SEARCH 2026 – The National Telehealth Research Symposium showcases connected health efforts, strategies, and partnerships, specifically those that focus on the research of telemedicine, telehealth, eHealth, mHealth, and other healthcare technologies. SEARCH connects health researchers and academicians in telehealth and telemedicine to share findings and foster research partnerships.
Event Location: Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill.
SEARCH 2026 – The National Telehealth Research Symposium showcases connected health efforts, strategies, and partnerships, specifically those that focus on the research of telemedicine, telehealth, eHealth, mHealth, and other healthcare technologies. SEARCH connects health researchers and academicians in telehealth and telemedicine to share findings and foster research partnerships.
Event Location: Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill.
Recruiting and retaining research participants is challenging, especially when study teams are already stretched thin. This session provides a basic introduction to AI and, more importantly, shows how AI can save time by making study materials clearer and more engaging. Attendees will learn the benefits, limits, and UNC-specific considerations of using AI in recruitment and retention workflows.
We’ll share plain-language strategies and examples using Microsoft Copilot to draft and refine participant-friendly materials, simplify dense language, and reduce the burden of starting from scratch. We’ll also include a materials design component led by Sarah Sutter, Research Communications & Design Specialist at the NC TraCS Institute’s Recruitment & Retention program, focused on how teams can use AI thoughtfully when designing and polishing recruitment materials.
Please note: This session is for all levels; no prior experience with AI is required.
Presenters:
Ali Sora, MS
Research Project Manager, Recruitment & Retention Program
NC TraCS Institute
Sarah Sutter, MPH
Research Project Manager, Recruitment & Retention Program
NC TraCS Institute
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.
LLM Mechanics in Research Using Clinical Notes
Large Language Models are increasingly used to analyze clinical notes, but their behavior can be difficult to understand without examining how prompts, context, and outputs interact. In this seminar, Subhadeep Nag, MS, will introduce the mechanics of using LLMs for clinical note research, including how prompts are structured, how clinical text is prepared for LLM input, how outputs can be interpreted, and where caution is warranted when applying these methods in healthcare research. The session will focus on practical examples from EHR-based research and will highlight both the promise and limitations of LLMs in high-stakes clinical settings.
Speaker:
Subhadeep Nag, MS
Research Data Scientist
NC TraCS Institute
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 usually 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.
This is the second session in the Systematic Review Summer Workshop Series offered by the UNC Health Sciences Library. Thinking about starting a review, but unsure which type is right for you? In this workshop, we will cover the main aspects of several types of reviews (narrative, systematic, scoping, rapid, umbrella, and systematized) and how to identify which review type is appropriate for different questions and contexts.
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.
Supporting Grief and Providing Compassion Among Research Professionals: The Forgotten Grievers
Join the UNC Network for Research Professionals (NRP) for a hybrid education session with Lisa L. Williams, MDiv, BCC, BSN, the Clinical Chaplain for Oncology at the NC Basnight Cancer Hospital.
In-person location: Brinkhous-Bullitt room 219
This is the third 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 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.