Return of the Jedi: Evolution of My Project Career After the Course · 2019. 8. 2. · Return of the Jedi: Evolution of My Project Career After the Course JORDAN SCHULTZ, PHARMD ASSISTANT

Return of the Jedi:Evolution of My Project Career After the CourseJORDAN SCHULTZ, PHARMDASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY, NEUROLOGY & PHARMACY PRACTICETHE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Supported by NINDS R25NS088248 U01NS077352

My Career Prior to CTMC

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Neurology University of Iowa Staff Pharmacist (not faculty)

Had engaged with research mentors within the past year

Relatively new to research


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My Career Prior to CTMC

Had produced a couple of epidemiologic papers related to Huntington’s Disease (HD)

Wanted to explore further directions for a pharmacist in research

Applied to and was accepted to CTMC Project: Atorvastatin as a Disease

Modifying Therapy for HD


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My Experience During CTMC

My Faculty MentorsDietrich HaubenbergerKen Cheung


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Lessons from CTMC Beyond Protocol Development

Realization that clinical research was not as simple as coming up with an idea

Understanding of grant mechanisms was very low K-Award was a novel idea to me

Importance and availability of collaboration

Broadly, course forced me to strategize about my career plans


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Lessons from CTMC Beyond Protocol Development

Realization that clinical research was not as simple as coming up with an idea

Importance and availability of collaboration

Understanding of grant mechanisms was very low K-Award was a novel idea to me

Broadly, course forced me to strategize about my career plans


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What I was actually doing during CTMC


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Project After CTMC

Grant submitted to Cures Within ReachRequest to submit secondary

application after initial reviewProject not-fundedResubmission encouraged


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Project After CTMC


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Life After CTMC

KL2 Grant Application Submitted in July 2018

Funded in August 2018

Faculty appointment to Department of Psychiatry in September 2018


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Life After CTMC

Opportunity to get involved in a clinical trial for Parkinson’s Disease

Started off as single-site, pilot study

Evolved into a submission to NeuroNEXT


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Life After CTMC

Approved by NeuroNEXT

Hit a wall in Extramural Scientific Committee

Smaller pilot study submitted to Michael J. Fox Foundation last week

Hopes to go back to NeuroNEXT in the future


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Life After CTMC

Unique skills acquired:Ability to write a cohesive

protocolAbility to critically evaluate

feasibility of a studyAppropriate pessimism Some people are very over-

zealous


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Questions?


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Return of the Jedi: Evolution of My Project Career After the Course · 2019. 8. 2. · Return of the Jedi: Evolution of My Project Career After the Course JORDAN SCHULTZ, PHARMD ASSISTANT