K-Club
When: Second Tuesday of each month. Time: Noon Where: Zoom
Please email Lyalya Sultanova for Zoom link: lyalya.sultanova@hsc.utah.edu
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) sponsors K-Club, a monthly lunchtime meeting or early-career clinical and translational researchers. Each meeting features a speaker who is preparing a grant application, which may be a career development award such as NIH individual K award proposal, VA Career Development award, or an independent research project proposal such as a first R01.
The speaker presents his or her Specific Aims page to a group of peers and senior investigators and receives feedback about the science, career development plan, and writing. This is a safe environment for those early in their research careers to benefit from the expertise of senior investigators who want them to be successful. It also provides a venue for peer investigators to learn from each other. Senior faculty from pediatrics, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and psychiatry are regular participants.
If you would like to present at K-Club please email lyalya.sultanova@hsc.utah.edu with your name, project title, and when your proposal is due.
Upcoming Presenters
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Februrary 13th, 2024 | Dr. Afaf Osman | TBA |
| March 5th, 2024 | Dr. Rebecca Delaney | TBA |
| April 2nd, 2024 | Dr. Nicole Pershing | TBA |
| May 6th, 2024 | Dr. Dusti Jones | TBA |
| June 4th, 2024 | Dr. Larissa McGarrity | TBA |
Past Presenters
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| January 9th, 2024 | Dr. Tammy Stump | In-The-Moment Predictors and Intervention Strategies for Young Adults' Sun Exposure |
| December 5, 2023 | Vicki Tiase, PhD | AI Modeling of Nursing Workload to Understand Burnout |
| November 7, 2023 | Abigail Pulsipher, PhD | From Academia to Industry and Back Again: Lessons Learned |
| October 24, 2023 | Rebecca Overbury, MD, MS | Transfer Outcomes in Patients with Childhood Onset Rheumatic Disease |
| October 3, 2023 | Lindsay Collin, PhD, MPH | A multilevel framework for improving ovarian cancer outcomes |
| September 5, 2023 | JD Smith, PhD | Implementation Science |
| August 2023 | Summer Hiatus | |
| July 2023 | Summer Hiatus | |
| June 6, 2023 | Brian Flaherty, MD | TBA |
| May 2, 2023 | Kathleen Job, PhD | TBA |
| December 6, 2022 |
Lyalya Sultanova Grants and Contracts Officer |
Information Session on K12 Application and FOA |
| November 1, 2022 |
Andrew Knighton, PhD, CPA Associate Professor Implementation Science Intermountain Healthcare Delivery Institute, Kem C Gardner Transformation Center |
TBA |
| October 4, 2022 |
Elizabeth Siantz, PhD Assistant Professor College of Social Work |
TBA |
| September 13, 2022 |
Anna Parks, MD Assistant Professor Division of Hematology & Hematologic Malignancies |
TBA |
| September 6, 2022 |
Nicola Camp, PhD Professor Internal Medicine |
Utah Population Database (UPDB) overview, key findings that have come out of it, and the process for using it |
| August 2, 2022 |
Gita Suneja, MD, MS Radiation Oncology |
Cancer Treatment Disparities in People Living with HIV: From Awareness to Action |
| June 7, 2022 |
Joyce Havstad, PhD Associate Professor Department of Philosophy |
Research Ethics in Practice |
| May 3, 2022 |
Polina Kukhareva, PhD Biomedical Informatics Research |
Developing an Evaluation Toolkit for Electronic Health Record-Driven Innovations |
| April 5, 2022 |
Alessandro Venosa, PhD Pharmacology and Toxicology |
Modeling Stress in the Aging and Susceptible Lung |
| March 1, 2022 |
Jonathan Constance, PhD Pharmacology and Toxicology |
Framework for Assessing Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions in Pediatric Cancer |
| February 15, 2022 |
Heather Siefkes, MD, MSCI Pediatric Critical Care UC Davis Medical Center |
Coming soon |
| February 1, 2022 |
Gita Suneja, MD, MS Radiation Oncology |
Coming soon |
| January 7, 2022 |
Tanya Halliday, PhD, RD Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation |
Title: Mindfulness to Prevent Weight Regain: From KL2 to R01 Aims |
| December 7, 2021 |
Amy Cizik, MPH, PhD Orthopaedic Surgery |
Title: Improving the Clinical Utility of Patient Reported Outcomes Measures Through Surgeon Engagement and Clinical Encounter Decision Aids |
| November 16, 2021 |
Eileen Hwang, MD, PhD Moran Eye Center |
Coming soon
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| November 2, 2021 |
Nasser Sharareh, PhD Population Health Sciences |
Coming soon
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| October 5, 2021 |
Jake Magel, DSc, PhD Physical Therapy and Athletic Training |
Title: Combining Physical Therapy with Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement to Treat Patients with Co-occurring Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Opioid Misuse: A Multisite Feasibility Clinical Trial |
| September 7, 2021 |
Adam Ware, MD Primary Children's Medical Center |
Title: Familial Hypercholeresterolemia: Probabilistic Modeling to Identify the Risk of Genetic Dyslipidemia |
| August 3, 2021 |
Kimberly Brunisholz, PhD Internal Medicine |
Title: Deconstructed: How to scale adherence to USPSTF diabetes prevention guidelines within a learning health system |
| July 6, 2021 |
Amy Cizik, PhD, MPH Orthopaedics - Research |
Title: Improving the Clinical Utility of Patient Recorded Outcomes Measures Through Surgeon Engagement and Visualization |
| June 1, 2021 |
David Wetter, PhD Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equtiy Community Engagement and Cancer Equity Research at Huntsman Cancer Institute |
Title: The importance of addressing health equity in research and incorporate the imporance of partnerships in doing |
| May 11, 2021 |
Ramya Thota, MBBS GI Medical Oncologist at Intermountain Healthcare |
Title: Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of APC + TP53 mutations to predict EGFR inhibitor sensitivity in Colorectal Colon Cancer |
| April 6, 2021 |
Jonathan Constance, PhD Pharmacology and Toxicology Dept. |
Title: Opioids, Chemotherapy, and Cancer |
| March 9, 2021 |
Jessica Cohan, MD, MAS, FACS Population Health Sciences Dept. |
Title: Optimizing Patient-Surgeon Communication for Older Adults with Diverticulitis |
| February 2, 2021 |
Guillaume L. Hoareau, PhD, DVM Surgery Dept. |
Title: Mitigating ischemia reperfusion injury following hemorrhagic shock |
| December 1, 2020 |
Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, PhD, MSc. OBGYN Dept. |
Title: Genomic Investigations of Pregancy Loss |
| September 29, 2020 |
Susan Zickmund, PhD. Internal Medicine Dept. |
Title: ABC's of Mixed Methods Research: Questions Asked and Answered |
| September 1, 2020 |
Melissa Dixon, PhD, MS Pediatrics Dept. |
Title: Evaluation of Functional Connectivity on Childhood Onset Myotonic Dystrophy |
| August 4, 2020 |
Brett Einerson, MD, MPH, FACOG Obstetrics & Gynecology Dept. |
Title: Conservative Management as an Alternative to Hysterectomy for Placenta Acreete Spectrum |
| May 26, 2020 |
Lyen Huang, MD, MPH, FACS Surgery, Family & Preventative Medicine |
Title: Developing & Testing Surgical Opioid Stewardship Interventions in Rural Hospitals |
| May 19, 2020 | Amy Cizik, MD Orthopedic Dept. | Title: The Clinical Utility of Patient Reported Outcomes Measures at the Point of Care |
| April 7, 2020 |
Lisa Taylor-Swanson, PhD Nursing Dept. |
Title: Investigating Interoceptive Awareness And Emotion Regulation In The Context Of Acupuncture For The Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain |
| March 3, 2020 |
Brian Stagg, MD Ophthalmology Dept. |
Title: Using Clinical Decision Support for Glaucoma Testing Frequency |
| January 7, 2020 |
Lauren Theilen, MD Ob.& Gyn Dept. |
Title:Improving Cardiovascular Health Among Women with a History of Preclampsia |
| January 6, 2020 | Casey Gradick, MD | Title: Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Residency Training in Primary Care Program |
KL2 Program Co-Directors
Shaylee Scott
Program Assistant
Email: shaylee.scott@hsc.utah.edu
Lyalya Sultanova
Grants & Contracts Officer
Email: lyalya.sultanova@hsc.utah.edu
Jennifer Zitterkoph
Associate Director, Grants & Contracts
Phone: 801-213-1504
Email: jennifer.zitterkoph@hsc.utah.edu