Curriculum
The TREC Training Workshop is geared to early career basic, clinical and population scientists (i.e., junior faculty and postdocs) who are interested in energy balance and cancer research from a transdisciplinary and translational perspective. Seminars, group sessions and one-on-one meetings will be led by approximately 20 senior faculty who are experts in the field.
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Broad Topic |
Example Topics/Sessions |
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Basic Sciences |
Animal models, pre-clinical research methods, gains and gaps in energy balance and cancer |
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Cancer Biology & Epidemiology |
Cancer biology, cancer rates, cancer causes, screening, surgery, treatment, side effects |
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Energy balance and cancer |
What we know and don’t know - diet, PA and obesity assessment, observational and interventional studies; mediation, effect modification, race/ethnic and SES differences |
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Cancer Endpoints |
Risk, recurrence, mortality, patient-reported outcomes, side effects, biomarkers/mechanisms |
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Review of Studies |
TREC, NHS, WHI, WINS, WHEL, CHALLENGE, PAL, WISER, HOPE, WALC, and cooperative group trials |
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Research Methods |
Study design, power calculation, data management, statistics; transdisciplinary research; human subjects and animal use; laboratory safety; research ethics. |
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Grant Writing |
HIPAA, informed consent, IRB process, specific aims, significance, innovation, research design, eligibility criteria, recruitment, data collection, authorship, conflict of interest |
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Once funded, now what? |
Study logo, brochures, recruitment letters, hiring staff, study start up |
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Career Development |
CV, biosketch, networking, interviewing, conferences, presenting, media relations, publishing, appointments/promotions |
All costs are covered.
We look forward to receiving your application! Apply here.
The caliber of trainees and faculty is amazing. What a treat to be able to interact with this group.
The TREC Workshop was incredibly helpful. I learned about grant writing, transdisciplinary research, and gained more knowledge in the field in one week than I could have in one year. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet experts in energy balance who are there to educate and mentor young investigators. I’ve kept in touch with a few of the faculty and co-fellows, and I hope to keep these relationships for years to come.
High bar to meet going forward! Kudos all around.
Feedback was invaluable, not just on my proposal but on career advice – beyond expectation!