All Testimonials
Thank you for the informative course and resources!
Anonymous
Thank you! Great learning experience and well-prepared sessions.
Anonymous
Great introductory session!!
Anonymous
This was simply an outstanding and very well presented tutorial.
Anonymous
Great course. Speaker was excellent and very informative. Thank you!
Anonymous
Instructor and moderator were great! I learned a lot from this course.
Anonymous
Great course, thank you! I learned a lot.
Anonymous
Great course! Thank you so much for all of your guidance!
Anonymous
Instructor was clearly experienced with Insight and gave helpful examples from her own work. Lots of useful tips, left me better prepared to use Insight in my own work!
Anonymous
The instructor was great. We had time to practice skills.
Anonymous
The material was explained well and the slides that went along were also helpful!
Anonymous
Thank you all for putting together this presentation and catalog of helpful resources!
Anonymous
Michael was a great instructor. He was very enthusiastic and lead the workshop with ease. By the end of the session, I felt very comfortable locating veins, using a needle and performing a blood draw — skills that were previously illusive.
Anonymous
Hi Dr. Miller, Thank you again SO MUCH for the wonderful consultation last week- it really “tightened” up my training plan and gave me a clearer perspective on how to write to make reading easier for the reviewers.
Anonymous
Hi Karen, I wanted to let you know that I got my impact score for my K08 this weekend: 18… I’m proud of this score. Thanks so much for your help – I couldn’t have done it without you!
Anonymous
Thanks, Andy, this is very helpful. You’re very generous with your time and that’s much appreciated on my end!
Anonymous
Outstanding – building hands-on skills, peer relationships, and directly improving specific grant!
Anonymous
Dear Karen, I wanted to share with you the good news – my K23 is being funded! The Conquering the K course was excellent and the consults I did with you were incredibly helpful. The reviewers’ comments continually said how responsive to feedback I was and I owe much of that to your guidance and feedback of how to be responsive. Thank you so much for all of your support!
Anonymous
Hi Karen, Hope you are having a good summer! I just wanted to follow up and let you know that my K08 re-submission received a solidly fundable score (IS 16). Many tanks again for all your assistance with the process — I truly appreciate it!
Anonymous
Dear Karen, I wanted to share the exciting news that I received the notice of award for my K23! Thank you so much for your mentorship and support of my resubmission.
Anonymous
Hi Karen, Just wanted to let you know that I got the NoA for my K08! Thank you so much for all of your help with this process. I could not have done it without you!
Anonymous
Hi Dr. Miller, I hope all is well. I wanted to share the good news that my K99/R00 re-submission application has finally been awarded! Thank you so much for all your help and support, I think it was instrumental and I really appreciate it.
Anonymous
Just wanted to share some great news- I was awarded a CMeRIT this week!! You were actually the one who taught me about that mechanism during one of your K workshops in Dec 2021 and had encouraged me to apply. I’m still moving forward with the K08 submission in October that you have been so helpful with during our consult sessions, but boy, this is such a relief!
Anonymous
Hi Karen, Here is my summary statement for the K08. They were happy with the training plan so thanks again for helping fix that!
Anonymous
Dr. Miller is an amazing resource for trainees submitting K grants. She has helped me tremendously in improving my application, including today.
Anonymous
Working with Teresa to develop a Clinical Research Orientation course has been a wonderful experience. Teresa has done such a fantastic job leading us through course development, she has made a number of suggestions to improve the course and her course design is amazing. We are really close to launching the course and cannot wait! Thank you so much Teresa!
Anonymous
Teresa has made the an idea become reality! She has gone beyond our expectations! We thought we would make a powerpoint module but Teresa took our ideas to new heights! Now our project is interactive and full of life and personality which will keep participants engaged in the learning! One of many examples of her passion for the material is she looked up academic journals discussing what makes an effective online learning modules within nursing! She has thought about each critical detail in the design which has made this an outstanding module and we cannot wait to share it! Thank you Teresa for you hard-work, commitment, organization, and innovative ideas!
Anonymous
Teresa La is incredible. She has been assisting us with a project and I am just amazed at how smart, talented, and diligent she is. Teresa made a project that seemed almost impossible come to life with such ease and it will be such a valuable resource for future clinical research nurses. I have learned so much working with her and I am so thankful for this experience.
Anonymous
Teresa La has been valuable in getting our course off the ground and turning it into a viable, engaging tutorial. She has a wealth of knowledge about best practices for learning and has been a pleasure to work with!
Anonymous
The OpenCourses platform has become a key asset in enabling our department’s move toward online training. Moreover, Teresa’s up-front and ongoing support has been essential in guiding us through the course creation process. We are very grateful for this resource and the hard work that has gone into its creation and upkeep.
Anonymous
Division of Clinical Research has been incredibly helpful in development of my course. They have guided me through every step of the process, patiently answered my multiple questions and provided helpful examples. The broad array of advanced technologies available for course design makes it possible to create rich and sophisticated educational offerings.
Anonymous
Hi Dr. Nierenberg, wanted to thank you for your time yesterday reviewing my Specific Aims. It was most helpful to hear your perspective and tips. Your willingness to give thorough feedback is immensely helpful and makes MGH an incredible place to train. Thanks!
David
This is my first course using this platform [OpenCourses]. I’ve found it easy to use and intuitive.
Anonymous
Terrific lecturers who know what they are taking about.
Anonymous
[I like] the availability of PowerPoint slides on the course site.
Anonymous
[I like] the easier interface [of OpenCourses] compared to Harvard Catalyst, or Healthstream. Great selection of courses.
Anonymous
I enjoyed using the platform [BigBlueButton]. I found it the easiest and most intuitive of the several different platforms I have used.
Anonymous
Dr. Miller was extremely helpful! Very concrete suggestions on how to improve my aims, training plan, and grantsmanship.
Anonymous
Fantastic insight with super constructive and actionable feedback- THANK YOU!
Anonymous
Dear Andy,
Just wanted to send a belated thank you for taking the time go over career development awards in detail last week. Making the transition to writing grants is a whole new ball game, and it’s great to be in a network where world-class coaches are willing to take the time to provide guidance and wisdom.
I hope to cross paths again.
Anonymous
Dear Dr. Miller,
I’m so grateful for the advice you gave me- you had helped me a lot with my Candidate Statement/Mentoring Plan, and I received near-perfect scores in these areas!
Anonymous
Hi Andy,
I just wanted to write and say thank you for all your help reviewing my R specific aims yesterday. It was incredibly helpful having this deadline for myself to finally draft them, and I especially appreciated your input on how to make things even more clear for the reviewers, your suggestion to add an impact statement at the end, and of course for answering all my questions. It was also valuable hearing your feedback on another applicant’s aims. Thank you so much again!
Anonymous
We had a wonderful experience working with Jamie and the DCR team over the past year. Since it was our first time launching this type of live online curriculum, we were not clear on how to get started and what details we needed to be aware of. Jamie provided step-by-step instruction and met with us as needed to support us along the way. Some elements included building the course page, drafting course advertisements, best practice presentation methodology and tips, and technical assistance. Jamie even gave us constructive criticism on the presentation in advance and after our session, further improving the class dynamics, and Jamie provided detailed edits on our first course’s resource document. The DCR team demonstrated professionalism and in-depth knowledge of their work and helped us with three very successful live online classes, launched over the last few months. We are confident that the DCR team members will continue their outstanding work on nurturing the MGB research community in the future.