Scholars will participate in weekly workshops and seminars led by SHARP mentors and other local experts in HIV prevention research. A tentative schedule of topics/activities for the Summer 2014 program are listed below. Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

Tentative Timing Topic/Activity
Week 1 Meet and Greet, Lunch with mentor & Orientation Sessions
Week 1 Study Design & Considerations Part I (Choosing Research Question, Research Designs)
Week 1 Study Design & Considerations Part II (Questionnaire Design)
Week 1 Social Outing (afternoon/evening)
Week 2 Scholar & Alumni Peer Mentoring Matching Event (evening)
Week 2 Works-in-Progress (discussion and guidance for scholar research projects)
Week 2 Meet The Mentors Panel
Week 2 Qualitative Research Methods: Interviews & Focus Groups
Week 3 Works-in-Progress
Week 3 Qualitative Dataset Walk-Through (optional)
Week 3 Stats 101
Week 3 Quantitative Dataset Walk-Through (optional)
Week 4 Movie from LGBT Film Fest TBD
Week 4 Responsible Conduct of Research: Informed Consent & Research Misconduct
Week 4 Community-Based Participatory Research
Week 4 Good Participatory Practices
Week 5 March with Pride Contingent
Week 5 Works-in-Progress
Week 5 HIV/AIDS & Health Disparities
Week 6 Social Event TBD (evening)
Week 6 PrEP & Microbicides: Optimizing Adherence
Week 6 HIV Vaccines
Week 6 Treatment as Prevention
Week 7 Oral Presentations 101
Week 7 Field Trip to Health clinic
Week 7 Scholar Mini-Presentations
Week 8 Film Night (evening)
Week 8 Scholar Mini-Presentations
Week 8 Substance Use & HIV
Week 8 HIV & Mental Health
Week 9 Works-in-Progress
Week 9 Causal inference & threats to validity
Week 9 Responsible Conduct of Research: Authorship & Mentoring
Week 10 Social Event TBD (evening)
Week 10 Manuscript Writing: Part I
Week 10 Manuscript Writing: Part II
Week 10 Writing Clinic
Week 11 Practice Run of Presentations
Week 11 SHARP Research Symposium: Final Project Presentations
Week 12 Panel: Graduate School and Beyond
Week 12 Applying for Graduate School
Week 12 Conference Abstract Clinic
Week 12 Transitioning from Mentee to Mentor
Week 12 Farewell Picnic Lunch

“I found the seminars on research methods, manuscript writing, and Community Based Good Participatory research methods to be extremely valuable.” -Jenese Jackson, 2012 SHARP Scholar

“Through the program’s seminars, I learned some of the basics of research in areas of importance to public health – more importantly though, I felt the excitement that many of our guest speakers exuded when they spoke about their own research. I got a similar sense of eagerness and drive from a panel of TAPS Fellows who spoke about their own career paths and their current trajectories.” -Martín Padilla, 2012 SHARP Scholar