VRSP Topics for Research Success

2024 Schedule
Mara Conference Center (Except for July 30, which will be in the BI Auditorium)
Scholars: Please attend each topic once, in person. You can choose which date works better for your schedule.

Tuesday, May 21 & May 28
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Responsible Conduct in Research (Dr. Bruce Schultz)
Avoiding accidents; Conflicts of interest; organizing lab activity & data

• Suggested reading:
  
  • Responsible Conduct Presentation (pdf)
  • Northumbrian caffeine (pdf)
  • The Accident (pdf)
  • Age-old conflicts (pdf)
  • Making the Right Moves-8 (pdf)
  • Riding with the Stars (pdf)

Tuesday, June 4 & 11
8:30-10:00 a.m.

Discovering, Generating and Sharing Information (Dr. Bruce Schultz)
Literature search activity; hypothesis generation & testing; authorship of papers

• Suggested reading:
  • Hypothesis-Literature-Authorship_2024_slidedeck
  • Green DR. Stress in biomedical research: six impossible things. Mol Cell 40: 176-178, 2010.
  • Ruben A. How to Read a Scientific Paper. ScienceMagazine, 2016
  • Pain E. How to seriously read a scientific paper. ScienceMagazine, 2016
  • _____. Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. 2023.

• • Strange K. Authorship: why not just toss a coin? Am J Physiol 295: C567-575, 2008.
  • Dance A. Authorship: Who's on first? Nature 489: 591-593, 2012.
  • Albert T & E Wager. How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers. The COPE Report, 2003. p 32-34.

Tuesday, June 18 & July 2
8:30-10:00 a.m.

Research Animal Ethics (Dr. Sally Olson)
Animals in the lab; walk-through IACUC application

Tuesday, July 9 & 16
8:30-10:00 a.m.

Discovering Career Opportunities (Dr. Kate KuKanich)

Finding good mentors, exploring veterinary career paths, tips for applying for jobs

• Suggested reading:
  • Early Career Mentoring for translational researchers: mentee perspectives on challenges and issues.
  • A (Baker’s) dozen tips for enhancing early-stage academic career development in biomedical research

Tuesday, July 30 - NOTE: THIS ONE WILL BE IN THE BI AUDITORIUM
8:30-10:00 a.m.

Finding Government Jobs (Dr. Tracy Miesner, USDA/NBAF)

2025 Schedule (Speakers and topics to be determined)
Mara Conference Center, 407 Trotter Hall

Tuesday, May 20
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, May 27
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, June 3
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, June 10
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, June 17
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, June 24
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, July 1
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, July 8
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, July 15
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, July 22
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, July 29
8:00-11:00 a.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 5
8:00-11:00 a.m.