BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260612T151522EDT-9670PMO8SR@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260612T191522Z DESCRIPTION:McGill Global Health Programs is proud to partner with McGill S KILLSETS and Graphos to bring you the first in a series of workshops targe ted to McGill postdocs working in a global health field.\n\nThis first wor kshop will focus on Advanced Grantsmanship and will be held over two days on April 11 and 13\, 2017 between 11:30AM and 4:00PM. A light lunch will b e served both days.\n\nWorkshop Description:\n\nApril 11: Postdocs will be nefit from experts (Dr. Heidi Hoernig\, Professor Madhukar Pai) who will s hare how to develop and write a successful research narrative with the fun ding agency and review committee in mind.\n\nDrawing from Graphos's experi ence in offering fellowship writing support\, we have partnered with Globa l Health and Skillsets to develop the interactive grantwriting portion on April 11.  The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Heidi Hoernig (Centre f or the Study of Democratic Citizenship)\, who has provided strategic and p re-award support for over 400 grant applications across the social science s\, humanities and health sciences.\n\nApril 13: Postdocs will learn how t o avoid budgeting pitfalls (Dr. Nil Basu)\, supporting global health work through donor and foundation funds  (Ms. Melissa Poueymirou) and how to tr ansition from proof of concept and transition to scale research (Dr. Charl es Larson).\n\nSpace is limited\, register now!\n\n\n \n Schedule - Day 1\n S chedule - Day 2\n Our speakers - Day 1\n Our speakers - Day 2\n \n\n \n Schedul e - Day 1\n\n April 11th 11:30am-4:00pm\n\n \n \n \n \n 11:30-11:45\n \n \n Welcome \n \n \n Lunch provided\n \n \n \n \n 11:45-1:15\n \n \n “To apply or not to apply? U nderstanding funding agencies and tailoring your research to the right fun ding opportunity”\n\n \n Assessing and setting priorities\n Research funding landscape\n Reading a call\n (Re)Defining your projects\n \n\n Speaker: Dr. He idi Hoernig\n \n  \n \n \n \n 1:15-1:30\n \n \n Break\n \n \n Coffee and snack provide d\n \n \n \n \n 1:30-3:15\n \n \n “Grant writing 500: Adapting your research and w eaving a coherent narrative across the application”\n\n \n Grant writing as a distinct genre\n Anatomy of a grant application\n Teams\, partners and kno wledge users\n Persuasion\n \n\n Speaker: Dr. Heidi Hoernig\n \n  \n \n \n \n 3:15- 4:00pm\n \n \n “Keeping the review committee in mind”\n\n \n Top 5 tips on writ ing successful grants\n Perspective from a grant reviewer\n \n\n Speaker: Dr. Madhukar Pai\n \n  \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Schedule - Day 2\n\n April 13th 11:30am-4:0 0pm\n\n \n \n \n \n 11:30-11:45\n \n \n Welcome\n \n \n Lunch provided\n \n \n \n \n 11:45 -1:15\n \n \n “Avoiding pitfalls in the budgeting and administration section” \n\n \n Top tips for working on budgeting and administration sections of a g rant\n Time for questions and peer review of budget participants brought\n \n\n Speaker: Dr. Nil Basu\n \n  \n \n \n \n 1:15-2:15pm\n \n \n “Supporting global health work through donor and foundation funds”\n\n \n How to approach and c ommunicate foundations\n How to position your research within the foundatio n’s framework\n \n\n Speaker: Melissa Poueymirou\n \n  \n \n \n \n 2:15-2:30pm\n \n \n Break\n \n \n Coffee and snack provided\n \n \n \n \n 2:30-3:15pm\n \n \n “OK\, now what? Transitioning to scale grants”\n\n \n How to transition from proof of concept and transition to scale research\n \n\n Speaker: Dr. Charles Larson \n \n  \n \n \n \n 3:15-4:00pm\n \n \n Closing and evaluation\n \n  \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Our speakers- Day 1\n\n Heidi Hoernig\, Academic Associate\, Centre for the St udy of Democratic Citizenship\, McGill University and Consultant\n\n Heidi Hoernig is a research development professional with seven years’ experienc e at McGill University providing strategic and pre-award support to resear ch development and funding. She has supported the development and submissi on of more than 400 grant applications to provincial\, national and intern ational agencies and foundations by McGill faculty members across the soci al sciences\, humanities and health sciences. She holds a PhD in Planning from the University of Waterloo and was a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow at INR S.\n\n Madhukar Pai\, Professor of Epidemiology\, McGill University\, Direc tor\, McGill Global Health Programs\, Associate Director\, McGill Internat ional TB Centre\, Canada Research Chair in Translational Epidemiology & Gl obal Health\n\n Madhu Pai did his medical training and community medicine r esidency in Vellore\, India. He completed his PhD in epidemiology at UC Be rkeley\, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCSF. He is currently a prof essor of epidemiology at McGill University in Montreal. He serves as the D irector of Global Health Programs\, and as an Associate Director of the Mc Gill International TB Centre. In addition\, he serves as a Consultant for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He also serves on the Scientific Advi sory Committee of the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics\, Geneva. Madhu has previously served as co-chair of the Stop TB Partnership's Worki ng Group on New Diagnostics. He is on the editorial boards of Lancet Infec tious Diseases\, PLoS Medicine\, International Journal of TB and Lung Dise ase\, among others.\n\n Madhu’s research is mainly focused on improving the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis\, especially in high-burden count ries like India and South Africa. His research is supported by grant fundi ng from the Gates Foundation\, Grand Challenges Canada\, and Canadian Inst itutes of Health Research. He has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications . He is recipient of the Union Scientific Prize\, Chanchlani Global Health Research Award\, and Stars in Global Health award from Grand Challenges C anada. In 2014\, he was selected as a member of the Royal Society of Canad a’s College of New Scholars\, Artists and Scientists.\n \n\n \n Our speakers - Day 2\n\n Dr. Nil Basu\, Associate Professor\; Canada Research Chair in E nvironmental Health Sciences\n\n Dr. Nil Basu is the recent recipient of th e $9.6M grant from Genome Canada and a $3M NIH/IDRC grant for his work in environmental health. He holds a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Environmen tal Health Sciences and is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Agricu ltural and Environmental Sciences.  He is jointly appointed in the Departm ent of Natural Resource Sciences and in the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition.  He is also an Associate Member in the McGill University Depart ment of Epidemiology\, Biostatistics and Occupational Health.\n\n Melissa P oueymirou Director\, Foundation Relations\, University Advancement\n\n Biog raphy coming soon\n\n Charles Larson\, National Coordinator\, Canadian Coal ition for Global Health Research (CCGHR)\n\n Born and raised in Tacoma\, Wa shington\, Dr. Larson moved to Montreal to study medicine at McGill Univer sity.  He subsequently specialized in Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine & Public Health.  His global health career began in the late 1980s when he joined the McGill-Ethiopia Strengthening Community Health Project\, which he directed from 1989 to 1992.   Since 2008\, he has been a Professor of P ediatrics at the University of British Columbia and Director of the BC Chi ldren's Hospital-Centre for International Child Health (CICH) from 2008 to 2015. The CICH currently carries out capacity building and research proje cts in Bangladesh\, China\, Uganda\, India and Senegal. Prior to joining U BC he lived in Dhaka\, Bangladesh for 6 years where he directed the Health Systems and Infectious Diseases Division at the International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research\, Bangladesh.  He also led a five-year McGill University population child health project in Chelyabinsk\, Russia from 19 98 to 2003.  Frm 2011 to 2016 he has been the PI on a Muskoka Initiative g rant being carried out in rural Bangladesh\, titled “Interrupting pathways to Maternal\, Newborn and Early Childhood Sepsis'. Dr. Larson’s interests currently focus on implementation studies\, including research in support of the scale up of zinc treatment of childhood diarrhea and interventions that address the early detection\, referral\, treatment and follow-up man agement of sepsis in newborns and young children.   Charles is a past Boar d of Directors Chair of the Canadian Society for International Health and currently the National Coordinator of the Canadian Coalition for Global He alth Research.\n \n\n\nOur Partners\n\nGraphos offers courses\, workshops a nd other writing support to help graduate students and postdocs become mor e efficient\, precise and effective scholarly communicators.  With regard to grantwriting\, we have offered fellowship writing workshops for graduat e students and postdocs both downtown and at the MUHC.  We have also worke d with Graduate Funding (GPS) to provide tailored support for Vanier CGS a nd Banting Postdoctoral applicants.  Drawing from this experience\, we are pleased to work with Dr. Heidi Hoernig (Centre for the Study of Democrati c Citizenship) to develop the advanced grantwriting sessions on April 11. \n DTSTART:20170411T153000Z DTEND:20170413T200000Z LOCATION:Room 406\, Thomson House\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3650 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Global Health Workshop: Advanced Grantsmanship for Postdoctoral Fel lows URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/globalhealth/channels/event/global-health-worksho p-advanced-grantsmanship-postdoctoral-fellows-266560 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR