Stanford University’s School of Medicine Program on Research Rigor & Reproducibility (SPORR), will be hosting its first school-wide Colloquium and Help-a-thon, on January 23d, 2023, in Paul & Mildred Berg Hall, from 9am to 1 pm.

The colloquium, organized in collaboration with Stanford’s Quantitative Sciences Unit, will feature a plenary talk from Dr. Harvey Fineberg (President, Moore Foundation, former president of the National Academy of Medicine), along with comments from Dean Lloyd Minor, Dr. Ruth O’Hara, and a roundtable of faculty and graduate students. It will summarize critical facts about the new NIH data management requirements going into effect on January 25th that all SoM investigators need to know.

SPORR will announce up to three monetary awards to SoM individuals, research teams or labs who have demonstrated high standards or creative approaches to R&R in research or education. Nominations for the prizes can be submitted till January 10.

Finally, the colloquium will feature a Help-a-thon - free 1 on 1 consultations with experts on how to prepare for the new NIH data management requirements, how to meet R&R training requirements in T32 proposals, as well as provide general study design and statistical advice.

The Colloquium is free for all Stanford faculty and staff, and breakfast and lunch will be served. Registration form can be found at the SPORR Colloquium website, where a link will be made available a few days before the event for those who want to join through zoom.

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SPORR is an initiative started in 2020 to train and assist SoM investigators in optimizing the rigor and reproducibility (“R&R”) of their research. It is directed by Associate Dean and Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine Steven Goodman, MD, PhD. SPORR is part of Spectrum, Stanford’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education, directed by Dr. Ruth O’Hara, Senior Associate Dean of Research.

1st SPORR Rigor & Reproducibility Colloquium and Help-a-thon