Advance Scientific Writing Courses and Resources
Courses and Resources for:
Resources
| All About Grants Tutorials -- NIAID |
| Link to the NIAID (National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases) website which provides on-line tutorials on preparing RO1 grant applications. Tutorials help biomedical investigators, especially new ones, plan, write, and apply for the basic NIH research project grant, the R01. Advice comes from the experience of NIAID staff, including former NIH grantees. |
| Authorship and Accountability |
| PowerPoint presentation in which Harold "Hal" Sox, M.D., Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine, lists the qualifications to be listed as an author as well as the specific ways in which an author is accountable for a paper's content. |
Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers
This guide is used and recommended by both Dr. Judith Swan and Dr. Elizabeth Colston, who teach classes in Advance’s Scientific Writing Series.
Courses
Course Title |
Description |
Date/Time/Location |
Instructor |
Writing an Article for Publication Part 1: Writing the "Results" Section |
This session will focus on relating the results text to the figures in a way that tells a compelling scientific story. CME credit has been requested for this course |
Friday, October 5, 2012 12:00pm - 1:30pm BRB 252 |
Liz Colston, MD, PhD |
Writing an Article for Publication Part 2: Writing the "Introduction" Section |
This session will focus on constructing Introductions with the important elements in the right order. CME credit has been requested for this course |
Friday, November 2, 2012 12:00pm - 1:30pm BRB 252 |
Liz Colston, MD, PhD |
Writing an Article for Publication Part 3: Writing the "Discussion" Section |
This session will focus on four elements of a sound argument: claims, evidence, warrants, and qualifications. CME credit has been requested for this course |
Friday, November 30, 2012 12:00pm - 1:30pm TRC 01-102 |
Liz Colston, MD, PhD |
Writing an Article for Publication Part 4: Writing the Abstract for Your Paper |
Increasingly, journal editors and reviewers are using the abstract to triage submitted manuscripts. This session will focus on writing excellent abstracts CME credit has been requested for this course |
Friday, December 14, 2012 12:00pm - 1:30pm BRB 1412 |
Liz Colston, MD, PhD |
Writing an Article for Publication Part 1: Writing the "Results" Section |
This session will focus on relating the results text to the figures in a way that tells a compelling scientific story. CME credit has been requested for this course |
Friday, January 18, 2013 12:00pm - 1:30pm TBA |
Liz Colston, MD, PhD |
Writing an Article for Publication Part 2: Writing the "Introduction" Section |
This session will focus on constructing Introductions with the important elements in the right order. CME credit has been requested for this course |
Wednesday, February 15, 2013 12:00pm - 1:30pm TBA |
Liz Colston, MD, PhD |
Writing an Article for Publication Part 3: Writing the "Discussion" Section |
This session will focus on four elements of a sound argument: claims, evidence, warrants, and qualifications. CME credit has been requested for this course |
Friday, March 15, 2013 12:00pm - 1:30pm TBA |
Liz Colston, MD, PhD |
Writing an Article for Publication Part 4: Writing the Abstract for Your Paper |
Increasingly, journal editors and reviewers are using the abstract to triage submitted manuscripts. This session will focus on writing excellent abstracts CME credit has been requested for this course |
Friday, April 19, 2013 12:00pm - 1:30pm TBA |
Liz Colston, MD, PhD |

