME: 12:00-12:50PM
ROOM: TML Quiet Study Room (2-001)
Description: This session will allow researchers to engage in discussions about the research dissemination and publishing process.
Library Services Supporting VCU’s Research Enterprise
TIME: 1:00-1:50PM
ROOM:Distance Education (2-010)
SPEAKERS: Kristine M. Hughes & Barbara A. Wright, Tompkins-McCaw Library, VCU Libraries
DESCRIPTION: The VCU Libraries supports the Virginia Commonwealth University research enterprise in a number of ways – including cost-effective, time saving services to help researchers efficiently identify and manage information. Librarians offer consultations to assist researchers with citation management and literature reviews for grant proposals, research publications, and current awareness needs. This presentation will highlight available library research services and resources.
About the Speakers
Kris Hughes began her work at TML in October of 2007. She had spent the past 8 years working in various medical libraries in Chicago, and her last position was the Technical and Electronic Services Librarian at the Stroger Hospital of Cook County. Kris received her Master's of Science in Library Science from the Catholic University of America in 1999. Her undergraduate degree (B.S.) is in chemistry and Japanese from the University of Notre Dame.
Barbara A. Wright joined the TML staff in January of 1997. She has held several positions at TML, beginning in Outreach Services, then Collection Management, and currently Reference. Barbara thoroughly enjoys working with individuals to help them find information they need. Prior to working at VCU, Barbara worked for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine in Houston, was the director of a North Carolina Area Health Education Center affiliated with Duke University and the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Barbara has written numerous grants and had a four-year appointment reviewing grants for the National Library of Medicine. Barbara received her undergraduate degree in education from VCU.
Introduction to Electronic Searching for Research Funding
TIME: 2:00-2:50PM
ROOM: TompCat (2-006)
SPEAKER: Jessica Venable - Office of Research
DESCRIPTION: This workshop will focus on electronic resources that can be used to search for grants from private foundations, government agencies, and other organizations. We will discuss and demonstrate the various web-based funding databases currently available, how to develop search strategies, and how to establish email alerts for new grant announcements. Search tools to be reviewed will include SPIN, Grants.gov, the Foundation Center and others, as well as how to find internal VCU funding sources. This workshop will also give an overview to individuals and offices at VCU that can assist them in locating grant opportunities. This session is designed primarily for researchers who are new to the grant seeking process.
About the Speaker
Jessica Venable, grant and research analyst in the Office of Research, assists VCU researchers in the coordination, writing and submission of Federal, state and private grant proposals. Before joining VCU in August 2007, she worked as a program officer with the National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions, where she held responsibility for the all stages of the organization’s extramural funding process – from researching prospects to stewarding relationships with funders. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and a Master of Arts in Education from The George Washington University.
NIH Submissions to Grants.Gov using the VCUeRA
TIME: 2:00-2:50PM
ROOM: Distance Education Room (2-010)
SPEAKER: Susan Robb & Jim Ward - Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of Research
DESCRIPTION:
The VCUeRA is a research administration system used to maintain proposals, contracts, awards, IRB and IACUC protocol reviews and faculty expertise. The system is also used to submit electronic proposals to NIH via Grants.gov.
The Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR): Resources to Help You Succeed
TIME: 2:00-2:50PM
ROOM: Library Instruction Classroom (2-012)
SPEAKER: Dr. John Clore -
VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research
DESCRIPTION:
This presentation will highlight how the VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) supports VCU researchers including:
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Review of research resources available to clinical and translational researchers at VCU
- Overview of educational opportunities to help clinicians and scientists across disciplines acquire
competencies necessary to conduct clinical and translational research
- Mentoring and collaborative opportunities available in clinical and translational research
About the Speakers
In January 2007, John N. Clore, M.D., M.S., was appointed the Associate Vice President for Clinical Research to direct the newly created Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Dr. Clore is the principal investigator for VCU’s National Institutes of Health Planning Grant for the Clinical and Translational Science Award. He is currently leading VCU’s efforts to submit a CTSA application in October 2007. Additionally, Dr. Clore is the Program Director for the General Clinical Research Center and a professor in VCU’s Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from VCU, where he also earned his M.D. in 1982. Dr. Clore completed his residency and fellowship training at the VCU Medical Center. His research expertise is with diabetes mellitus focusing on the regulation of glucose production by the liver in Type 2 diabetes, and the role of fatty acid composition in insulin sensitivity or responsiveness. His educational expertise includes pathogenesis and treatment of Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus and hypoglycemia
Choosing Qualitative Data Analysis Software is Only Half the Story: The Earlier Considerations for Conceptualizing Qualitative Analysis
TIME: 3:00-3:50PM
ROOM: Distance Education Room (2-010)
SPEAKERS: Dr. Mary Katharine O’Connor & M. Lori Thomas – VCU School of Social Work.
DESCRIPTION:
This presentation looks at the issues involved in selecting a computer-based text analysis program by looking at the assumptions upon which the major programs are built in order to make clear what they can and cannot accomplish by way of word document analysis. The goal will be to help the participants match their research question(s), analytical needs and a particular computer package. While we will be discussing some of the more popular packages, the emphasis will be on matching needs to the packages, rather than providing a tutorial on various computer-based approaches to qualitative analysis.
About the Speakers
Mary Katherine O'Connor is Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University where she teaches in the MSW and Ph.D. programs. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer and Fulbright Scholar is Brazil. She is the sole author or co-author of five books and has published over 40 book chapters and refereed journal articles in English and Portuguese. Her scholarship focuses on child welfare and family violence practice issues including public child welfare practice, services to street children, organization assessment and management as well as qualitative research method development. She has developed and taught several doctoral-level qualitative research courses and chaired or been a member of twenty qualitative or constructivist research dissertations. She has been the principal or co-principal investigator for various qualitative research projects using constructivist, ethnographic, phenomenological, or grounded theory designs. She has completed a variety of community-based program evaluations using qualitative methods that included evaluability assessments and formative and summative evaluations. Her present research involves identifying and assessing various models of human service organizing. Along with colleagues from four universities, she has just completed a three year grounded theory research project funded by the Pew Charitable Trust investigating best practices of faith-based organizations serving the urban poor.
M. Lori Thomas is a PhD candidate at the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. Lori received her Master of Social Work degree in 2006 from VCU and a Master of Divinity in 1997 from the Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond. During her doctoral program, she was the principal research assistant for the VCU aspect of the three year grounded theory research project funded by the Pew Charitable Trust investigating best practices of faith-based organizations serving the urban poor. Lori is currently completing her dissertation entitled Religious Lobbying in a Faith-Based Era: An Ethnographic Study of Legislative Advocacy in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Lori teaches the Social Work Administration, Planning, and Policy Practice sequence of courses in the School of Social Work's MSW program and provides Atlas.ti consultation.
Managing Your Research Citations using RefWorks: A Web-based Citation Management Program
TIME: 3:00-3:50PM
ROOM: Library Instruction Classroom (2-012)
SPEAKER: Alan T. Williams & Irene M. Lubker - Tompkins-McCaw Library, VCU Libraries
DESCRIPTION:
During this session you will learn to use RefWorks, an extremely useful tool that allows you to easily create and manage your own personal research database. With a personalized account, you can quickly add citations to your database as you are searching the literature. When you are ready, RefWorks will automatically generate your bibliography to finalize your grant, thesis, dissertation, or manuscript.
About the Speaker
Irene Lubker has been working as a medical librarian at Tompkins-McCaw Library since August 1, 2005. Irene has a BA in Business Administration from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina and a Master’s degree in Library Science from North Carolina Central University. She also has a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and she is a registered dietitian. Before joining VCU, Irene worked as a community health dietitian at a Health Department in North Carolina.
Alan T. Williams, Education Services Librarian, Tompkins-McCaw Library, VCU Libraries. Mr. Williams is responsible for providing library instruction to members of the VCU community. He is currently the liaison librarian to the VCU School of Allied Health Professions and co-liaison to the VCU School of Nursing. Prior to being appointed Education Services Librarian Mr. Williams worked for over 5 years as a paraprofessional staff member for the VCU Libraries. Mr. Williams’s interests include mobile technologies and the use of course
management software such as Blackboard to deliver library instruction.
Creating Your Research Poster using the Instructional Media Workshop
TIME: 3:00-3:50PM
ROOM: Instructional Media Workshop (B-037)
SPEAKERS: Andrew Bain & Joel Lammers - Tompkins-McCaw Library, VCU Libraries
DESCRIPTION:
Preparing a display for a conference poster session doesn’t have to be a source of stress. In this workshop, you’ll learn tips and tricks for creating great looking research posters that get your message across, and see first-hand how to get terrific results using the Tompkins-McCaw Library’s large format printing capabilities.