2023 Research & Innovation Week

Schedule of Events

Monday, January 23 –

Friday, January 27

2023

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Electronic Recordkeeping Featuring LabArchives

Electronic recordkeeping is an important aspect of modern research, and LabArchives is a useful tool for managing research data and documents. In this in-person Researcher Fundamentals session, faculty investigators and research staff will learn the basics of using LabArchives and best practices for effective recordkeeping. By the end of this educational session, participants will have the skills and knowledge to use LabArchives to improve the organization, accessibility, and reproducibility of their research results.

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Featured Speaker

Kelsey R. Smith, Ph.D.

Scientific Integrity Associate, Advancing Scientific Integrity, Services and Training (ASIST), Office of Scientific Integrity (DOSI)

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Effective Strategies for Workforce Diversity Development

This Researcher Fundamentals session will explore the importance of diversity in the workplace and provide practical tips and best practices for creating a more inclusive and equitable work environment. Topics will include strategies for recruiting, retaining, and developing a diverse workforce, as well as ways to address unconscious bias and promote diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the workplace.

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Featured Speakers

Sophia Brelvi, J.D.

Director of Affirmative Action and Compliance Programs, Office for Institutional Equity (OIE)

Elizabeth Jones, Ph.D.

Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Office for Institutional Equity (OIE)

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Navigating Research at Duke: The myRESEARCH Suite Advantage

This Researcher Fundamentals session is an educational opportunity for faculty investigators to learn about the various research enterprise tools, resources, and services available to them through the myRESEARCH suite. The session will provide an overview of the myRESEARCH platform and its capabilities, including how to access and navigate the various tools and resources. During the session, attendees will learn about the different resources available on the myRESEARCH platform, such as proposal development and submission, funding opportunities, research compliance, and data management. They will also have the opportunity to see live demonstrations of the tools and resources in action, and ask any questions they may have about how to use them effectively. The session is designed to be interactive and hands-on, with the goal of helping faculty investigators become more familiar with the myRESEARCH suite and how to use it to support their research efforts. By attending this session, faculty investigators will gain a better understanding of the resources available to them and how to access them, which will enable them to manag

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Featured Speakers

Derek Jones

Associate Director, myRESEARCHhome, Office of Research Initiatives (DORI)

Sunita Patil, Ph.D.

Associate Director, myRESEARCHnavigators, Office of Research Initiatives (DORI)

Jamie Wylie

Associate Director, myRESEARCHpath, Office of Research Initiatives (DORI)

PANEL DISCUSSION

Large Externally Funded Centers

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Open to all, this panel discussion is designed to provide insight into the advantages and disadvantages of large externally funded centers, their impact on research and scholarship in higher education, and how best to manage them to ensure the highest quality of research and teaching

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Featured Speakers

George A. Truskey, Ph.D. (Moderator) Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation and R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Yiran Chen, Ph.D. Director of the NSF AI Institute for Edge Computing (Athena) and Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Stephen L. Craig, Ph.D. Director of the Center for the Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks (MONET) and William T. Miller Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Claudia K. Gunsch, Ph.D. Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), Associate Dean for Duke Engineering Research & Infrastructure, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Science & Policy

SPECIAL ONLINE TALK

Basics of Copyright, Data and Software Intellectual Property

It has been said that content is king. Copyrighted works – whether writings, art, software, or media – are a major portion of the world’s creative, intellectual, and economic output. Interestingly, copyright issues are all around us, at all times, affecting artists, authors, software programmers, content creators and users alike.

Join intellectual property expert, Daniel Dardani, former MIT Technology Licensing Officer now Director of Physical Sciences and Digital Innovations Licensing and Corporate Alliances at Duke University, for an overview of copyright law with considerations of its history and relevance to the world of intellectual property. Daniel will explore topics including: the nature of originality, fair use, open source, licensing copyrights and data in the digital age, and more.

Be sure to tune in to this popular talk for a fun and fascinating look at the protection of your creative works whether developed at Duke, MIT, or elsewhere.

1:30 - 3:00pm

Featured Speaker

Daniel Dardani, CLP

Director of Physical Sciences & Digital Innovations and Corporate Alliances, Office for Translation & Commercialization and Office for External Partnerships

RESEARCH TOWN HALL

Open Scholarship: Addressing Incentives, Equity and Obstacles

Advancing knowledge and discovery through transparent, trusted, and accountable research requires novel research practices that make scientific processes, data, analyses, and publications accessible. At Duke, the commitment to open scholarship starts with supporting a research environment where open sharing is built in all stages of the research cycle.

Indeed, journals and funders are increasingly encouraging authors and awardees to share data on request or make it publicly available. Integrating open scholarship in each phase of the research cycle is meant to become the new way of conducting research by aligning the goal of accelerating discovery with the need to preserve and increase public trust in science.

Join the Duke Office of Scientific Integrity (DOSI) for this research town hall, where reputed scholars and scientists will discuss best strategies to incorporate open scholarship in research design, execution, data analysis, and dissemination of research results.

Attending this event for a minimum of 60 minutes fulfills the RCR-200 requirement for faculty and staff.

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3:30 - 5:00pm

Featured Speakers

Monica Lemmon, M.D. (Moderator) Associate Dean for Research Integrity and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences

Geeta K. Swamy, M.D. (Moderator) Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation, Vice Dean for Scientific Integrity, and Haywood Brown, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Women's Health

Rasheed Adebayo Gbadegesin, M.D. Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development, Director of the Office of Physician-Scientist Development, Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medicine

Marilyn Oermann, Ph.D., RN, ANEF, FAAN Thelma M. Ingles Distinguished Professor of Nursing and Director of Evaluation and Educational Research

Victoria Szabo, Ph.D. Research Professor of Art, Art History, & Visual Studies and Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Director of the Certificate Program in Information Science & Studies, and Director of Graduate Studies of the Ph.D. Program in Computational Media, Arts & Culture

Kevin Weinfurt, Ph.D. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Population Health Sciences, Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Population Health Sciences

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

A Guide to Grant Writing Resources

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to provide faculty investigators with a guide to resources available to support their grant writing efforts.

9:00 - 9:45am

Featured Speakers

Joanna Downer, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research Development, Duke University School of Medicine

Steve Murray Associate Director of Foundation Relations

Sharlini Sankaran, Ph.D. Director of External Partnerships, Office for External Partnerships

Sohini Sengupta, Ph.D., M.P.H. Director of the Office of Campus Research Development

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Translation to Commercialization: Finding Funding Sources On and Off Campus

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to familiarize faculty investigators with funding sources on and off campus that will support the translation of Duke innovations to the marketplace.

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10:00 - 10:45am

Featured Speakers

Robin L. Rasor, M.S. Associate Vice President for Translation & Commercialization

Kurt Schmidt, M.S. Managing Director of Duke Capital Partners

William F. "Bill" Walker, Ph.D. Mattson Family Director of Duke Engineering Entrepreneurship, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Boundless Science, CoapTech Board Chairman, North Carolina Board of Science, Technology and Innovation (NCBSTI) Member, and Director of Sonus Microsystems

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Insights Into Industry Sponsored Research

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to provide faculty investigators insight into industry sponsored research contracting processes and identify access points for realizing partnership opportunities originating with faculty

11:00 - 11:45am

Featured Speakers

Keith Hurka-Owen Executive Director of the Office of Research Support

Ed Pagani, Ph.D. Assistant Vice President for External Partnerships and Executive Director of the Office for External Partnerships

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Effective Tips and Tools to Find Research Funding Opportunities

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to provide faculty investigators with effective tips and tools to identify their discipline-specific research funding opportunities.

2:00 - 2:45pm

Featured Speakers

Derek Jones Associate Director, myRESEARCHhome, Office of Research Initiatives (DORI)

Alicia Korenman Assistant Director, Research Support Programming, Office of Research Initiatives (DORI)

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Data Management Practices

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to introduce faculty investigators to best practices for developing a cohesive data management plan to manage their data workflows.

3:00 - 3:45pm

Featured Speakers

Jenny Ariansen Director, Research Integrity, Office of Scientific Integrity (DOSI)

Jennifer J. "Jen" Darragh Senior Research Data Management Consultant, Duke University Libraries

PANEL DISCUSSION

Food Security

Open to all, this panel discussion will feature leading research experts at Duke that are developing solutions to the complex global challenges of food security through interdisciplinary collaboration, innovative research and policy reform advocacy.

3:30 - 4:30pm

Featured Speakers

Norbert Lance Weston Wilson, Ph.D. (Moderator) Professor of Food, Economics & Community and Public Policy and Director of the World Food Policy Center

Xavier Basurto Guillermo, Ph.D. Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown & Sons Associate Professor of Marine Science & Conservation and Associate Professor of Sustainability Science

Rahel D. Bekele, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate at the Sanford School of Public Policy

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

International Research Do’s and Don’ts

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to provide faculty investigators with strategies and best practices for navigating the complexities of international research, from guidelines for relevant projects with a foreign component to ensuring projects meet applicable sponsor and federal regulations.

9:00 - 9:45am

Featured Speakers

Eve Duffy, Ph.D. Associate Vice Provost for Global Affairs

Broderick Grady, J.D. Director, International Research Administration Support Resource

Daniel "Dan" Vick, M.B.A. Director of Export Controls

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Discovering Grants and Funding Opportunities in the Humanities and Social Sciences

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to highlight tools and resources that will assist faculty investigators in discovering grants and research funding opportunities in the humanities and social sciences.

10:00 - 10:45am

Featured Speakers

Joseph McNicholas, Ph.D. Director of Research Opportunities, Sanford School of Public Policy

Sylvia Miller Senior Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing and Special Projects at the Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)

PANEL DISCUSSION

Future of Computing

Open to all, this panel discussion is designed to examine the latest trends and advancements in computing and communications technology, the impact and implications of these developments on the world and predictions for the future of research — all from Duke’s leading research experts in the field.

3:30 - 4:30

Featured Speakers

Jun Yang, Ph.D. (Moderator) Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor and Chair of Computer Science

Pardis Emami-Naeini, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Hai "Helen" Li, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Christ D. Richmond, Ph.D. Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Establishing a Mentor/Mentee Relationships That Makes a Difference

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to familiarize faculty investigators with best practices for establishing a mutually beneficial mentor/mentee relationship that promotes professional development growth and success.

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9:00 - 9:45am

Featured Speakers

Melissa Bostrom, Ph.D. (Moderator) Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Professional Development

Aaron D. Franklin, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Addy Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Professor of Chemistry

Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, Ph.D., ACC Director of Faculty Mentoring and Coaching Programs and an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) for Doctoral Students and Faculty Members

Justin Wright, Ph.D. Dean of Graduate Education, Professor of Biology, and Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences & Policy and Marine Science & Conservation

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Fostering Effective Interdisciplinary Team Research

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to introduce faculty investigators to fostering effective interdisciplinary team research at Duke.

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Featured Speakers

Edward J. "Ed" Balleisen, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies and Professor of History and Public Policy

Christine "Chris" Erlien, Ph.D. Senior Research Development Associate, Duke University School of Medicine Office of Research Development

Amalia Turner, Ph.D. Training and Education Coordinator, Team Science Core, Clinical & Translational Science Institute

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Government Relations: The Changing Landscape

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to familiarize faculty investigators with the changing landscape of government relations as it relates to facilitating their innovative research at Duke

11:00 - 11:45am

Featured Speakers

Chris Simmons Interim Vice President, Public Affairs and Government Relations

Melissa Vetterkind Assistant Vice President, Office of Government Relations

PANEL DISCUSSION

Nature-based Solutions for Enhancing Coastal Resilience and Climate Change Mitigation

Open to all, this panel discussion will feature the perspectives of leading research experts at Duke.

12:00 - 1:00pm

Featured Speakers

Andrew J. "Andy" Read, Ph.D. (Moderator) Stephen A. Toth Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology and Professor of Marine Conservation Biology

Brian Silliman, Ph.D. Rachel Carson Professor of Marine Conservation Biology and Professor of Environmental Science & Policy

Carter Smith, Ph.D. Lecturing Fellow in the Division of Marine Science & Conservation

Stephanie Valdez Ph.D. Student, Marine Science & Conservation

PANEL DISCUSSION

Digital Humanities

Open to all, this exciting panel discussion is designed to explore how digital tools and methods can be used to expand and enhance humanities research and uncover new insights into literature, history, philosophy and other humanities disciplines.

9:00 - 10:00am

Featured Speakers

Victoria Szabo, Ph.D. (Moderator) Research Professor of Art, Art History, & Visual Studies and Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Director of the Certificate Program in Information Science & Studies, and Director of Graduate Studies of the Ph.D. Program in Computational Media, Arts & Culture

Andrew Janiak, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy, Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Philosophy, and Co-leader of Project Vox

Luciana Parisi, Ph.D. Professor of Literature

Augustus Wendell, M.F.A. Assistant Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies

RESEARCHER FUNDAMENTALS SESSION

Increasing Your Chances of Securing Foundation Funding

This Researcher Fundamentals session is designed to provide faculty investigators with proven methods for increasing their chances of securing foundation funding.

10:15 - 11:00am

Featured Speakers

Brooke Church Senior Associate Director, Duke Health Foundation Relations & Strategic Partnerships

Alexandra de Havilland Associate Director, Foundation Relations

Steve Murray Associate Director, Foundation Relations

PANEL DISCUSSION

Leveraging Communities to Redress Health Disparities and Equitable Access to Medicine

Open to all, this panel discussion is designed to provide an in-depth exploration of how communities can use their collective power to address health disparities and equitable access to medicine through innovative strategies for leveraging community resources and engaging stakeholders.

12:00 - 1:00pm

Featured Speakers

Kimberly S. Johnson, M.D., MHS (Moderator) Professor of Medicine and Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development

Mercedes A. Bravo, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor of Global Health Institute

Carly Elizabeth Kelley, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine

Alexander "Alex" Pfaff, Ph.D. Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Environmental Sciences & Policy