Career Resources

Division/Department Resources

• Academic Promotion – White Paper – Recommendations for Supporting Your Academic Advancement
• Education and Quality Improvement Scholarship – White Paper
• Examples of FTE Distributions for Ob/Gyn Specialists
  

Research Training Courses

• Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (NIH)
  https://ocr.od.nih.gov/courses/ippcr.html

• Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Johns Hopkins University)
  https://www.jhsph.edu/departments/epidemiology/continuing-education/graduate-summer-institute-of-epidemiology-and-biostatistics/index.html

• Training in Clinical Research (TICR) (UCSF)
  https://meded.ucsf.edu/sites/meded.ucsf.edu/files/inline-files/TICR.pdf

• Research to Publication (UCSF/BMJ)
  https://rtop.bmj.com/courses/

• Coursera courses:

• Understanding Research Methods (University of London)
  https://www.coursera.org/learn/research-methods

• Data Management for Clinical Research (Vanderbilt University)
  https://www.coursera.org/learn/clinical-data-management

• Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics (University of Cape Town)
  https://www.coursera.org/learn/clinical-research

• Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials (John Hopkins University)
  https://www.coursera.org/learn/clinical-trials

• Classcentral courses:

• Improve Your Research Skills (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) – free online course
  https://www.classcentral.com/course/canvas-network-improve-your-research-skills-9033

• The IB Extended Essay: Managing Your Research Project (University of Leeds) – free online course
  https://www.classcentral.com/course/ib-extended-essay-12702

• Human Research Ethics Training:

• NIH Clinical Research Training On-Line
  https://ocr.od.nih.gov/clinical_research_training.html

• CITI Program – Research Ethics and Compliance Training
  https://about.citiprogram.org/en/homepage/

• Protecting Human Research Participants Online Training
  https://phrptraining.com/#!/

Sources for Research Funding

• National Institutes of Health (NIH): general overview:
  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm
  Various search tools and weekly listserv list

• NICHD Career Development program: K series
  https://www.nichd.nih.gov/grants-contracts/training-careers/extramural/career

• Institutional NIH-supported career development grants:
  https://researchtraining.nih.gov/programs/career-development

• Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Program
  https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/wrhr
• Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH)
  https://orwh.od.nih.gov/career-development/building-interdisciplinary-research-careers-womens-health-bircwh
• Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program
  https://ncats.nih.gov/ctsa

• Grants from Professional Societies

• American Cancer Society
  https://www.cancer.org/research/we-fund-cancer-research/apply-research-grant/grant-types/grant-application-deadlines.html

• Grants from private foundations

• March of Dimes:
  https://www.marchofdimes.org/research/research-grants.aspx
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  https://www.gatesfoundation.org/how-we-work/general-information/grant-opportunities

Incentive Plan Development

• Incentive Plan Overview