The CRI Education and Operations Subcommittee, a dedicated team comprised of representatives from 21 AACI cancer centers, designed a Principal Investigator (PI) template to help streamline the onboarding, training, and offboarding of PIs across academic cancer centers. The template provides a comprehensive checklist for PI training, equipping institutions with consistent and effective guidance throughout the PI lifecycle.
The subcommittee identified a crucial need for a standardized approach to supporting and enhancing PI training across cancer research centers, promoting consistency, efficacy, and accountability. PIs play a critical role in leading cancer research and clinical trials that directly impact patient care. This new framework addresses onboarding protocols, clear communication expectations, structured ongoing training, and thorough offboarding procedures to address the specialized challenges of cancer research and patient-focused studies.
With this resource, academic cancer centers can customize it to their unique institutions providing streamlined training practices to foster well-trained, supported, and empowered PIs, allowing them to focus on advancing cancer research and improving patient outcomes.