2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Thursday Thu
Research Lunch & Learn: Be strategic with your NIH Potential Pitfalls sections!
Virtual via Zoom
What are potential pitfalls? Every study has them!
Potential pitfalls are methodological issues that may arise during study implementation such as inadequate recruitment, insufficient dosing, or unresponsive measures. Explicitly addressing these pitfalls in your NIH Research Plan is a valuable opportunity to show NIH reviewers how you and your team scientifically 'think through' viable solutions.
Speaker
Michaela Kiernan, PhD
Michaela Kiernan, PhD currently directs the Stanford University School of Medicine (SOM) Office of Faculty Development and Diversity R01 Countdown Program, an intensive grant writing boot camp for early-career faculty, which has generated $173M in first-time NIH R01 funding and other grants across 14+ NIH Institutes for these faculty to date. Dr. Kiernan, Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, received her PhD from Yale University, and has expertise in clinical and community research methods. She has been the Principal Investigator of multiple NIH R01 grants examining lifestyle intervention trials, and her current research focuses on retention strategies for randomized trials. Dr. Kiernan has served as an ad hoc member, standing member and co-chair of numerous NIH study sections and been awarded multiple SOM divisional teaching awards.