Events under 'TraCS-sponsored'

In this session, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and seek feedback on their qualitative analyses from facilitators and other attendees. This session serves as a workshop in which participants get a chance to discuss and review qualitative analysis techniques while also learning from others.

Please note: We will not be presenting information about qualitative analysis in this session; instead, we will ask participants to share where they are in their analysis process, ask questions about their analyses, and collectively discuss strategies for moving our analyses forward. This event will not be recorded.

Facilitators:
MaryBeth Grewe, MPH
Program Manager, Qualitative Research Service
Research Specialist, Patient and Community Engagement in Research (PaCER) Program

Simone Frank, MPH
Senior Project Manager, Patient and Community Engagement in Research (PaCER) Program
Research Specialist, Qualitative Research Service

Sharita Thomas, MPP
Research Specialist, Qualitative Research Service

For questions about this workshop, please contact MaryBeth Grewe at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Join us for a laptop-optional workshop to learn more about statistical power, the relationship of statistical power to study design, and how to design a simulation study to assess power. Code samples will be provided in both R and Python.

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Define statistical power as a concept
• Understand how power calculations relate to study design
• Learn to design a simulation study to assess power

Workshop outline:

1. Welcome and introduction
    a. Define statistical power in the context of null hypothesis significance testing

2. Overview of power calculations
    a. Why calculate power?
    b. What impacts power?
    c. Why is power meaningful?

3. Introduction to simulation studies for power
    a. Precision
    b. Two-group comparison
    c. Three-group comparison
    d. Correlation

4. Conclusions/next steps
    a. Detecting and avoiding common mistakes

Prerequisites
You should be able to do these things in either R or Python: 

• Write, save, and execute code
• Make simple visualizations

Introduction to Working in the SHIRE

Join the TraCS Data Science Lab for an introduction to local computing in the Secure Health Informatics Research Environment (SHIRE). There are two primary ways to work with data and perform an analysis in the SHIRE: directly on your personal virtual machine workspace or in Databricks. In this seminar, we'll focus on the former approach of working with your data using the Linux or Windows virtual machine and the tools available on it. We'll start with the basics of deploying a new VM and extend into using basic tools, finally progressing to using more advanced techniques for working with large data fully on your VM.

Speaker:
Peter Leese, MSPH
Program Director & Lead Scientist
TraCS Data Science Lab

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Seminars in the NC TraCS Data Science Lab Seminar Series cover a range of topics related to health care data science, clinical data, data engineering, and working in these areas at UNC-Chapel Hill. These hybrid seminars are usually held monthly on the third Tuesday of each month from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the NC TraCS suite on the 2nd floor of Brinkhous-Bullitt or via Zoom.

The Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Pilot Program at NC TraCS is now accepting applications for our CTS Pilot Awards. These awards support projects that advance translational science—the field focused on understanding the scientific and operational principles that underlie each step of the translational process—with up to $50,000 in direct costs for a period of one year.

NC TraCS is holding information sessions via Zoom for investigators interested in learning more about this funding opportunity. Topics covered during the session include:

• What is Translational Science as distinct from Translational Research?
• Application procedure, including required application components, important dates and contact information
• Program-specific grantsmanship tips
• Q&A

Presenters
David Peden, MD, MS
Director, CTS Pilot Program
NC TraCS Institute

David Carroll, PhD
Director, Research Funding Development
NC TraCS Institute

Kaitlin Zalcikova, PhD
Program Manager, CTS Pilot Program
NC TraCS Institute

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Engagement in Research 101: Introduction to Engaging Patient & Community Partners in Research

Are you interested in learning about patient and community engagement and how it can benefit your research? Excited by the idea of engaging patient, community, or other partners in your research, but unsure about where to start? Want to know more about how to engage partners at different points throughout your study?

Engaging with patient and community partners who are impacted by your research can be instrumental to the success of your study. This online training will provide an overview of engagement in research, highlighting that engagement is not "all or nothing" or "one-size-fits-all", but instead encompasses a wide variety of low touch to high touch approaches that could be right for your study.

The session will cover common myths/misconceptions about engagement in research, benefits of and key considerations for engaging patient and community partners in research, and initial steps/existing resources you can leverage to begin engaging partners in your research.

Presenters:
Alicia Bilheimer, MPH - Director of Engaged Science, NC TraCS
Veronica Carlisle, MPH, CHES - Senior Community Health Educator, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC)
Nisha Datta, MS - Senior Project Manager, NC TraCS
Simone Frank, MPH - Senior Project Manager, NC TraCS
Jennifer Potter, MPH, CHES - Senior Program Coordinator for Clinical Outreach, LCCC

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Engaging Patient, Community, and Other Partners in Your Research is a multi-part online training series. You may register for the entire series OR any single training session. This training series was developed collaboratively with patient, community, and researcher partners and is co-sponsored by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and NC TraCS Institute.

The Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Pilot Program at NC TraCS is now accepting applications for our CTS Pilot Awards. These awards support projects that advance translational science—the field focused on understanding the scientific and operational principles that underlie each step of the translational process—with up to $50,000 in direct costs for a period of one year.

NC TraCS is holding information sessions via Zoom for investigators interested in learning more about this funding opportunity. Topics covered during the session include:

• What is Translational Science as distinct from Translational Research?
• Application procedure, including required application components, important dates and contact information
• Program-specific grantsmanship tips
• Q&A

Presenters
David Peden, MD, MS
Director, CTS Pilot Program
NC TraCS Institute

David Carroll, PhD
Director, Research Funding Development
NC TraCS Institute

Kaitlin Zalcikova, PhD
Program Manager, CTS Pilot Program
NC TraCS Institute

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Engagement in Research Nuts & Bolts: Specific Approaches for Engaging Patient & Community Partners in Research

There is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to engaging patient, community, or other partners in your research. Rather, there are a variety of engagement methods to suit your study's needs, your research team's capacity, and your partners' interests.

This online training will describe three common approaches for working with patient, community, and other partners in your research: 1) consultative community feedback sessions; 2) advisory boards; and 3) sustained collaboration with partners as members of the research team.

The session will cover considerations for choosing these specific engagement methods, as well as concrete processes and steps for implementing each approach. Participation in our Engagement in Research 101 training is not required to attend this session; however, some knowledge of engagement, whether from prior training(s) or personal experience, may foster deeper understanding of the material in this session.

Presenters:
Alicia Bilheimer, MPH - Director of Engaged Science, NC TraCS
Veronica Carlisle, MPH, CHES - Senior Community Health Educator, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC)
Nisha Datta, MS - Senior Project Manager, NC TraCS
Simone Frank, MPH - Senior Project Manager, NC TraCS
Jennifer Potter, MPH, CHES - Senior Program Coordinator for Clinical Outreach, LCCC

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Engaging Patient, Community, and Other Partners in Your Research is a multi-part online training series. You may register for the entire series OR any single training session. This training series was developed collaboratively with patient, community, and researcher partners and is co-sponsored by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and NC TraCS Institute.

Strengthening Engagement in Research: Building and Maintaining Relationships with Patient & Community Partners

Meaningful partnerships with patients, community members, or other collaborators involved in your research are invaluable. Projects are set up for success when care is intentionally given to developing and strengthening partnerships over time.

This online training will describe best practices for building mutually beneficial partnerships. The session will also cover common challenges that researchers and patient, community, and other partners experience when working together, along with suggested solutions.

Participation in our Engagement in Research 101 or Engagement in Research Nuts and Bolts trainings are not required to attend this session; however, some knowledge of engagement, whether from prior training(s) or personal experience, may foster deeper understanding of the material in this session.

Presenters:
Alicia Bilheimer, MPH - Director of Engaged Science, NC TraCS
Veronica Carlisle, MPH, CHES - Senior Community Health Educator, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC)
Nisha Datta, MS - Senior Project Manager, NC TraCS
Simone Frank, MPH - Senior Project Manager, NC TraCS
Jennifer Potter, MPH, CHES - Senior Program Coordinator for Clinical Outreach, LCCC
Members of the NC TraCS Community and Patient Advisory Board and the UNC Lineberger Community Advisory Board

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Engaging Patient, Community, and Other Partners in Your Research is a multi-part online training series. You may register for the entire series OR any single training session. This training series was developed collaboratively with patient, community, and researcher partners and is co-sponsored by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and NC TraCS Institute.