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Upcoming Training Opportunity:

Pitt Facility Director/Manager Summer Course on Leadership and Management

Pitt School of Business and Pitt Research

Course dates: 18 May – 22 May; Enrollment limited to 16

Facility Directors and managers play an essential role in Pitt’s research enterprise, and investing in your future success is paramount to our collective success. If you are interested in networking with others who share your role, while building knowledge that will leverage your abilities, then we hope that you will consider applying for the one-week limited-enrollment Summer Course on Leadership and Management.

This course is designed to foster leadership, strategic thinking, and innovative problem-solving.  Participants will engage in activities supporting analysis of new and existing capabilities, customers and collaborations.  Time will be available at the end of each day to read material that will be used to support the following day’s activities.  Time will also be dedicated to exploring ways for knowledge-sharing and collaboration with other directors in similar roles across the university. 

Application Requirements

  1. Personal and Professional Information: Provide your full name, current position, organization, and contact details.
  2. Statement of Interest: Briefly describe your motivation for attending the summer course and how it aligns with your professional development goals.
  3. Problem or Business Topic Paragraph: Include a paragraph outlining a specific problem you would like to solve within your facility or a business-related topic you are eager to learn about during the course. This could relate to operational challenges, leadership development, innovation strategies, or any area where you seek growth or improvement.
  4. 100 Word Bio: Attach a current bio highlighting your relevant experience.
  5. Photo: Attach a current head shot for your fellow classmates

Submission Guidelines

This application process is designed to ensure that participants are engaged, motivated, and prepared to make the most of this unique learning opportunity.

This course is funded by the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research.

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About

CFAR Core D: Clinical Sciences

Overview of Equipment and Services

The Rustbelt Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), a partnership between Case Western Reserve University and the University of Pittsburgh, provides administrative and shared research support to enhance and coordinate high quality HIV related research through its core facilities. CFAR Core D Clinical Sciences partners with the University of Pittsburgh Clinical Research Unit (CRU), which is an outpatient clinical trials research unit devoted to the study of experimental treatments and tests for HIV infection and its complications. CFAR Core D, through the University of Pittsburgh CRU, provides rapid access to existing clinical data and repository samples, on-demand acquisition of fresh biologic samples, including hard-to-acquire tissue samples, regulatory support, database development, and community outreach. Personalized services are provided to identify and obtain the most appropriate services for each project.

Location and Hours of Operation

Primary: 3520 Fifth Avenue Suite 510, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213

Primary : 4813

Days of the Week

Hours open

Monday – Friday

7:00 am – 3:30 pm

Resources

  • CFAR Core D Clinical Sciences website
  • Please acknowledge the “Rustbelt Center for AIDS Research (P30 AI036219)” in your publications, abstracts, grant proposals and presentations resulting from research projects for which you have received funding, core services, or mentorship through the CWRU/UH/Pitt Rustbelt CFAR.

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Sharon Riddler, MD
Director
 

 
riddler@pitt.edu
 
3520 Fifth Avenue Suite 510
 
Amanda Saylor, MPPM
Program Manager
 

 
ajz13@pitt.edu
 
3520 Fifth Avenue Suite 510
 

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