Fellows Advancement Skills Training in Clinical Research (FAST-CaR)

The goals of the Fellows Advancement Skills Training in Clinical Research (FAST-CaR) program are to help clinical research fellows at UCSF to have a tighter-knit community and to have structured career development activities and ongoing research project feedback.

All participating fellows should be doing human subjects research and have some clinical research training. Fellows should be participating in a small group for regular feedback on their projects (works-in-progress).

The structure for this program:

• Small Groups: consist of 10-12 clinical research fellows with 3-4 faculty who meet regularly for works-in-progress sessions and group mentoring. These small groups will be about 2 hours long, scheduled on days/times/locations that are most convenient for the group. The faculty for each small group are supported by Divisions/Departments with T32 grants.
• We currently have nine small groups affiliated with FAST-CaR, but we are interested in welcoming new small groups. Current small groups affiliated with FAST-CaR are:
  • Adult and Pediatric Oncology Programs (Radiation Oncology, Neuro-Oncology, Medical Oncology), contact Li Zhang, PhD external site (opens in a new window)
  • Clinical Research Informatics Postdoctoral (CRISP) Program, contact Naomi Bardach, MD external site (opens in a new window)
  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology, contact Mandana Khalili, MD external site (opens in a new window) ; or Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA external site (opens in a new window)
  • Gerontology, contact Rebecca Sudore, MD external site (opens in a new window)
  • Learning Health System (LHS) Embedded Scientist Training and Research (E-STAR), contact Abby Sokoloff external site (opens in a new window)
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, contact Shan Ward, MDrnal site (opens in a new window)
  •  external site (openPulmonary & Critical Care, contact Carolyn Calfee, MD external site (opens in a new window)
  • Rheumatology, contact Lianne S. Gensler, MD
  • Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR), contact Alison Huang, MD, MAS external site (opens in a new window)
• Quarterly seminars: CTST will host a quarterly curriculum in half-day blocks. These quarterly seminars will build more of a community for research fellows across the campus. These are typically not recorded as they are highly interactive and require the active participation of those present.