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Dr. Kiran C. Patel
College of Osteopathic Medicine

Frequently Asked Questions

Training Program for Faculty and Continuing Education:

The Medical Education Department includes patient-centered education and assessment of clinical skills, data analysis, faculty development, and curriculum development and assessment.

  • Live or Online Instruction in Educational Methods
  • Learning New Technology Tools 
  • Sharing Knowledge about Databases
  • Developing Courses

For more information, visit: https://osteopathic.nova.edu/degrees/masters/medical-education/index.html

For additional information, contact:

Sherrica Taylor, Ph.D 
Director, Faculty Development/span>
staylor2@nova.edu

 

Grand Rounds Lunch-and-Learn Programs:

Faculty members to present medical knowledge on various topics within their fields.

For additional information, contact:

Sherrica Taylor, Ph.D 
staylor2@nova.edu

 

Interprofessional Grand Rounds Program:

Health Professions Division personnel present aspects of diseases from the views of the different professions.

For additional information, visit: https://www.nova.edu/hpded/ipe/index.html

Enhancing Teaching Activities (ETA) program:

Enhancement of teaching skills so faculty are better prepared to keep pace with the changing learning environments and technology needed to educate the next generation of health professionals.

For additional information, contact:

Sherrica Taylor, Ph.D 
Director, Faculty Development
staylor2@nova.edu

Neuro-Immune Institute Research Seminars:

The research seminars attract renowned faculty to present cutting-edge research related to human health and disease. Previous presentations include topics ranging from Gulf War Illness, ME/CFS, Long Covid, and Alzheimer's Disease.

For additional information, contact:

Nathalie Sloane
Executive Director,Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine
nsloane@nova.edu

Kim Gale
Administrative Coordinator II, Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine kg180@nova.edu

For previous research seminar series presentations including access to previous recordings and presentation files, visit: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/inim-seminar/

Student Training:

  • Student Elective Research Courses: 
    • COM 9600 A (OMS-I or II students)
    • COM 9600 B (OMS-IV students)
    • Research Year COM 9601 & 9602 (OMS-III students)
  • The students taking part in these courses may develop an original research project and/or participate in a research mentor’s scientific research in a health-related field. Publications and/or presentations are expected outcomes from the work.
  • For further information about these research courses visit: https://osteopathic.nova.edu/research/student.html
  • Students,who wish to consider a career in academic medicine, can take an Academic Rotation elective as a fourth year student which provides hands-on training in medical education.

For further information regarding the Academic Rotation elective, contact:

Sherrica Taylor, Ph.D
Director, Faculty Development
staylor2@nova.edu

For further information regarding student research contact:

Randell Gregg, Ph.D
Director of Student Research
rgregg1@nova.edu

 

Graduate Medical Education:

Pre-clinical OMS-II Research Fellowship program:

Students will participate in conducting an individual research project, the writing of scholarly articles or participate in an ongoing study. In addition, they will participate in regular meetings with their research mentor and participate in scheduled rounds with other COM fellows.

For further information, contact

Robin Jacobs, Ph.D
Director, KPCOM Research Fellowship
rjacobs@nova.edu

For additional information, visit:

https://osteopathic.nova.edu/kpcom-gme/graduate-medical-education.html

Finding Databases and Resources:

These funding opportunities selected are based on areas that address the interest of NSU researchers. Funding information from federal resources, private foundation resources. Listings bases on discipline and career stage. Funding Alerts resources are also available by research discipline and topic. Finding funding databases and resources dropdown on grant lab website are available with attachments. To access this information, visit:  https://www.nova.edu/grant-writing-laboratory/finding-funding.html

New opportunities through the Funding Alerts listserv:

New opportunities are also shared in the Funding Alerts listserv.

EmailGrantLab@nova.edu to be added to NSU's "Funding Alerts" listserv.

For further information contact:

Melanie Bauer
Grant Writing Manager
mbauer1@nova.edu

PFRDG Grant

PFRDG directly supports NSU's research-focused core values and strategic priorities by providing seed money for new research, expanding current research initiatives to new levels of competitiveness, and supporting scholarly activities that contribute to general disciplinary knowledge. Each PRG award is funded 50% from interest on university-invested funds, and 50% from the winning applicant’s College as matching funds.

Quality of Life Grant

Quality of Life Faculty Community-Based Applied Research Grants are awarded for proposals which fall under one or more of the following 6 categories: Autism; Criminal Justice; Children and Families; Adult General; Elderly Services; and Foster Care. 

Grant Proposal Resources 

Grant writing templates and guides for NIH, FDOH, NSF, and DoD proposals along with general grant writing resources are provided by visiting the link below:

For further information contact:

Melanie Bauer
Grant Writing Manager
mbauer1@nova.edu

Grantsmanship Education

NSU Grant Education Canvas Course

  • Recordings of lunch and learns and more

Lab Chats

  • Bite sized grantsmanship workshops 30 minutes throughout the year
  • For further information contact, Melanie Bauer, Grant Writing Manager (mbauer1@nova.edu)

Grant Writing Mentorship Program

Nova Southeastern University's Grant Writing Mentoring Program supports early-career researchers (i.e., those who do not have past success in winning external grant funding for their work) in the grant seeking process.

For further information contact:

Melanie Bauer
Grant Writing Manager
mbauer1@nova.edu

NSU Network Chats

  • Informal conversations with NSU researchers
  • NSU Network Chats launched to support COVID-19 grant project ideas. It provides the support and resources that will build NSU’s research activities and achieve ambitious growth.

KPCOM Research Committee Events

  • Held quarterly or bi-yearly

DoR

Nova Southeastern University's Division of Research and Economic Development (DoR) supports NSU Research's innovative faculty within its colleges, centers, and institutes in the development of their ideas, discoveries, and technologies. DoR is also the focal point for building the connections, resources, and entrepreneurial energy for the commercialization of NSU Research activities.

NSU Research is actively establishing partnerships with companies, investors, and entrepreneurs interested in utilizing NSU’s vast wet and dry lab space and state-of-the-art Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) to conduct research and develop technologies that will benefit the global community.

DoR is home to a robust research infrastructure. This includes the Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of Clinical Research, Office of Technology Transfer, and the Grant Writing Laboratory.

For additional information, visit: https://www.nova.edu/dor/index.html

OSP 

The OSP is NSU's central point for pre- and post-award administration of externally sponsored programs funded by government and private sources for research, teaching/training and community service projects. OSP is a resource center that supports each phase of obtaining and managing awards, from proposal planning and submission to final reporting at project close-out.

For additional information, visit: https://www.nova.edu/osp/index.html

For additional information, contact:

Cathy Harlan, CRA, GPC
Director of Sponsored Programs
charlan@nova.edu

 

Grant Writing Laboratory

The following of grant seeking and proposal development are addressed in the Grant Writing Laboratory:

  • Brainstorming and idea development
  • Grant and project planning
  • Support for finding funding opportunities
  • Templates and guides for grant applications
  • Proposal editing
  • Grantsmanship trainings
  • Networking events

For additional information, visit: https://www.nova.edu/osp/index.html

For further information contact:

Melanie Bauer
Grant Writing Manager
mbauer1@nova.edu

 

Grant Writing Mentorship Program for KPCOM

The mentoring program pairs established researchers (i.e., those with experience and success applying for and winning research funding) with early-career faculty with the aim of writing and submitting an internal or external grant application by the end of the program period.

For additional information, visit: https://www.nova.edu/dor/research-resources/grant-writing-mentoring-program.html

For additional information, contact:

Melanie Bauer, Grant Writing Manager, DoR (mbauer1@nova.edu)

Beth Gilbert, Science Grant Writer, KPCOM (bgilbert1@nova.edu)

Roxana Ross, Assistant Vice President, DoR (rr877@nova.edu)

 

HPD Library 

To access books, journals, and media available at the Martin and Gail Press Health Professions Division Library, visit the link below: 

https://libguides.nova.edu/hpdlibrary

For additional information, contact:

Julia Sarpy
Librarian III- Reference
jsarpy@nova.edu

 

Core Facilities 

The Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a state-of-the-art research center with the highest quality scientific equipment, facilities and staff to support cutting–edge research throughout campus. https://www.nova.edu/research/core-facilities/index.html

For additional information, contact: 

Robin Krueger
Scientific Director - Research Facilities
rkrueger1@nova.edu

 

IRB

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Nova Southeastern University is a unit under the direction of the Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and leads the university's human subject protection program. The IRB reviews research submissions from the NSU research community to ensure they adhere to basic ethical principles underlying the acceptable conduct of research involving human subjects.

For additional information, visit: https://www.nova.edu/irb/index.html

 

EHS

Safety training is available on Canvas as self-enrollment.  Students/faculty/staff have access to all the training modules, however are only required or expected to take applicable training courses. Follow the guidance outlined by your program or in the Self Enrollment Instructions to determine which modules are required.

For additional information, visit: https://www.nova.edu/ehs/educational-services.html

 

Writing and Communication Center

Nova Southeastern University's Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center (WCC) is an innovative workspace where students, consultants, and faculty come together, in person and online, to talk about writing and communication.

Staffed by trained professional and peer writing consultants, the WCC offers individualized writing and communication assistance to all NSU students. Students are welcome to work with us on all types of academic writing and communication projects at any stage of the writing process, from brainstorming to editing. https://www.nova.edu/wcc/index.html

 

RedCAP

REDCap is a secure web platform for building and managing online databases and surveys. REDCap provides automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to Excel and common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata, R), as well as a built-in project calendar, a scheduling module, ad hoc reporting tools, and advanced features, such as branching logic, file uploading, and calculated fields. https://redcap.nova.edu/redcap/index.php

For additional information, visit:

Sashah Damier
REDCap Support Specialist
sd794@nova.edu

 

EndNote

Clarivate Analytics offers a suite of research software solutions for managing citations. EndNote® is available as a downloadable option for your computer and an online option that you may access via any Internet connected computer. EndNote® provides hundreds of formatting styles, and provides the industry standards for publishing and managing bibliographies and reference lists. 

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) has licensed Clarivate's EndNote products listed below for authorized use by all NSU faculty, staff, and students who have permission to download, install, and use this software on personal computers and laptops. 

For additional information, visit: https://www.nova.edu/citation-management/index.html

For additional assistance, contact: https://www.nova.edu/oiit/technical-support/index.html

BMJ Case Reports

An institutional fellowship to BMJ Case Reports is offered for students where you can submit a manuscript without a fee. Please contact Julia Sarpy for the code to access BMJ Case Reports. The link for access is provided: https://libguides.nova.edu/c.php?g=112249&p=4733201

For additional information, please contact:

Julia Sarpy
Librarian III- Reference
jsarpy@nova.edu

 

Library Guides

You can go can access Manuscript Matchers to search for appropriate journals for your research and see whether they charge for Article Processing (APCs), https://libguides.nova.edu/c.php?g=112249&p=724205

For additional information, please contact:

Julia Sarpy
Librarian III- Reference
jsarpy@nova.edu

 

Cureus Journal

To publish a publication in the Cureus journal, please follow the author guide link below. In addition, for proper submission, where being a student within KPCOM, you will not incur fees, please submit through the flagship channel link below. Attached is more information about Cureus publication.

Author Guide: https://www.cureus.com/author_guide

FLAGSHIP homepage: https://www.cureus.com/channels/flagship

For further information, contact:

Beth Gilbert                                                                                                                                
Instructor, Science Grant Writer                                                                                                     
bgilbert1@nova.edu

KPCOM Student Research Opportunities

KPCOM students can participate in research within the medical curriculum, research elective courses as well as awards and fellowships. These opportunities include: COM 9600 research elective courses, the OMS-II Research Fellowship, Dr. Kenneth Burnell Student Research Award and the Blue Ribbon Fellowship (OMS-IV). Each of these opportunities engages students in the research process, providing them insight into what research entails and how the results of these efforts impact clinical practice and future research efforts.

For additional information and resources, visit: https://osteopathic.nova.edu/research/student.html

For further information, contact:

Randell Gregg, Ph.D
Director of Student Research
rgregg1@nova.edu

Julia Sarpy

Julia Sarpy assists with the following library services:

  • Impact factor
  • Journal finding
  • Library search on topics
  • Literature review
  • Finding the appropriate journal 

For additional information, visit: https://libguides.nova.edu/faculty-services

For additional assistance, contact:

Julia Sarpy
Librarian III- Reference
jsarpy@nova.edu

 

Beth Gilbert

  • Grant and medical writer/editor, providing support to faculty in the development of grant proposals and manuscripts from research idea to final submission
  • Provides assistance during all aspects of the grant, manuscript, and medical writing/editing/review process.
  • Assists both faculty and students with manuscript publication through the Cureus channel platform.

For additional assistance, contact:

Beth Gilbert
Instructor, Science Grant Writer
bgilbert1@nova.edu

 

Writing and Communication Center

Staffed by trained professional and peer writing consultants, the WCC offers individualized writing and communication assistance to all NSU students. Students are welcome to work with us on all types of academic writing and communication projects at any stage of the writing process, from brainstorming to editing.

For additional information, visit: https://www.nova.edu/wcc/index.html

For additional assistance, contact: