1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Welcome and Introduction

Dorothy Sojka, PhD
Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA

1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Research in pharmaceutical industry - how to get there and what to expect
Dr. Nicole Schmidt
Bayer AG, Berlin, Germany

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

The new PI Survival Kit - I got my big grant: Now what do I do?
Panelists:

• New Grants - Benjamin G. Bitler, PhD
                         The University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
• Renewal - Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD
                   University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
• Funding - Uma Reddy, MD, PhD
                   Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

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3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Advocacy and Community Participatory Research
Erica Marsh, MD, MSCI, FACOG
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Tenure promotions: Decoding the faculty handbook
William H. Catherino, MD, PhD
Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA

4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

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5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Grant Writing 101: How is the Reviewer Thinking? (Mock Study Section)
Chair:
Les Myatt, PhD, FRCOG, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Panelists:
Dilly O. Anumba, MD, FRCOG, LLM, University of Sheffield, UK
Shannon K. Laughlin-Tommaso, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Kjersti Aagaard, MD, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Melissa Anne Suter, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA