Medical Research Coaching is coming!

We just wanted to announce that the Research on Research team at Duke University is developing a unique program which provides a structured work flow, complete with proven methodologies and processes, to produce high impact publications for your medical research studies. The coaching program will be launched later this year in an entirely virtual format.

The program includes a practical application of starting your research project from the question formulation stage and working all the way through the manuscript writing via our proven streamlined processes in these areas:

Research question formulation
Literature searches
Data collection and extraction methods
Data analysis & interpretation
Interpretation of statistical findings
Manuscript writing & editing

The fully virtual nature of our research coaching program allows you the flexibility of being coached from anywhere in the world by our experienced researchers and mentors. The program is ideal for any health care professional or student who wishes to learn the process to become more productive with high impact publications, guaranteed.

We'll keep you posted on the blog with the program as we finalize the course details and the new website. Please pass the message along to any and all researchers and students in health care who aspire to improve their research skills and increase their publications and scientific impact!

- RoR Team

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Opportunities for data mining and semantic technology in the improvement of biomedical research processes

Research Performance Evaluation a systems approach

The "bang for buck" is an important question directed at the biomedical research community especially in light of the disproportionate results against the billions of dollars invested in research activities.

For a funding agency answering the question is not only important to justify their past decisions but also to make well informed decisions while investing limited funds.

Precise and justified evaluation can also vindicate the activities of an entire research community.

A careful evaluation of the current outcome measures and indices reveals their shallow and short term outlook in analyzing the performance of research institutes and researchers.

In this presentation first, we explore the problem of how to create a streamlined system that allows for a scholar and fair peer-review system for allocation of research funds in biomedical research. A special focus is given to the problem associated with the scarcity of expert peer-reviewers willing to serve on the very time-demanding task of reviewing proposals. Second, we explore the problem of how to create a research performance evaluation system that can be used for post-award performance evaluation. Complexities inherent to this problem are explored, including the different perspectives that can be taken on the evaluation process (academic, economic, and healthcare), the system non-linearities (e.g., concentrating on publications will reduce available time for patents), and the field-specificity of these metrics (e.g., a researcher in cardiology is fairly different from a researcher in biochemistry). Last, we explore the problem of evaluating the healthcare return on investment in clinical research. Special attention is paid to the delays and spillover effects in this system, common to most projects focusing on long-term infrastructure and that frequently confuse its evaluation plan. While covering each of the the three topics, we make use of a System Dynamics methodology, with simple models that will walk readers through some of the intricacies of the problem, potential policy solutions, and future areas that deserve deeper analysis.

Using COS for identifying Funding Opportunities

source: www.mtu.edu/research/resources-for/researchers/docs/fundingopps.ppt

Use Various Google Online Applications through Gladinet

Gladinet Cloud Desktop mounts cloud storage as local folders and integrates online applications with the local desktop. It is a personal cloud agent for internet users and a desktop delivery agent for cloud service providers. Definitely a step towards the use of cloud resources

Using Google Docs without a GMail Account