NC TraCS Institute is sponsoring a Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course on July 14-16, 2026, from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. each day. This course covers all NIH-required topics for the first phase of responsible conduct of research training.

Individuals who have had prior RCR training may volunteer to serve as discussion leaders for the course to document ongoing RCR exposure. For example, if you are a K Scholar who needs ongoing RCR experiences for your grant, this an opportunity that would qualify. If you are interested, please email Susan Pusek at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

To receive credit for course completion, participants must attend all three sessions.

This course will be held in-person on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Please note that the location for the first day is different than the location for the second and third days of the course.

• Tuesday, July 14: Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB) Room 2204
• Wednesday, July 15: Bondurant Hall G100
• Thursday, July 16: Bondurant Hall G100

A remote participation option via Zoom can be requested, if needed. Requests for remote participation will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and should be sent to Paige Gray at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

If you have questions regarding this event, please contact Paige Gray at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Susan Pusek at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please register using the email address that you intend to use to access the course. This ensures accurate tracking and delivery of your certificate if you complete course requirements.

Register

Introduction to Covidence

This is the fifth session in the Systematic Review Summer Workshop Series offered by the UNC Health Sciences Library. The Introduction to Covidence workshop provides an orientation to Covidence’s interface, features, and recommended practices for screening and extraction.

This workshop is being offered remotely via Zoom only. Registrants will receive a Zoom link; those on the waitlist will not receive a Zoom link unless they are bumped up to a registered spot.

Register

The Indiana CTSI AI Workshop Series: Will AI Kill Us or Save Us?

Will artificial intelligence save us or kill us? In healthcare, AI offers enormous potential to cut pollution and environmental harm, but it also consumes vast amounts of electricity and water. For example, replacing an in-person eye exam with autonomous AI can reduce the carbon footprint of diabetic eye screenings by up to 80%. AI can also make healthcare more efficient by optimizing heating and cooling in facilities (especially operating rooms), managing inventory, supporting clinical decisions, enabling telehealth, and powering remote monitoring. Yet, to make sure AI helps more than harms, we must use it sustainability. That means asking key questions: Do we need AI for this task? Which models can solve the problem with the least energy and water use? Are we optimizing the energy sources that power AI? And how can we encourage the development and use of greener AI technologies?

Speaker:
Titus K. Schleyer, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Indiana University School of Medicine

Mitigating Bias in AI

This is the sixth and final session in the GenAI Summer Workshop Series offered by the University Library. Generative AI can reflect human bias through the data it is trained on, the choices made by its developers, and the ways we use it. The good news is that we can take steps to reduce that bias. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to write thoughtful prompts, question AI-generated responses, and guide GenAI tools toward more balanced and reliable results.

This workshop is being offered remotely via Zoom only. Registrants will receive a Zoom link; those on the waitlist will not receive a Zoom link unless they are bumped up to a registered spot. All registrants will receive access to the meeting recording and resources.

Register