NeuroDevNet Training !Building Capacity!!Developing Future Leaders in the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Community!

!Darcy Fehlings, Bloorview Research Institute!

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Extending beyond traditional!Academic Training!

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Conferences & Workshops ! Distance Learning!

Trainee-led Outreach! Internships & Practica (Job Readiness)!

NeuroDevNet Training Program!Cycle I Training Initiatives!

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Fellowship Program (Annual, March 2011 launch)!

Internship Program (with Mitacs Accelerate, 2011)!

NeuroDevNet organized training events!§  Biennial Winter Institute (Trainee oriented 4 day conference

workshops)!

§  Annual Brain Development Conference)!§  Distance Learning Programs!

Partner Driven Workshops & Symposia (Launch 2011)!§  Trainee Participation support!§  Research Networking Workshops!!

Partnerships – NDN Cycle II!Institutional focus and national scope!Ins$tu$onal  Co-­‐support  for  Research  Training  Fellowships  suppor&ng  up  to  60  new  Doctoral  and  Postdoctoral  Fellows  Key  Stakeholders  for  our  Fellowship,  Internship  and  Prac&cum  programs  Value-­‐added  Curricula  coordina&ng  with  the  needs  of  Ins&tu&onal  Partner  Programs  Facilitates  Network  Sustainability  –  collabora&on  and  matched  support  extends  reach  for  network  and  ins&tu&on  New  Researchers  and  Trainees  –  enhanced  opportuni&es  for  par&cipa&on  of  community  members  Building  Capacity  in  Neurodevelopmental  disorder  community  on  a  na&on-­‐wide  level  by  enhancing  skill  sets  and  trainee  marketability.  

Partnerships – !Institutional focus and national scope!Value-added curricula and !Unique training opportunities!

uOttawa Brain and Mind!Research Institute!

Innova&ve  Example:  “Joint”  post-­‐docs  

•  Holland  Bloorview  –  CanChild  postdoctoral  fellow  opportunity  (launched  2013)  

2  supervisors  

25%   25%  Year  1  funding  (50%  ins&tu&on)  

Year  2  funding  (External  post-­‐doctoral  award)  

“Joint”  post-­‐docs  

•  Holland  Bloorview  –  CanChild  postdoctoral  fellow  opportunity  (launched  2013)  

•  Unique  client  popula&on  •  Qualita&ve  research,  disability  studies,  

outcome  measurement,  systema&c  reviews,  assis&ve  technology,  clinical  trials,  neuropsychopharmacology  

•  Commercializa&on  of  research  

•  Ac&ve  knowledge  transla&on  strategies  •  Pediatrics,  physiatry,  OT,  PT,  SLP,  

kinesioilogy,  social  psychology,  epidemiology,  biostats  

•  Health  services,  child  health  issues  

1  year  here   1  year  here  

“Joint”  post-­‐docs  

•  Possibility  of  increasing  post-­‐doc  con&ngent  among  NeuroDevNet  partners  

•  Post-­‐docs  –  trainees  that  offer  highest  return-­‐on-­‐investment  in  terms  of  tangible  research  outputs  

Training Program Benefits !Value-added curricula and enhanced marketability!

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Translational & Clinical Research Development!!Winter and Summer Brain Camps!!NeuroDevNet supported workshops (& travel awards)!!NeuroDevNet 101 Course and Webinar Series !

Clinical Trials Best Practices!!MICYRN collaboration and Certification workshop-courses!

Stakeholder Engagement and Employment Opportunities!!Winter Institute focus on stakeholder engagement/collaboration!!Internships and Practicum placements!

Job Skills and Real-life experiences !!Internships and Practicum Placements!!Brain Camps focus on clinical interventions and commercialization !

Knowledge Translation / Neuroethics / Neuroinformatics!!All NeuroDevNet Training events!

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Graduate  student  “internships”  •  Popularized  by  NSERC  Collabora&ve  Research  and  

Training  Experience  Program  (CREATE)  and  CIHR  Strategic  Training  Ini&a&ve  in  Health  Research  (STIR)  

•  Usually  for  PhD  students  •  Spend  brief  &me  away  from  supervisor’s  lab  

Industry  

Government  Public  health  

Healthcare  sebngs  

Technology  commercializa&on  office  

Graduate  student  “internships”  Students   Faculty  

Some Points for Discussion!Cooperating to train our new community leaders!

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How can members contribute to ongoing initiatives?!Are there alternative priority areas that should be developed?!Is there interest for members to co-support specific training events or collaborative training opportunities!How best to develop new internships and practicum opportunities for your organizations? !Are there specific needs to recruit/train employees at your organization?!New ideas to contribute to skilled workforce? Additional areas to tap? (? Clinical Fellows doing a MSc in Clinical research – matched funding)!!!