RCMAR Investigator Development Workgroup Conference Call
October 6, 2014 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM (PST) / 1:00 – 2:00 PM (EST)
Notes
IDW Conference Call: 10/6/14
Facilitator: Dedra Buchwald (NERC)
Note Taker: Ann Smith (Deep South)
Attendees (please confirm): Alison A. Moore/ Carole Nagy (CHIME), Julie
Zissimopoulos (USC), Celia Kaplan (UCSF), Lou Penner (Wayne State /MCUAAAR),
Dedra Buchwald (NERC), Ann Smith (UAB/Deep South), Nina Harawa RCMAR
Coordinating Center.
1)
Minutes of September Meeting Approved
2)
Updates to partnership discussion: Nina mentioned Carl Hill and Lief Nelson, and
the partnering work on the manuscript.
Other updates
3)
Best practices manuscript—Nina reported on contacting designated leads for
further discussion of preparation of the manuscript. They are in process. They
plan to include profiles of mentor(s) as well as scholar(s).
4)
IDW presence on the RCMAR Website: please review the examples at the links
below and submit 1-2 scholars for the website. Nina will send email with specific
info.
5)
Everyone select two alumni RCMAR scholars for update on the website.
USC provided these examples from their website
http://healthpolicy.usc.edu/Visiting_Fellows.aspx
http://healthpolicy.usc.edu/Post-Doctoral-Fellows.aspx
(see Additional profiles in their annual reports: )
http://healthpolicy.usc.edu/Who_We_Are.aspx
6)
RCMAR Reporting Tool—recent uploading of files. The notification that data was
received was not sending, but the data was stored. Steve Wallace had asked for
an extension from NIA to confirm the data submitted.
7)
Proposal solicitation and Involving partners: Nina provided overview of prior
discussion.
8 -- 11)
Scholar/proposal selection process/criteria, Mentor selection and training,
Specifics of each training program (e.g., content, teachers, online resources that may
be available to other sites), Evaluating mentorship quality and effectiveness: Nina
clarified again that these were for facilitators to consider as discussion points for future
calls, rather than agenda items for this call.
Topic for Discussion
12)
National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) – awarded to collaborative effort
involving SACNAS, U of Minnesota, U of Wisconsin and Boston College as leaders and
over 100 institutions and professional networks as partners (including several RCMAR
partners). UCLA (Keith Norris, PI) was awarded the NIH Coordination and Evaluation
Center for Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-funded Workforce Program – for both
NRMN and the BUILD awards. Steve Wallace is a CoInvestigator.
More info to be released from NIH soon.
News release from 10/22/14:
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2014/od-22.htm
12)
New Business
Reminder of GSA Annual Scientific Meeting and RCMAR-sponsored activities:
 PreConference Workshop on Wed. Nov. 5. More info at link:
https://www.geron.org/meetings-events/gsa-annual-scientific-meeting/meetingprogram/pre-conference-workshops

RCMAR Networking Dinner on Wed. Nov. 5 evening.

Hannah Valentine, NIH Dir. of Scientific Diversity, mtg: Monday, Nov. 3 at 8:30 am.

PLEASE NOTE: The manuscript will also be discussed after the Valentine meeting.
RCMAR IDW Call Management Schedule – 2014
Calls occur on the first Monday of each month, unless otherwise noted (*), at 10am PT,
1pm ET.
DATE
October 6
November 3
December 1
January 5
FACILITATOR
NERC
MCUAAAR
CADC
CHIME
NOTETAKER
Deep South
LARRC
CHIME
USC