ASTRO ROCKS: Understanding Reviewers and the Review Process

Understanding the peer review process is critical to the success of early-career researchers. This webinar will provide information "behind the scenes" of the review process, both for grants and for journal articles, to help applicants and authors better understand how to respond to reviews and how to incorporate feedback to strengthen proposals and articles.

Live Webinar: November 6, 2026, at 11 a.m. Eastern time.

This activity is available from November 6, 2026, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on November 5, 2028.

 

Target Audience

The target audience for this Research-Oriented Career Knowledge Session (ROCKS) webinar is early career researchers but all are welcome.

 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Provide information "behind the scenes" of peer and grant review processes.

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 0.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Course opens: 
09/21/2026
Course expires: 
11/05/2028
Cost:
$0.00

Speakers

  • Ke Sheng, PhD
  • Kelli Pointer, MD, PhD
  • Edward Usherwood, PhD
  • Georges El Fakhri, PhD, DABR
  • Shan Zha, MD, PhD

 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 0.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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Policies:
No refunds, extensions, or substitutions will be made for those participants who, for any reason, have not completed the activity by the expiration date.

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The activity and its materials will only be available on the ASTRO website until November 5, 2028, regardless of purchase date. At the expiration of the activity, participants will no longer have access to the activity or its materials. ASTRO reserves the right to remove an activity before its expiration date.

 

 

Required Hardware/software

One of the two latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari.