Drawing on firsthand experiences and the expertise of mentors and principal investigators, this workshop aims to help underrepresented scientists get onto the next rung of the academic career ladder--no matter which rung they happen to be on now.
The interviews were structured around an interview guide (sample in Annex 1) developed in consultation with all six country investigators in a workshop held prior to the start of data collection.
During this two-day workshop investigators and study nurses from the participating institutions were instructed in the general principles of clinical trials (day one) and the study specific implementation of the SYNCHRONOUS trial (day two).
And one young investigator at the workshop, University of Maryland cell biologist Iqbal Hamza, 36, says, "I love it".
This money covers travel costs for investigators, subsistence costs, workshops and meetings in emerging fields, and other expenses incurred when first embarking on large-scale partnerships with one or more groups in Japan.
The study's principal investigator attended each workshop and took notes on the intervention and the action plans developed.
Training provided on-site through visits of US-based investigators have included workshops on: biostatistics and STATA, sample collection, phylogenetics and mathematical modeling, and the Responsible Conduct of Research.
At the workshop, CHMI investigators convened to share their experiences in CHMI trials and discuss the possibilities for future trials.
BioSHaRE investigators met at a workshop in order to define the set of variables to be generated from the harmonization process.
First, the investigators held separate educational workshops for the RNs and PSWs.
The principal investigator (CV) facilitated a three-day data analysis workshop with co-investigators and W-DARE partners including women with disability, SRH service providers and gender specialists.
