Invitation for Faculty and Students to Participate in a Collaborative Clinical and Translational Scholarship Conference at Boise State University

Dear ISU Colleagues,

We were recently approached by associates from the College of Health Sciences at Boise State University (BSU) about participating in a Clinical and Translational Scholarship Conference to be held on the BSU campus on Friday March 3rd, 2023. We’ve been working collaboratively with BSU, and with several other institutions, in the planning of the conference and are excited to participate.

Thanks to BSU, ISU and other organization sponsorship, there is no cost to attend this event! Registration and poster abstract submission is open until February 10, 2023.

hile additional planning and programming pieces are still being put in place, we wanted to share information about conference registration information and to inquire specifically regarding interest from ISU faculty and students about participation with Interest Group and Symposia Sessions on various topics.

Any students or student groups who would like to attend, help and/or participate, are encouraged to be part of the conference!

Among a number of other topics (listed below) one significant part of the conference is focused on facilitating diversity and inclusion in clinical and translational research. Among other co- leading opportunities, we have an opportunity to include at least 2 associates from ISU on the main panel that will share experiences, ideas and lead discussions on the topic of facilitating diversity and inclusion in clinical and translational research; other opportunities to be involved with topic areas including aging, concussion/head injury, maternal health, big data and adolescent health, etc., are included below.

We’d love to have many associates from ISU participate!

Please review the information below, complete the Google form if interested in helping co-lead a session or request to be considered for travel funds and register/submit a poster abstract using the BSU link below. Please contact Dr. Chris Sanford, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development in the College of Health, with any questions; sanfchri@isu.edu / (208) 282-2196.

Sincerely, 

Chris A. Sanford

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development

College of Health

Tentative Conference Agenda

Conference held at the BSU Stueckle Center Friday March 3, 2023; 2:00 – 7:00pm 

2:00 – 2:30 Main Session Keynote: Dr. Ming Lei, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

Dr. Lei will speak on building clinical and translational research capacity in Idaho. Dr. Lei is director of the Division for Research Capacity Building at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). He also oversees  the Institutional Development Award (IDeA), Support for Research Excellence (SuRE), and the Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH).

2:30 – 3:00 Main Session / Panel Discussion: Facilitating Diversity and inclusion in Clinical 

and Translational Research

*Need up to 2 ISU participants on this panel

3:00 – 4:00: Concurrent Sessions

Interest Groups: Anyone is welcome to attend and informally discuss

Big Data

*Aging

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Research 

Symposia: Anyone is welcome; will include presentation of data from some investigators

*Institute for Behavioral Health & Addiction

*Maternal Health

4:00 – 5:00: Concurrent Sessions

Interest Groups: Anyone is welcome to attend and informally discuss

Building Research Capacity Towards a Center for Translational Research

Medical Devices 

Symposia: Anyone is welcome; will include presentation of data from some investigators

*Concussion Head/Injury  

*Adolescent Health/Community-Schools

5:00 – 7:00 Poster Session

A communication poster session will be held; e.g., not peer reviewed. There is room for up to 100 posters (paper based). Hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar will accompany the poster session. 

Levels of Participation

All are welcome to attend and participate in the conference and discussions for all areas listed above and the poster session! 

*However, if you are interested in being more involved and working with colleagues from other institutions to possibly lead a discussion/share data for some of the topic areas listed above (those with an *asterisk next to them) please complete the Google form below and we’ll work to connect as many ISU associates as possible with the session leaders at BSU.  

Limited Travel Funds

ISU’s Office for Research has a limited amount of funding available to assist with travel for interested participants from the Pocatello campus. Priority for funding will go to ISU associates who are assisting with co-leading an Interest Group or Symposia; after decisions for co-leaders have been made, additional funds may be available for others desiring to attend. Please reach out to Steve Wright at stevewright@isu.edu / (208) 282-2593 with the Office for Research for questions regarding funding and/or complete the Google form below to formally request consideration for travel funds. 

Information We’d Like From You

Please complete this Interest in Co-Leading and/or Consideration for Travel Funds Google Form if you are interested in helping to co-lead an Interest Group or Symposia and/or are interested in being considered for funding (include both students and faculty). 

Conference Registration/Abstract Submission Link

Please visit the BSU Clinical and Translations Scholarship Conference REGISTRATION  website for attendance registration and, if desiring to present, submit a poster abstract. 

Please contact Dr. Chris Sanford, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development in the College of Health, with any questions; sanfchri@isu.edu / (208) 282-2196.