Enhancing Academic Work with AI: Tools, Tips, and Practical Insights

This course equips participants with the knowledge and skills to evaluate and effectively use AI tools to enhance academic research, teaching, and productivity. Participants will explore cutting-edge AI tools, such as Microsoft Co-pilot, Gemini, Claude, and others, through live demonstrations, interactive discussions, and practical applications. Emphasizing ethical considerations, this course fosters a deeper understanding of how AI can transform academic workflows while promoting responsible and equitable use.

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Interleukin 6 regulation of T cell metabolism and function

Join the Children's Research Institute for a seminar with Yazan Alwarawrah, PhD, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. Alwarawrah is interested in targeting metabolism for the treatment of disease. Currently, he is studying T cell metabolism in the context of obesity-associated protective immunity dysfunction where he uses the diet induced obesity mouse model to study the effect of obesity on T cell metabolism and function in different tissues using metabolic and flow cytometric approaches. He is specifically interested in the role of T cell metabolic dysfunction in the impairment of protective immunity against influenza. He also works on studying Immunity Related GTPase I (Irgm1) regulation of T cell metabolism and function and its role in protective immunity and autoimmunity, and he works on the metabolic engineering of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells to enhance their persistence in the tumor microenvironment. He has a diverse scientific background ranging from molecular biology and bioinformatics to pharmacology and immunology. He seeks challenging questions in cellular metabolism and immunology that can lead to finding treatments for obesity associated pathologies, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.

Participate in the seminar at 3116 Mary Ellen Jones Building (with lunch provided). A zoom option is available by request.

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Introduction to Systematic Review Methods

This is the first session in the Systematic Review Summer Workshop Series offered by the UNC Health Sciences Library. The Introduction to Systematic Review Methods workshop provides an overview of the systematic review and scoping review process, with a focus on research methodology. Participants will gain skills and practice to complete a high-quality review; content includes creating a literature search plan, generating inclusion criteria, screening literature, and developing elements of the review protocol. The workshop is recommended for those who are planning or considering conducting a systematic review or scoping review.

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.

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Fit for Purpose: Improving the Ethical Oversight of Pragmatic Clinical Trials

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Berman Institute of Bioethics & Department of Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins University

Nancy Kass, ScD
Phoebe Berman Professor of Bioethics & Public Health
Berman Institute of Bioethics & Department of Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins University

Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH
Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Berman Institute of Bioethics & Department of Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins University

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FDA Observation Trends and UNC Common IND/IDE Audit Findings

Join NRP for a hybrid education session on the FDA and common findings noted during IND/IDE audits at UNC.

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Introduction to healthcare cost, charge, and reimbursement data

Join the TraCS Data Science Lab for a seminar given by Peter Leese exploring the foundational elements of healthcare cost data—a critical component in analyzing and managing healthcare delivery. We will introduce key concepts such as charges, costs, and reimbursements, clarifying how each plays a role in the financial landscape of healthcare services. We will delve into the structure and purpose of charge codes, revenue codes, and Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs), and examine how these coding systems contribute to cost tracking, billing, and payment processes. By the end of the seminar, attendees will have a clearer understanding of how to navigate and interpret healthcare data related to billing and reimbursement particularly focused on research and public health.

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Peter Leese, MSPH
Director, TraCS Data Science Lab

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 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.

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Modern language models show impressive performance across a wide range of domains and tasks. Despite this often impressive performance, it is largely unknown how their general-purpose components such as transformers concretely achieve these goals. This talk will discuss established and recently proposed methods to model interpretation and introduce some late-breaking results from the joint lab at the University of Tübingen and Brown University, led by Carsten Eickhoff.

Carsten Eickhoff is a professor of medical data science and computer science at the University of Tübingen where his lab specializes in the development of machine learning and natural language processing techniques with the goal of improving patient safety, individual health and quality of medical care. Prior to joining Tübingen, he was the Manning Assistant Professor of Medical and Computer Science at Brown University. He received degrees from the University of Edinburgh and TU Delft, and was a postdoctoral fellow at ETH Zurich and Harvard University. Eickhoff has authored more than 150 articles in computer science conferences (e.g., ICLR, ACL, SIGIR, WWW, KDD) and clinical journals (e.g., Nature Digital Medicine, The Lancet – Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, European Heart Journal). His research has been supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, NSF, NIH, DARPA, IARPA, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others. Aside from his academic endeavors, he is a founder and board member of several deep technology startups in the health sector that strive to translate technological innovation to improved safety and quality of life for patients.

For more information about this seminar, visit datascience.unc.edu.

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Project Management and Helpful Tools for Conducting Systematic Reviews

This is the second session in the Systematic Review Summer Workshop Series offered by the UNC Health Sciences Library. The Project Management and Helpful Tools for Conducting Systematic Reviews workshop provides will cover helpful resources to consult and use through the systematic review process.

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.

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This half-day course on vital signs and anthropometric measurements is offered by the NC TraCS Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC).

The goal of the course is to provide clinical research staff with the necessary education and hands-on experience to complete measurements for adult participants, including blood pressure (using automatic equipment), pulse (using automatic equipment), respiratory rate, temperature (oral, using electronic equipment), oxygen saturation (finger probe), height (using a stadiometer), and weight (using electronic scales) for clinical research protocols.

The course will consist of lecture, an exam, and hands-on practice. To successfully complete the course, students must attend the full session, pass the exam, and successfully obtain and document at least one complete set of vital signs. Note: Manual blood pressure measurements are not covered in this training.

Please be aware that practice vital sign and anthropometric measurements will be performed on members of the class. All attendees should be prepared and willing to have measurements taken on themselves during the session.

Completion of this course does not qualify attendees as licensed personnel or result in certification (e.g., Nurse Aid I). However, attendees who successfully complete the course will receive a certificate of completion documenting their vital sign measurement training.

Students who successfully pass the course will also receive a digital badge that represents course completion. Digital badges are micro-credentials that can be displayed in email signatures, online portfolios, social media profiles, and other areas. Digital badges for this course are maintained through Credly.

Students will have an opportunity to take a 30-minute lunch break (bring your own or visit one of the nearby cafeterias) after the lecture portion is completed.

Please contact Janette Goins This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have questions regarding this training. Please notify Janette at least two (2) business days before the training if you are unable able to attend.

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The BedMed and BedMed-Frail Randomized Trials

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

Scott Garrison MD, PhD, CCFP
Professor, University of Alberta, Department of Family Medicine
Director, Pragmatic Trials Collaborative

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Literature Searching for Systematic Reviews

This is the third session in the Systematic Review Summer Workshop Series offered by the UNC Health Sciences Library. The Literature Searching for Systematic Reviews workshop provides an overview of systematic review searching methodology and best practices.

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.

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Accelerate your ideas through customer discovery and market opportunity validation!

KickStart Venture Services is recruiting community startups as well as faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students with innovations and an interest in commercialization to participate in their virtual NSF I-Corps program. They will teach you the principles of customer discovery to help you better understand the market potential of your innovation!

The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps) was launched in 2011 and has quickly become one of the world’s largest and most successful technology commercialization accelerators. The I-Corps regional program helps researchers and aspiring innovators determine if they are solving a real-world problem with true market opportunity. NSF’s I-Corps Program not only provides funding, mentoring, and networking opportunities to help commercialize promising technologies, it is offered at NO COST to the community.

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For more information about the I-Corps Program, visit KickStart Venture Services.

This half-day 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) training course is presented by the NC TraCS Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC). The course provides a foundational overview of ECG physiology, guidance on selecting appropriate equipment, the importance of accurate electrode placement, and a discussion of conditions that may cause ECG artifacts.

Instruction includes lecture, hands-on practice, a written exam, and a skills test. To successfully complete the course, participants must attend the full session, pass the exam, and independently and successfully perform at least one 12-lead ECG on a standardized patient.

Please note that this training does not include ECG interpretation, making medical diagnoses, or performing ECGs on individuals under two years of age. Students will practice electrode placement on both a manikin and standardized patients; however, they will not be required to practice on each other. Completion of the course does not result in certification or licensure (e.g., certified ECG technician), but participants who fulfill all requirements will receive a certificate of completion documenting their 12-lead ECG training.

Students will have an opportunity to take a 30-minute lunch break (bring your own or visit one of the nearby cafeterias) after the lecture portion is completed.

Please contact Janette Goins This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have questions regarding this training. Please notify Janette at least two (2) business days before the training if you are unable able to attend.

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Addressing Shortfalls in Evidence-Based Therapies for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

Amrita Mukhopadhyay, MD, MS
Eugene Braunwald, MD Assistant Professor of Cardiology
The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health
NYU School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health

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