University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Researcher Management & Leadership Training

New Course Offering to Enhance Research Career Success

Researcher Management & Leadership Training is a massive open online course on the global learning platform Coursera. This course is targeted to early career researchers and mentors who believe that modern scientific careers require management skills and want to be research leaders—especially current and future principal investigators. The curriculum is designed to deliver skills to effectively implement funded projects, thereby enhancing research career success. Research leaders take on a number of new roles, rights, and responsibilities—as scientific leaders, financial administrators, managers, and mentors. In this course, we explain how to optimize the people, teams, and finances for which you are responsible. Course content includes an action learning plan, and lessons on leadership, finance and administration, management—starting, growing and managing teams, and mentorship. Content includes 150 video didactic lessons, personal stories, and Q&A interviews with early career researchers, senior scientists, and administrative leaders from CU Anschutz.

The course was developed by Drs. Anne Libby and Judy Regensteiner, and was supported by grants from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Medical Research Program and the CCTSI iCorps program, with additional support from the Center for Women's Health Research, the CU School of Medicine, and the CU Department of Emergency Medicine.

Enrollment is open/rolling and free, after which learners can access most of the course content. CU faculty, staff and students can enroll for free by accessing the course through the campus portal (under CU Resources).

"This course is full of well-presented and critical information about how to successfully manage a professional research lab. There is a nice variety of speakers who seem to be experts in their various specialties of lab management. The course is very coherent and easy to follow, while sharing important information on how to successfully lead and manage Research Projects and Research labs."

"It is really spectacular, and I found the content to be both informative and inspiring."

"I've participated in programs on campus, and this really did a fantastic job summarizing many of the key points. But it also went well beyond these training opportunities and provided really specific advice on day-to-day lab management. As a result of reviewing the content,I have already set a specific set of goals for myself and my lab – particularly with regards to lab meetings, communication, and keeping track of budgets. I also realize that I have never actually asked my research assistants to provide me with feedback on how I can serve our lab better. I really appreciate these immediate areas of improvement and goal-setting that the training has provided. Thanks again for creating this wonderful resource!"

"Excellent content, germane to both MD and PhD faculty."

"Faculty have obvious expertise, experience and bona fides and also exude kindness, altruism and professionalism. Everyone really shone bright as a role model."

"I have the pleasure of knowing many of the faculty, but learned much more about them through their personal stories. That was in many ways a real highlight for me and makes these Towers of Academia more relatable."

"This was FANTASTIC! I would highly recommend that this should be required training for any new physician-scientist starting their own lab, or once they receive their first internal or extramural funding. I feel very fortunate to have taken this course and to benefit from these faculty on a day-to-day basis!"

"It was beneficial to have the trainings compiles together in one place, taken sequentially, and available as resources. The variety of speakers was helpful to keep it interesting and engaging, and the topics were all helpful and pertinent. The finance and administration was perhaps the most dense of the material, but the visuals and examples were helpful for depth of understanding and will be great resources to keep for the future. The management parts 1 & 2 were the most concrete sections and the step-by-step walk through of really managing the day-to-day of a research program was very helpful."

"The content of this course is not taught in the classroom nor readily available to new PIs. Having access to established source documents (i.e. financial data documents) and other pertinent data is a real stress/time saver."

"This could be a helpful resource for students and early career researchers. Great insights and research and training."

"Pay attention to the optional sections, as they are very interesting and give you a practical overview from experiences leaders. Watch the optional videos as they deliver great value as life teaching and exemplify what the student may come to live in the future."

"A well thought out and organized class. Very good lectures and material. Excellent class!"

Log on to your campus portal (https://my.cu.edu).

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Select your campus and then log in using your CU credentials.

Contact: Anne M. Libby, PhD, Researcher Management and Leadership Training Course Director

PH: 720-848-6794

Ludeman Family Center for Women's Health Research

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Mail Stop C-263

Aurora, CO 80045

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303-724-0305

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Researcher Management & Leadership Training

New Course Offering to Enhance Research Career Success

Enrollment is open/rolling and free, after which learners can access most of the course content. CU faculty, staff and students can enroll for free by accessing the course through the campus portal (under CU Resources).

Log on to your campus portal (https://my.cu.edu).

Open the CU Resources dropdown menu and select Training.

Click the CU on Coursera tile.

On the CU on Coursera home page, click Join for Free.

Click the Log in the University of Colorado button.

Select your campus and then log in using your CU credentials.

Contact: Anne M. Libby, PhD, Researcher Management and Leadership Training Course Director

PH: 720-848-6794

Ludeman Family Center for Women's Health Research

Researcher Management & Leadership Training

New Course Offering to Enhance Research Career Success

Enrollment is open/rolling and free, after which learners can access most of the course content. CU faculty, staff and students can enroll for free by accessing the course through the campus portal (under CU Resources).

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Contact: Anne M. Libby, PhD, Researcher Management and Leadership Training Course Director

PH: 720-848-6794

Ludeman Family Center for Women's Health Research