Southwest Oncology Group Young Investigators Training Course
The Young Investigators Training Course
is designed to intensively train selected young investigators
in the Southwest Oncology Group system for protocol development,
maintenance, and administration in order to develop a cadre
of experts to quickly and efficiently develop priority studies.
For the purposes of this training, young investigators are
defined as oncology fellows in training or assistant professor
equivalents affiliated with Group institutions or otherwise
eligible for Group membership. This year's course will be held September 8-10; applications are now being accepted. Applicants should complete, sign and mail the application form with all attachments by June 13, 2008.
These young investigators are asked to produce a concept for a Southwest
Oncology Group Phase II or Phase III protocol and follow this
idea through an intensive simulation of the protocol development
process. A panel including Group leadership and the
Chair of the applicable Disease Committee reviews each application
package and chooses attendees for each training course.
At the end of the course, the investigators' ideas are presented
to the respective disease committee chairs for consideration
of activation within the Group. While no guarantee is
given that these particular ideas will be pursued within the
Group, it is hoped that the principles learned through this
workshop will produce attractive protocols that will be of
great interest within the committees.
Costs of the Young Investigators Course are covered by a generous
donation to Southwest Oncology Group from the Hope Foundation.
Application
If you are an oncology Fellow or oncology Assistant Professor or equivalent affiliated with a Southwest Oncology Group institution or otherwise eligible for Group membership, you can submit the application form now for consideration for the September 8-10, 2008 class. Complete applications must be received by June 13, 2008.
For more information, send us an e-mail via our Contact Us page
(Subject Area: Protocols) or call the Operations Office at 210-450-8808.
Southwest Oncology Group Young Investigators Training Course
These young investigators are asked to produce a concept for a Southwest
Oncology Group Phase II or Phase III protocol and follow this
idea through an intensive simulation of the protocol development
process. A panel including Group leadership and the
Chair of the applicable Disease Committee reviews each application
package and chooses attendees for each training course.
At the end of the course, the investigators' ideas are presented
to the respective disease committee chairs for consideration
of activation within the Group. While no guarantee is
given that these particular ideas will be pursued within the
Group, it is hoped that the principles learned through this
workshop will produce attractive protocols that will be of
great interest within the committees.