Research in Radiology

1. Research in Radiology Arash Kamali, MD

2. Resident Research Committee (RRC) • Arash Kamali Neuroradiology • Roy Riascos Neuroradiology • Venkateswar Surabhi Body imaging • Steven Chua Body imaging • Nicholas Beckmann MSK imaging • Mina Hanna Thoracic imaging • Hongying He Breast imaging • ? IR

3. Resident Research Committee (RRC) • Joan Dela Cruz Administrative Coordinator • Usha Menon, PhD Research Program Manager • Khader Hasan, PhD Neuroradiology • Refaat Gabr, PhD Neuroradiology • Manoj Mathew, MD • Nathan Doyle, MD

4. Google calendar, Resident projects https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ov6ZNarPoSssC3DDog6BOKqZrRtNRPsLS3WiY5RrLmM/edit?usp=sharing

5. Google calendar, faculty research projecthttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eRCUIMKAvo7ZlobY4iTxIawcCQnF3cHI0m_0OWWHzmg/edit?usp=sharing

6. Google calendar, faculty research projecthttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eRCUIMKAvo7ZlobY4iTxIawcCQnF3cHI0m_0OWWHzmg/edit?usp=sharing

7. Goals of RRC • To promote research as part of diagnostic radiology training • To engage residents earlier in their field of subspecialty interest • To incentivize the residents to do research by making research available and fun.

8. Research in Radiology • Research in radiology is easy • Fun to do • Required • Mostly retrospective • All about imaging

9. Research • Tons of topics in many fields of radiology • Will help land in great fellowships and academic jobs • Data is already there • Look up the literature and list of projects in google calendar by different faculty • Pick the one you like • In house statistician Dr. Xu Zhang

10. Expectations • First year residents to pick a longitudinal project by the end of their first year • Check out the research projects available by the PI faculty • Should fill the RRC google account, the name of the project and the PI attending • Two half a day academic time a month

11. Dedicated Research Month • Starting 2019-2020 academic year the second years get a dedicated month of research • Have to meet with RRC faculty beforehand to pick a research project • Needs to do CITI training to get IRB approval before the research month block

12. Research block

13. Dedicated Research Month • Have to be present at the hospital in regular hours • Have to have results ready by the end of the month to present in front of the RRC meeting • A 10 minute talk is expected from each resident at the RRC meeting which would receive guidance and feedback from RRC members.

14. Research month • Pick a project based on the field of interest. Specifically if already know the field of subspecialty • Can always switch the field of interest and PI • Can participate in research at MDA or TCH • Dr. Huisman TCH • Dr. Kumar MDA

15. How to create a research presentation Arash Kamali, MD Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging of University of Texas in Houston

16. Each research presentation, regardless of your field of study, should contain some common sections Introduction Background/Literature Review Research Question(s) Research Methods Findings/Data Discussion/Conclusion(s) Future Research References Acknowledgements Questions

17. Background of the PowerPoint Use simple backgrounds that provide some visual interest Always use the same background throughout the presentation Try not to use backgrounds that are distracting or make it difficult to read the words

18. Research title Each presentation will have a title slideThe title slide must contain the title of your project, which must be the same title you used for your abstract submissionIt must include your name, your faculty mentor’s name and department, and the name and location of your institution

21. Fonts Fonts should be standard and easy to read Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri The title of the slide should be about 44-point The body of the slide should be about 22-point CAPITALIZE ONLY TO MAKE A POINT – NOT ALL THE TIME

22. Slide Layout Avoid text heavy slides Avoid full paragraphs unless quoting Create a slide for each main point because it Keeps presentation focused Helps the audience concentrate on each point Prevents audience from reading ahead

23. Don’t Populate your slides • Briefly in the form of bullets describe how you plan verify your hypothesis or realize the objective of the project • Briefly describe the background that led to this project. This usually involves a brief review of the relevant literature. Also describe what are the deficiencies or gaps of the published studies and how the project will fill the gaps and/or correct the deficiencies or gaps in the published studies. • You want to convey what’s been done and how your research is different or an improvement. • Describe the experimental or analysis methods that will be employed. Provide statistical arguments for the sample size and statistical methods that will be used for analysis of the results. Also indicate the anticipated results. Point out the limitations of the proposed studies as you see them. • References to published studies form the basis for this project. Also describe what are the deficiencies or gaps of the published studies and how the project will fill the gaps and/or correct the deficiencies or gaps in the published studies.

24. TITLE SLIDE Each presentation will have a title slide The title slide must contain the title of your project, which must be the same title you used for your abstract submission

25. TITLE SLIDE People will decide whether they want to attend your presentation based only on your title and abstract It must include your name, your faculty mentor’s name and department, and the name and location of your institution

26. INTRODUCTIONBackground/Literature review In this section you want to inform your audience of all the relevant background information of your research project You want to convey what’s been done and how your research is different or an improvement This is the section where you should explain why this research is important

27. Research Question(s) State your research question – it should stand alone on this slide This section should be short and only be one to two sentences We set out to explore if the fornix is traceable using a high spatial resolution DTI tractography protocol on 3T.

28. Research Methods In this section you should share with your audience how you went about collecting and analyzing your data Subjects Scanner IRB approval Statistics

29. Findings/Data In this section you want to clearly organize and display your data and findings This is where graphs, charts and images are most helpful Let the data do the talking in this section and just explain the graphs, charts and images that you are presenting to your audience You will analyze and discuss this data in the next section

30. Results Results Figure 1.3D superior View of limbic pathways on T1 W map. Cingulum (green), and fornix (blue)

31. Graph

32. Discussion/Conclusion This section is a concise summary of your main findings Ideally you should be able to state the answer to your research question that you initially posed in the beginning If you have only begun to answer your research question tell the audience what you know so far and what you plan to do next to fully answer that question

33. Discussion/Conclusion • This is also where you will analyze and discuss the answers you obtained from the data you showed on the previous slides • Do not make this slide too overwhelming, but rather keep it to the main findings

34. Future Research Not all presentations will have this section, but at your stage of research you will most likely have future research goals. State your goals in a bulleted format Add a sentence about why you believe the research should go in this direction You may want to briefly mention how you plan to implement these research goals

35. References In this section you do not want to include your entire reference list that is in your research paper It’s best to include 3-5 key references Be sure your references are in the proper format (APA, ASA, ACS, MLA or Chicago style) for your field of study

36. Acknowledgement • This section is used to thank the people, programs and funding agencies that allowed you to perform your research. Be sure to thank: • Your faculty mentor • Any post-docs or graduate students that may have helped you • And anyone else you may want to add

37. Questions? • It’s great to include a final slide that simply says “Questions?” or “Any Questions?” in the center of the slide

38. Thank you for your attention ! • Always thank the audience for their time and attention.