Emerging Opportunities in Biotechnology Entrepreneurship
Focus on the academic/industry connection The rapid progress of biomedical research affords unique opportunities for entrepreneurial development of academic research. This goal of this symposium is to...
View ArticleCelebrating Diversity Awareness Month
In celebration of Diversity Awareness Month, the Feinstein Institute and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Literacy for the North Shore-LIJ Health System will host an event, “Partners In...
View ArticleResearch in Progress Seminar: Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
Our next Research in Progress Seminar is scheduled to take place on Thursday, November 14th at 12:00 PM at the Goldman International Conference Center. Our speaker will be Dr. Vincent Bonagura,...
View ArticlePREP #8: Introduction to Classical Experimental Design
The topics of this course include the following: Single factor with 2 levels no blocking factor blocking factor Single factor with k>2 levels no blocking factor blocking factor incomplete blocks...
View ArticlePREP #9: Mock IRB
Participants will be divided into different groups which will represent IRBs. There will be discussion of different case studies within these groups, followed by a mock IRB determination for each case...
View ArticleSeminar In Investigative Medicine
The next Seminar In Investigative Medicine lecture is scheduled for Tuesday November 5, in the Goldman International Conference Center of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. Our guest speaker...
View ArticleThe Merinoff World Congress 2014: B-1 Cells
The Merinoff World Congress 2014: B-1 Cell Development and Function will be held on June 16-19, 2014. The last international conference focused on B-1 cell biology was held in 1991. Since then many new...
View ArticlePREP #10: Introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Transformation...
Day 1 Agenda (required prerequisite for Day 2): Stem-and-leaf plots Boxplots Measures of location and spread Use of quantiles Shapes of probability distributions The Ladder of Powers Transformations...
View ArticleResearch in Progress Seminar: Genetic Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease
Our next Research in Progress Seminar is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 12th at 12:00 PM at the Goldman International Conference Center. Our guest speaker will be Karen S. Marder, MD,...
View ArticlePREP #11: Promoting Objectivity in Research (COI)
Federal regulations and revisions to regulations Training requirements Key definitions Disclosure requirements to the institution Review of disclosures Management plans Communication and reporting...
View ArticleSpecial Seminar in Investigative Medicine
There will be a Special Seminar on Monday, November 25th at 12:00 PM in the Goldman International Conference Center. Our speaker will be Lars Klareskog, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology in the Department...
View ArticleElmezzi Scholar Thesis Presentation
There will be a Thesis Presentation on Tuesday, November 26th at 10:30 AM in Conference Room A. Our speaker Sergio Iván Valdés-Ferrer, MD, an Elmezzi Scholar from the Elmezzi Graduate School of...
View ArticlePREP #12: Biomedical Literature Search: Winning Strategies
Interactive class will include: An overview of the most popular biomedical and general databases Fast and easy selection of materials with the highest quality PubMed Google Scholar Alerts on PubMed and...
View ArticlePREP #13: Introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Transformation...
Day 2 Agenda (must have attended Day 1): Variance stabilization x-y scatterplots Transforming curved x-y relationships to straight line relationships Use of half-slopes to explore x-y relationships...
View ArticleMedical Marvels 2014
The North Shore-LIJ Medical Marvels Program was established in 2013 by The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the Center for Workforce Readiness. The purpose is to encourage Science,...
View ArticlePREP #14: Building a Sponsored Research Budget
Resources for developing budgets Components that should be considered in building budgets Allowable and unallowable costs Objectives To learn how to build and prepare a sponsored research budget...
View ArticlePREP #17: Integrating Quality in Research II – Study Conduct
Building quality control and assurance checks into a study Sustaining competencies of staff Monitoring and measuring internal quality systems Handling deviations and quality issues, issue escalation...
View ArticlePREP #18: Understanding the Randomization Process – Standard Procedures and...
What is a RCT? Randomization-related data integrity Accountability and audit worthiness Password-protected randomization sequence data Mechanics of randomization Computer generated Permuted blocks...
View ArticleSpecial Seminar in Investigative Medicine
There will be a Special Seminar on Wednesday, January 8th at 11:00 AM in the Goldman International Conference Center. Our guest speaker is Randy Levinson, PhD, Senior Editor of Nature Medicine. Dr....
View ArticlePREP #15: How to Prepare for Your “1hr Scientific Presentation”
Knowing your audience Selecting material and organizing into a PowerPoint presentation Presenting within time limit constraints Preparing for Q&A Use of audio-visual content and equipment...
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