This participatory workshop is designed for scholars planning or actively writing grant proposals to fund pilot optimization trials. In this workshop, participants will review examples of completed or published pilot optimization trials and receive coaching on best practices (i.e., research questions, analysis) so as to best position themselves (and their project) for successful future grant proposals involving intervention optimization. 

Participants who complete the workshop have the opportunity to receive an individual consultation session following the workshop (within one year). 

To ensure a personalized experience for all learners, this course will have a capped enrollment.

This is a synchronous workshop that will be held on Zoom. Please be sure you carefully review the content on this page before applying.

Prerequisites: A PhD, MD, or equivalent degree, and graduate training in applied statistics at least through multiple regression.

It is strongly recommended that learners review our online course, “MOST from a Conceptual Perspective,” before attending.

Training Faculty: Kate Guastaferro, Ph.D., MPH; Jillian Strayhorn, Ph.D.

Session Date: Friday, December 4th

Session Time: 9am – 5pm ET

Registration Fee: This workshop is funded in part by a NIDA R25 grant (R25DA049699). To help offset the remaining expenses, there is a registration fee of $900 per participant.

Contact Details: cadiotrainings@nyu.edu

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There were several reasons. First, many people who have attended our trainings have told us they wanted both more time to discuss the fundamentals, AND more time to discuss how to write a grant proposal involving intervention optimization. Second, many people tell us that they need time to process the introductory material before they can think seriously about a grant proposal. Third, we have found that early career people planning K-series applications and later-career people writing R-level and similar applications have different training needs. Fourth, to provide the best experience, we do not want any of our synchronous trainings to be too long.

For these reasons, we have changed our introductory course so that it emphasizes the fundamentals of intervention optimization via MOST, and are rolling out two new courses focusing on how to write grant proposals involving intervention optimization.

We would love to have you in the training. Contact us in advance so that we can work together to make the training a pleasant and productive experience for you.

Certificates can be made available upon request to participants who maintained adequate attendance.

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