This Professional Development seminar is for research professionals, graduate students, postdocs and early stage faculty researchers. It covers foundational skills useful for career development in clinical/translational research.

The first module of this seminar is titled Finding Funding and will equip attendees with knowledge of how to best find and apply for funding opportunities to support research. Each session of the seminar will meet Fridays at 12:00 pm. This session is titled: Working with foundations.

Presenter
Susan Pusek, DrSc, Director, Education Programs
NC TraCS Institute

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Foundations of Biomedical Data Science Virtual Seminar Series - Assemble Global Neural Networks of the Mouse Brain

The biological significance of assembling this global wiring diagram of the brain is tantamount to that of the Human Genome Project. However, just as knowing the sequence of three billion base pairs in the human genome reveals little about how our bodies are regulated by genes, constructing the connectome will not directly reveal its functional purpose. The ensuing challenge is to analyze the vast connectivity information in a way that is most conducive to generating new behavioral hypotheses for direct testing.

In his talk, Hongwei Dong, MD, PhD will present the progress of the NIH BRAIN Initiative funded Mouse Connectome Project in assembling global neural networks of the whole mouse brain. His research focuses on constructing a multi-scale wiring diagram and cataloging cell types of the mouse brain.

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Presenter
Hongwei Dong, MD, PhD, Professor; Neurobiology
University of California, Los Angeles

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The Data Manager is responsible for the complete data process: from design, to build, to quality control, to cleaning, and finally to archiving. In smaller research teams, this role may be absent or overlooked due to other pressing tasks, or may be parceled out as extra duties among team members.

TraCS is hosting this training to help research teams develop better data managers. We will review data manager responsibilities and discuss/practice techniques using REDCap.

This course will be held on 3 consecutive days: Wednesday, Dec 9 - Friday, Dec 11 | 1 - 5 p.m. each day.

Our current REDCap trainings are offered as webinar-only.

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About REDCap

REDCap is a secure web application that can be used to build and manage case report forms, surveys and other data capture mechanisms for clinical research. NC TraCS provides training classes to assist you in getting started with building REDCap data collection forms for your research projects.

Current REDCap training offerings include:

1. Forms (beginner)
2. Forms: Hands On (beginner)
3. Functions (advanced)
4. Open Session (Surveys and general questions)
5. Clinical Data Management (3-day)

For more information, please visit our REDCap webpage.

PREVENTABLE: Starting a Pragmatic Trial in a Pandemic

This Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) NIH "Rethinking Clinical Trials" Grand Rounds features Karen P. Alexander, MD and W. Schuyler Jones, MD of the Duke University School of Medicine. The two will speak on the topic of starting a pragmatic trial in a pandemic.

Presenters

Karen P. Alexander, MD, Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Duke University School of Medicine

W. Schuyler Jones, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Duke University School of Medicine

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