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11/1/12 NIH K Awards: Perspectives from Awardees
On Thursday, November 1, 2012, Duke Postdoctoral Services and the Duke Office for Faculty Mentoring held a panel discussion on NIH Career Development or K Awards. The NIH K Awards, cover a wide range of career development needs. Most are designed to offer PIs protected time in which to develop their research, transition research focus, or mentor students and postdocs. The panel in this seminar was made up of Duke MDs and PhDs who had experience applying for NIH K awards. Panelists discussed applying for a K and answered questions about finding the right mechanism for particular cases, preparing the application, and finding support. They shared tips for success and for overcoming challenges. Panelists: - Steve Choi, MD, , holds a basic science NIDDK K08, "RAC1 Promotes Hepatic Stellate Accumulation/Activation in Liver Injury". - Liz Cirulli, PhD, postdoc who recently transitioned to Asst Professor at the Duke Center for Human Genome Variation, submitted a K01 and is waiting to hear her funding status. She will give her perspective on the writing process and what resources/support she needed. - Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez, MD, Asst Professor of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases, holds an NICHD K23, "Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antibiotics in Premature Infants". - Chad Grotegut, MD, Asst Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, holds an NICHD K08, "Role of GRK6-Mediated Oxytocin Receptor Desensitization in Labor". - Dennis Ko, PhD, Asst Professor of Molecular Genetics ...From:DukePostdocServicesViews:3 0ratingsTime:01:14:50More inEducation

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