Member Meetings

2019 PCRC Investigator Meeting

February 28 - March 1, 2019 in Denver, Colorado

The meeting will be held at Embassy Suites Denver Downtown and will provide opportunities for learning, networking, and enhancing your skills in multi-site palliative care research. This is an annual event you won’t want to miss!

The meeting will take place Thursday, February 28^th from 1 – 5:30pm mountain time and Friday, March 1^st from 8am – 1:30 pm mountain time.

While our funding mechanism does not support the provision of food or beverages, the hotel offers a free breakfast service and happy hour for all registered guests. There is also a wide range of dining options available in the surrounding area. You are welcome to bring your own food into the meeting space. We will be encouraging all meeting participants to create lunch and dinner plans as a way to network and collaborate with other meeting attendees.

All members are invited to take part in our updated New Member Orientation Session starting at 12pm MT on 2/28 and all of the general Investigator sessions starting at 1pm on Thursday and ending Friday at 1:30pm MT.

The meeting agenda will be distributed to all PCRC members in the coming weeks.

LOCATION:
Embassy Suites Denver Downtown
1420 Stout Street
Denver, CO 80202
PCRC Rate: $174 / night + taxes and fees
Unless otherwise informed, you will be responsible for all hotel and travel expenses.
 
START TIME:
Thursday, February 28^th, 2019 @ 1:00 pm mountain time
All members are invited to attend a New Member Orientation Session from 12 - 1:00 pm mountain time.
 
END TIME:
Friday, March 1^st, 2019 @ 1:30 pm mountain time
(3pm end time for Steering Committee Members)

Please note that unless otherwise informed, funding for travel expenses, including hotel stay, is not available to attendees. Please feel free to contact Carrie with any questions at carrie.brill@ucdenver.edu.
 

Past Meeting Materials

Information from April 2018 PCRC Investigator Meeting:

• PCRC New Member Orientation

Information from October 2017 PCRC Investigator Meeting:

• Writing compelling science (Dionne-Odom)
• Creating a sparkling grant application (Pollak)
• Closing your study: You can't start too early (Fairclough)
• PCRC Data Repository (Colborn)

Information from April 2017 PCRC Investigator Meeting:

• Budgeting for multisite studies slides (Kutner & Ritchie)
• The process of behavioral intervention development slides (Somers)
• The art of the pilot proposal slides (Fischer & Matlock) 
• PCRC Data Repository slides (Colborn)
• Approaching multi-site studies in hospice and palliative care (Ellington & Morrison)