CCHD Spring Series — Culture & Developmental Science: Considering Context, Culture, and Intersectional Approaches

The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute's Carolina Consortium on Human Development is honored to host a panel discussion on Discrimination, Context, and Health.

Panelists: Dr. Mayra Bámaca, Dr. Glorisa Canino, and Dr. Shawn Jones

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 B is for analysts, statisticians, data scientists, or anyone who wants to gain a broader understanding of the tools needed to work with the data.

Topics include:

• Focus on technical aspects of working with data in the secure N3C Enclave, including use of OMOP concept sets and N3C-specific tooling, such as the Concept Set Browser.
• Introduce commonly used analysis tools, such as Contour and Code Workbooks and corresponding workflows for simple analyses.
• Introduce the Enclave Knowledge Store, a mechanism for sharing and using community-developed code and data across projects.

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

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The Carolina Health Informatics Program, in conjunction with the UNC Health Sciences Library, is presenting Bringing a Racial Equity Focus to Health Informatics Workshop.

This workshop is intended to help health informatics students and researchers at UNC incorporate a racial equity focus into their work. Participants will select and attend one breakout room presentation, engage in small-group discussion, and reflect on strategies to incorporate a racial equity focus into their own work. Participants will come away from the workshop with a specific plan for how to bring racial equity into an ongoing or future research project. Attendance at the March 9 panel is not required for participation in this workshop.

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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:

• UNC Institutional Review Board Processes (IRB Analysts / Staff) - 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Conflict of Interest (Joy Bryde) - 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
• Post-Session Q&A Discussion 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

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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.

Join this month's journal club to discuss the use of real world data to evaluate the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine as described in this recent paper: BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting

Background

As mass vaccination campaigns against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) commence worldwide, vaccine effectiveness needs to be assessed for a range of outcomes across diverse populations in a noncontrolled setting. In this study, data from Israel's largest health care organization were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine.

Discussion Leaders

Michele Jonsson-Funk, PhD and Sara Dejene

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Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Lauren A. Smith as the third speaker in its 2020-2021 virtual distinguished speaker series Fostering Resilience for Our Children: From Birth Through Adolescence.

Lauren Smith, MD, MPH will discuss how the principles of equity can contribute to building resilience and overall wellbeing among children and youth.

The discussion will touch on ways structural biases, including systemic racism, generate and compound harm, as well as what kinds of approaches can be undertaken to address the root causes of inequities across children's experiences. The presentation will take a strengths-based approach that recognizes the unique talent and potential of every child.

Presenter

Lauren Smith, MD, MPH, is the chief health equity and strategy officer for the CDC Foundation. Smith brings more than 25 years working at the intersection of health care delivery and management, public policy and public health fields.

Remote or Removed? Predicting Successful Engagement with Online Learning During COVID-19

Thurston Domina, PhD and Sabrina Zadrozny, PhD present in this seminar of the "Dual Impact of COVID-19 and Systemic Racism and Inequity on Children's Developmental Trajectories in the Early Years: Interdisciplinary Conversations and Development of a Research-Policy Agenda” series. The series aims to increase awareness about the impact of disparities that contribute to children's ability to keep pace, which have broad dire effects on the neurodevelopmental trajectories of children growing in disadvantaged households and communities.

Presenters
Thurston Domina, PhD | Professor and Program Coordinator, UNC School of Education
Sabrina Zadrozny, PhD | Director, Data Management and Analysis Core and Statistician Investigator, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

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The Path to Preventive Genomics

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features Robert C. Green, MD, MPH of Harvard Medical School, Ariadne Labs, and the Broad Institute.

Presenters
Robert C. Green, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine (Genetics), Harvard Medical School
Director, Genomes2People Research Program and Preventive Genomics Clinic
Mass General Brigham, Ariadne Labs, Broad Institute

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