Come join the Carolina LatinX Center for an evening with best-selling author, Julissa Arce. Her book "My Underground American Dream" is currently being developed as a television series with producer and actor America Ferrera.

The theme of this year's LatinX Heritage Month, La Nueva Era, aims to recognize the changes of current realities. We are living in times unlike any other and students are the new voices and the new leaders for the future. Carolina LatinX Center has invited two incredible examples of this new era to campus and invites you to join them this October.

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This session will walk through the NIH Peer Review Process. Topics covered include: incorporating the review criteria into your writing; understanding the dynamics of the peer review meeting; and interpreting a summary statement after the review.

The NC State Research Development Office invites everyone to the NIH @ NC State Fall Grantsmanship Series. These seminars will acquaint you with the basics of NIH. Registration is required to receive an appointment with zoom details.

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The REDCap Hands-On Form Building Training Session will teach users to build forms using the online designer or data dictionary. This session will be a click along hands-on/lecture/demo.

Our current REDCap trainings are offered as webinar-only.

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About REDCap

REDCap is a secure web application that can be used to build and manage case report forms, surveys and other data capture mechanisms for clinical research. NC TraCS provides training classes to assist you in getting started with building REDCap data collection forms for your research projects.

Current REDCap training offerings include:

1. Forms (beginner)
2. Forms: Hands On (beginner)
3. Functions (advanced)
4. Open Session (Surveys and general questions)
5. Clinical Data Management (3-day)

For more information, please visit our REDCap webpage.

This six-part orientation is strongly recommended for all clinical research personnel who are new to UNC or new to research. The series will introduce research personnel to the UNC offices involved in clinical trials, discuss the federal and local regulations governing conduct of research, and provide an overview of best practices utilized in the implementation of clinical research. It is recommended that registrants complete both the CITI Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and CITI Human Subjects Protection (IRB/Ethics) modules prior to attending the orientation.

Each session of the orientation will be held on Wednesday afternoons,1:30 to 4:00 pm. Research personnel are encouraged to attend all 6 modules, but may choose to attend only those of particular interest or relevance. The topics to be covered this week include:

• Study Start Up and Roles of Research Personnel (Laura Viera) - 1:30 - 2:25 pm
• Recruitment Services / Carolina Data Warehouse (Emily Olsson) - 2:30 - 3:30 pm
• Hospital Device Management Policy (Amanda Wood) - 3:30 - 4:00 pm

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This interactive online workshop will provide an introduction to focus groups, a data collection method used in qualitative research. Topics covered will include focus group methodology, considerations for planning a focus group, development of focus group discussion guides, focus group facilitation skills, and tips for conducting virtual focus groups.

Attendees will also participate in a mini "mock" virtual focus group session.

Presenter

MaryBeth Grewe, MPH
Project Manager / Qualitative Research Specialist, Community and Stakeholder Engagement
NC TraCS Institute

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Join the NRP for their latest education session. Presentation topics include:

• Learn about the ORSC – Mission, Roles and Responsibilities
• Learn about UNC Health Network Entities (NE) – Profiles and Unique Characteristics
• Develop a basic understanding of the steps to research collaboration with NE sites across the state
• Identify areas to consider when exploring research collaborations with NE sites

Attendance at this event is pending approval for 1 contact hour of clinical research education on applications for Maintenance of ACRP's CCRC®, CCRA®, CPI® or ACRP-CP® certification designations.

Presenters

Diane Powers, MPH, CHRC, CCRP
System Director, Office of Research Support & Compliance

Kerry Finch, RN, BSN, CCRC
Program Manager, Office of Research Support & Compliance

Andrew Thorne, PharmD, MS
System Clinical Manager, Investigational Drug Services

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