This 2-part (7/15/24 & 7/17/24) 5-hour course will be offered via Zoom, over two mornings. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded.

This course introduces participants to discrete choice models. These econometric models are used to explain how people choose between discrete outcomes, such as mode of travel to work or type of treatment for pain. The course will cover the subset of discrete choice models known as random utility models, namely the multinomial logit and nested logit. These models are often used in disciplines such as economics, transportation, and public health. No prior knowledge of discrete choice modeling is expected. Hands-on exercises will be conducted in Python.

Why Take This Course?
Random utility models are used across many disciplines. They allow one to use regression techniques to model choices between multiple outcomes, something not possible with many other models. Unlike many other models of discrete outcomes, random utility models are interpretable—it is easy to see which predictor variables are associated with which choices. Random utility models are also consistent with rational economic theory, meaning that properly specified estimates can be interpreted as willingness-to-pay and transformed into dollar amounts to understand the welfare impacts of policy. This course will prepare participants both to estimate these models and to interpret and evaluate them when encountered in practice.

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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

NC TraCS Data Science Seminar Series: From SAS/Stata/SPSS to Python/R/SQL

Do you use SAS, Stata, or SPSS to do your analyses? Have you been feeling pressure to learn about Python, R, or SQL, or maybe even switch to using one of these for your analyses? Please join the NC TraCS Institute as JP Powers, PhD, a research data scientist with the TraCS Data Science Lab, discusses some of the differences you can expect and the benefits you can gain from learning and coding your analyses in these open-source languages.

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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NC TraCS Institute is sponsoring a Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course on July 17-19, 2024 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, including topics covered in an NIH notice (NOT-OD-22-055) issued on February 17, 2022.

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.

Course Location by Date
July 17: via Zoom
July 18: Bioinformatics room #1131
July 19: Bioinformatics room #1131

Please note: On July 17, the course will be held via Zoom. On July 18 and 19, the course will be held in-person in Bioinformatics room #1131. Requests for remote participation on July 18 and 19 will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

If you have questions regarding this event or need to request a remote participation option for July 18 or July 19, please contact Susan Pusek at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Register

This 2-part (7/15/24 & 7/17/24) 5-hour course will be offered via Zoom, over two mornings. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded.

This course introduces participants to discrete choice models. These econometric models are used to explain how people choose between discrete outcomes, such as mode of travel to work or type of treatment for pain. The course will cover the subset of discrete choice models known as random utility models, namely the multinomial logit and nested logit. These models are often used in disciplines such as economics, transportation, and public health. No prior knowledge of discrete choice modeling is expected. Hands-on exercises will be conducted in Python.

Why Take This Course?
Random utility models are used across many disciplines. They allow one to use regression techniques to model choices between multiple outcomes, something not possible with many other models. Unlike many other models of discrete outcomes, random utility models are interpretable—it is easy to see which predictor variables are associated with which choices. Random utility models are also consistent with rational economic theory, meaning that properly specified estimates can be interpreted as willingness-to-pay and transformed into dollar amounts to understand the welfare impacts of policy. This course will prepare participants both to estimate these models and to interpret and evaluate them when encountered in practice.

Register

NC TraCS Institute is sponsoring a Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course on July 17-19, 2024 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, including topics covered in an NIH notice (NOT-OD-22-055) issued on February 17, 2022.

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.

Course Location by Date
July 17: via Zoom
July 18: Bioinformatics room #1131
July 19: Bioinformatics room #1131

Please note: On July 17, the course will be held via Zoom. On July 18 and 19, the course will be held in-person in Bioinformatics room #1131. Requests for remote participation on July 18 and 19 will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

If you have questions regarding this event or need to request a remote participation option for July 18 or July 19, please contact Susan Pusek at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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This online training session will provide an introduction to qualitative research methods. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share experiences conducting qualitative research.

Topics:

• Differences between quantitative and qualitative research
• Qualitative research methodologies
• Strategies for qualitative data collection
• Methods of qualitative data analysis

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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UNC NRP Special Education Session: Lessons from Lacks and other stories: Prioritizing human rights and equality in research ethics and design

Please join the UNC Network for Research Professionals and Aileen Editha (pronouns: she/her), a PhD candidate and Robert Sutherland Fellow in Law at Queen's University in Katarokwi (Kingston), Ontario, for a special NRP session on how research ethics and design have perpetuated biases and inequalities in healthcare and scientific research using case studies, including that of Henrietta Lacks, Moore, the Havasupai tribe, the Nuu-chah-nulth, and others. Ms. Editha is interested in exploring the intersections between property law and healthcare through a critical legal lens.

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NC TraCS Institute is sponsoring a Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course on July 17-19, 2024 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, including topics covered in an NIH notice (NOT-OD-22-055) issued on February 17, 2022.

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.

Course Location by Date
July 17: via Zoom
July 18: Bioinformatics room #1131
July 19: Bioinformatics room #1131

Please note: On July 17, the course will be held via Zoom. On July 18 and 19, the course will be held in-person in Bioinformatics room #1131. Requests for remote participation on July 18 and 19 will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

If you have questions regarding this event or need to request a remote participation option for July 18 or July 19, please contact Susan Pusek at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Register