ISOQOL New Investigator SIG

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Searching for similar research, reviewers and journals

When writing a paper and a proposal, it is crucial to identify relevant research; and before submitting an article, a good search for potential reviewers and related journals is required.

Some time ago I found out that web servers can help authors with such process. I am actually using EtBlast, you might also find it helpful.

If you have other suggestions, please share!

link for EtBlast: http://etest.vbi.vt.edu/etblast3/

Dancing your PhD?

For the Doctoral students: Have you ever thought of dancing your PhD?!

have a look at the link below, might prove inspiring!

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/10/dance-your-phd-and-the-winner-is.html

Vacancies

For the ones interested in vacancies...
don't forget to check out the Job Board of the ISOQoL site!

http://jobs.isoqol.org/home/home.cfm?site_id=14874

There are some open vacancies at the moment!

Friday, March 22, 2013

One-day course on PROs in London, June 13, 2013

For those in Europe, there is a one-day course being offered by Oxford Outcomes and ICON about the development of PROs

PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES 2013: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION

13th June, 2013
Time: 08:30 - 17:30

Location: Sofitel Hotel, Heathrow, London
Timezone: (GMT) Western Europe Time, London, Lisbon, Casablanca
A new 1-day course offered to those with an interest in the construction and use of patient reported outcomes (PROs) in the development, assessment and reimbursement of medicines. This is an intermediate course suitable for novices and experienced participants alike, and will have relevance to international participants from academia, health care providers, as well as the pharmaceutical, regulatory and device development industries.

Course objectives

Understand the scope and range of PRO measurement and ascertain how PROs support medicine and device development and approval in the EU and US.
Understand the key considerations when selecting a PRO for a particular use and be able to evaluate a PRO accordingly.
Develop an understanding of the steps required to develop and validate a PRO, and ensure translatability in additional language and electronic formats.
Gain awareness of regulatory requirements from EMA/ FDA, the needs of NICE regarding PROs and the use of PRO data by other decision makers.

Friday, January 11, 2013

ISOQoL New Investigators: Getting more and more international!

Hi all,

We all know that we are quite an international group, but a picture always speaks better!

ISOQoL New Investigators Special Interest Group members: Locations overview.

Grant Writing: Resources & Seminar

Hi fellow New Investigators,

During the roundtables in Budapest in October and also in our members survey in December, a lot of members expressed their interest (and plans) concerning grant proposals.

If this sounds familiar, these two articles might be of interest to you. I recently discussed these articles with my lab, and we found they contained very useful information regarding what reviewers take into account when assessing a grant proposal and nice tips from experienced researchers.

· Abdoul H, Perrey C, Amiel P, Tubach F, Gottot S, et al. (2012) Peer Review of Grant Applications: Criteria Used and Qualitative Study of Reviewer Practices. PLoS ONE, 7(9): e46054. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0046054 (open access)

· Groves PS, Rawl SM, Wurzbach ME, et al.(2012). Secrets of Successful Short Grant Applications. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 34(1), 6–23.

If you are willing to devote a date to learn more about grant writing, you might be also interested in the NIH Workshop/Seminar about Grant Writing, Jan 18, 2013 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. There will be a real time videocast of the seminar, for those not in the area.

Writing an appealing grant proposal is definitely not an easy job, If you have experience with that and would like to share tips, resources, or experiences we can definitely learn from each other!

Have a wonderful 2013!

Monday, December 10, 2012

Tricks of the Trade II - 2012 Annual Conference, Budapest

Thank you to everyone who presented and attended Tricks of the Trade II and made it yet another successful event! I always feel like I learn so much from the speakers who kindly provide their time to tell their stories for us New Investigators. Again, we would like to thank our speakers for a wonderful session.