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College of Health Professions Training Program Agenda

Friday, September 26, 2025

How to Develop a Research Career in Healthcare 

08:00 – 08:30 Building Your Research Career, Dr. Arzu Ari 

08:30 – 09:00 Taking the Leap: From Research Trainee to Principal Investigator, Dr. Natalie Ceballo

09:00 – 09:30 Transitioning from Single to Multi-Investigator Research, Dr. Maria Resendiz

09:30 – 10:00 Coffee Break and Networking 

How to Find Funding Opportunities in Healthcare

10:00 – 10:30 Keys to Grant Prospecting, Dr. Ty Schepis

10:30 – 11:00 Funding for Early Career Research, Dr. Shetay Ashford-Hanserd 

11:00 – 11:30 Diversifying Grant Funding Sources such as NIH NSF HRSA, Ms. Evy Gonzalez 

11:30 – 12:00 Talking to Program Officers: How, and Why You Should Do It, Dr. Monica Hughes 

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch - Success Stories, Drs. Maria Resendiz, Monica Hughes, and Keya Sen

How to Write Grant Proposals in Healthcare 

1:00 – 1:30 The ABC of Grant Writing, Ms. Evy Gonzalez 

1:30 – 2:00 Keys to Proposal Resubmission, Dr. Damian Molina Valles 

2:00 – 2:30 Developing Budget and Narrative, Ms. Alex Smith 

2:30 – 3:00 You got the grant, what’s next? Dr. Denise Gobert 

3:00 – 3:30 Coffee Break and Networking 

Developing Interdisciplinary Teams in Healthcare

3:30 – 4:00 Building Strong Research Collaborations, Dr. Melinda Villagran

4:00 – 5:00 Networking, Program Evaluation and Certificates