Research / Career Resources
S-SPIRE is dedicated to serving the research efforts of the Department of Surgery's faculty and trainees. In addition to reading and presentations for designing your project and using surgical data sets, we have gathered a collection of resources to aid in your professional development as you pursue a career in academic surgery.
To find funding for your project, please look through the list of internal and external surgery-specific funding opportunities.
Resources
AcademyHealth Surgical and Perioperative Care Interest Group
Within AcademyHealth, the Surgical and Perioperative Care Interest Group is a unique network of multi-professional stakeholders focused on the research and policy issues most important to surgical and perioperative patients.
Association for Academic Surgery
Founded in 1866, the mission of the AAS is to inspire and develop young academic surgeons. Active members have traditionally held faculty appointments at a recognized academic center. Active membership is also available to senior/chief residents and fellows in approved training programs in general surgery and the surgical specialties. The impetus of the membership remains research-based academic surgery.
Mixed Methods International Research Association
The Mixed Methods International Research Association was founded in 2013 to promote the development of an international and interdisciplinary mixed methods research community.
Mixed Methods Program, University of Michigan
Our mission is to promote mixed methods research and scholarship across academic disciplines through education, training, consulting and mentoring with the support of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Society for Medical Decision Making
If you are involved in health care decision making, working in a hospital, university, foundation, industry or government, at any stage of your career, SMDM can provide you with a scholarly home and opportunities for collaboration, professional growth, networking and mentorship.
Society of University Surgeons
The mission of the SUS is supporting and advancing leaders in academic surgery. The Society of University Surgeons was established in 1938 when Dr. Samuel J. Stabins, Chief Surgical Resident at the University of Rochester proposed the idea of a new surgical society whose members (1) had completed a rigorous training program in the tradition of Dr. William Halsted at Johns Hopkins Medical School and (2) held a faculty position at a United States medical school.
Surgical Outcomes Club
The Surgical Outcomes Club is a consortium of surgeons and scientists interested in advancing health services and outcomes research in surgery. Officially launched at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in 2005, SOC provides a virtual and real meeting place for investigators addressing some of the most pressing clinical and policy issues facing the surgical profession today.
SOC aims to facilitate networking with established surgical outcome researchers and provide a platform for fostering collaborations. It will also serve as a clearinghouse for educational materials and other resources for surgeons wishing to learn more about the field.
The Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 with the broad charge to enhance the common good.
Today, the mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, and people of color.
The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is the nation’s largest philanthropy dedicated solely to health. Since 1972, they have supported research and programs targeting some of America’s most pressing health issues—from substance abuse to improving access to quality health care.
Russell Sage Foundation
The Russell Sage Foundation was established by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Sage in 1907 for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States." In its early years the Foundation undertook major projects in low-income housing, urban planning, social work, and labor reform. The Foundation now dedicates itself exclusively to strengthening the methods, data, and theoretical core of the social sciences as a means of diagnosing social problems and improving social policies.
- CONSORT Randomized Trial Checklist
- ISSM COREQ Qualitative Research Checklist
- ISSM MOOSE Observational Study Checklist
- STROBE Case-Control Study Checklist
- STROBE Cohort Study Checklist
- STROBE Cross-Sectional Study Checklist
- STROBE Observational Study Checklist
- Tripod Checklist Prediction Model Development and Validation
- PRISMA Systematic Review Checklist
- PRISMA Flow-Diagram
- CONSORT Flow-Diagram
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH)
In addition to offering seed grants to support research projects that apply innovative approaches to global health problems in resource-poor settings, Stanford CIGH sponsors a variety of courses to increase your global health skills and research repertoire. Stanford CIGH also boasts a partnership with the University of Zimbabwe and the Fogarty Global Health Equity Scholars Fellowship.
Spectrum; the Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education
Spectrum offers a wide variety of research resources from advanced training and pilot award programs to recruitment help and biobanking.
Stanford Research Development Office (SRDO)
The SRDO assists medical school investigators coordinate and prepare grant applications for large multidisciplinary biomedical projects. It also helps early career scholars fund their first independent research projects.
Stanford Center for Clinical Research (SCCR)
In addition to education and training, the SCCR offers resources to support and conduct site-based research. The SCCR is also home to the clinical research coordinating center, which provides an array of services essential for conducting clinical trials.
Stanford Center for Digital Health (CDH)
Stanford CDH provides tools and opportunities to further collaboration and advancement of digital health including a digital health database and a HIPAA-compliant platform to support research applications.
Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
Stanford Biodesign educates and empowers faculty and trainees to innovate health technology. Additionally, Biodesign offers the Coulter Award for translational research.
Center for Innovative Study Design (CISD)
CISD offers a free one-hour consultation for help with all aspects of study design, including ethics, biostatistics and data collection.
Department of Biomedical Data Science (BDS)
The DBDS offers free limited-time consultation to investigators in the medical school as well as drop-in statistical consulting. The DBDS is also home to the Data Coordinating Center and the Stanford Cancer Institute Research Database.
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
The Stanford center for Biomedical Ethics provides both bedside and benchside ethics consultations.
Informatics / Research IT
Research IT is responsible for several of Stanford's centralized biomedical infrastructure like Stanford's Clinical Data Warehouse (aka STARR, fka STRIDE) and research data management platforms (e.g. REDCap).
Dean of Research (DoResearch)
Resources for managing scholarly inquiry and research administration beyond the School of Medicine.
Research Management Group (RMG)
The RMG provides support and oversight of sponsored projects.
Cancer Clinical Trials Office (CCTO)
The CCTO provides regulatory, administrative, research support, budget, and educational services to SCI investigators conducting cancer clinical trials.
University Privacy Office
The Stanford University Privacy Office offers a “HIPAA Privacy for Researchers” course via STARS.
Research Compliance Office (RCO)
The RCO offers education and training to all individuals involved in the Human Research Protection Program as well as the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Course: The Protection of Human Research Subjects.
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
SIEPR offers seed funding to pursue research that informs economic policymaking while engaging future leaders and scholars. Additionally, their Health Economics Program carries out interdisciplinary research aimed at designing more effective health policies in diverse domestic and international settings.
2020
Presentations & Readings
How to Present in our Virtual Times
July 29, 2020
Presented by: Rachel Baker
Department of Surgery Communications Manager
Stanford University, School of Medicine
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Zoom recording
Research Design/Fundamentals of Biostats
July 22, 2020
Presented by: Amber Trickey, PhD
Biostatistician 3
Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
Department of Surgery, Stanford University
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Pre-readings: When is Enough, Enough? Understanding and Solving your Sample Size Problems in Health Services Research.
Literature Review/Use of Lane Resources
July 15, 2020
Presented by: Christopher Stave, MLS
Liaison for Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, GI, CV Med & Emergency Medicine
Pre-readings: 2020 Quick Start Clinical Research Toolkit
Introduction, Mission Statement
July 8, 2020
Presented by: Arden Morris, MD
Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)
S-SPIRE Director
Stanford University Medical Center
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2019
Presentations & Readings
Getting the Job of Your Dreams
November 6, 2019
Presented by: David Spain, MD
David L. Gregg, MD Professor/Chief of Acute Care Surgery
Associate Division Chief of General Surgery
General Surgery Program Director
Department of Surgery, Stanford University
Trauma Medical Director, Stanford Healthcare
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Pre-readings:
How to Give a Great Presentation
October 23, 2019
Presented by: Thomas M. Krummel, MD
Emile Holman Professor, and Professor, by Courtesy, of Cardiothoracic Surgery and of Bioengineering and Co-Director, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
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Pre-readings
Statistical Problem-Solving
October 16, 2019
Presented by: Alexander Sox-Harris, PhD
Associate Professor (Research) of Surgery, S-SPIRE Center
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Pre-reading: ‘‘Not Statistically Different’’ Does Not Necessarily Mean ‘‘the Same’’: The Important but Underappreciated Distinction Between Difference and Equivalence Studies
How to Work with your Mentor
October 9, 2019
Presented by: Stephanie D. Chao, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
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Pre-reading: Strategies for Building an Effective Mentoring Relationship
Research Design
October 2, 2019
Presented by: Amber Trickey, PhD, MS, CPH
Sr. Biostatistician, S-SPIRE
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Pre-reading: Users' Guide to the Surgical Literature: How to Assess Power and Sample Size
Writing Workshop
September 25, 2019
Presented by: Michael Longaker, MD
Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor,
by Courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering
Surgery – Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Pre-reading: Preparing Manuscripts for Submission to Medical Journals: The Paper Trail
Literature Review
September 18, 2019
Presented by: Christopher Stave, MLS
Lane Medical Library, Stanford Medicine
Pre-reading: 2019 Clinical Research Toolkit
Navigating the PD Years
September 11, 2019
Presented by: Elizabeth George, MD; Katie Blevins, MD; Julia Chandler, MD; Graeme Rosenberg, MD; Kovi Bessoff, MD
General Surgery Former PD Residents, Department of Surgery
Pre-reading: Osler Survival Guide to Research During Residency
Introduction & Goal Setting
September 4, 2019
Presented by: Arden Morris, MD
Director, S-SPIRE Center
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Pre-reading: How To Write SMART Goals
2018
Presentations & Readings
Presented on September 5, 2018
by Arden Morris, MD
Director, S-SPIRE Center
Presented on September 19, 2018
by Christopher Stave, MLS
Lane Medical Library
Presented on September 26, 2018
by Amber Trickey, PhD
Sr. Biostatistician, S-SPIRE Center
Presented on October 3, 2018
by Alex Sox-Harris, PhD
Associate Professor, S-SPIRE Center
Presented on October 10, 2018
by Cindy Kin, MD
Associate Profession, General Surgery
Presented on October 17, 2018
by Thomas Krummel, MD
Emile Holman Professor, and Professor, by Courtersy, of Cardiothoracic Surgery and of Bioengineering and
Co-Director, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
Presented on October 31, 2018
by Michael Longaker, MD
Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor
Surgery, Stanford University
- Military Health System Tricare Encounter Data
- National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB)
- National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and Pediatric NSQIP
- Medicare Claims Data
- National Cancer Database (NCDB)
- Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Program (MBSAQIP)
- Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI)
- Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database
- Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP)
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample (NIS)
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database
- Research: Design, Execution, and Publication
- 11 Steps to Conduct Outcomes Research
Intro to Qualitative Methods
By Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell, DrPH, MS
Research Scientist
S-SPIRE Center
Stanford School of Medicine
&
Janine Bruce, DrPH, MPH
Research Scientist
General Pediatrics
Stanford School of Medicine
REVIEW OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS
By Amber Trickey, PhD
Senior Biostatistician
S-SPIRE Center
Stanford School of Medicine
Fundamentals of Qualitative Research Methods
- Leslie Curry, PhD, MPH
Senior Research Scientist, Yale School of Public Health
Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Yale School of Medicine - Module 1: What is Qualitative Research
Additional Modules:
- Module 2: Developing a Qualitative Research Question
- Module 3: Interviews
- Module 4: Focus Groups
- Module 5: Data Analysis
- Module 6: Scientific Rigor
Ethical Issues When Conducting Mixed Methods Research
By Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell, DrPH, MS
Research Scientist
S-SPIRE Center
Stanford School of Medicine
&
Janine Bruce, DrPH, MPH
Research Scientist
General Pediatrics
Stanford School of Medicine
NVivo
Beyond Open-Ended Questions: Purposeful Interview Guide Development to Elicit Rich, Trustworthy Data
by George Sayre, PsyD ; Jessica Young, MPH, MSW
Seminar date: 3/21/2018
Description: This session will cover the following: a. Describe rigorous framework for qualitative interview data collection; b. Apply core concepts and methods for developing interview questions and guides; c. Understand the process of developing and refining interview questions and guides. Intended audience: New and experienced qualitative researchers, investigators using mixed methods, and interviewers.
Thanks to the U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs for making this content publically available.
2019
Presentations & Readings
Introduction to Grant Submission Process
November 4, 2019
Presented by: Kristen Davis, MPH
Social Science Researcher
S-SPIRE Center
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Simplifying the Grant Proposal Process
November 4, 2019
Presented by: Nikki H. Williams
Senior Research Process Manager
Research Management Group (RMG)
Stanford University, School of Medicine
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Introduction to Causal Directed Acyclic Graphs
January 28, 2019
Presented by: Amber Trickey, PhD, MS, CPH
Senior Biostatistician
S-SPIRE Center
Stanford University, School of Medicine
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2018
Presentations & Readings
Presented on September 24, 2018
by Lindsay Sceats, MD
Research Fellow, S-SPIRE Center
Presented on October 29, 2018
by Dan Eisenberg, MD
Associate professor of surgery
at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Health Care Center
Presented on December 10, 2018
by Sylvia Merrell, DrPH
Research Scholar, S-SPIRE Center
Presented on December 17, 2018
by Sylvia Merrell DrPH & Sara Goldhaber-Fiebert
Presented on January 7, 2019
by Seshadri Mudumbai, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,
Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Presented on February 11, 2019
by Kristen Davis, MPH
Social Science Researcher
S-SPIRE Center
Presented on February 25, 2019
by Arden Morris, MD
S-SPIRE Director
Presented on March 4, 2019
by Douglas B. White, MD, MAS
Vice Chair and Professor of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
The CRISMA Center
Presented on March 18, 2019
by Aussama Nassar, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, CHSE
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Presented on March 25, 2019
by Nancy Glober, MD
Emergency Medicine Fellow
Stanford University
Presented on May 6, 2019
by Anne Fernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Michigan Medicine
Presented on May 13, 2019
by Charles Liu, MD
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Stanford University
Causal Language Notes from JAMA
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