K College is a monthly seminar series that provides support, opportunities and resources for career development in clinical and translational research.
This is an established program sponsored by the UF CTSA and directed by Co-Directors:
Faheem Guirgis, MD, FACEP and Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD
This seminar series ranges from life-work balance to identifying core facilities available to Scholars. It provides peer support and opportunities to raise issues of concern and discuss need for resources to support career development in clinical & translational research. The target audience is early stage investigators, pre and post doctoral researchers
Day: Wednesday
Time: Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Regular sessions will be via zoom and in-person in CTRB 3161
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Previous sessions are recorded and linked to the title.
2022 -2023 Dates:
| Date | Presenter | |
|---|---|---|
| August 31 | K-College Overview and K Writer’s Workshop | Faheem Guirgis, MD, FACEP and Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD |
| September 14 | Loan Repayment Workshop | Faheem Guirgis, MD, FACEP |
| September 21 | K-Mock Session (closed to applicants) | Faheem Guirgis, MD, FACEP and Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD |
| October 19 | KL2 Information Session | Faheem Guirgis, MD, FACEP and Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD |
| November 2 | ||
| December 7 | Community Engagement – Special Session | Sylvie Naar, PhD, Catherine L Striley, PhD, MSW, MPE, Fern J. Webb, PhD, Lori A. Bilello, PhD, MBA, MHS |
| January 11 | Mentoring Across Diversity | Jeremy Waisome, PhD |
| February 1 | Successfully Navigating the Sponsored Project Process | Stephanie Gray, Assistant Vice President & Director of Sponsored Programs in UF Research |
| March 1 | Effective Science Communication in the Internet Age | Kevin Folta, PhD |
| April 5 | Team Dynamics and Leading Teams | Wayne McCormack, PhD |
| May 3 | Effort reporting, Maternity Leave and Other Regulatory Nightmares | April Braxton, Brenda Harrel |
| June 7 | Writing Research Papers for General, Highest‐Impact Journals | Jurgen Bulitta, PhD |
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For more information please contact Mary Gipson (mary.gipson@ufl.edu) in the Office of Biomedical Research Career Development
Want to see what it’s all about?
Check out videos of archived presentations here and a list of past K College discussion topics below.
Past discussion topics
| Presenter | topic |
|---|---|
| Linda Behar-Horenstein, PhD | Biomedical Researchers as Educators Certificate |
| Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD; Thomas Pearson, MD | Welcome to K College 2017-2018 topics, upcoming events, K to R Booth Camp, K writers workshop and today’s topic: PILOT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. |
| Lauren McIntyre, PhD | Experimental Design: BYOE – (Bring Your Own Experiment) |
| Marco Pahor, MD; Jane Lu, MS | Success Formula in Conducting Clinical Trials; Types of Clinical Trials; Institute on Aging Resources and Research Facilities |
| Christian Jobin, PhD | How to roll out a fundable grant – Get Inside a Reviewer’s Head |
| Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD; Tom Pearson, PhD | General Issues in Academic Life: Beyond Grants and Papers |
| Glenn Smith, PhD | How to Deal with Rejection |
| Christine Fruin, JD, MSLIS | Rights and Responsibilities of Authors |
| Anne Christiano, PhD; Stephen Sugrue, PhD | Effective science communication: “How to effectively communicate complex or controversial topics to the public” |
| Holly Morris, RN, MSN, CCRC, CHRC; Janet King, RN, BSN, CCRC | Introduction to CTSI mission and the clinical research facilities and resources available at the CTSI; Tour of CTSI and Institute on Aging |