Stanford University’s School of Medicine Program on Research Rigor & Reproducibility (SPORR), will be hosting its 2nd Rigor and Reproducibility Colloquium: Conversations on How to Future-Proof our Science, on January 29, 2024, in Paul & Mildred Berg Hall, from 9 am to 1 pm (registration and refreshments available from 8:30 AM on site).

The Colloquium will focus on efforts of US medical schools and Stanford to improve and support research rigor and reproducibility, the foundation for “future-proofed” research. It will feature plenary talks and conversations with Dr. Geeta K. Swamy (Associate Vice President for Research, and Vice Dean for Scientific Integrity at Duke University) and Dr. Alexa T. McCray (Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, former head of Clinicaltrials.gov), together with panel discussions with Stanford faculty and in-person attendees.

SPORR will also award up to three monetary awards to School of Medicine individuals, research teams or labs who have demonstrated high standards or creative approaches to Rigor and Reproducibility in research or education.

The Colloquium is free to attend, and breakfast and refreshments will be served.

Zoom link will be emailed to registered online participants a few days before the event.

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, and supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1TR003142.

Program:

8:30 - 9:00 AM - Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM - Welcome: Drs. Ruth O'Hara and Steven Goodman

9:15 AM - Keynote 1: Dr. Geeta K. Swamy: Protecting & Promoting Quality & Integrity in Research

9:35 AM - Keynote 2: Dr. Alexa T. McCray: The rigor, reproducibility and responsibility effort at Harvard Medical School

9:55 AM - Q&A and Discussion

10:30 AM - Coffee Break

10:45 AM - Faculty Panel and Discussion with Jennifer S. Brown - Clinical Research Quality; Manisha Desai - Quantitiative Sciences Unit; Ryan Leib - Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, David Magnus - Center for Biomedical Ethics; Angela Rogers - Pulmonary and Critical Care, Thomas C. Südhof - Nobel laureate, Molecular and Cellular Physiology; Avnesh Thakor - Pediatric Radiology.

12:00 PM - SPORR: Steven Goodman

12:15 PM - Rigor and Reproducibility Awards Ceremony (Awardees lightning talks)

12:30 PM - Individual Conversations Among Speakers and Attendees

1:00 PM - Close

2nd SPORR Rigor & Reproducibility Colloquium