OCTRI Research Forum: Your Monthly Clinical and Translational Research Event

Join us each month as we address all things clinical and translational research. We’ll cover issues and solutions to common obstacles in conducting clinical and translational research.
- Enhance your career in clinical and translational research
- Gain practical skills in conducting successful research studies
- Connect with faculty and study staff who share a commitment to translational research
- Acquire knowledge that directly supports research and expands your collaboration opportunities
Do you have a clinical or translational research question or problem? Let us know and we’ll do our best to help during upcoming events! Please submit questions and topic requests to octri@ohsu.edu or call 503-418-9790.
Upcoming seminars
OCTRI offers this seminar series at no cost to researchers at OHSU. Seminars are divided into those of general interest and those offered by the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Research Design (BERD) Program. You can review upcoming seminars in the accordions below. Compass registration is required for BERD seminars and is encouraged, but not required, for other seminars.
Upcoming seminars
Upcoming seminars
Past seminars
Slides, course materials, video recordings from all seminars are available in the accordions below. A complete list of video recordings is also available via the public OCTRI Research Forum Echo 360 channel. Use the button below to log in.
- Adverse Event Data Management Best Practices
- 10/21/2021 - PART 1 - RECORDING
- 10/21/2021 - PART 1 - SLIDES
- 12/16/2021 - PART 2 - RECORDING
- 12/16/2021 - PART 2 - SLIDES
- Adverse Event Data Coding
- 04/21/2022 - RECORDING
- 04/21/2022 - SLIDES
- Advice for Talking Science to Anyone
- 11/2/2021 - RECORDING
- 11/2/2021 - HANDOUT #1: ELEVATOR SPEECH
- 11/2/2021 - HANDOUT #2: CRAFTING YOUR MESSAGE
- 11/2/2021 - HANDOUT #3: COMMUNICATION PLAN
- Amplifying Patient Voices in Clinical Research through HERN
- 1/27/2022 - RECORDING
- 1/27/2022 - SLIDES
- Assessing Study Feasibility
- 12/12/2019 - RECORDING
- 12/12/2019 - SLIDES
- 12/12/2019 - HANDOUT
- Career Development Awards (K Awards)
- 2/27/2024 - RECORDING
- 2/27/2024 - SLIDES
- 9/30/2021 - Which one is for you? (Part 1) - RECORDING
- 9/30/2021 - Which one is for you? (Part 1) - SLIDES
- Case Report Form Development
- 2/18/2021 - RECORDING
- 2/18/2021 - SLIDES
- Clinical Trial Agreements 101
- 12/25/2022 - RECORDING
- 12/25/2022 - SLIDES
- Clinicaltrials.gov
- 3/10/2021 - Common Challenges and Solutions - RECORDING
- 3/10/2021 - Common Challenges and Solutions - SLIDES
- 1/17/2019 - Maintenance and Reporting (Part 2) - RECORDING
- 1/17/2019 - Maintenance and Reporting (Part 2) - SLIDES
- 12/13/2018 - Registration (Part 1) - RECORDING
- 12/13/2018 - Registration (Part 1) - SLIDES
- 12/13/2018 - Registration (Part 1) - HELP SHEET
- Creating a Budget for Individual Research
- 2/24/2015 - SLIDES
- Data Management 101
- 04/17/2024 - RECORDING
- 04/17/2024 - SLIDES
- Data Sharing Requirements and Data Use Agreements
- 11/17/2021 - RECORDING
- 11/17/2021 - SLIDES
- Conducting Effective Literature Searches
- 10/04/2024 - RECORDING
- 10/04/2024 - SLIDES
- Embracing Interdependaence in Reseach Teams: Managing from the Seat You Are in
- 3/04/2025 - RECORDING
- 03/04/2025 - SLIDES
- Schuman When Teammates Don’t Connect Worksheet
- Challenging conversations worksheet & summary 2025
- Electronic Consent
- 2/18/2020 - RECORDING
- 2/18/2020 and 2/24/2020 - SLIDES
- Excel Gymnastics: Using Excel for Research
- 10/1/2021 - RECORDING
- 10/1/2021 - SLIDES
- Grant Budget Development
- 01/30/2025 - RECORDING
- 01/30/2025 - SLIDES
- Including Special Populations in Your Research
- 6/5/2018 - Including Older Adults in Research: Challenges and Strategies - RECO…
- 4/28/2015 - Research in Pregnancy - SLIDES
- Introduction to Citation Management Tools
- 10/2/2023 - RECORDING
- 10/2/2023 - SLIDES
- Medical Record Recruitment Tools
- 2/26/2019 - RECORDING
- 2/26/2019 - SLIDES
- Methods for Remote Data Collection
- 1/25/2024 - Methods for Remote Data Collection - RECORDING
- 1/25/2024 - Methods for Remote Data Collection - SLIDES
- OHSU Human Subjects Research Start-up Process
- 9/23/2021 - RECORDING
- 9/23/2021 - SLIDES
- 9/23/2021 - HANDOUT
- Optimizing Your Biosketch for Reviewers
- 1/23/2020 - RECORDING
- 1/23/2020 - SLIDES
- Prioritizing your Online Presence for Research Impact
- 2/17/2022 - RECORDING
- 2/17/2022 - SLIDES
- Recruitment Planning: The Foundation for Clinical Trials and Grant Development
- 5/23/2019 - RECORDING
- 5/23/2019 - SLIDES
- Research Across the Bridge: Conducting a Project at VAPORHCS
- 6/21/2022 - RECORDING
- 6/21/2022 - SLIDES
- Research Participant Compensation
- 11/14/2024 - RECORDING
- 11/14/2024 - SLIDES
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Development
- 6/4/2024 - RECORDING
- 6/4/2024 - SLIDES
- Study Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria: Scientific Ideals vs Real World
- 4/18/2019 - RECORDING
- 4/18/2019 - SLIDES
- Subject Injury Policy, Identification and Reporting
- 05/23/2024 - RECORDING
- 05/23/2024 - SLIDES
- Flowchart: Industry Sponsored Subject Injury Reporting
- Flowchart: Non-industry Sponsored and Investigator initiated Subject Injury Rep…
- Survey Design and Tools
- 1/14/2021 - RECORDING
- 1/14/2021 - SLIDES
- 1/26/2015 (Part 1) - SLIDES
- 3/12/2015 (Part 2) - SLIDES
- Transforming Your Grant into a Protocol
- 2/15/2024 - RECORDING
- 2/15/2024 (PART 1) - SLIDES
- 2/15/2024 (PART 2) - STUDY GUIDE
- Writing and Presenting a Scientific Conference Abstract
- 12/9/2021 - RECORDING
- 12/9/2021 - SLIDES
- Writing K awards that Review Well
- 10/13/2021 - Writing Tips (Part 2) - RECORDING
- 3/4/2024 - RECORDING
- 3/4/2024 - SLIDES
- 10/13/2021 - Writing Tips (Part 2) - SLIDES
- Writing Pilot and Feasibility Studies
- 3/10/2022 - RECORDING
- 3/10/2022 - SLIDES
SERIES on Power and Sample Size
- Planning a Study with P&SS Considerations in Mind
- SLIDES (5/29/2019)
- RECORDING (5/29/2019)
- P&SS for Clinical Trials
- SLIDES (2/18/2021)
- RECORDING (2/18/2021)
- P&SS for Classification and Prediction
- RECORDING (11/10/2022)
- R shiny app for sample size computation
- P&SS Simulations in R
- SLIDES (11/21/2024)
- RECORDING (11/21/2024)
- SLIDES (9/21/2023)
- RECORDING (9/21/2023)
- R PROJECT
- P&SS for RNA-Seq Data
- SLIDES (11/1/2023)
- RECORDING (11/1/2023)
- P&SS for omics data
- SLIDES (1/29/2024)
- RECORDING (1/29/2024)
SERIES on R and RStudio
- SLIDES, RESOURCES, AND EXERCISES for all workshops
- GitHub link for 2020 workshop materials
- Getting Started slides (2024)
- Introduction to R and RStudio
- Part 1a: RECORDING (9/16/2020)
- Part 1b: RECORDING (9/16/2020)
- Part 2: RECORDING (9/17/2020)
- Reproducible Reports with R Markdown
- RECORDING (9/26/2019)
- Data Visualization with R and ggplot2
- RECORDING (5/20/2020)
Additional BERD topics
- Meet your Data where it Lives: Scraping the Web
- SLIDES AND RESOURCES
- RECORDING (4/3/2019)
- The Command Line Without Tears: Using Exacloud for Large Datasets and Annoying Tasks
- SLIDES AND RESOURCES
- Part 1: RECORDING (1/9/2019)
- Part 2: RECORDING (1/16/2019)
- Understanding and Interpreting Regression Analysis
- SLIDES (11/28/2018)
- RECORDING (11/28/2018)

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CTSA award: UL1TR002369
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