This interactive online workshop will provide an introduction to focus groups, a data collection method used in qualitative research. Attendees will also observe or participate in a mini "mock" virtual focus group session.

Topics:

• Focus group methodology
• Considerations for planning a focus group
• Development of focus group discussion guides
• Focus group facilitation skills
• Tips for conducting virtual focus groups

Presenters:
MaryBeth Grewe, MPH
Program Manager, Qualitative and Engaged Research
NC TraCS Institute

Simone Frank, MPH
Project Manager, Community Engagement in Research
NC TraCS Institute

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Innovating for Women's Health: A FemTech Showcase at UNC

Join FastTraCS, the medtech incubator at NC TraCS Institute, on Thursday, August 1st, from 5:00 - 6:00 PM at the Blue Zone (Upper Level, Loudermilk Center for Excellence) for an engaging evening at the FemTech Collaborative Series Demo Day!

This special event highlights the latest innovations in Women's Health from across the UNC community. Come explore an array of projects, devices, and technologies developed to enhance women's health, presented directly by the innovators themselves.

Event Highlights:

• Discover: Meet innovators from various departments and witness firsthand the cutting-edge advancements in women's health.
• Connect: Network with peers, along with staff from innovation and entrepreneurship programs who offer support and resources crucial for progressing ideas from concept to reality.
• Learn: Gain insights into new challenges in the field, and see how interdisciplinary collaboration can solve pressing health issues.

Whether you're a researcher, student, healthcare professional, or simply interested in the future of women's health technology, you won't want to miss this chance to be part of a community dedicated to innovative solutions and collaboration.

The FemTech Collaborative Series at UNC-Chapel Hill, coordinated by FastTraCS, is focused on dismantling barriers and enhancing the commercialization of FemTech innovations. This series seeks to broaden community engagement and awareness for Women's Health innovation within UNC and UNC Health. Through a series of events, the program aims to amplify visibility; forge connections among researchers, entrepreneurs, and projects; and bolster the support structure for FemTech innovations. The series addresses critical issues such as fundraising strategies, need for best practices in FemTech development, and challenges of translating innovative ideas into viable commercial products. Each event is designed to engage attendees through panel discussions, Q&A sessions, and Demo Days, fostering a culture of innovation and sustainability in Women's Health.

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. 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.

For a full listing of all of workshop courses and to register, visit datamatters.org.

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Do you have a question about mentoring? Do you want to know what trainings NC TraCS offers? Are you curious about how TraCS can synergize with your training program?

Drop by our Training & Career Development Office Hour on Mondays to chat with Susan Pusek, DRSc, and get your training and career development questions answered.

Potential Topics:

• Forming a mentor team
• Developing a timeline to write a grant
• Questions about the NIH
• Career mapping
• Trainings available through TraCS for you
• Trainings available through TraCS for programs you lead

Join Zoom, Mondays 12-1 p.m.

Do you have a question about mentoring? Do you want to know what trainings NC TraCS offers? Are you curious about how TraCS can synergize with your training program?

Drop by our Training & Career Development Office Hour on Mondays in room 215 (2nd floor, NC TraCS suite, Brinkhous-Bullitt Building) to chat with Susan Pusek, DRSc, and get your training and career development questions answered.

Potential Topics:

• Forming a mentor team
• Developing a timeline to write a grant
• Questions about the NIH
• Career mapping
• Trainings available through TraCS for you
• Trainings available through TraCS for programs you lead

Brinkhous-Bullitt Bldg. Room 215

Introduction to Data Analysis for Beginners

This course is intended as a basic introduction to statistical terms, methodologies, and analysis strategies commonly used in clinical and translational research. The goal of this course is for participants to understand the vocabulary and fundamental concepts of biostatistics that will allow them to better design, implement, and analyze research studies as well as communicate more effectively with biostatisticians.

Introduction to Data Analysis for Beginners is offered across three mornings on August 6-8, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. each day.

Presenter:
Marcy Boynton, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, UNC School of Medicine
Education & Workforce Development Team, NC TraCS Institute

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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. 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.

For a full listing of all of workshop courses and to register, visit datamatters.org.

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Introduction to Data Analysis for Beginners

This course is intended as a basic introduction to statistical terms, methodologies, and analysis strategies commonly used in clinical and translational research. The goal of this course is for participants to understand the vocabulary and fundamental concepts of biostatistics that will allow them to better design, implement, and analyze research studies as well as communicate more effectively with biostatisticians.

Introduction to Data Analysis for Beginners is offered across three mornings on August 6-8, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. each day.

Presenter:
Marcy Boynton, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, UNC School of Medicine
Education & Workforce Development Team, NC TraCS Institute

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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. 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.

For a full listing of all of workshop courses and to register, visit datamatters.org.

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New to NIH proposals? Whether this is your first grant, or you’ve had a decade of support from NSF, if you’re new to NIH this workshop is for you.

This summer grant writing workshop for faculty will help you find funding opportunities, navigate proposal requirements and engage with relevant program officers. Plus, the NC State Proposal Development Unit will offer tips and tricks for developing more competitive proposals for NIH’s peer review system.

Date / Location

August 8th and 9th, 2024
9 a.m. – noon
Poulton Innovation Center, Centennial Campus
(Online option available if needed)

register

Access previous summer workshops/materials at research.ncsu.edu.

This workshop is presented by the NC State Proposal Development Unit, with support from NC TraCS.

Introduction to Data Analysis for Beginners

This course is intended as a basic introduction to statistical terms, methodologies, and analysis strategies commonly used in clinical and translational research. The goal of this course is for participants to understand the vocabulary and fundamental concepts of biostatistics that will allow them to better design, implement, and analyze research studies as well as communicate more effectively with biostatisticians.

Introduction to Data Analysis for Beginners is offered across three mornings on August 6-8, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. each day.

Presenter:
Marcy Boynton, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, UNC School of Medicine
Education & Workforce Development Team, NC TraCS Institute

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This online training will provide an introduction to qualitative data analysis, focusing on content/thematic analysis. The session will cover the basics of qualitative data analysis and steps in the analysis process, including: transcribing, memoing, codebook development and coding, exploring content areas or themes, and interpreting and communicating findings. Participants will have the opportunity to practice developing and applying codes.

Please note: We will not be demonstrating how to use qualitative data analysis software during this session.

Presenters:

MaryBeth Grewe, MPH
Program Manager, Qualitative and Engaged Research
NC TraCS Institute

Simone Frank, MPH
Project Manager, Community Engagement in Research
NC TraCS Institute

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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. 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.

For a full listing of all of workshop courses and to register, visit datamatters.org.

Register

New to NIH proposals? Whether this is your first grant, or you’ve had a decade of support from NSF, if you’re new to NIH this workshop is for you.

This summer grant writing workshop for faculty will help you find funding opportunities, navigate proposal requirements and engage with relevant program officers. Plus, the NC State Proposal Development Unit will offer tips and tricks for developing more competitive proposals for NIH’s peer review system.

Date / Location

August 8th and 9th, 2024
9 a.m. – noon
Poulton Innovation Center, Centennial Campus
(Online option available if needed)

register

Access previous summer workshops/materials at research.ncsu.edu.

This workshop is presented by the NC State Proposal Development Unit, with support from NC TraCS.

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. 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.

For a full listing of all of workshop courses and to register, visit datamatters.org.

Register

Do you have a question about mentoring? Do you want to know what trainings NC TraCS offers? Are you curious about how TraCS can synergize with your training program?

Drop by our Training & Career Development Office Hour on Mondays to chat with Susan Pusek, DRSc, and get your training and career development questions answered.

Potential Topics:

• Forming a mentor team
• Developing a timeline to write a grant
• Questions about the NIH
• Career mapping
• Trainings available through TraCS for you
• Trainings available through TraCS for programs you lead

Join Zoom, Mondays 12-1 p.m.

Do you have a question about mentoring? Do you want to know what trainings NC TraCS offers? Are you curious about how TraCS can synergize with your training program?

Drop by our Training & Career Development Office Hour on Mondays in room 215 (2nd floor, NC TraCS suite, Brinkhous-Bullitt Building) to chat with Susan Pusek, DRSc, and get your training and career development questions answered.

Potential Topics:

• Forming a mentor team
• Developing a timeline to write a grant
• Questions about the NIH
• Career mapping
• Trainings available through TraCS for you
• Trainings available through TraCS for programs you lead

Brinkhous-Bullitt Bldg. Room 215

The Center for Health Equity Research’s Health Equity Research Intensive (HERI) is a unique opportunity to join others to learn how to design more inclusive health equity research projects. HERI will introduce you to research methods and tools that emphasize partnership and engagement across all stages of research, from idea conception to budgeting to dissemination. Participating in HERI will equip attendees to effectively center equity in their work.

This two-day intensive aligns with the center’s mission by creating space for community leaders, health care professionals, faculty, staff and students to learn and apply new tools for inclusive health equity research. HERI connects partnership and engagement with innovative approaches and methods. HERI seeks to help participants understand their role in addressing important questions related to health disparities and health equity. It will also help researchers develop skills to establish and maintain meaningful partnerships with communities that will lead to the improvement of the health and lives of communities historically excluded from research benefits.

Agenda and presentation times vary by day. For more information, visit: Health Equity Research Intensive.

The Center for Health Equity Research’s Health Equity Research Intensive (HERI) is a unique opportunity to join others to learn how to design more inclusive health equity research projects. HERI will introduce you to research methods and tools that emphasize partnership and engagement across all stages of research, from idea conception to budgeting to dissemination. Participating in HERI will equip attendees to effectively center equity in their work.

This two-day intensive aligns with the center’s mission by creating space for community leaders, health care professionals, faculty, staff and students to learn and apply new tools for inclusive health equity research. HERI connects partnership and engagement with innovative approaches and methods. HERI seeks to help participants understand their role in addressing important questions related to health disparities and health equity. It will also help researchers develop skills to establish and maintain meaningful partnerships with communities that will lead to the improvement of the health and lives of communities historically excluded from research benefits.

Agenda and presentation times vary by day. For more information, visit: Health Equity Research Intensive.

This grantwriting workshop covers all aspects of preparing applications for external funding with a focus on applications to the NIH.

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Thursday, August 15, 2024

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This grantwriting workshop covers all aspects of preparing applications for external funding with a focus on applications to the NIH.

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Thursday, August 15, 2024

register

Methodological Insights and Lessons Learned From Conducting a Pragmatic Randomized Trial on Surgical Face Masks

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

Runar Solberg, PhD
Scientist
Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research (CEIR)
Norwegian Institute of Public Health

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NC TraCS Data Science Seminar Series: ORDR(D) Data System

The TraCS Data Science Lab invites UNC Researchers for an introduction to the OMOP Research Data Repository (De-identified). ORDR(D) is an EHR data enclave created through a collaboration between NC TraCS and RENCI that allows UNC researchers to directly access and analyze data from more than 3 million patients from the UNC Health EHR in a de-identified OMOP database. System access has recently been expanded so that UNC researchers from outside of the School of Medicine are now invited to propose pilot projects for ORDR(D). This seminar will be most useful to UNC researchers as access to ORDR(D) is restricted.

Seminars in the NC TraCS Data Science Seminar Series will 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 will be held 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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Expanding the Reach of Autism Studies in Infancy: Translation of Laboratory-Based Assessments for Telehealth

Meagan Talbott, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UC-Davis, joins us to discuss a telehealth-based developmental assessment for screening and assessment for infants with early developmental concerns. Talbott's talk will present data on the reliability, validation, and clinical utility of this approach to identifying infants with elevated likelihood for autism. Talbott has an Institutional KL2 Career Development Award funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science.

The CTSA Virtual Visiting Scholar Program brings clinical and translational scholars from across the CTSA Consortium to NC TraCS Institute for research seminars and virtual campus visits.

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Improving Quality of Life in COPD and Heart Failure: Unpacking a Successful Multicomponent Virtual Team Intervention

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

David B. Bekelman, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC and University of Colorado Division of General Internal Medicine

Lyndsay DeGroot PhD, RN, CNE
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Colorado, Anschutz Campus
School of Medicine

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