2021 Creative Scientist Workshop

Join the University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute for a one-day virtual workshop on remote trials.

Date:     November 9, 2021
Time:     10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern
Format: Entirely virtual
Cost:      $0 (Free!)

Registration is closed.

The biennial Creative Scientist Workshops (CSWs) are not standard conferences. The facilitated workshop format employs a creative problem-solving approach now being used by NSF, NIH and NCATS to catalyze scientific innovation. The workshop will include a series of keynote presentations (and Q&A) in the morning followed by small-group, interactive sessions in which content from earlier in the day will be applied to designing and reimagining example trials.

The keynotes and Q&A sessions are open to all registrants. However, because the afternoon sessions will be highly interactive, only a limited number attend the afternoon sessions. Registration materials will be reviewed by the CSW Planning Committee in late October to select participants for the small-group interactive sessions (based on responses to questions in the registration form and availability to participate in the entire workshop). We particularly encourage registration by active researchers/scholars/administrators affiliated with CTSA institutions and collaborating partners, representatives of funding agencies, and industry experts.

All workshop participants will:

• Learn state-of-the-art frameworks and approaches, as well as strengths, opportunities, and challenges for remote trial methods, via a series of keynote addresses by speakers from throughout the CTSA network and beyond (see Workshop Speakers below); and
• "Return home" from the virtual event better equipped to develop innovative, collaborative projects and proposals to advance translational science and best practices in the area of remote trial methods.

Participants in the afternoon sessions will:

• Collaborate with other participants their knowledge and content from earlier in the day in small-group, interactive sessions focused on designing and reimagining example trials. Participants will apply new evidence-base approaches, reveal critical barriers and needs, and propose creative solutions for the next generation of observational and clinical trials.

There is no cost associated with this workshop. To register, please complete this form.

Have questions? Contact CTSI Senior Research Administrator Erin O'Byrne at erinobyr@buffalo.edu.

Research reported in this program was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number UL1TR001412 to the University at Buffalo and award number UL1TR001450 to the Medical University of South Carolina. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.