Short courses, video lectures, funding, consultations
Mentoring resources
Research Mentoring: https://mentoringresources.ictr.wisc.edu/
The Individual Development Plan for graduate students and postdocs for mapping academic and professional development: http://grad.wisc.edu/pd/idp
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Resources
Online qualitative methods course
Consultations for researchers in the proposal or project development stage
A work group for researchers who are actively engaged in collecting and/or analyzing qualitative data, etc.
Video lectures on the following topics relevant to Translational and Outcomes Research
Tools, videos, and data downloads to identify socioeconomic disadvantaged locations, improve patient engagement in research, identify patients with chronic conditions, and more.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Resources
Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP)
CPP is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin Schools of Law, Medicine & Public Health, Nursing, and Pharmacy. CPP’s mission is to engender effective partnerships among people seeking health care, people providing health care, and people making policies that guide the health care system. CPP accomplishes this through education, advocacy, research & policy. For more information, please email info@patientpartnerships.org. This program provides patient-centered outcomes research resources to pilot applicants.
Program of Research on Outcomes for Kids (PROKids)
PROKids is a child health services research program within the UW Department of Pediatrics. PROKids focuses on research and quality improvement efforts to optimize the health of children in the community, including access to care, quality and safety of care, and outcomes from care. A central theme in all PROKids activities is the engagement of stakeholders such as children, teens, parents, multidisciplinary healthcare providers, child health advocates, payers, and healthcare leadership in designing, delivering, and evaluating interventions to improve children's well-being. For more information please contact Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, at ecox@pediatrics.wisc.edu. This program provides patient-centered outcomes research resources (PCOR) to pilot applicants.
Sonderegger Research Center (SRC)
The School of Pharmacy-based Sonderegger Research Center (SRC) supports the organization, delivery, financing, quality and outcomes of pharmacy within the broader health care system as well as the patient-provider interaction (including access to videotaping capacity and support). This program provides patient-centered outcomes research resources to pilot applicants.
Wisconsin Network for Research Support (WiNRS)
WiNRS is a patient and community engagement resource. WINRS provides a suite of consultation services that address a persistent problem for researchers–how to effectively engage participants, especially people from under-represented communities or “hard to reach” populations. Services include: development of tailored training programs for community or patient stakeholders; Best practices to sustain lay stakeholder engagement; Review of consumer-facing materials; and Advice on strategies for successful recruitment and retention of study/program participants. WINRS staff also coordinate meetings with Community Advisors on Research Design and Strategies, focus groups of Madison community members from diverse racial, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds who are trained to give feedback to investigators on recruitment plans and materials, consent forms, survey or interview questions, etc. For more information, please contact Gay Thomas at grthomas@wisc.edu or Betty Kaiser, PhD, blkaiser@wisc.edu. This program provides patient-centered outcomes research resources to pilot applicants.
Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Group’s (WiSOR)
WiSOR strives to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of surgical care through research and innovation. WiSOR provides an intellectual home for surgical outcomes research, while providing support and resources to facilitate and expedite research. WiSOR is also committed to career development and training for the next generation of researchers pursuing health services research in the field of surgery. This program provides patient-centered outcomes research resources to pilot applicants.
How to conduct a literature review
A voice-over-PowerPoint by Mary Hitchcock, Senior Academic Librarian, Ebling Library
Research with Vulnerable Populations
How the Health Sciences IRBs Evaluate Research with Vulnerable Populations
A 90-minute overview, including current issues and tips for the approval process
Building a Career on Soft Money
Materials and videos from a 2015 conference at UW aimed at people involved in research.
Community-Academic Research Partnerships: A resource for communities
This resource was developed for people in organizations concerned with community health, such as community clinics, public health agencies, schools, and community- and faith-based organizations.
Managing a Research Project at UW: Information to help new investigators avoid common mistakes
This course is designed for early-to-mid-career investigators at UW-Madison who conduct clinical and community-based outcomes research. This is a free, self-paced course.