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Professional & Academic Development Seminar Series

The offices of the Vice President for Research, Graduate School, Provost, and Faculty Affairs (School of Medicine) are pleased to offer the fourth year of this free career development seminar series for WSU faculty, chairs & directors, postdoctoral trainees & senior graduate students, and administrators.

For Winter 2013 seminars, please see the PAD flyer. Seminars are free, but registration is required. To register, click on the links in the flyer for the date of seminar or visit the events calendar. Seminars can be located by searching the event calendar by date.


PAD Video and Handout Archives

Navigating Interdisciplinary Careers
Agenda- Navigating Interdisciplinary Careers
Handout - Navigating Interdisciplinary Careers

How to Develop and Maintain a Research Lab
Agenda - How to Develop and Maintain a Research Lab

What do Researchers need to Know About Cyberinfrastructure and its Resources at Wayne State
Agenda - Cyberinfrastructure: Computing, Networking and Support for Research

Making InterDisciplinary Research and Education Successful: Creating Research Collaborations and Changing Institutional Cultures
Agenda - Making InterDisciplinary Research and Education Successful

Promotion and Tenure at WSU: Policies and Advice
Agenda- Promotion and Tenure at WSU: Policies and Advice
Agenda- Promotion and Tenure at WSU: Policies and Advice

Career Planning Across the Academic Life Span
Agenda - Career Planning Across the Academic Life Span
Handout - Career Planning Across the Academic Life Span

Navigating Interdisciplinary Careers
Agenda - Navigating Interdisciplinary Careers
Handout 1 - Navigating Interdisciplinary Careers
Handout 2 - Navigating Interdisciplinary Careers

Community Engagement: Mutual Benefits for the Community and the University
Video - Community Engagement: Mutual Benefits for the Community and the University
Agenda - Community Engagement: Mutual Benefits for the Community and the University

Technology Commercialization: Patents, Products, Patients, and Patience
Video - Technology Commercialization: Patents, Products, Patients, and Patience
Agenda - Technology Commercialization: Patents, Products, Patients, and Patience

Technology Commercialization: Qualifying for Federal Funding from SBIR-STTR Programs
Video - Universities, Faculty, and SBIR/STTR: Where's the intersection?
Slideshow - Universities, Faculty, and SBIR/STTR: Where's the Intersection?
Handout - Universities, Faculty, and SBIR/STTR: Where's the intersection?
Handout - Universities, Faculty, and SBIR/STTR: Where's the intersection?

Now What Do I Say? What Can I Say?: How to Handle Difficult Interactions
Video - Now What Do I Say? What Can I Say?: How to Handle Difficult Interactions
Agenda - Now What Do I Say? What Can I Say?: How to Handle Difficult Interactions

What are University Cores and How are They Accessed?
Video - What are University Cores and How are They Accessed?
Agenda - What are University Cores and How are They Accessed?

How to Write and Interpret Scientific Reviews of Grant Proposals
Video - How to Write and Interpret Scientific Reviews of Grant Proposals
Agenda - How to Write and Interpret Scientific Reviews of Grant Proposals

Subcontracts, Cost Sharing and More (Main Campus)
Video - Subcontracts, Cost Sharing and More
Agenda - Subcontracts, Cost Sharing and More
Slideshow - Subcontracts, Cost Sharing and More

How to Prepare a Proposal for NIH Loan Repayment (Medical Campus)
Video - How to Prepare a Proposal for NIH Loan Repayment
Agenda - How to Prepare a Proposal for NIH Loan Repayment
Handout - How to Prepare a Proposal for NIH Loan Repayment

Subcontracts, Cost Sharing and More (Medical Campus)
Video - Subcontracts, Cost Sharing and More
Agenda - Subcontracts, Cost Sharing and More
Slideshow - Subcontracts, Cost Sharing and More

What to Do as a New Faculty Member
Video - What to Do as a New Faculty Member
Agenda - What to Do as a New Faculty Member

Strategies for Winning Internal Funding and Awards
Video - Main Campus: Strategies for Winning Internal Funding and Awards
Video - Medical Campus: Strategies for Winning Internal Funding and Awards
Agenda - Strategies for Winning Internal Funding and Awards

Where to Find Help Negotiating the Rules and Regulations Governing Research
Video - Where to Find Help Negotiating the Rules and Regulations Governing Research
Agenda-Where to Find Help Negotiating the Rules and Regulations Governing Research

How to Qualify for NIH Small Business Innovation and Technology Transfer Grants
Video - How to Qualify for NIH Small Business Innovation and Technology Transfer Grants
Agenda - How to Qualify for NIH Small Business Innovation and Technology Transfer Grants
Slideshow - How to Qualify for NIH Small Business Innovation and Technology Transfer Grants

Career Pathways for Graduate Students and Post-Docs
Video - Career Pathways for Graduate Students and Post-Docs
Agenda - Career Pathways for Graduate Students and Post-Docs

Communicating Effectively in the Academy
Video - Communicating Effectively in the Academy
Agenda - Communicating Effectively in the Academy

How to be a Great Graduate Program Director
Audio Only - How to be a Great Graduate Program Director
Agenda - How to be a Great Graduate Program Director

Promotion and Tenure at WSU: Advice and Policies
Video - Promotion and Tenure at WSU
Agenda - Promotion and Tenure at WSU

How to Run a Departmental Mock Study Section
Video - How to Run a Departmental Mock Study Section
Agenda - How to Run a Departmental Mock Study Section
Timeline for Organizing a Mock Study Section
Slides Handout - Pre-Sub Reviews at the College of Nursing
WSU Pre-Submission Review
NIH Submission Review Calendar
Letter about Pre-Submission Review

Team Science and Interdisciplinarity: First Steps
Video - Team Science and Interdisciplinarity: First Steps
Agenda - Team Science and Interdisciplinarity: First Steps
AJPM Article Handout
Klein Media Review Handout
Klein's Seminar Handouts

Collaborative Research Opportunities with Henry Ford Health System: Bones, Brains, Blood Pressure and Beyond
Video - Collaborative Research Opportunities with Henry Ford Health System
Agenda - Collaborative Research Opportunities with Henry Ford Health System
Garvin Powerpoint
Gibson Powerpoint
Rempel Powerpoint
Zhang Powerpoint

Graduate Fellowships: Benefits for Students and Faculty
Video - Graduate Fellowships: Benefits for Students and Faculty
Agenda - Graduate Fewllowships: Benefits for Students and Faculty
Handout - Externally funded graduate fellowships: Processes and Benefits

Communicating your Research and Scholarship to Multiple Audiences
Agenda - Communicating your Research and Scholarship to Multiple Audiences

How to Mentor Graduate Students:
Video - How to Mentor Graduate Students
Agenda - How to Mentor Graduate Students

Corporate and Foudation Relations: Obtaining Funds in the Sciences, Arts and Humanities:
Video - CFR: Obtaining Funds in the Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Agenda - CFR: Obtaining Funds in the Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Handout - Corporate and Foundation Friendly Projects
Handout - Corporate and Foundation Relations
Handout - Types of Foundations
Handout - Top Six Reasons to Contact
PowerPoint - CFR: Obtaining Funds in the Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Strategies for Winning Internal Funding and Awards:
Video - Strategies for Winning Internal Funding and Awards
Agenda - Strategies for Winning Internal Funding and Awards

NIH and NSF Award Advice from WSU Recipients and Reviewers
Video - NIH and NSF Award Advice from WSU Recipients and Reviewers
Agenda - NIH and NSF Award Advice from WSU Recipients and Reviewers

Useful Tips on Meeting Regulatory Requirements for Research at WSU
Video - Useful Tips on Meeting Regulatory Requirements for Research at WSU
Agenda - Useful Tips on Meeting Regulatory Requirements for Research at WSU

 Working with Industry: Why Collaborations are Important
Agenda - Working with Industry (April 8)
Video - Working with Industry (April 8)
Agenda - Working with Industry (April 5)

Managing Your Work and Life Responsibilities
Video - No video due to technical difficulty
Agenda - Managing Work and Life
Handout - Work and Life Quiz

Demystifying the Review Process
Video - Demystifying
Agenda - Demystifying
Handout - New Review Criteria
Handout - What Makes a Proposal a Winner in the Eyes of the Reviewers?
Handout - How Much Preliminary Data is Needed to Convince Reviewers?
Handout - Pre-Submission Review Program

Effort Reporting
Video - Effort Reporting
Agenda - Effort Reporting
Handout - Introduction to Effort Reporting
Handout - Certifier Trainer

The Do's and Don'ts of Mentoring Faculty
Video - Do's and Don'ts
Agenda - Do's and Don'ts
Handout - Research Mentors Program for New Faculty
Handout - Mentoring Guidelines

Achieving Promotion & Tenure at WSU: Policies and Advice
Video - Achieving Promotion
Agenda - Achieving Promotion
Handout - Bibliometrics

Core Facilities: Specialized Research Resources
Video - Core Facilties
Agenda - Core Facilties
Handout - WSU Research Core Facilties Directory

Mid-Career Success
Video - Mid-Career Success
Agenda - Mid-Career Success
Handout - Sabbatical Leave Funding

What to do When Your Current Funding Ends
Video - What to do When Your Current Funding Ends
Agenda - What to do When Your Current Funding Ends
Handout - Bridge Funding and Tenured Faculty Programs

Preparing a Budget for your Grant Proposal
Video - Preparing a Budget for your Grant Proposal (medical campus)
Video - Preparing a Budget for your Grant Proposal (main campus)
Agenda - Preparing a Budget for your Grant Proposal
Presentation - Preparing a Proposal Budget by James Barbret

Grant Writing in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Video - Grant Writing in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Handout - Funding Sources in Social Sciences and Arts
Handout - Humanities Fellowships
Handout - Relevant OVPR Internal Funding Programs
Handout - Relevant WSU Events
Handout - Links to Funding Opportunities
Handout - Recommended Resources
Handout - Division of Corporate and Foundation Relations
SPA Award Contacts by Unit

How to Succeed as a New Faculty Member
Video - How to Succeed as a New Faculty Member (medical campus)
Video - How to Succeed as a New Faculty Member (main campus)
Agenda - How to Succeed as a New Faculty Member (medical campus)
Agenda - How to Succeed as a New  Faculty Member (main campus)
Handout - Advice for First Year Faculty

Developing and Maintaining a Research Lab
Video - Developing and Maintaining a Research Lab
Agenda - Developing and Maintaining a Research Lab
Handout - A Mission and Vision for your Research
Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty

Strategies for Winning Internal Funding & Awards: WSU Support for Research & Training
Video - Strategies for Winning Internal Funding & Awards (main campus)
Video - Strategies for Winning Internal Funding & Awards (medical campus)
Agenda - Strategies for Winning Internal Funding & Awards (main campus)
Agenda - Strategies for Winning Internal Funding & Awards (medical campus)
Handout - Internal Research Support Booklet

Beyond Academia: What are Career Opportunities in Biomedical Science?
Video - Beyond Academia: What are Career Opportunities in Biomedical Science?

Epidemiology Expertise Across the Campuses
Video (part 1) - Epidemiology Expertise Across the Campuses
Video (part 2) - Epidemiology Expertise Across the Campuses
Agenda for Epidemiology Expertise Across the Campuses
Epidemiology Research at KCI by Dr. Ann Schwartz
Pediatric Behavioral Epidemiology by Dr. Jim Chen
Epidemiology in the Dept. of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences by Dr. Victoria Neale
Epidemiology in the Hospital Setting by Dr. Ben Rybicki

Grant Proposal Review at the NIH and NSF
Video - Grant Proposal Review at the NIH and NSF
Agenda for Grant Proposal Review at the NIH and NSF

How to Communicate Your Research Beyond Academia
Video - How to Communicate Your Research Beyond Academia
Agenda for How to Communicate Your Research Beyond Academia
Handout - Talking to the Media
Handout - Writing Successful Grant Applications for Preclinical Studies
Handout - Getting Your Science Message Across
Handout - Talking with Venture Capitalists
Handout from Harvey Hollins

The Tenure Process and Promotion to Associate Professor at WSU
Video - The Tenure Process and Promotion to Associate Professor at WSU
Agenda for The Tenure Process and Promotion to Associate Professor at WSU

Intra- and Inter-Institutional Research Collaborations
Biomedical Engineering by Dr. Cynthia Bir
Biological Sciences by Dr. Friedrich
The Research Enterprise of Henry Ford Hospital by Dr. Margot C. LaPointe
Inter-and-Intra-Institutional Research Collaborations by Dr. Derek Wildman 

Overview of Research Integrity Programs at Wayne State University
Video - Overview of Research Integrity Programs at Wayne State University
Overview of Research Integrity Programs at Wayne State University - By: Dr. Dorothy Nelson

Research Administration: A New Day
Video - Research Administration
Research Administration: A New Day - By: Hillary Ratner
The Next Steps: A Closter Look - By: Jim Barbret
SPA Service Standards
SPA Service Standards

Preparing and Submitting an External Grant Proposal: Tips for Navigating the Intersection of Science, Schools and SPA
Video - Preparing and Submitting and External Grant Proposal
Agenda for Preparing and Submitting an External Grant: Tips for Navigating the Intersection of Science, School, and SPA

Research Training: What You Get May Not Necessarily Be What You Need or Want
Video - Research Training

Rejuvenating Your Research: Learning and Implementing New Ideas and Techniques
Agenda for Rejuvenating Your Reserach:Learning and Implementing New Ideas and Techniques

Research to Innovation: New Pathways for Faculty Members
Agenda for Research Training: What You Get May Not Necessarily Be What You Need or Want

Core Research Facilities at WSU
Video - Core Research Facilities at WSU
Agenda for Core Research Facilities at Wayne State University
Core Facilities 2009
The Proteomics Core at Wayne State University
WSU Central Instrument Facility - By: David Coleman
Applied Genomics Technology Center

How to Have a Successful Mentoring Relationship: Cultivating Professional Networks
Video - How to Have a Successful Mentoring Relationship
Agenda for How to Have a Successful Mentoring Relationship: Cultivating Professional Networks
Research Mentors Program for New Faculty

How to Obtain Foundation Funding in the Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Video - How to Obtain Foundation Funding in the Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Agenda for How to Obtain Foundation Funding in the Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Development and Alumni Affairs Contact List
WSU Corporate and Foundation Relations Team

Strategies for Winning Internal Funding & Awards: WSU Support for Research & Teaching
Video - Strategies for Winning Internal Funding & Awards
Agenda for Strategies for Winning Internal Funding & Awards: WSU Support for Research & Teaching
WSU’s Internal Research Support Programs 2009-2010
Graduate School Programs
Office of the Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs - Awards, Honors

NSF Review Process
Video
Agenda for NSF Review Process
NSF Case Studies: Successes and Pitfalls - By: Gaungzhao Mao

The Tenure Process
Agenda for The Tenure Process & Helpful Tips for Achieving Promotion & Tenure @ WSU

Winning Internal Funding & Awards
Video
Agenda for Strategies for Winning Internal Funding & Awards: WSU Support for Research & Teaching

How to Obtain Foundation Funding in the Sciences, Arts, and Humanities
Video
Agenda for How to Obtain Foundation Funding in the Sciences,  Arts & Humanities
Find Funding Promote Your Work
Foundation Funding Experience By:  Barbara LeRoy
Research Support from WSU Libraries

Successfully Transitioning from Student to Faculty
Video
Agenda for Successfully Transitioning from Student to Faculty

The Budgeting Process
Video
The Budgeting Process:  Developing, Maintaining and Making Appropriate Expenditure
The Budgeting Process:  Developing, Maintaining and Making Appropriate Expenditures 2
Common Grant Application Form

How to Get Published
Video - How to Get Published

Expanding Your Research: Learning and Implementing New Ideas and Techniques
Video
Expanding Your Research: Learning and Implementing New Ideas and Techniques
Expanding your Research:  Learning and Implementing New Ideas and Techniques  Reinventing your research program

Teamwork and Collaboration: Overcoming Barriers to Interdisciplinary Research
Video
Teamwork and Collaboration:  Overcoming Barriers to Interdisciplinary Research
Collaborating across disciplinary boundaries
Typology of Contextual Factors Influencing Transdisciplinary Scientific Collaboration

Top Ten Reasons to Befriend Your Sponsored Program Administrations Office
Video
Top Ten Reasons to Befriend your Sponsored Program Administration Office
Top Ten Reasons to Befriend Your Sponsored Program Administration Office


Setting Expectations in Graduate Education
Video
Setting Expectations in Graduate Education

Transforming Ideas into Reality
Video
Transforming Ideas into Reality: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and New Ventures
WSU Technology Commercialization and TechTown

Helpful Tips on Communication with the Media
Video
Agenda for Helpful Tips on Communicating With the Media

Establishing Community Based Research Programs

Video

Agenda for Establishing Community Based Research Programs

Time Management
Video
Agenda for Time Management: Setting Priorities and Getting Your Grant Proposal Submitted on Time

 

Key Elements of Research Compliance

Video - Key Elements of Research Compliance

Agenda - Key Elements of Research Compliance