Responsible Conduct of Research for Postdoctoral Scholars [Winter 2024]
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Section outline
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Course Description: The UCSF Responsible Conduct of Research Program for Postdoctoral Scholars (RCR-PS) is a course designed to satisfy NIH and NSF requirements for training in the responsible conduct of research for those with postdoctoral appointments. Unique to the postdoctoral training experience, the RCR-PS program utilizes a combination of 75-minute in-person lectures, case studies and virtual faculty-facilitated 90-minute discussions.
Times, Dates, and Locations:
There are eight lectures and eight discussion sections.
- With the exception of sessions 7 and 8, lectures are 75 minutes in duration and will be held in person from 1:00pm-2:15pm on Fridays. Discussion sections are 90 minutes in duration and will be delivered by UCSF faculty facilitators on the Mondays following lectures from 1:00pm-2:30pm over Zoom.
- For sessions 7 and 8, the lecture and discussion sections will be combined. These sessions will run for 90 minutes from 1:00pm-2:30pm, that time will include both the lecture and the discussion. All of session 8 (lecture and discussion) will be held virtually over Zoom.
Lecture Lead
- Tori Sharma, PhD, UC Berkeley, Research Administration and Compliance
- E-mail: victoriasharmaconsulting@gmail.com
UCSF Program Director
- Chequeta Allen EdD, MBA, FACMPE, Assistant Dean of Postdoctoral Scholars, UCSF Graduate Division
- E-mail: chequeta.allen@ucsf.edu
Teaching Assistant
- Kourtney Nham, Rosenberg-Hill Fellow, PhD student, UCSF
- E-mail: Kourtney.Nham@ucsf.edu
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February 9th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:15pm; Dr. Victoria Sharma
Location: HSW 300 Parnassus
Session topics and activities:
- Factors affecting reproducibility
- The best practices in rigor and reproducibility
- Anonymous survey on misconduct and reproducibility
- Statistical analysis of biological data (UCSF Library Statistics and Big Data Analytics Workshops and Courses)
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Opened: Friday, February 9, 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Monday, February 19, 2024, 11:59 PM
- Factors affecting reproducibility
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February 12th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:30pm
Faculty leads:
- Victor Valcour, victor.valcour@ucsf.edu
- Jay Debnath, jayanta.debnath@ucsf.edu
- Philip Norris, philip.norris@ucsf.edu
- Rosemary Akhurst, rosemary.akhurst@ucsf.edu
- Judith Ashouri, judith.ashouri@ucsf.edu
- Ed Hsiao, edward.hsiao@ucsf.edu
- Vaibhav Upadhyay, vaibhav.upadhyay@ucsf.edu
- Jason Cyster, jason.cyster@ucsf.edu
Location: Zoom*
*Each student has been assigned a faculty facilitator for the session. You can find which faculty facilitator you've been assigned to and their Zoom link here.
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February 16th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:15pm; Dr. Victoria Sharma
Location: Gen Aud, Mission Bay
Session topics and activities:
- What to do about research misconduct
- Addressing questionable research practices
- Contemporary ethical issues in biomedical research
- Social and environmental impacts of research
- Scientists as responsible members of society
- Effective collaboration in research
- New guidance on foreign influence and research security
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Opened: Friday, February 16, 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Monday, February 26, 2024, 11:59 PM
- What to do about research misconduct
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February 20th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:30pm
Faculty leads:
- Victor Valcour, victor.valcour@ucsf.edu
- Vaibhav Upadhyay, vaibhav.upadhyay@ucsf.edu
- Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, maryhelen.barcellos-hoff@ucsf.edu
- Jason Cyster, jason.cyster@ucsf.edu
- Max Krummel matthew.krummel@ucsf.edu
- Michael German michael.german@ucsf.edu
Location: Zoom
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February 23rd, 2024; 1:00pm-2:15pm; Dr. Victoria Sharma & Ariel Dordorff, MLIS Director of Data Science & Open Scholarship
Location: Gen Aud, Mission Bay
Session topics and activities:
- Best practices in data management - qualitative and quantitative
- New federal sharing requirements
- Developing a data management plan (DMP)
- Data transparency information from Nature and Cell Press journals (refer to comprehensive checklists)
- Data sharing during PI transitions
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Opened: Friday, February 23, 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Monday, March 4, 2024, 11:59 PM
- Best practices in data management - qualitative and quantitative
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February 26th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:30pm
Faculty leads:
- Jay Debnath, jayanta.debnath@ucsf.edu
- Philip Norris, philip.norris@ucsf.edu
- Eric Huang, eric.huang2@ucsf.edu
- Catera Wilder, catera.wilder@ucsf.edu
- Judith Hellman, judith.hellman@ucsf.edu
- Sergio Baranzini, sergio.baranzini@ucsf.edu
Location: Zoom
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March 1st, 2024; 1:00pm-2:15pm; Dr. Victoria Sharma
Location: Gen Aud, Mission Bay
Session topics and activities:
- Human subjects research-- COVID-19 Vaccines and CRISPR therapies
- Informed consent monitoring
- Protection of laboratory animals and the role of postdocs in animal welfare
- Approved lab researchers and IACUC protocols
- Policies and best practices on laboratory safety, biosafety, and animal research subjects
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Opened: Friday, March 1, 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Monday, March 11, 2024, 11:59 PM
- Human subjects research-- COVID-19 Vaccines and CRISPR therapies
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March 4th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:30pm
Faculty leads:
- Eric Huang, eric.huang2@ucsf.edu
- Julie Saba,julie.saba@ucsf.edu
- Alexis Combes, alexis.combes@ucsf.edu
- Prescott Woodruff, prescott.woodruff@ucsf.edu
- Margaret Feeney, margaret.feeney@ucsf.edu
- Sergio Baranzini, sergio.baranzini@ucsf.edu
- Vaibhav Upadhyay, vaibhav.upadhyay@ucsf.edu
- Michael Kattah, michael.kattah@ucsf.edu
Location: Zoom
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March 8th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:15pm; Dr. Victoria Sharma & Anneliese Taylor, Head of Scholarly Communication, UCSF Library
Location: Cole Hall, Parnassus
Session topics and activities:
- Best practices in authorship and publication- workshop
- Ethics and ownership of discoveries
- New guidance on text recycling
- Practicing responsible peer review and becoming a reviewer
- Open AI, generative AI and plagiarism
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Opened: Friday, March 8, 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Monday, March 18, 2024, 11:59 PM
- Best practices in authorship and publication- workshop
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March 11th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:30pm
Faculty leads:
- Victor Valcour, victor.valcour@ucsf.edu
- Julie Saba, julie.saba@ucsf.edu
- Catera Wilder, catera.wilder@ucsf.edu
- Judith Hellman, judith.hellman@ucsf.edu
- Ed Hsiao, edward.hsiao@ucsf.edu
- Vaibhav Upadhyay, vaibhav.upadhyay@ucsf.edu
- Michael German michael.german@ucsf.edu
Location: Zoom
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March 15th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:15pm; Denise Caramagno & Kendra Hypolite from UCSF CARE
Location: Cole Hall, Parnassus
Session topics and activities:
- Racism and discrimination in Science
- Prevention of sexual harassment and violence
- Appropriate support and management of postdocs with disabilities
- Bullying, civility, harassment, and inappropriate behavior in research environments
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Opened: Friday, March 15, 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Monday, March 25, 2024, 11:59 PM
- Racism and discrimination in Science
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March 18th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:30pm
Faculty leads:
- Victor Valcour, victor.valcour@ucsf.edu
- Philip Norris, philip.norris@ucsf.edu
- Alexis Combes, alexis.combes@ucsf.edu
- Vaibhav Upadhyay, vaibhav.upadhyay@ucsf.edu
- Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, maryhelen.barcellos-hoff@ucsf.edu
Marlys Fassett, marlys.fassett@ucsf.edu
Location: Zoom
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March 22nd, 2024; 1:00pm-2:30pm; Naledi Saul, Director of Career and Professional Development
Lecture & Discussion: 1:00pm-2:30pm
Location: Gen Aud, Mission Bay
Session topics and activities:
- Appropriate Mentoring and Lab Relationships between PIs and Postdocs
- Strategies for Having Difficult Conversations
- Resolving Conflicts and Communicating with Impact
- Mentor/Mentee Responsibilities and Relationships
- Mentoring Frameworks and Self Advocacy
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Opened: Friday, March 22, 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Monday, April 1, 2024, 11:59 PM
- Appropriate Mentoring and Lab Relationships between PIs and Postdocs
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April 5th, 2024; 1:00pm-2:30pm; Ivana Neff, UCSF Conflict of Interest Unit Manager, Ethics & Compliance and Thomas Lang, PhD, UCSF Conflict of Interest Advisory Committee (COIAC) Chair
Lecture & Discussion: 1:00pm-2:30pm
Location: Zoom
Session topics and activities:
- Understand UCSF COI requirements for Postdocs UPAY585 - personal, professional, financial
- Postdoc Outside Professional Activity at UCSF
- Building a Career-Long Positive Attitude toward Research Ethics
- Reporting UCSF Conflicts of Interest
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Opened: Friday, April 5, 2024, 12:00 AMDue: Friday, April 12, 2024, 11:59 PM
- Understand UCSF COI requirements for Postdocs UPAY585 - personal, professional, financial