OKRA Training and Outreach Goals
- Build and connect the O’Brien Communities
- Provide training opportunities for trainees and early-stage investigators
- Form a community among the Opportunity Pool candidates and the O’Brien Centers
Initiatives
OKRA NATIONAL FORUM
Building a community for networking and learning, confidence building and training on how to organize a national event.
Offered monthly via Zoom.
View the 2025-2026 National Forum schedule HERE.
February National Forum!
Thursday, February 12, 2026
10am-11am CST
Sophia Sears, PhD
University of Louisville
“Renal Adaptations to Exercise and the Implications for Cardiorenal Health”
Register Here!
OKRA GUMBO GATHERINGS
Providing impactful knowledge for newer cutting-edge techniques to provide momentum and confidence booster to annual scientific meeting attendees.
Daily sessions (1-1.5 h) for one week offered twice a year before annual scientific meetings.
OKRA MEETUPS
Providing awareness of the opportunities within the OKRA Community and networking opportunities with OKRA leadership and Opportunity Pool awardees.
If you are interested in hearing more about these initiatives, please sign up below.