Shapiro Resources

• Introduction to the Shapiro Summer Research Program (pdf slides)
  Slides from Dr. Tsenkova’s presentation: Become familiar with the program, learn how to find and select projects and mentors, and know the timeline for the application process.
  Learn how to understand requirements for Shapiro applications, know what reviewers look for and avoid pitfalls, and get application tips and know next steps.
• How to write a Successful Shapiro Proposal (pdf slides, February 2025) and Lecture. (Video – NetID required) Recorded in February 2024. Duration: 27 minutes.
• Questions for Shapiro Mentor (pdf)
  Sample List of Questions to Guide Your Initial Conversations with Potential Shapiro Mentors
• M1 Summer Independent International Research
  Information for students interested in an international Shapiro. Global Health ONLY.
• Chart Review 101: Making the Most of a Shapiro Summer (pdf)
  Lauren Penn, Justyn Nguyen, Benjamin Johnson, Katie Yang, MS and Tabassum Kennedy, MD
  Video (NetID required) Recorded on: June 15, 2023. Duration: 21 minutes
• Path of Distinction in Research (pdf)
  Path of Distinction in Research workshop slides, which include the program description, timeline, detailed requirements, FAQs, and information on how to apply.
• Shapiro List of Student Projects, 2017-2019

• Research Forum and How to Write an Abstract 2025: Slides (pdf – NetID Required) and Lecture. (Video – NetID required) Recorded on: June 9,2024. Duration: 25:45. Dr. Tsenkova’s Slides and lecture from “Research Forum and How to Write an Effective Abstract”
  You can also look at the abstracts from past research forums to see examples of abstracts. (Go to the table at the bottom of the page to find the abstracts.)
• Biostatistics Lecture. (Video – NetID required)
  Ron Gangnon, PhD
  This is a “Part 2” of the Biostatistics lecture that was presented to the M1s in FFF.
  View the Powerpoint Slides from Dr. Gangnon’s presentation
  Recorded on: June 6, 2023. Duration: 1:10
• Ebling Library Resources and Citation Managers.  (Video – NetID required)
  Ebling librarians Leslie Christensen and Paije Wilson will lead a workshop on library resources, citation management software, and a brief demo on one of the available citation programs, EndNote Basic.
  View the Powerpoint slides from this presentation.
  Recorded on: June 8, 2023. Duration: 57 minutes
  
• Health Disparities (Video – NetID required)
  Amy Kind, MD/PhD
  An introduction to the concepts of mechanistic health disparities research theory, social-biological phenotyping, multi-level analytics, and the exposome.
  Recorded on: June 23, 2022. Duration: 51 minutes
• Scientific Writing 1. Dr. Kling:
  Part 1: https://videos.med.wisc.edu/videos/101094 (Video – NetID required)
  Recorded on: June 11, 2021. Duration: 51 minutes
  Part 2: https://videos.med.wisc.edu/videos/101177 (Video – NetID required)
  Recorded on: June 25, 2021. Duration: 54 minutes

Dr. Kling’s Scientific Communication Course

Please note: NetID login is required to view any of these videos and the optional reading.

• Introduction to Scientific Communication
  Recorded on: May 8, 2020. Duration: 1:13
  Introduction to research lecture series, communication between you and your mentor, and scientific communication strategies & writing as storytelling.
  Optional Reading: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/3tpb3156wqulcxl105pcjgxzt4vtk2le
• Study Design
  Recorded on: May 19, 2020. Duration: 1:09
  Discussing study designs, qualitative designs, sample sizes, p values, study quality & mistakes, missing values, subgroups and endpoints, and nonhuman studies.
  Optional Reading: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/kjot0y54n0olaymulskn7b1r1vvltq10
• Ethics of Human Research & Data Safety
  Recorded on: May 26, 2020. Duration: 1:16
  Defining human research, regulations, principles of research, consent & assent, vulnerable populations, conflicts of interest & misconduct.
  Optional Reading: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/xurqjhv599e67039m3yjwm2m7kxfhse8
• Decision Trees in Research Part 1
  June 1, 2020. Duration: 0:47
  Recorded on: Introduction to statistics using decision trees, with continuous & categorical data, prediction, correlation, receiver operator curves, survival analysis & qualitative analysis.
  Optional Reading: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/vt4wb0trgu997zbceg9hjjv7klw1489j
• Decision Trees in Research Part 2
  Recorded on: June 2, 2020. Duration: 0:51
  Introduction to statistics using decision trees, with continuous & categorical data, prediction, correlation, receiver operator curves, survival analysis & qualitative analysis.
  Optional Reading: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/vt4wb0trgu997zbceg9hjjv7klw1489j
• Authorship
  Recorded on: June 8, 2020. Duration: 1:06
  Discussing authorships benefits, conflicts, order of authors, scenarios, peer review, retractions, duplicate publication.
  Optional Reading:  https://uwmadison.box.com/s/1gq6td0y8vhowayfg1le63xte3i1gruy
• Writing Patterns
  Recorded on: June 9, 2020. Duration: 1:00
  Writing resources, architecture of scientific writing, abstracts, oral communication & original manuscripts.
  Optional Reading: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/1yf442xhdpdmji1nttte3mrl74jvqptq
• Publication Types, Editorial Oversight & Regulations
  Recorded on: June 15, 2020. Duration: 1:05
  Publication types, editorial oversight & regulations, open access, predatory journals, anatomy of manuscript types, strategies for submission.
  Optional Reading: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/7w9vl2uvh3b8jovdirvgviyodzaigxko