AGENDA June 19-24, 2011 Health Science Learning Center (HSLC) 750 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI Sunday, June 19 6:00 8:00 p.m. HELI Welcome Dinner (invitation only) University B Double Tree Hotel Monday, June 20 7:30 a.m. Check In @ the Health Sciences Learning Center Look for HELI Information Table OUTSIDE OF 8:00 9:00 a.m. Opening Session and Welcome Alex Adams HSLC 1345 9:00 10:00 a.m. Translational Research & HE: Framing Community-Engaged Health Equity Research Stephen Thomas The conceptual framework of three generations of health disparities research will be examined to understand (a) data trends, (b) factors driving disparities, and (c) solutions for closing the gap. A fourth generation of research grounded in public health critical race praxis, and interventions to address race, racism, and structural inequalities and advancing evaluation methods, is proposed. Importantly, this new generation demands that we address the researcher's own biases as part of the research process. HSLC 1345 10:00 10:15 a.m. BREAK 1
10:15 11:15 a.m. Translational Research & HE: The Role of Pharmacist Evaluation in Activation of Adult Asthma Patients Henry Young This presentation will describe the rationale for and methodology used to pilot test a telepharmacy intervention to improve underserved, rural patients asthma control and medication use. Process and outcome evaluation of this randomized controlled trial, which used both quantitative and qualitative approaches, will also be discussed. 11:15 11:45 a.m. LUNCH 11:45 12:50 p.m. Research Scholar Presentations (10 minute PPT) and discussion (10 minutes) Willson-Frederick, Magasi, Brown, R. 12:50 1:00 p.m. BREAK 1:00 3:00 p.m. Research Scholar Presentations (10 minute PPT) and discussion (10 minutes) Delgado, Gilster, Padela, Soto, Anthony, Felder Medical Research (WIMR) 1022 3:00 3:15 p.m. BREAK 3:15 5:40 p.m. Research Scholar Presentations (10 minute PPT) and discussion (10 minutes) McCleary, Ravvaz, Xiong, Flórez, Kapoor, Sims Tuesday, June 21 8:00 9:00 a.m. Career Development: NIH Grant Mechanisms Jared Jobe, NIH This talk will provide an overview of the National Institutes of Health, a typical institute, NIH program staff, and the different grant solicitations and grant mechanisms. The talk will emphasize the mentored career development awards and will overview fellowships, diversity supplements, and research program grants. 9:00 9:15 a.m. BREAK 2
9:15 10:15 a.m. Career Development: NIH Peer Review Jared Jobe This talk will overview the flow of a grant application after it is submitted, the two-tiered review system, and the organization of the NIH Center for Scientific Review. Then the talk will detail the new NIH review criteria, how an application is reviewed and scored, and what happens at a study section meeting. Finally, the talk will provide examples of common problems found by reviewers, and provide advice on how to react and respond to a summary statement. 10:15 10:30 a.m. BREAK 10:30 12:30 p.m. Research Plenary Session: Data from the National Bioethics Research Infrastructure Initiative: Building Trust Maryland Center for Health Equity Team This panel presentation will reflect data from the National Bioethics Research Infrastructure Initiative: Building Trust Between Minorities and Researchers, including content on: 1.) Perspectives of principal investigators who have experience in engaging minority populations in various types of research studies; 2.) Common challenges associated with and next steps needed to inform curricula development for communities and research investigators; 3.) Findings from the nationally representative telephone survey, which specifically focused on African American and Latino adults about barriers and facilitators associated with willingness to participate in research; and 4.) Effective recruitment and retention strategies utilized and related challenges experienced by the research community 12:30 1:00 p.m. LUNCH 1:00 3:00 p.m. Research Scholar Presentations (10 minute PPT) and discussion (10 minute) Brown, S., Downs, Phillips, Barroso, Givens, Strom 3:00 3:15 p.m. BREAK 3:15 5:00 p.m. Research Scholar Presentations (10 minute PPT) and discussion (10 minute) Palmer, Johnson, Davis, Obasi, Fletcher 5:00 6:30 p.m. 5:45p.m. 2011 HELI Scholars Welcome Reception Sponsored in part by the UW-Madison Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity & Climate Inclusive Excellence: A Diversity Agenda for the New Millennium" Damon Williams 3
Wednesday, June 22 8:00 10:00 a.m. Translational Research & HE: Forming Community-Academic Partnerships Alex Adams, Sharon Adams, Gina Green-Harris, Tina Jacobsen (Oneida) CCHE Community-Academic Partners Our panelists (community and academic partners) will offer their perspectives on engaging in community-academic research partnerships, including preparation for such activities, ensuring necessary capacity exists to be effective partners and thoughts on maintaining partnership over time. Efforts to engage with members of the Oneida Nation and other tribal communities of Wisconsin and African American communities of Milwaukee will be emphasized, with plenty of time for discussion! HSLC 1345 10:00 10:15 a.m. BREAK 10:15 11:45 a.m. Career Development: Mock Study Section I P.R.A.I.S.E Kids! A Church-based Obesity Study for African American Children (PI: D. Davis) 12:00 1:00 p.m. LUNCH 1:00 2:30 p.m. Career Development: Program Evaluation and Health Equity Research Jan Hogle, Candace Peterson, Nancy Eberle Our panelists will compare evaluation and research definitions, review steps in conducting program evaluation, discuss the intersection of evaluation and community-based research, and provide a case example of a project attempting to document evidence-based practices on what works in reducing health disparities in WI. 2:30 5:00 p.m. Collaborative Research Teams: Field Trip to Troy Gardens We will travel to Troy Gardens, a project of Community GroundWorks,(www.communitygroundworks.org), for a tour of this 31- acre urban land project integrating community gardens and orchards, an organic farm, urban natural areas, and mixed-income green-built housing. Community GroundWorks established Troy Gardens in partnership with the Madison Area Community Land Trust and the Center for Resilient Cities. At Troy Gardens, a diverse population of gardeners tends over 330 community garden plots, volunteer stewards restore and maintain native tallgrass prairie and maple woodlands, and over 115 households pick up weekly bags of fresh organic vegetables from the community farm. Community GroundWorks environmental education programs include an innovative farm-based service program for teenagers, an internship program for college students, and an Troy Gardens 4
award-winning children s garden, which provides gardening, arts, nutrition, and environmental education to over 1,000 young people from the Madison area annually. In addition, Community GroundWorks has formed research partnerships with faculty from several departments at the University of Wisconsin. One of the research programs, Garden Fit, aims to examine the role of summer gardening on health and fitness in middle-school children. Academic partners for Garden Fit include Dr. Dale Schoeller, Nutritional Sciences, UW-Madison and Dr. Alex Adams, Family Medicine, UW-Madison. The tour will be led by Nathan Larson, Education Director at Community GroundWorks. Nathan directs urban farm and garden programs for pre- K-12 students. He also develops curriculum and provides professional development for college students, school teachers, and community educators. Nathan is a Senior Outreach Specialist in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Community Fellow at the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies at UW-Madison. Note: Bus will drop off HELI Scholars/Guests at Double Tree hotel ahead of returning to HSLC 6:30 Scientific Autobiographies (and dessert!) James Butler, Craig Fryer, Mary Garza Junior Faculty and health equity scholars from the University of Maryland Center for Health Equity will share key turning points and big decisions they have made in their careers, including challenges and successful strategies to address these. Chancellor Room Double Tree Hotel Thursday, June 23 8:00 9:30 a.m. Career Development: Mock Study Section II A Social Networking Pilot Obesity Intervention for Mexican American Males (PI: C. Barroso ) 9:30 9:45 a.m. BREAK 9:45 10:45 a.m. Career Development: Grant Writing Jared Jobe This talk will describe the issues and policies for new investigators submitting an R01 Grant and a Career Development Grant. Organization of the application and writing guidelines will be discussed. Allowable grants that allow the PI to retain new or Early Stage Investigator status will be discussed. The talk will emphasize the importance of having a career vision and the increased importance of the Specific Aims page. 10:45 11:00 a.m. BREAK 5
11:00 am 12:00 pm Translational Research & HE: Lessons Learned from an Academic Perspective Amy Harley This presentation will include examples of translational research from a project portfolio focused on physical and healthy eating in communities with substantial representation of African Americans and Latinos (others?) and people struggling with poverty. Using these examples, lessons learned including critical elements needed to establish a translational research portfolio, adaptations needed to make translational research work in an academic setting and potential missteps - included challenges faced as a White woman working in diverse community settings -- will be discussed. 12:15 1:00 pm LUNCH 1:00 2:15 p.m. Conversation Café! Tabletop discussions on a variety of topics hosted by UW faculty and staff. You can rotate from table to table as you want! See handout at HELI Information Table on Thursday morning for more details! HSLC Balcony 2:15 2:30 p.m. BREAK 2:30 4:00 p.m. Career Development: Getting the Most from your Mentor- Mentee Relationship Christine Pfund, Karin Silet Participants will reflect on the kind of mentoring they need now and will need in future stages of their careers consider issues to discuss when establishing positive and open mentor-mentee relationships, identify and prioritize the roles that mentors can play in their career and discuss important factors to consider in mentoring relationships that are built around health disparities research. 4:00 5:00 p.m. Career Development: Balancing Perfection and Productivity James Butler, Craig Fryer, Mary Garza Advancing through the promotion and tenure process is both exhilarating and challenging. There are common pitfalls that junior faculty members may face related to finding the right balance between teaching, service and research. Acquiring a rudimentary understanding of an academic home; poor mentoring experiences; uneven collegial support; and overlooking the importance of discipline and vigilance in the pursuit of grant support, publishing, and teaching excellence are all counterproductive forces in the successful procurement of promotion and tenure. The presenters will provide case examples and effective strategies for minimizing your risk of the common pitfalls for junior faculty relying on an article, Five Potential Pitfalls for Junior Faculty at Academic Health Centers, by Kevin Grigsby, Vice Dean for Faculty and Administrative Affairs at Penn State College of Medicine. 6
Friday, June 24 8:00 9:00 a.m. Career Development: Preparing for Tenure Review Alex Adams, Sandy Magana, Stephen Thomas 9:00 9:15 a.m. BREAK 9:15 10:15 a.m. Translational Research and HE: Genetic Research with American Indian Communities Murray Brilliant This presentation will include a brief history of tribal communities in the Southwest (Havaisupai, Pima and Navajo), highlights of multiple research endeavors that have been more/less successful and discuss the current status of genetic research and implications for health disparities/equity work with some tribal communities. This presentation will also emphasize how Community conversations have served as one means of advancing discussions about genetic research in tribal communities and current policy work around this topic. 10:15 11:15 a.m. Healing the Schism: The Transformation of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health Robert Golden The complimentary disciplines of medicine and public health have long been separated. This presentation will note the characteristics of each approach and summarize the historic roots of the separation. The transformation of our medical school into a school of medicine and public health is an ongoing experiment in the reunification of these approaches. The transformation process, including the creation of specific goals, vision, and outcome metrics, will be described, along with lessons to be learned regarding institutional change. 11:15 12:00 p.m. Scholar Feedback and Closing Ceremony 12:00 pm LUNCH END 7