It is a yearly program that includes bi-monthly seminar series, a number of training workshops, and an integrated project.
Target Audience
For the Research Personnel Program (RPP):
Research fellows (with an MD or Ph.D. degree) or research assistants/coordinators willing to commit for a one-year supervised research training, including two tracks: clinical research and basic sciences research.
For the Post-doctoral Program:
Research fellows (with an MD or Ph.D. degree) willing to commit for a two-year supervised research training, including two tracks: clinical research and basic sciences research.
Objectives
The aim of these two programs is to support
research fellows and research assistants/coordinators at AUBMC in developing research
skills and competencies that allow them to advance their research careers.
RPP Team Members
Contributing faculty :
RPP coordinator: Sara Khansa, MBA
Contact Information
Ms. Sara Khansa
Telephone: 961 1350000 ext. 5452
These series are delivered in 3 repetitive cycles throughout the academic year. The summer
cycle (July-September) consists of bi-weekly sessions. The fall (October-March) and the
spring (March-April) cycles consist of weekly sessions.
Logistical details of the mini-workshops:
- Period : Oct 17, 2023, till March 5, 2024
- Day & Time : Tuesdays 4:00 pm-5:00 pm (Beirut time)
- Duration : 1 hour
- Format : Hybrid via Zoom
- Location : Halim and Aida Daniel Academic and Clinical Center (ACC)
multipurpose room 1&2
| Date | Title | Speaker |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Introduction/Formulating a Research Question | Marlene Chakhtoura, MD, MSc |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Protocol write-up | Marlene Chakhtoura, MD, MSc |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Study design I: observational studies | Martine El Bejjani, PhD |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Study design II: Clinical Trials | Marlene Chakhtoura, MD, MSc |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Effective Literature Search I | Ola El Zein, PhD |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Effective Literature Search II | Ola El Zein, PhD |
| Dec 12, 2023 | End Note: A Reference Manager | Ola El Zein, PhD |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Statistics I: Data Management and Cleaning | Eman Sbaity, MD |
| Jan 2, 2024 | Bibliometrics | Lokman Meho, PhD |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Statistics II: Descriptive Analysis | Hani Tamim, PhD |
| Jan 16, 2024 | IRB I: Ethical Considerations in Clinical Research | Abir Dakik, MSc |
| Jan 23, 2024 | IRB II: Informed Consent in Human Subject Research | Mira Zantout, BSc |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Introduction to systematic review and meta-analysis | Elie Akl, MD, MPH, PhD |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Manuscript writing | Elie Akl, MD |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Statistics III: Inferential Analysis | Hani Tamim, PhD |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Authorship | Elie Akl, MD, MPH, PhD |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Poster preparation & presentation skills | Nada Assaf, MD |
| March 5, 2024 | Research in EPIC / Chart Review
| Hassan Mallah, PhD
|
Seminars start on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, and include
- Didactic sessions (see below list of topics, Year 1 or Year 2 (topics being provided every other
year) for RPP, Years 1 and 2 for Post-doctoral Program)
- Project presentation
- Journal club
Logistical details of the seminar series:
- Period : Oct 18, 2023, till May 22, 2024
- Time : Wednesdays at 1:00 pm twice per month
- Duration :1 hour
- Format : In-person
- Location : ACC multipurpose room 3
Year 1 – 2023-2024:
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| Oct 25, 2023 | Intro and networking | Program participants |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Introduction to REDcap | Joanne Khabsa, BS Pharm, MPH |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Repeated measures | Martine El Bejjani, PhD
|
| Nov 29, 2023 | Rating the certainty of evidence using the GRADE approach
| Joanne Khabsa, BS Pharm, MPH
|
| Dec 6, 2023 | Journal club
| Program participants
|
Dec 13, 2023
| Project presentation
| Program participants
|
| Dec 20, 2023 | Scientific Publishing and Scholarly Assessments | Khalil Kreidieh BS-MLT, MS |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Genetics/Genomics | Rami Mahfouz MD, MPH |
| Jan 17, 2024 | Project presentation | Program participants
|
Jan 24, 2024
| Project presentation | Program participants
|
Feb 7, 2024
| Project presentation | Program participants
|
Feb 21, 2024
| Project presentation | Program participants
|
Feb 28, 2024
| Project presentation | Program participants
|
Mar 6, 2024
| Project presentation | Program participants
|
| Mar 20, 2024 | Social media | Nidal Mawas, MA |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Translational research | Rihab Nasr, PhD |
Apr 17, 2024
| Project presentation
| Program participants
|
| Apr 24, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence | Albert El Hajj, MD |
May 15, 2024
| Project presentation | Program participants
|
| May 22, 2024 | Wrap-up and evaluation | RPP committee and participants
|
2023/2023 Open House Awards:
- 1st Prize: Dr. Mariam Zahwe- Surgery – Mentor: Dr. Eman Sbaity “Performance of sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in clinically node positive breast cancer patients: systematic review and meta-analysis"
- 2nd Prize: Dr. Hind Anan- Emergency Medicine - Mentor: Dr. Afif Mufarrij “The incidence of stroke mimics in the emergency room of a tertiary care center in Lebanon"
- 3rd Prize: Dr. Johnny Zakhour– Internal Medicine - Mentor: Dr. Souha Kanj Sharara “Predictors of mortality of mucormycosis: a retrospective study from a tertiary care center in Lebanon"
Mentorship appreciation awards were distributed to one RPP mentor:
- Dr. Margret Shirinian - Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology
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