The UNC Be A Maker (BeAM) program continues to enhance the breadth and depth of resources available to researchers.

Join BeAM for a drop-in virtual open house for a tour of the space, an overview of tools and equipment, and breakout Q&A sessions with staff specialists, experts, and advanced BeAM research users. Get a closer look at the metal shop, electronics workstations, and upgraded 3D printer capabilities including the FormLabs Form 3B resin printer, the new Ultimaker S3, PRUSA multimaterial printer, and soon-to-be-added flexible filaments.

The virtual open house will take place on Monday, March 15 at 4 p.m. Join the session via the button below.

BeAM also welcomes your guidance to help direct strategies and resources. By filling out this eight-question survey, you can help makerspace staff understand the research needs for access, equipment, and messaging.

Join a live training session for the N3C Data Enclave. Users of all types can learn how to navigate the N3C, utilize the Enclave and resources it provides, and learn how to better achieve their analytical goals. This orientation is split into 2 sessions – Session A and Session B. These orientations are ongoing and will alternate week by week. Session A is recommended before attending Session B

Session A is for those who want to learn about N3C, as well as how to engage with project teams and access the data.

Topics include:

• Provide a general overview of N3C, including goals, organization, and community resources such as Domain Teams and Data Liaisons.
• Introduces the 3 data tiers available and important considerations for research driven by the data harmonization process.
• Discusses resources for training and help, as well as the Data Use Request (DUR) process required for researcher access.

Note: This orientation is held alternating Tuesdays | 8-9:30am PT/11am-12:30pm ET

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Wisdom in the Room: Engaging Youth as Stakeholders

Tania Connaughton-Espino and Meredith Burns of SHIFT NC will lead a discussion about the development of SHIFT NC’s new Youth Advisory Council, share approaches for involving youth in local health initiatives, and discuss considerations for others looking to engage youth as stakeholders in their work. SHIFT NC is a statewide nonprofit leading North Carolina to improve adolescent and young adult sexual health.

Wisdom in the Room is a conference call series hosted by the Community and Stakeholder Engagement Program at NC TraCS at UNC-Chapel Hill. It provides a forum for information and resource sharing among community partners, research stakeholders, and others interested in community engaged research.

Presenters

Tania Connaughton-Espino, Director of Training & Evaluation
SHIFT NC

Meredith Burns, Youth Engagement Specialist
SHIFT NC

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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.

The Data Manager is responsible for the complete data process: from design, to build, to quality control, to cleaning, and finally to archiving. In smaller research teams, this role may be absent or overlooked due to other pressing tasks, or may be parceled out as extra duties among team members.

TraCS is hosting this training to help research teams develop better data managers. We will review data manager responsibilities and discuss/practice techniques using REDCap.

This course will be held on 3 consecutive days: Wednesday, Mar 17 - Friday, Mar 19 | 12 - 4 p.m. each day.

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.

Do I Need an Umbrella? Lessons on Communicating Scientific Uncertainty from TV Weather Forecasting

Uncertainty is not only a fundamental part of the scientific endeavor, but a topic that can be difficult for non-scientists to understand. This session will focus on how TV meteorologists address this topic on a daily basis as well as other strategies that can assist in the process of communicating science virtually.

Join Duke Science & Society for the March installment of their SciComm Lunch & Learn Series to hear from Sara Kobilka. Sara Kobilka is the owner and principal consultant at Renaissance Woman Consulting. As indicated in the company name, Sara has a wide-ranging background that includes journalism, broadcast meteorology, informal science education, non-profit management, science communication/outreach professional development, facilitating virtual meetings, and teaching group fitness classes to name a few. She’s currently based in New York (state) but has previously lived in Tucson, Arizona, and throughout the Midwest.

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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 4:30pm. 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:

• Introduction to Orientation Series (Marie Rape) - 1:30 - 1:45 pm
• Network of Research Professionals (NRP) and Educational Programs for Research Personnel (Emily Olsson) - 1:45 - 2:05 pm
• Running a Clinical Trial from CDA to Study Closure / OCT Services and Resources (Christine Nelson) - 2:05 - 4:00pm
• Post-Session Q&A Discussion 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

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CRO Career Conversations: Clinical Research Associate

Contract research organizations (CRO) operate in many capacities to support the work of healthcare innovators and help move therapies from idea to market. NC Biotech’s CRO Career Conversations speaker series provides an introduction to key roles within the CRO industry and the opportunity to learn about career pathways, day-to-day responsibilities, and more from professionals currently in the field.

The first event in this series highlights the role of Clinical Research Associates (CRAs).

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CTSA Visiting Scholar — High risk yet often overlooked: Improving opioid safety for complex older adults

The opioid crisis response has largely overlooked multiple patient populations with complex opioid-related vulnerabilities, including older adults with cancer or dementia.

Join Andrew Roberts for a presentation of findings from his KL2-funded work examining high-risk opioid use patterns and outcomes in older adult cancer survivors. He will also discuss future directions for work informing opioid safety interventions for older adults with cancer and dementia.

Presenter:
Andrew Roberts, PharmD, PhD
CTSA KL2 Scholar
University of Kansas Medical Center

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The Data Manager is responsible for the complete data process: from design, to build, to quality control, to cleaning, and finally to archiving. In smaller research teams, this role may be absent or overlooked due to other pressing tasks, or may be parceled out as extra duties among team members.

TraCS is hosting this training to help research teams develop better data managers. We will review data manager responsibilities and discuss/practice techniques using REDCap.

This course will be held on 3 consecutive days: Wednesday, Mar 17 - Friday, Mar 19 | 12 - 4 p.m. each day.

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.

New Methods for Oversampling Gender and Sexual Minorities

Robert Agans, PhD researches new methods to produce cost-effective population-based estimates for gender and sexual minorities. In this seminar, Agans will highlight recent findings using a new technique developed at UNC, including some health disparity data between transgender and cisgender people.

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 highlights research with a focus on diverse representation.

Presenter
Robert Agans, PhD, Associate Professor
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

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Join the NRP and Marie Rape, RN, BSN, Associate Director of the NC TraCS Regulatory Service, for an education session on Data and Safety Monitoring plans.

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

Presenter: Marie Rape, RN, BSN
Associate Director, NC TraCS Regulatory Service

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The Data Manager is responsible for the complete data process: from design, to build, to quality control, to cleaning, and finally to archiving. In smaller research teams, this role may be absent or overlooked due to other pressing tasks, or may be parceled out as extra duties among team members.

TraCS is hosting this training to help research teams develop better data managers. We will review data manager responsibilities and discuss/practice techniques using REDCap.

This course will be held on 3 consecutive days: Wednesday, Mar 17 - Friday, Mar 19 | 12 - 4 p.m. each day.

Our current REDCap trainings are offered as webinar-only.

Register

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.

HERO–Learning Together about Vaccines for SARS-CoV-2

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features Emily O’Brien, PhD, FAHA of the Duke Clinical Research Institute and Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC of Verily Life Sciences and Google Health.

Presenters
Emily O’Brien, PhD, FAHA, Associate Professor
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine

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