Transcript Scientific or Peer Review Process

Moderator:
Kevin T. Fuji, Pharm.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Assistant Director
Center for Health Services Research and Patient Safety
Objectives
 Understand the peer review process for grant
submissions
 Improve grant writing by understanding how the grant
application is viewed from a reviewers’ perspective
Panelists

Shirley A. Blanchard, Ph.D., ABDA, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Kimberly A. Galt, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Assistant Vice Provost for Multidisciplinary Health Sciences Research
Associate Dean for Research; Schools of Dentistry, Nursing, and Pharmacy and Health Professions

Sonia M. Rocha-Sanchez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences
School of Dentistry

Patrick C. Swanson, Ph.D.
Professor
Graduate Program Director
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine
What is Scientific/Peer Review?
 Process by which grant applications are reviewed and
scored for scientific merit
NIH Mock Study Section
 NIH Peer Review Revealed
 http://public.csr.nih.gov/aboutcsr/contactcsr/pages/con
tactorvisitcsrpages/nih-grant-review-process-youtubevideos.aspx
Panel Discussion
 Provide an overview of your experience as a grant reviewer.
How was it similar or different from the NIH mock study
section?
 How does your approach change when you are reviewing
grant applications for different funding agencies?
 What are the 3 most important things you look for when
reviewing applications?
 What is the most common mistake that you see
investigators make in their grant application?
Q & A Session
 Shirley A. Blanchard, Ph.D., ABDA, OTR/L, FAOTA
 National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
 Kimberly A. Galt, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
 National Institutes of Health (NIH)
 Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
 Veterans Affairs (VA)
 Sonia M. Rocha-Sanchez, Ph.D.
 National Institutes of Health (NIH)
 National Science Foundation (NSF)
 Patrick C. Swanson, Ph.D.
 American Cancer Society
 National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Resources
 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
 http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/peerrev/peerproc.htm
 American Cancer Society
 http://www.cancer.org/research/applyforaresearchgrant/peerreviewco
mmittees/index
 National Institutes of Health
 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/peer_review_process.htm
 National Science Foundation
 http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/meritreview/
 Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
 http://www.pcori.org/get-involved/reviewers/become-scientificreviewer/