This course will provide a basic introduction to time series analysis and its applications in social science research. Emily Wager, PhD will cover time series regression and exploratory data analysis, ARIMA models, model identification/estimation, intervention analysis and other models used for causal inference.

This course will use examples and hands-on labs in STATA. Participants should have a thorough understanding of regression analysis and some familiarity with STATA.

Presenter
Emily Wager, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Houston

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COVID-19 Research Open House Week: Pharma/Commercial 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 vision of the Pharma-Commercial Domain Team is to maximize engagement with commercial groups to support the increased use and utility of N3C resources and community for research on COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Research Open House Week: Pharmacoepidemiology 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 goal of the Pharmacoepidemiology Clinical Domain Team is to evaluate important, empirically testable hypotheses regarding the use, safety, and effectiveness of therapies for COVID-19 using a limited dataset from the N3C.

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Learn how to leverage the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) new translational grant funding programs to accelerate the development of your preclinical heart, lung, blood or sleep technology.

The NHLBI recently launched the Catalyze program to empower and support translational research through a comprehensive suite of funding, technical services, training, and mentorship to translational investigators working across NHLBI’s entire heart, lung, blood, and sleep portfolio.

Projects supported by NHLBI Catalyze receive funding, project management support, access to technical services and expertise, advisory services (IP, regulatory, commercialization), training opportunities, access to best practices and the opportunity to become part of an innovation network.

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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI Data) - Equity and Social Justice Webinar

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data is not yet universally collected by electronic health records, health systems, and researchers. Incorporating this data can help eliminate barriers to care, illuminate health disparities, and strengthen research. This discussion will focus on best practices in SOGI data collection and implementation.

Speakers

Alex Keuroghlian, MD MPH, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Director, National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
The Fenway Institute

Michael Irwig, MD, Director of Transgender Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Amy Tishelman, PhD, Director of Clinical Research, Behavioral Health, Endocrinology and Urology (BE-U) Program and Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMS)
Boston Children’s Hospital

Moderator
Alden Landry, MD, MPH, Assistant Dean, Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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This course will provide a basic introduction to time series analysis and its applications in social science research. Emily Wager, PhD will cover time series regression and exploratory data analysis, ARIMA models, model identification/estimation, intervention analysis and other models used for causal inference.

This course will use examples and hands-on labs in STATA. Participants should have a thorough understanding of regression analysis and some familiarity with STATA.

Presenter
Emily Wager, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Houston

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The REDCap Open Training Session will review using surveys and provide ample time to answer any questions REDCap users might have.

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.

Andrea Knittel's research focuses on the effects of the criminal legal system on women's reproductive transitions. This virtual presentation will highlight the methods and strategies used in recruiting women who have experienced incarceration and the people from their personal social networks.

The Inclusive Science Program (ISP) focuses on increasing the inclusion of populations that have been historically underrepresented in clinical and translational research. The ISP spring seminar series aims to highlight research that is working to increase diverse representation in research.

Presenter
Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD, FACOG, Assistant Professor
UNC Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Beyond the PMBOoK: Journey to the Secret Sauce - A Discussion of 'The Power of Habit' by Charles Duhigg

Developing good habits is critical to good program or project management. Habits are a cycle of three components: Cue—Routine—Reward. People tend to think of the routine as the important part, but researchers have found the cue and reward are the really critical parts of this cycle. Cues and rewards shape how habits work. As habits develop in humans, we actively think less and less, and operate mainly on unconscious repetition.

In this event, Janet Lockhart, CPA, PMP will present a 19 minute video by 'The Power of Habit' author Charles Duhigg, and then lead a discussion. Attendees will see examples of the "Cue—Routine—Reward" process and how this method transformed the development of the Febreze odor remover product, as well as how it contributed to the problem resolution approach that is used at Starbucks. This seminar is sponsored by NCPMI Higher Education Community of Practice and the Duke Project Management Community of Practice.

Presenter
Janet Lockhart, CPA, PMP, Senior Contracting Officer
RTI International

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Our Community Our Health - COVID-19 Vaccines: Voices from the Community

This interactive town hall will discuss up-to-date knowledge about COVID-19 and the vaccines as well as its impact on rural and urban communities.

This virtual event is free and open to the public.

Presenters

Lori Carter-Edwards, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Public Health Leadership Program, Adjunct Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Health Behavior
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Cyd Lacanienta, MSW, Associate Director Stakeholder Engagement, Community Collaboration Core, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Tracy Battaglia, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology, Director of the Women’s Health Unit
Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health

Michael Gutter, PhD, Associate Dean for Extension and State Program Leader for 4-H Youth Development, Families and Communities
University of Florida

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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: How to give a 10 minute scientific talk.

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

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This course will provide a basic introduction to time series analysis and its applications in social science research. Emily Wager, PhD will cover time series regression and exploratory data analysis, ARIMA models, model identification/estimation, intervention analysis and other models used for causal inference.

This course will use examples and hands-on labs in STATA. Participants should have a thorough understanding of regression analysis and some familiarity with STATA.

Presenter
Emily Wager, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Houston

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