Founding members of the ABRF CCoRRe are among the
winners of the inaugural NINDS Rigor Champions Prize
Please join us to learn more about efforts of all the winners
and get inspired to be a Rigor Champion!
Wed, Apr 23
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Register for the Webinar
The purpose of the NINDS Rigor Champions Prize was to recognize individuals and small teams who had promoted or enhanced research rigor and transparency practices and contributed to positively changing the culture of science. The NINDS Rigor Champions Prize winners represent a variety of career paths, illustrating how anyone in the scientific ecosystem can champion rigor and transparency. Their efforts highlight the multitude of ways in which we can all promote higher-quality research!
5 Inaugural Winners
Michael Dougherty
As the Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Dr. Dougherty has been working to update tenure and promotion criteria, both within his department and more broadly, to focus more on open science and rigorous research practices and less on "volume and reputation-based metrics".<u1:p></u1:p>
Dana Lapato (Presenter), Nina Exner (Presenter), and Timothy York
These individuals, as part of the Virginial Commonwealth University (VCU) Data Science Lab, have developed classes, workshops, seminars, and journal clubs to promote rigorous research and open science practices widely across the university. <u1:p></u1:p>
Melissa Rethlefsen
During her time as a librarian at two separate universities, Melissa Rethlefsen organized conferences, weekly seminar series, and a university coalition to help raise awareness and promote improved rigor and transparency practices both within and beyond her institution. <u1:p></u1:p>
Kevin Knudtson (Presenter), Katia Sol-Church, Frances Weis-Garcia, and Sheenah Mische
This team of individuals helped found the Committee on Core Rigor and Reproducibility (CCoRRe) in 2016 within the Association of Biomolecular Resources Facilities (ABRF) to raise awareness and promote adoption of rigorous and transparent practices within the core facility community.<u1:p></u1:p>
Michela (Micky) Marinelli
As an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Marinelli developed an elective course on "Analytical Skepticism", which promotes critical examination of how cognitive biases and human errors can influence scientific reasoning.
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Frances Weis-Garcia
Director, Antibody and Bioresource Core Facility
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Zuckerman Research Center
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