Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (MRISP)

Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health

Welcome

CORE Training

Summer

Academic Year

Organization

Funded Research Projects

Health Disparities

 Useful Links

Advisory Board

 

 

 

 

 

                                       Summer Training Curriculum

Faculty Fellows:                      Project Principle Investigators          Workshop Instructors

  Courtney Ahrens                      James Amirkhan                                  Tom Weisner

  Young Hee Cho                        Chi-Ah Chun                                         Eli Lieber

  Karen Quintilani                       Beth Manke                                           Belinda Tucker  

  Sherry Span                                                                                              Cameron Hayes

 Guido Urizar                                                                                              Helen

 

     Summer Photos                                                                                    Jodie Ullman

 

Summer 2006

Summer 2007

Summer 2008

Innovative Research Methods in Mental Health Disparities

 

Quantitative

á Introduction to survey research

á Scale construction

á Translations

á Testing cross-cultural item equivalence

 

Qualitative

á Introduction to qualitative research methodology & mixed method research

 

 

Quantitative

á  Advanced survey research

á  Longitudinal research

á  Daily diary research

á  Web-based research

 

Qualitative

á  Qualitative interviewing

á  Focus groups

á  Behavioral observation

á  Longitudinal research

á  Web-based research

 

Grant Writing

á Introduction to grant writing

á Identifying funding sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant Writing

á Grant Proposal Writing for Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Method Designs

Advanced Data Analysis Workshops

 

Quantitative

á GLM, Multiple regression, & Multivariate analysis

 

 

 

Qualitative

á Grounded theory

á Text analysis (Content and narrative)

 

Quantitative

á  Exploratory & confirmatory factor analysis, Measurement models and path analytic models (SEM)

 

Qualitative

á                Consensual analysis

á                Network analysis

á                Ethnographic decision modeling

Quantitative

á Introduction to Latent growth analysis and Multilevel modeling

 

 

Qualitative

á Data archiving and management

Brown Bag Meetings

Weekly Half-Baked Ideas Seminar

Weekly Half-Baked Ideas Seminar

Weekly Half-Baked Ideas Seminar

Research Activities

á Read relevant background literature

á Establish mentoring relationships with experts

á Develop a preliminary study proposal.

á  Finalize preliminary study proposal.

á  Prepare and submit IRB protocol for preliminary study.

á Complete data analysis for preliminary study

á Present preliminary study findings at a conference

á Finalize research design.

á Develop grant budget and timeline.

Summer Outcome

Draft a literature review paper

Obtain IRB approval for preliminary study protocol

Draft grant application for external funding

This MRISP is supported by Grant 5 R24 MH073882-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)