The Miami Clinical and Translational Science Seminar series continues on Wednesday, January 18 at 4:30 p.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Erin Kobetz, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, director of the Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity, and director of the UM Sylvester Disparities and Community Outreach Core, will present “Community-Based Research: From Bench to Trench.” This lecture will define community-based participatory research (CBPR) and will describe how it can be used to address health disparities. The lecture also will address how CBPR informs the scope and direction of future research and social change and advances the translation of scientific discoveries. For more information and to RSVP, email Katie Lewitt at [email protected].

Facilitated by Johanna Stamates, executive director of the Office of Regulatory Support and Quality Assurance, these sessions will provide the UM research community with updates on the Food and Drug Administration’s current thinking and approach. Topics to be discussed include:

• FDA inspections and consequences
• 21 CFR Part 11/electronic records
• Data quality in clinical trials
• Quality systems: audits, monitoring, CAPA
• Globalization
• FDA Transparency Initiative

Choose one of the following sessions, which will take place on the Miller School of Medicine campus:

Wednesday, January 18 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Clinical Research Building, sixth-floor conference room (692).
Tuesday, January 24 from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Clinical Research Building, sixth-floor conference room (692).

Registration is available through ULearn. For more information, please contact [email protected] or call 305-243-5092.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will host grand rounds on Wednesday, January 18 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. Mark S. Gold, Donald R. Dizney Eminent Scholar and Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine, will present “Addiction in the 21st Century: Overeating as an Addiction.” The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity will provide 1.50 CEs to psychologists, social workers, and nurses who attend. Space is limited. Please arrive early to secure a seat. For more information, please call Carmen Bou-Crick at 305-355-9073, email [email protected], or visit the departmental website.

Learn how to use the InfoEd Proposal Development System to prepare and submit your proposal electronically to the National Institutes of Health. InfoEd streamlines the proposal development process and, since it is Web-based, is accessible almost anywhere by Mac and PC users. No additional software is required. InfoEd pre-fills agency forms, includes built-in agency validations, stores proposals in a secure environment, and provides a database of all proposals submitted. This interactive hands-on computer workshop will help participants learn how to create, route, submit, and track a proposal using the InfoEd Proposal Development System. The class will be held on Wednesday, January 18 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Dominion Tower, tenth-floor computer lab, on the Miller School of Medicine campus. Register through ULearn. Please note that this class has the following online prerequisites: InfoEd Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Lauren Book visited the UM campus last March, speaking to students at the UM Bookstore.

Lauren Book, a sexual abuse victim turned advocate, will make a stop on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus on Wednesday, January 18 at 5 p.m. at The Rock as part of her 39-day, 1,000-mile walk across Florida to raise awareness about sexual abuse.

Book, a UM alumna, will join students and members of the organization No Zebras for a candlelight ceremony to recognize the 39 million survivors of child sexual abuse. The event also will include a speak-out in which survivors will share their stories and encourage continued awareness about sexual abuse on campuses nationwide.

Book was sexually abused for six years while under the care of her nanny. She created the Lauren’s Kids Foundation to end the sexual exploitation of children through education and awareness. After graduating with an education degree from the University of Miami, Book went on to create elementary prevention education that is being incorporated in every public kindergarten classroom in Florida.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.laurenskids.org or call 786-288-5045.