Data Matters: Spring Ahead 2023

Data Matters™ is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at students and professionals in business, research, and government. The short course series is sponsored by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at UNC-Chapel Hill, the National Consortium for Data Science, and RENCI.

Our first-ever springtime series, Data Matters: Spring Ahead, will feature a selection of our most popular two-day courses. The traditional Data Matters series will return in August 2023.

Held virtually via Zoom, Data Matters gives students the chance to learn about a wide range of topics in data science, analytics, visualization, curation, and more from expert instructors.

Courses

Introduction to Effective Information Visualization
Basics of R for Data Science and Statistics
Introduction to Programming in R
Introduction to Programming Using Python

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The Finding Funding module of the TraCS Professional Development Seminar Series focuses on what you need to know before applying for funding for biomedical research.

Seminars in the Finding Funding module (March 13-31, 2023) are presented in-person on Mondays from 12 - 2 p.m. ET in room 219 of the Brinkhous-Bullitt building (in the NC TraCS Institute suite on the 2nd floor), and repeated via Zoom on Fridays from 12 - 2 p.m ET.

In-person | Brinkhous-Bullitt, room 219
Monday, March 13: Vocabulary, different types of sponsored research, NIH 101 and the anatomy of an RFA
Monday, March 20: Grant scoring, peer review process, pilot studies
Monday, March 27: Tools to find funding, working with different types of sponsors

Virtual | Zoom
Friday, March 17: Vocabulary, different types of sponsored research, NIH 101 and the anatomy of an RFA
Friday, March 24: Grant scoring, peer review process, pilot studies
Friday, March 31: Tools to find funding, working with different types of sponsors

Join for the topics that interest you and on the days that work for you. Once registered for this module you will receive a separate invite to the Canvas site for this module of the seminar series.

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NC BERD Consortium: Hidden Curriculum: Expanding our toolbox to help diverse and majority trainees and junior faculty

Hidden curriculum encompasses the norms, values, and behaviors within a learning environment. These are typically not taught yet are critical for success. Navigating the hidden curriculum is crucial for all trainees and junior faculty, and it's especially important for those from underrepresented backgrounds. In this talk, we will explore hidden curriculum topics and their perceived level of importance for majority and diverse trainees and their mentors.

Speaker:
Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH
Professor of Biostatistics
Consultant, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science

This event is sponsored by the North Carolina BERD Consortium (Duke University School of Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest School of Medicine),the Duke Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, and the Duke Department of Population Health Sciences.

The NIH is hosting a series of listening sessions to hear from the community about their experiences with and perspectives on current infrastructure and share input on potential promising solutions to the fundamental challenges faced by the postdoctoral trainee community.

Listening sessions will take place throughout March 2023, and each session will focus on a specific theme:

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The NIH also announced a Request for Information (RFI) inviting the research community to give input on the state of postdoctoral research training and career progression infrastructure in biomedical science. The RFI is open through April 14, 2023.

The insights from the listening sessions and RFI will assist NIH in hearing the voices of postdoctoral trainees along with others impacted by this unique and skilled training position, and in exploring ways to address some of the fundamental challenges faced by the postdoctoral trainee community.

Patient-Reported Outcomes for Symptom and Adverse Event Monitoring in Oncology

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

Ethan Basch, MD, MSc
Professor and Chief of Oncology
UNC School of Medicine

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