University at Buffalo (UB)
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 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 researchers from multiple disciplines including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, social work, nursing and public health.
Core Competency Workshop Series - Current and Ongoing
Online via Zoom | Peter L. Elkin, MD | June 24: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics |
Responsible Conduct of Research
Online via Zoom | Steven J. Fliesler, PhD
Sriganesh Ramachandra Rao, MS, PhD
Peter L. Elkin, MD
Albert H. Titus, PhD
Richard J. Karalus, PhD | Feb. 11: Responsible Conduct of Research: An Overview
Feb. 25: Authorship and Reviewer Ethics
Mar. 4: Conflicts of Interest/Conflicts of Commitment
Mar. 25: Responsible Data Acquisition and Management
Apr. 1: The IACUC and Ethical Use of Animals in Research
Apr. 15: The IRB and Ethical Use of Human Subjects in Research |
Dissemination and Implementation
Online via Zoom | Ranjit Singh, MBBChir, MBA
Bonnie Vest, PhD | Feb. 9: Introduction to Dissemination and Implementation Science
Feb. 23: Theories, Models, and Frameworks in Dissemination and Implementation Science
Mar. 9: Dissemination and Implementation Science Study Designs and Methods
Mar. 30: Identifying and Using Implementation Strategies to Address Barriers and Facilitators |
Online via Zoom | Ekaterina Noyes, PhD, MPH
Jill Szczesek, PhD
Sharon Hewner, PhD, RN
Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong, PhD, MPH, MA | Feb. 3: Teamwork to Support Big Science
Mar. 3: Team of Teams: Supporting Socio-technical Innovation in Health
Apr. 14: Teamwork as a Foundation for Patient-centered Research |
Virtual Library
Interested in catching up with past CTSI Core Competency Workshop Series? Click below to access our virtual library.
Past Series
Leadership: Benefits of Coaching for Leaders
Online via Zoom | Marsha King, PhD | Nov. 6: Coaching for Excellence at Work |
Online via Zoom | Richard J. Karalus, PhD
Sanjay Sethi, MD
Kimberly Brunton, RN, MSN
Sevie Kandefer, MS | Sept. 23: ICH, GCP, CFR, ISO: Making Sense of This Soup of Acronyms
Sept. 30: Surviving a Research Audit
Oct. 7: What Makes a Clinical Trial GCP Compliant?
Oct. 21: When Is an Informed Consent Truly Informed? |
Online via Zoom | Peter L. Elkin, MD | June 4: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics |
Online via Zoom | Diane Schwartz, MLS
Pam Rose, MLS
Ellen Goldbaum
Gale R. Burstein, MD, MPH
Kenneth V. Snyder, MD, PhD
Yotam Ophir, PhD
Remi M. Adelaiye-Ogala, PhD | Mar. 4: Introduction to Scientific Communication
Mar. 11: Scientific Evidence From the Perspective of End Users (Panel)
Apr. 1: Facilitating Quality Communication With Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Apr. 8: Making Your Message Count — Communicating Research to Everyone |
Online via Zoom | Steven J. Fliesler, PhD
| Mar. 3: Responsible Conduct of Research: An Overview
Mar. 10: Authorship and Reviewer Ethics
Mar. 24: The IACUC and Ethical Use of Animals in Research
Mar. 31: The IRB and Ethical Use of Human Subjects in Research
Apr. 7: Responsible Data Acquisition and Management
Apr. 14: Conflicts of Interest/Conflicts of Commitment |
Community Engagement | Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD
Andy Strohmeier, MEd
Grace McKenzie, MEd | Jan. 29: Introduction to Community Engagement
Feb. 5: Plain Language and Plain Language in Research Project
Feb. 12: Engaging New Community Collaborators
Feb. 26: Maintaining a Community Collaboration and Sustaining Partnerships |
Online via Zoom | Heather Orom, PhD
Jamal B. Williams, PhD
Sonia Fanou, MSW
Sourav Sengupta, MD, MPH
Allison Dehonney, MBA
David A. Milling, MD
Rev. George F. Nicholas, MDiv
Henry-Louis Taylor Jr., PhD
Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS
Jessica S. Kruger, PhD, MCHES
Timothy F. Murphy, MD | Jan. 27: Causal Links: Race-based Health Inequities, the Social Determinants of Health, and Underdeveloped Neighborhoods
Feb. 3: Dealing With Health Inequities in Transitional Neighborhoods
Feb. 10: Building Neighborhoods That Promote Health Equity
Feb. 24: Why Is Research Not Being Translated Into Improved Health Outcomes for People of Color? |
BERD Part 1: Introduction to Clinical Trials
Online via Zoom | Gregory Wilding, PhD
Michael LaMonte, PhD, MPH
Austin Miller, PhD
Austin Glick, MPH | Oct. 22: Series Introduction, Clinical Trial Basics I and II
Nov. 12: Clinical Trial Outcomes and Analysis Concepts I and II
Nov. 19: Randomization Techniques and Clinical Trial Data Management I
Nov. 26: Clinical Trial Data Management II and Designing Pilot Trials |
Qualitative Study Design and Data Analysis
All workshops at the CTRC, 9-10:30 a.m. | Elizabeth Gage Bouchard, PhD
Denise Lillvis, PhD, MPA | Oct. 16: Qualitative Study Design
Oct. 23: Qualitative Data Analysis
Oct. 30: Qualitative Principles in Action |
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Workshop Series — Who They Are and What They Fund
| Douglas Landsittel, PhD | Sept. 23: PCORI's Mission and How They Are Different From NIH
Oct. 7: The A, B, Cs of PCORI Funding and the Review Process
Oct. 28: The Methodology Standards and Other Expectations for Pragmatic Studies
Nov. 4: PCORI — Current Funding Priorities
Nov. 18: Educational Resources for Successful PCORI Funding |
| Effective Teaching | Jennifer A. Meka, PhD Alysia Kwiatkowski, DO, MS Matthew Kaye, MD |
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| Good Clinical Practice | Richard J. Karalus, PhD Kimberly Brunton, RN, MSN Sanjay Sethi, MD Christian Marks, PhD, CIP |
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| Responsible Conduct of Research |
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD |
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| Scientific Communication | Diane Schwartz, MLS Ellen Goldbaum Anne Curtis, MD Archana Mishra, MD, MS Steven Schwaitzberg, MD |
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| Biomedical Informatics | Peter L. Elkin, MD |
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 |
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 |
All workshops will be hosted from 4:00 – 5:30pm |
| Health Inequities | Henry Louis Taylor Jr., PhD Yu-Ping Chang, PhD, RN |
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| Qualitative Study Design and Data Analysis | Elizabeth Gage Bouchard, PhD |
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| Responsible Conduct of Research |
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD |
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| Qualitative Study Design and Data Analysis | Elizabeth Gage Bouchard, PhD |
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| Responsible Conduct of Research |
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD
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| BERD Research Bootcamp | Michael Lamonte, PhD, MPH
Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
Gregory Wilding, PhD | Oct. 11: Study Design and Hypothesis Formulation
Oct. 18: Developing a Statistical Analysis Plan
Oct. 25: Sample Size and Power
Nov. 1: Reading and Critiquing the Scientific Literature
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BERD Data Mining in Health Sciences
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Jeffrey C. Miecznikowski, PhD
Guan Yu, PhD
Saptarshi Chakraborty, PhD
| Apr. 13: Series Introduction
Overview of Data Mining Methods
Apr. 20: Classification Methods for Data Mining
Apr. 27: Clustering Methods for Data Mining |
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Michael Lamonte, PhD, MPH
Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
Gregory Wilding, PhD
| Oct. 12: Study Design and Hypothesis Formulation
Oct. 19: Developing a Statistical Anlaysis Plan
Oct. 26: Same Size and Power
Nov. 2: Reading and Critiquing the Scientific Literature |
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Michael Lamonte, PhD, MPH
Virginia Filliaci, PhD
Gregory Wilding, PhD
Suzanne Siminski, MS, MBA
| Apr. 6: Introduction to BERD Clinical Trials Series
Clinical Trial Basics
Apr. 13: Clinincal Trial Outcomes and Analysis Concepts
Designing Pilot Trials
Apr. 20: Randomization Techniques
Data Safety Monitoring Committees
Apr. 27: Advanced Parallel Group Design
May. 4: Clinical Trial Data Management
Regulatory Issues in Clinical Trials |
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Michael LaMonte, PhD, MPH
Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
Gregory Wilding, PhD
Michael LaMonte, PhD, MPH
| Sept. 22: Study Design and Hypothesis Formulation
Oct. 6: Developing a Statistical Analysis Plan
Oct. 20: Sample Size and Power
Nov. 3: Reading and critiquing the scientific literature
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Gregory Wilding, PhD
Michael Sill, PhD
Kevin Eng, PhD
Guan Yu, PhD
Jiwei Zhao, PhD
Virginia Filiaci, PhD
Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
| Jan. 28: Sample size and Power I
Feb. 11: Sample size and Power II
Feb. 25: Phase 1 Oncology Trials
March 10: TBD
March 24: Introduction to statistical machine learning
Apr. 7: Statistical strategies for missing data
Apr. 21: Clinical trail endpoints
May. 5: The Bootstrap and it's uses |
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Michael Lamonte, PhD, MPH
Guan Yu, PhD
Jiwei Zhao, PhD
Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
Virginia Filliaci, PhD
Jihnhee Yu, PhD
| Sept. 10: Research Boot camp I
Sept. 24: Research Boot camp II
Oct. 8: The statistical comparison of multiple groups
Oct. 22: Survival Anlaysis
Nov. 5: False Discovery Rate and other multiple testing Type I errors
Nov. 19: Data monitoring committees in clinical trials
Dec. 9: Designs & challenges using the registry data |
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Michael Lamonte, PhD, MPH
Guan Yu, PhD
Jiwei Zhao, PhD
Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
Virginia Filliaci, PhD
Hailey Banack, PhD
| Feb. 19: Mized Model Basics
March 12: Developing a Research Proposal
March 26: Understanding Confounding, Selection and Information Bias in the Health Sciences Literature
Apr. 16: Propensity Score Matching in Casual Inference and Missing Data Analysis
Apr. 30: Statistical Equivalence Testing: Proving Groups are the same
May 7: Clinical Trial Management |
| Effective Teaching | Patricia J. Ohtake, PT, PhD | Sept. 12: Adult Learning Principles and Techniques, Competency-Based Instruction, Developing Learning Objectives
Sept. 26: Educational Strategies and Content Delivery Techniques for Small and Large Learner Groups - Part 1
Oct. 10: Educational Strategies and Content Delivery Techniques for Small and Large Learner Groups - Part 2
Nov. 14: Learner Assessment, Program Evaluation, Mentoring and Debriefing with Good Judgement
Nov. 28: Educational Activity Implementation
Dec. 12: Best Practices, Potential Challenges, Lessons Learned |
| Leadership Workshop Series |
Prasad Balkundi, PhD
Richard Steinberg, PhD
Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah, PhD, MBA
Paul Tesluk, PhD | Oct. 4: Leadership and Multidisciplinary Research Teams
Nov. 1: Mentor and Mentee: Skills to Succeed
Nov. 15: Promoting Innovation and Creativity
Nov. 29: Addressing the Process and Managerial Aspects of a Multidisciplinary Team |
| Responsible Conduct of Research | Steven J. Fliesler, PhD
Kenneth M. Tramposch, PhD
Stanley W. Halvorsen, PhD
Richard Karalus, PhD
Jennifer Smith, JD
Peter L. Elkin, MD
| Jan. 8: Responsible Conduct of Research: An Overview
Jan. 22: Conflicts of Interest/Conflicts of Commitment
Jan. 29: The IACUC and Ethical Use of Animals in Research
Feb. 5: The IRB and Ethical Use of Human Subjects in Research
Feb. 12: Responsible Data Acquisition and Management
Feb. 19: Authorship and Reviewer Ethics |
| Statistical Workshop Series | Guan Yu, PhD
Michael LaMonte, PhD, MPH
Kristopher Attwood, PhD
Li Yan, PhD
Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
Jiwei Zhao, PhD
Michael Sill, PhD | Sept. 11: The Analysis of Count Data
Sept. 25: Issues in Study Design Selection
Oct. 10: Diagnostic Tests and ROC Analysis
Oct. 23: Competing Risks in Survival Analysis
Nov. 6: Introduction to Statistical Genetics
Nov. 20: Sensitivity Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding & Nonignorable Missingness
Dec. 4: Anlaysis of Ordinal Data |
| Terry Mashtare, PhD
Michael Lamonte, PhD, MPH
Jeff Miecznikowsi, PhD
Qianqian Zhu, PhD
Guan Yu, PhD
Jiwei Zhao, PhD
| Sept. 14: Introduction to SAS
Sept. 14: Introduction to SAS
Sept. 19: Research Bootcamp Part 1
Oct. 3: Research Bootcampt Part 2
Oct. 18: Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Analysis
Nov. 1: Genetic Studies of Human Diseases and Traits
Nov. 15: The Statistical Comparison of Multiple Groups
Nov. 29: Multiple Regression |
| Responsible Conduct of Research |
Steven Fliesler, PhD
Richard Karalus, PhD
Stanley Halvorsen, PhD
Garbriela Popescu, PhD
Kenneth Tramposch, PhD
Peter Elkin, MD | March 27: Responsible Conduct of Research: An Overview
April 3: The IRB and Ethical Use of Human Subjects in Research
April 10: The IACUC and Ethical Use of Animals in Research
April 17: Mentorship and Menteeship: Reciprocal Responsibilities
April 24: Conflicts of Interest/Conflicts of Commitment
May 1: Authorship Ethics
May 8: Responsible Data Acquisition and Management Practices |
| Statistical Workshop Series | Terry Mashtare, PhD
Jiwei Zhao, PhD
Gregory E. Wilding, PhD
| Sept. 7: Introduction to SAS: Part 1
Sept. 28: Introduction to SAS: Part 2
Oct. 19: Statistical comparison of groups
Nov. 9: Sample size and power calculations
Nov. 30: Survival analysis
Dec. 14: Longitudinal modelling |
*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. CTSI micro-credential and digital badging opportunities are free and open to all members of the Buffalo Translational Consortium, including students, faculty, and staff.
CTSI Effective Teaching, Good Clinical Practice, Responsible Conduct of Research, Scientific Communication, and Translational Teamwork digital badges are clickable icons signifying achievement in knowledge and skills related to clinical and translational research.
Interested in completing a micro-credential and receiving a CTSI digital badge? Contact Education Workforce Specialist 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
The following key subject areas are deemed essential to researchers in clinical and translational science by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).
- Research Questions
- Literature Critique
- Study Design
- Research Implementation
- Sources of Error
- Statistical Approaches
- Biomedical Informatics
- Clinical Research Interactions
- Scientific Communication
- Translational Teamwork
- Leadership
- Cross-disciplinary Training
- Community Engagement