Core Competency Workshop Series

The CTSI Core Competency Workshop Series provide researchers and trainees with a focused approach to developing and enhancing research skills in key subject areas and eight translational science principles deemed essential to researchers in clinical and translational science by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The workshops are tailored to meet the needs of a variety of researchers from diverse disciplines including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and public health.

Core Competency Workshop Series - Current and Ongoing

Fall 2024

Watch here for updates.

Ongoing

Translational Teamwork: Watch and Learn

Ekaterina Noyes, PhD, MPH

Gabriela Popescu, PhD

Prasad Balkundi, PHD, MBA

Team Science 101

Leading a Successful Research Team

Are Leadership and Teamwork Mutually Exclusive?

Leadership and Multidisciplinary Research Teams

Spring 2024
Effective Teaching	Jennifer A. Meka, PhD Alysia Kwiatkowski, DO, MS Matthew Kaye, MD	January 25 February 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 All workshops will be hosted via Zoom, 4-5:30pm
Good Clinical Practice	Richard J. Karalus, PhD Kimberly Brunton, RN, MSN Sanjay Sethi, MD Christian Marks, PhD, CIP	February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 All workshops will be hosted via Zoom, 4-5:30pm
Responsible Conduct of Research	Steven J. Fliesler, PhD Stanley W. Halvorsen, PhD Richard J. Karalus, PhD Sriganesh Ramachandra Rao, MS, PhD Peter L. Elkin, MD	March 4 March 11 March 28 March 25 April 8 April 15 All workshops hosted via Zoom, 4-5:30pm
Scientific Communication	Diane Schwartz, MLS Ellen Goldbaum Anne Curtis, MD Archana Mishra, MD, MS Steven Schwaitzberg, MD	April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 All workshops hosted via Zoom, 4-5:30pm

Past Series

Fall 2023
Biomedical Informatics	Peter L. Elkin, MD	September 28 Workshop hosted via Zoom, 4-5:30pm
BERD Mini-series: Research Bootcamp	Michael LaMonte, PhD, MPH Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD Gregory Wilding, PhD Michael LaMonte, PhD, MPH	October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31 All workshops will be hosted from 4:00 – 5:30pm
Translational Teamwork	Katia Noyes, PhD, MPH Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD Jill Szczesek, PhD Joseph Gambacorta, DDS and Kelly Foltz-Ramos, PhD	November 7 November 14 November 28 December 5 All workshops will be hosted from 4:00 – 5:30pm

Spring 2023
Health Inequities	Henry Louis Taylor Jr., PhD Yu-Ping Chang, PhD, RN	March 16 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 All workshops hosted via Zoom, 3-4:40pm
Qualitative Study Design and Data Analysis	Elizabeth Gage Bouchard, PhD	May 11 May 18 May 25 All workshops hosted in person, 9-10am
Responsible Conduct of Research	Steven J. Fliesler, PhD Stanley W. Halvorsen, PhD Richard J. Karalus, PhD Sriganesh Ramachandra Rao, MS, PhD Peter L. Elkin, MD	March 4 March 11 March 28 March 25 April 8 April 15 All workshops hosted via Zoom, 4-5:30pm

Fall 2022
Health Inequities	Henry Louis Taylor Jr., PhD Yu-Ping Chang, PhD, RN	March 16 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 All workshops hosted via Zoom, 3-4:40pm
Qualitative Study Design and Data Analysis	Elizabeth Gage Bouchard, PhD	May 11 May 18 May 25 All workshops hosted in person, 9-10am
Responsible Conduct of Research	Steven J. Fliesler, PhD Stanley W. Halvorsen, PhD Richard J. Karalus, PhD Sriganesh Ramachandra Rao, MS, PhD Peter L. Elkin, MD	March 4 March 11 March 28 March 25 April 8 April 15 All workshops hosted via Zoom, 4-5:30pm

*See individual series pages for additional prior years.

CTSI Certificate of Completion

Workshops are self-contained modules and are free of charge to everyone in the Buffalo Translational Consortium. Participants have the option to attend the entire series or individual sessions. Participants who attend all of the workshops in a series are eligible to receive a CTSI Certificate of Completion.

Digital Badges and Micro-credentials

Learners completing a micro-credential earn a digital badge that is shareable on their ePortfolio, digital resumé or LinkedIn profile. Micro-credentials may also be stacked to earn certificates or advanced degrees. The digital badging opportunities are free and open to all members of the Buffalo Translational Consortium, including students, faculty, and staff.

Some CTSI Core Competency Workshops — Effective Teaching, Good Clinical Practice, Responsible Conduct of Research, and Scientific Communication — award digital badges to participants who complete the series and weekly assignments. Digital badges are clickable icons signifying achievement in knowledge and skills related to clinical and translational research. Digital badges in these CTSI Core Competency Workshop Series are available when the series are scheduled through live Zoom sessions during the semester, and through video format when they are not. Those wishing to receive a digital badge in any of the above workshop series should contact Catherine Sedota at cmp9@buffalo.edu .

Accreditation/CME Credit

The UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Physicians who attend any or all of the Core Competency workshops in a series may be eligible for CME credit.

Essential Core Competencies and Translational Science Principles

The following key subject areas and eight translational science principles are deemed essential to researchers in clinical and translational science by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).