RDoC Training Meeting Agenda

NIMH Research Domain Criteria
Training Meeting

DAY 1
Conference Room A

1:00pm Greeting and introductions

1:30pm Update from RDoC Unit

2:00pm Update from the training office

2:45pm Break

3:00pm (split session)

PIs: Teaching about RDoC for training directors (remain in Conf A)

Trainees: Meet with NIMH Program Officers (will be escorted to room 7102)
*you will be able to hang your posters at this time.

4:00pm Balancing RDoC with traditional perspectives on mental health research

5:00pm – 6:00pm Poster session (room 7102)

DAY 2
Conference Room A

8:30am Greeting and intro to Day 2

8:45am Break out groups: Roadblocks and problems encountered in implementing RDoC in training, for example:

• What has been effective in getting past them?

• What training resources have sites identified as useful?

• How can NIMH help?

• How do accreditation requirements affect incorporation of RDoC?

• What resources would be useful?

10:00am Break

10:15am Report-out and discussion

11:15am Incorporating RDoC in different professional areas and at different stages of training, for example:

• Career planning in the age of RDoC

• Selecting a topic for a career development award vs. a long-term program of research

• What would your K award vs your R01 application look like?

• Exclusion/Inclusion criteria

• Data analytic techniques – should you include computational techniques, include more statistical expertise

• Timing and techniques – what population will you sample, and how often will you sample them?

12:15pm Lunch will be delivered to the room

12:45pm Break out groups: Practical applications of RDoC in training, including

• Designing a draft curriculum

• What would an RDoC journal club look like?

1:45pm Making RDoC more relevant and increasing buy-in, including:

• Making RDoC relevant to clinician scientists and clinicians

• Incentivize use of the RDoC framework outside of specific RDoC FOAs to integrate RDoC with research efforts at large.

2:45pm – 3:00pm Closing remarks