Odum Institute Short Course - Using Qualitative Research to Study Social Justice

This course will address how researchers can use qualitative research to draw attention to underlying mechanisms that define social problems. Once uncovered, deeper understanding of these mechanisms can guide large-scale surveys, direct responses to requests for proposals by private foundations and government agencies, inform policy briefs, and even influence new legislation. In this regard, it is important for qualitative researchers to think beyond simply highlighting problems in order to also develop skills that leverage our work in ways that more directly impact people’s everyday lives.

This course will go over qualitative processes to better position course participants in their efforts to design and collect data specifically aimed at contributing directly to social justice. Timely issues, including racial disparities in policing, will be used as examples of how decision-making across the methodological life of a qualitative project can be leveraged to address social problems.

Presenter
Rashawn Ray, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, Executive Director of the Lab for Applied Social Science Research
University of Maryland

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COVID-19 Research Open House Week: Community Research Symposium

The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) is hosting an Open House to engage CTSA members, newcomers, and the wider translational research community. The N3C is a data resource and collaborative community built for COVID-19 research. The N3C Data Enclave contains harmonized, patient-level clinical data from 36 institutions across the country, allowing the research community to study COVID-19 at a scale and statistical power not possible within any single institution.

The event will be kicked off with a one-hour Community Research Symposium, followed by a week of open Clinical Domain Team meetings to welcome new collaborators and help them launch their research questions.

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REDCap Functions is advanced training in using functions with your project such as Surveys, Randomization, Calendar/Scheduling, etc.

The session will cover Imports, Reusing Forms, Exports, Surveys, Data Quality Checks, Collecting Data Offline (REDCap Mobile), Subject App (MyCap), Pulling Epic Data, Special layouts (Shazam), Multiple Languages, and more.

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.

COVID-19 Research Open House Week: Kidney Disease in N3C

The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) is hosting an Open House to engage CTSA members, newcomers, and the wider translational research community. The N3C is a data resource and collaborative community built for COVID-19 research. The N3C Data Enclave contains harmonized, patient-level clinical data from 36 institutions across the country, allowing the research community to study COVID-19 at a scale and statistical power not possible within any single institution.

The Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Clinical Domain Team aims to investigate risk factors associated with kidney injury and recovery, as well as use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) in relation to COVID-19.

Those interested should email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for an invite.

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Join the NRP for their latest education session. Cassie Myers, CIP and Mike Matamoros, MS, CIP from the UNC Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE) will help attendees better understand the relationship between assays and investigational devices.

Presentation Topics Includes:

• Understand the different stages of assay development and apply the applicable regulatory framework, specifically investigational devices regulations
• Accurately complete the IRBIS application, Assay tables, and consent forms to facilitate IRB review processes
• Evaluate when a modification occurs how this will impact the regulatory framework and IRB requirements

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

Cassie Myers, CIP, Director
UNC OHRE

Mike Matamoros, MS, CIP, IRB Quality Improvement/Assurance Manager
UNC OHRE

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Odum Institute Short Course - Academic Publishing 101: From Idea to Article...and Beyond

Although graduate school teaches you many things, many PhD students complete their dissertations having never been fully trained in academic publishing. How does academic publishing actually work? Where should you publish your research? How do you actually get papers accepted in strong academic journals?

This talk will cover several major ideas in academic publishing (focusing on the social sciences). Topics include:

• professional integrity and ethics
• the role of academic conversations and communities as a guide for publication forums and journal selections
• the mechanics of publishing in journals and other forums (including outlining, writing style, journal, legal, and newspaper submissions, the peer review process, revisions, and corresponding with editors)
• acceptance and all that follows

Presenter
Todd BenDor, PhD, Professor, City and Regional Planning, Director, Odum Institute
UNC-Chapel Hill

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COVID-19 Research Open House Week: N3C Immunosuppressed/Compromised Domain Team

The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) is hosting an Open House to engage CTSA members, newcomers, and the wider translational research community. The N3C is a data resource and collaborative community built for COVID-19 research. The N3C Data Enclave contains harmonized, patient-level clinical data from 36 institutions across the country, allowing the research community to study COVID-19 at a scale and statistical power not possible within any single institution.

The Immunosuppressed/Compromised (ISC) Clinical Domain Team aims to gain a better understanding of how COVID-19 affects patient populations with suppressed or compromised immune systems.

Those interested should email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for an invite.

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This Professional Development seminar is great for research professionals, graduate students, postdocs and early stage faculty researchers. It covers foundational skills useful for career development in clinical/translational research.

The second module of this seminar is titled Communication Skills and will equip attendees with knowledge of how to best communicate within their research teams and with the public. Each session of the seminar will meet Fridays at 12:00 pm. This session is titled: Pitching you and your research program.

Presenter
Susan Pusek, DrSc, Director, Education Programs
NC TraCS Institute

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