Winter 2024 Virtual Mini-Conference for Research Coordinators

Description
What can, and should, we be doing to shape relationships with research leaders, team members, and investigators? How can we increase the value and chances of engagement and productive outcomes? It starts with having a knack for communicating expectations while understanding and respecting roles and responsibilities.

Learning Objective
Examine five behavior-focused approaches for cultivating productive relationships and meeting work demands.

Facilitator
David Staley, MA, is the Director of Clinical Research Quality Assurance and Regulatory Support at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. He is an accomplished leader, writer, and public speaker with over twenty years of experience working in human research protection programs, research compliance, and regulatory affairs. In both realms of research compliance and regulatory affairs, he has led and overseen system-wide programs in dynamic research enterprises, while advising and educating on complex ethical and compliance issues. He has authored and spoken about a variety of topics from strategies to identify research compliance blind spots to principles for decision-making and practice in quality assurance and risk preparedness. David has earned both a Master’s degree in Spanish Literature and a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish Translation.

Description
In this workshop, participants will learn what pre-screening is and how using a pre-screening survey for research recruitment can save time and reach more participants. We will share best practices and tips for designing a strong pre-screening survey using REDCap and share the Pre-Screening 101 training link.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the benefits of using a pre-screening survey via REDCap.
• Learn best practices for designing a pre-screening survey.
• Design their own Pre-Screening survey by utilizing the ITHS Pre-Screening template available on REDCap.

Facilitators
Aly Edmondson, MFA, is the Instructional Designer for the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) since August of 2022. Aly is a member of the Training and Workforce Development core team within ITHS. She is a new member of the ITHS Anti-Racism Committee (ARC), which seeks to reduce systemic inequities and foster equity, diversity, and inclusion across ITHS. Aly has been an instructional designer within higher education for over 8 years and has been adjunct faculty at the University of Washington.

Lindsie Boerger serves as a Project Manager within the Pilots program, Hub Liaisons Team, and Anti-Racism Committee at the Institution of Translational Health Sciences. Her current role focuses on overseeing the complete life cycle of pilot research grants, from the application process to project completion and working on projects related to Recruitment and Retention, with a strong emphasis on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. With a diverse background, Lindsie has accumulated five years of experience in various aspects of research coordination. Her experience encompasses a broad spectrum of disease areas, and she has applied her skills across various roles, including patient-facing, regulatory, project management, and quality assurance, within these diverse medical fields.

Courtney Howell, Manager, REDCap Application, UW School of Medicine – Research IT. Courtney Howell is originally from Anchorage, Alaska and ventured to the lower 48 to attend Seattle University and received their BS in Psychology. They previously worked as a housing case manager, research coordinator, and are currently the REDCap manager for the University of Washington.

Description
This breakout session focuses on a discussion amongst research coordinators and encouraging one another’s voices regarding their experiences and perspectives for all subjects related. Anonymity is preserved during this unifying experience. Come join us for a positive experience in getting to know one another as research coordinators and as people!

Learning Objective
Participants will be able to engage with fellow research coordinators to provide support and networking ideas and opportunities

Facilitator
Evangeline Chang is a research coordinator at the University of Washington Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, coordinating the Biogen ENVISION trial. She previously worked with oncology patients and coordinated clinical trials at the UW Cancer Vaccine Institute as a clinical research coordinator. Outside of work, Evangeline enjoys bullet journaling, cooking and trying new recipes, and spending time with family and her three cats. She is also interested in studying linguistics and stoicism.

Description
Ever find yourself wondering where the day went? Wishing there was more time in the day? Feeling that your life is out of balance?
Learn how to address key challenges of Prioritizing, Procrastination, Scheduling, Managing interruptions, and dealing with distractions through the application of key time management strategies.

Learning Objectives

• Identify your greatest challenge and do at least 1 thing to address the challenge
• Apply at least 3 time management strategies

Facilitator
Jennifer Sprecher is the Director of Strategy Development and Deployment with the School of Nursing. Ms. Sprecher works with organizations to achieve excellence through Strategy development, Lean Project Management, balanced scorecards, change management, benchmarking, team problem solving, team and leadership coaching.

Ms. Sprecher is a strong team facilitator, called upon to facilitate high-level teams where interaction and reaching objectives are critical. Sample facilitations include strategic planning, building collaborations, designing and developing new services, products and processes, implementing process improvements, implementing research studies and creating new research centers. She has worked extensively in the past few years within the arena of team science and applying team concepts to innovative development and research teams.

Before the UW School of Nursing, Ms. Sprecher focused exclusively on health research in the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, also within the University of WA. Prior to the UW, she spent 7 years as Executive Director of the Washington State Quality Award (WSQA), a Baldrige-based non-profit organization. With a background in Industrial Engineering, Ms. Sprecher has been working with process improvement for over 25 years using continuous process improvement methods including Lean, Lean-Sigma, Plan Do Check Act and 6S (5S workplace organization combined with Safety) and Total Quality Management.

Ms. Sprecher has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, a Master’s of Science in Management Systems, is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and an International Coaching Federation ACC certified Leadership Coach.

Description
 If you are interested in learning how REDCap can be used for cross-institutional collaboration within the WWAMI region, join us for this breakout session led by REDCap experts.

Learning Objective
Attendees will learn best practices for project creation and management in REDCap including: user rights management, data access groups, REDCap mobile app, custom reports and dashboards, and identifying and preventing bots.

Facilitators
Courtney Howell, Manager, REDCap Application, UW School of Medicine – Research IT. Courtney Howell is originally from Anchorage, Alaska and ventured to the lower 48 to attend Seattle University and received their BS in Psychology. They previously worked as a housing case manager, research coordinator, and are currently the REDCap manager for the University of Washington.

Gretchen Kuhn, REDCap administrator with the University of Washington. Prior to moving into REDCap, they worked as a research coordinator for two years with Washington State University. Gretchen is from Virginia so they don’t understand the UW/WSU rivalry but would love to hear your opinions.

Description
This breakout session focuses on a discussion amongst research coordinators and encouraging one another’s voices regarding their experiences and perspectives for all subjects related. Anonymity is preserved during this unifying experience. Come join us for a positive experience in getting to know one another as research coordinators and as people!

Learning Objective
Participants will be able to engage with fellow research coordinators to provide support and networking ideas and opportunities

Facilitator
Evangeline Chang is a research coordinator at the University of Washington Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, coordinating the Biogen ENVISION trial. She previously worked with oncology patients and coordinated clinical trials at the UW Cancer Vaccine Institute as a clinical research coordinator. Outside of work, Evangeline enjoys bullet journaling, cooking and trying new recipes, and spending time with family and her three cats. She is also interested in studying linguistics and stoicism.