Program Descriptions

Monday, June 10, 2019 - 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

SRAI Educational and Professional Development (EPDC) Program: The 3 Ps to Financial Compliance: People, Policy and Practice

In this program attendees will learn best practices for identify potential financial issues, creating catch-most policies and procedures and identifying the skills and personalities necessary in staff to disseminate and put said policies into practice.

Content Level: All Levels

Learning Objectives:

  • Evaluate the need for/Identify gaps in financial policies.
  • Discuss the components of an effective policy.
  • Best practices to draft new policy and translate new into standard operating procedures.
  • Identify the skills and personalities necessary in staff to disseminate policy and maintain financial compliance.

Speaker(s): Diane M. Marbury, CRA, Director, Pre-Award, Grants Management Office, Northwell Health; Zolicia R. Abotsi, MBA, CRA, Interim Director, Office of Sponsored Programs & Research, Baruch College

Monday, June 10, 2019 - 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm

S1: MEDTAPP: What Is It and How Does the Cost Share Work?

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Office of Health Sciences, Government Resource Center (GRC) engage project-specific technical assistance and consulting services for Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP) projects. Faculty and staff from Ohio’s Colleges of Medicine will be engaged to design and implement this research project. GRC provides project management, administrative, and fiscal support to this project. The projects all require cost share. This session will explain how Department Staff and Sponsored Program staff will understand the MEDTAPP projects and how the cost share works. Multiple universities and institutions have received project funding for the MEDTAPP program.

Content Level: All Levels

Speaker(s): Angela Thomas, Director of Finance Administration, The Ohio State University Government Resource Center; Nicole Canfield, Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist, The Ohio State University Government Resource Center

S2: The Contemporary Clinical Research Coordinator Career Path 

This session will provide an in-depth perspective of training and educational approaches for Clinical Research Coordinators (CRC) which advance their future professional growth and leadership potential in research administration and management. In response to the changing landscape of clinical research and increasing complexity of trials, the role of the CRC has advanced to include more specialized functions. Given these trends, the core competencies of the profession have advanced such that the spectrum of research activities managed by CRCs has necessitated a broad range of technical, managerial, ethical and regulatory expertise. The significance of innovative training is critical to providing CRCs the skills and knowledge to responsibly conduct clinical research. Training and continuing education for CRCs must proceed to advance in response to supporting professional growth, workforce and career development and their future as research administrators. 

Content Level: Intermediate

Speaker(s): Carol Fedor, Senior Clinical Project Manager, American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network (ATHN) & Phil Cola, Associate Professor of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Monday, June 10, 2019 - 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm

S3: Internal Controls – A Common Sense Approach

Does your institution have controls in place? What controls are in place in your Research and Sponsored Programs Office? How do you monitor whether your controls are working?

Content Level: All Levels

Speaker(s): Diana Dubinsky, Post-Award Grants Coordinator, Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron

S4: Grants Management in a Department/Division

This session will discuss issues and tricks related to managing grants from within a department; not a central office. Whether your institution has a central office or not, there are certain things that are just different when you are working on submitting and managing grants from within a department.  The session will cover finding funding sources, pre-award submissions and post-award management of grants. The session will also identify additional ways to provide ongoing support for investigators; including trainees, fellows, associates, staff and faculty researchers.

Content Level: Basic/Intermediate

Speaker(s): Kevin Titus, Business Director, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Monday, June 10, 2019 - 3:45 pm to 4:30 pm

S5: Pre-Award Processes: A Case Study of an Institute in Ohio

Pre-Award process is very important for getting funding from the sponsor. In this session, the pre-award process will be discussed with examples. The difficulties and their solutions faced by the pre-award team will be discussed.

Content Level: Intermediate

Speaker(s): Sushil Kanel, Research Grants Engineer, Air Force Institute of Technology

S6: Training, Mentorship and Learning Styles for Research Administration Success

What creates a successful Research Administrator? This session will focus on the process of onboarding and training while incorporating various learning styles and continued mentorship. Participants will hear about effective ways to ensure that new Research Administrators experience success in the workplace.

Content Level: All Levels

Speaker(s): Shama Smith, Senior Sponsored Program Officer, The Ohio State University; Ginette Busque, Senior Sponsored Program Officer, The Ohio State University

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