CSR Advisory Council Working Groups – 2019-2024
Meeting Materials & Reports
Working Groups
Table of contents
- Reviewer Evaluation
- Reviewer Recognition
- Revising Review Criteria for Fellowships
- Bias Awareness Training
- Simplifying Review Criteria for RPGs (Clinical Trials)
- Simplifying Review Criteria for RPGs (Non-Clinical Trials)
- Early Career Reviewer
- Review Integrity Training
Reviewer Evaluation
Charge
To advise CSR on a conceptual framework and formal process for efficient, effective, and transparent reviewer performance assessment.
CSR Advisory Council Members
Karen Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.,
Arizona State University
Anton Bennett, Ph.D.,
Yale University
Matthew Carpenter, Ph.D.,
Medical University of South Carolina
Narasimhan Rajaram, Ph.D.,
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Lynn Yee, M.D., M.P.H.,
Northwestern University
Co-Chair
Working Group Ad Hocs
Catherine Fox, Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin–Madison
James Moody, Ph.D.,
Duke University
Daniel Woo, M.D.,
University of Cincinnati
NIH Staff
Stephanie Constant, Ph.D.,
OD
Miriam Mintzer, Ph.D.,
CSR
Delia Olufokunbi Sam, Ph.D.,
CSR
Co-Chair
Elena Smirnova, Ph.D.,
CSR
Reviewer Recognition
Charge
To identify actions CSR could take to ensure that the value of peer review and the contributions of peer reviewers are recognized broadly in the biomedical community.
CSR Advisory Council Members
Leopoldo Cabassa, M.S.W., Ph.D.,
Washington University in St. Louis
Jonathan Epstein, M.D.,
University of Pennsylvania
Christine Hendon, Ph.D.,
Columbia University
Michelle Janelsins-Benton, Ph.D.,
University of Rochester
Co-Chair
Working Group Ad Hocs
Tara Deans, Ph.D.,
The University of Utah
Rodney Kiplin Guy, Ph.D.,
University of Kentucky
Paul Tchounwou, Ph.D.,
Morgan State University
NIH Staff
Kristin Kramer, Ph.D.,
CSR
Co-Chair
Maqsood Wani, Ph.D.,
CSR
Revising Review Criteria for Fellowships
Charge
To advise CSR on changes in language of the fellowship review criteria that would ensure the most fair, objective and rigorous assessment of the candidate and his/her potential to become a well-trained, strong scientist to address our nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs.
CSR Advisory Council Members
Elizabeth Villa, Ph.D.,
University of California San Diego
Chair
Scott Miller, Ph.D.,
Yale University
Narasimhan Rajaram, Ph.D.,
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Working Group Ad Hocs
Michael Burton, Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Dallas
Barbara Kazmierczak, MD, Ph.D.,
Yale University
School of Medicine
Robin Queen, Ph.D.,
Virginia Tech
Nathan Vanderford, Ph.D.,
University of Kentucky
Judith Yanowitz, Ph.D.,
Magee-Womens Research Institute
NIH Staff
Bruce Reed, Ph.D.,
Center for Scientific Review
Co-Chair
Ericka Boone, Ph.D.,
Director, Division of Loan Repayment, NIH
Alison Gammie, Ph.D.,
Director, Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Lystranne Maynard-Smith, Ph.D.,
Center for Scientific Review
Cibu Thomas, Ph.D.,
Center for Scientific Review
Bias Awareness Training
Charge
The working group is acting as an external advisory committee to provide a broad range of perspectives in the development of training to ensure that scenarios and strategies to mitigate biases presented in the training are realistic, practical, and represent the most common instances of positive and negative bias in peer review.
CSR Advisory Council Members
Scott Miller, Ph.D.,
Yale University
Julie Price, Ph.D.,
Harvard Medical School
Working Group Ad Hocs
Doug Andres, Ph.D.,
University of Kentucky
Markus Brauer, Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin Madison
Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Ph.D.,
University of Texas, Austin
Carlos Crespo, Ph.D.,
Portland State University
Karine Gibbs, Ph.D.,
University of California, Berkeley
Xuemei Huang, Ph.D.,
Pennsylvania State University
Rakale Quarells, Ph.D.,
Morehouse School of Medicine
Narasimhan Rajaram, Ph.D.,
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Germán Rosas-Acosta, Ph.D.,
University of Texas at El Paso
Steve Varga, Ph.D.,
University of Iowa
NIH Staff
Hope Cummings, Ph.D.,
CSR
Kristin Kramer, Ph.D.,
CSR
Co-Chair
Charlene Le Fauve, Ph.D.,
NIH Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity
Michael Sesma, Ph.D.,
NIGMS
Tasmeen Weik, Ph.D.,
Chair
Simplifying Review Criteria for RPGs (Clinical Trials)
Charge
Recommend changes to research project grant review criteria that will improve review outcomes and reduce reviewer burden for clinical trials applications.
CSR AC Meeting – March 29, 2021
Presentation – Simplifying Review Criteria – Final Recommendations
Final Report
CSR AC Meeting – March 30, 2020
Presentation – Simplifying Review Criteria for Clinical Trials – Interim Recommendations
CSR Advisory Council Members
Alfred George, M.D.,
Northwestern University
Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D.,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Tonya Palermo, Ph.D.,
University of Washington
Co-chair
Working Group Ad Hocs
Brian Boyd, Ph.D.,
University of Kansas
Matthew Carpenter, Ph.D.,
Medical University of South Carolina
Michelle Janelsins, Ph.D.,
University of Rochester Medical Center
Brooks King-Casas, Ph.D.,
Virginia Tech University
Pamela Munster, M.D.,
University of California San Francisco
NIH Staff
Sally Amero, Ph.D.,
Office of Extramural Research
Bruce Reed, Ph.D.,
Co-Chair
Simplifying Review Criteria for RPGs (Non-Clinical Trials)
Charge
Recommend changes to research project grant review criteria that will improve review outcomes and reduce reviewer burden for non-clinical trials applications.
CSR AC Meeting – March 30, 2020
Presentation – Simplifying Review Criteria for Non-Clinical Trials
CSR Advisory Council Members
Jinming Gao, Ph.D.,
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Alfred George, M.D.,
Northwestern University
Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D.,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Deanna Kroetz, Ph.D.,
University of California, San Francisco
José López, M.D.,
Bloodworks Northwest Research Institute
Tonya Palermo, Ph.D.,
University of Washington
Co-chair
Working Group Ad Hocs
Kevin Corbett, Ph.D.,
University of California, San Diego
Michelle Janelsins, Ph.D.,
University of Rochester Medical Center
Brooks King-Casas, Ph.D.,
Virginia Tech University
NIH Staff
Sally Amero, Ph.D.,
Office of Extramural Research
Bruce Reed, Ph.D.,
Co-Chair
Early Career Reviewer
Charge
A working group was convened in 2019 to explore ways in which CSR might reduce the large backlog in the Early Career Reviewer database and to re-evaluate the criteria for the program. The working group met in July to discuss possible changes to the program and their report was considered by the CSR Advisory Council on September 23, 2019. The report summarizes the recommendations of the working group and the final recommendations made by CSR Advisory Council.
CSR AC Meeting – Sept 23, 2019
Presentation
Final Report
Work Product – Recommendations for Adoption
CSR Advisory Council
CSR SROs
Mark Peifer, Ph.D.,
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Co-Chair
Elizabeth Villa, Ph.D.,
University of California San Diego
Co-Chair
Kristin Kramer, Ph.D.,
CSR
Co-Chair
Antonello Pileggi, Ph.D.,
CSR
Former Early Career Reviewers (Ad hoc)
Vinay Aakalu, M.D., MPH,
University of Illinois, Chicago
Lisa Jones, Ph.D.,
University of Maryland
Stephanie Cook, Ph.D., MPH,
New York University
Manuel Llano, M.D., Ph.D.,
University of Texas EL Paso
Review Integrity Training
Charge
Raise reviewer awareness of review integrity issues through the development of a web-based training module.
CSR AC Meeting – September 23, 2019
Presentation – Integrity in the Peer Review Process
Work Product – CSR Reviewer Training Module – Peer Review Integrity
CSR AC Meeting – March 25, 2019
Presentation – Integrity in the Peer Review Process
CSR Advisory Council Members
Scott Miller, Ph.D.,
Yale University
Dr. Jinming Gao, Ph.D.,
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Deanna Kroetz, Ph.D.,
University of California San Francisco
Dr. Tonya Palermo, Ph.D.,
University of Washington
Dr. Denise Wilfley, Ph.D.,
Washington University St. Louis
NIH Staff
Dr. Kathyrn Koeller, Ph.D.,
CSR Research & Review Integrity Officer
Dr. Miriam Mintzer, Ph.D.,
CSR
Dr. Raul Rojas, Ph.D.,
CSR
