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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The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) and our campus partners have been working hard to put together a collection of informational sessions and networking opportunities for the 2021 Research Symposium for Research Administrators!

As a reminder, registration is not necessary to attend the sessions. For a detailed list of sessions and panel discussions that request questions submitted in advance, to Zoom links for joining sessions at the event, and RACC credit opportunities, please visit our Symposium Website for all the information you need.

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This course will be offered via Zoom only. However, this course will not be recorded.

Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most appropriate uses of focus groups, how to segment and recruit audiences, how to develop a moderator’s guide, and how to moderate focus groups. The class will be supplemented with real-life examples and hands-on exercises.

This is a two-day (9/15 and 9/16) class and each day will be 1pm – 5pm, potentially ending early each day. Each day of class is required.

Instructor: Peyton Williams

Peyton Williams, MPH, is a research associate at RTI International in the Center for Communication Science. He has over 15 years’ experience as a focus group moderator, and is involved with all facets of qualitative data collection from moderator guide and screener generation, to conducting groups, and analyzing and reporting on findings. He has conducted focus groups with an array of audiences, such as physicians, youth, and vulnerable populations, and around a variety of topics including HIV, opioids, and nutrition. Clients he has worked for include the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and state health departments.
 
Registration Fees:
– CSS Students – $40
– UNC-CH Students – $65
– UNC-CH Faculty/Staff/Postdoc/Non-UNC – $90

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Registration closes at 12:01am on 9/12/2021. Once registration closes, no late registrations will be accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS!

* Cancellation/ Refund Policy: A full refund will be given to those who cancel their registration no later than 10 days prior to the course. If you cancel within the 10 days prior to the class, no refund will be given. Please allow 30 days to receive your refund.

* Zoom link for this course will be sent prior to the course. 

The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) and our campus partners have been working hard to put together a collection of informational sessions and networking opportunities for the 2021 Research Symposium for Research Administrators!

As a reminder, registration is not necessary to attend the sessions. For a detailed list of sessions and panel discussions that request questions submitted in advance, to Zoom links for joining sessions at the event, and RACC credit opportunities, please visit our Symposium Website for all the information you need.

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Whether you are getting acquainted with NIH for the first time, or have had NIH Support for years, understanding NIH’s current priorities can help you put your next application in the right context. This session will highlight some of the most recent hot topics - such as the UNITE Initiative, new Data Management Plan requirements, and responses to COVID - to help you get caught up on the NIH.

Register here to receive an appointment with zoom details. If you have any questions, or issues with the registration form, please contact Molly Puente (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

This month's NRP Education Session will provide an overview of approaches, resources, and projects conducted at the UNC Kidney Center to educate and involve stakeholders throughout research processes.

Objectives:

• Outline patient-centered approaches to conducting research
• Describe methods for meaningful stakeholder engagement throughout all research stages
• Highlight resources developed at the UNC Kidney Center

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Presenter: Adeline Dorough

Adeline Dorough received her Master of Public Health degree in Health Behavior from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is a Research Coordinator in the Patient-Centered Innovation in Kidney Disease research group at the UNC Kidney Center. In this role, she collaborates with various stakeholders to design and implement health education resources, interventions, and patient-reported outcome measures. She has expertise in stakeholder engagement, which serves as the foundation for all her work toward improving kidney care experiences and health outcomes. Her utmost priorities are to 1) empower patients to confidently use their voice in research and health care, and 2) engage in equal partnership with diverse stakeholders to bring about sustainable, meaningful change in routine care.

 This course will be offered via Zoom only. However, this course will not be recorded.

Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most appropriate uses of focus groups, how to segment and recruit audiences, how to develop a moderator’s guide, and how to moderate focus groups. The class will be supplemented with real-life examples and hands-on exercises.

This is a two-day (9/15 and 9/16) class and each day will be 1pm – 5pm, potentially ending early each day. Each day of class is required.

Instructor: Peyton Williams

Peyton Williams, MPH, is a research associate at RTI International in the Center for Communication Science. He has over 15 years’ experience as a focus group moderator, and is involved with all facets of qualitative data collection from moderator guide and screener generation, to conducting groups, and analyzing and reporting on findings. He has conducted focus groups with an array of audiences, such as physicians, youth, and vulnerable populations, and around a variety of topics including HIV, opioids, and nutrition. Clients he has worked for include the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and state health departments.
 
Registration Fees:
– CSS Students – $40
– UNC-CH Students – $65
– UNC-CH Faculty/Staff/Postdoc/Non-UNC – $90

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Registration closes at 12:01am on 9/12/2021. Once registration closes, no late registrations will be accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS!

* Cancellation/ Refund Policy: A full refund will be given to those who cancel their registration no later than 10 days prior to the course. If you cancel within the 10 days prior to the class, no refund will be given. Please allow 30 days to receive your refund.

* Zoom link for this course will be sent prior to the course. 

This course will be offered via ZOOM only. However, this course will not be recorded.

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? In this talk, we will discuss several major ideas in academic publishing (focusing on the social sciences). We will discuss:

• 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)
• and acceptance and all that follows.

Course schedule

9 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Lunch
12:45 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Break
2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Instructor

Todd BenDor is a Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research and teaching focus on developing ways to better understand and prevent impacts from urban growth on sensitive environmental systems.

Much of his recent research has studied the social, economic, and ecological consequences of ecosystem service markets and ecological restoration regulations. He has also developed computer models to assess the opportunities and consequences of urban growth, as well as promote environmental conflict resolution.

Professor BenDor is a faculty member in UNC's Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology. He holds a BS from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an MS from Washington State University, and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Registration Fees

UNC-CH Students – $0, with a $20 deposit to hold your spot (deposit is refundable upon your attendance for at least 66% of the course)
UNC-CH Faculty/Staff/Postdoc – $45

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This class will be offered via Zoom ONLY. Registration closes at 12:01 a.m. on 9/14/2021. Once registration closes, no late registrations will be accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS!

This course will be offered via Zoom only. However, this course will not be recorded.

This course explains how to clean and analyze textual data using R, including both raw and structured texts. It will cover multiple hands-on approaches to getting data into R and applying analytical methods to it, with a focus on techniques from the fields of text mining and Natural Language Processing.

Instructor Bio:
Alison Blaine is a Data Visualization Specialist, currently working at Red Hat, who loves the challenge of bringing data stories to life visually. Prior to her current role, she worked at NC State University and in the health insurance industry, where she specialized in consulting and teaching in the areas of data visualization and statistical computing. Alison has a special place in her heart for R and finds it to be a highly useful and versatile tool for working with data.

Registration Fees:
– UNC CH Students: $0, with a $25 deposit to hold your spot (deposit is refundable upon your attendance for at least 66% of the course)
– UNC CH Faculty/Staff/Postdoc: $40

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Registration closes at 12:01am on 9/14/2021. Once registration closes, no late registrations will be accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Zoom link for this course will be sent prior to the course. 

* Cancellation/ Refund Policy: A full refund will be given to those who cancel their registration no later than 10 days prior to the course. If you cancel within the 10 days prior to the class, no refund will be given. Please allow 30 days to receive your refund.

 

Registration is open for the 2021-2022 TraCS Professional Development Seminar series. This seminar series is aimed at research professionals, graduate students, postdocs and early stage faculty researchers. In this series, we cover foundational skills useful for career development in clinical/translational research.

The TraCS Professional Development Seminar series is split into 4 modules: Finding Funding, Communication Skills, Mentor-Mentee Training, and Rigor and Reproducibility.

Finding Funding

September 3, 2021	12-1 pm: Getting started: types of funding to support research and planning your proposal submission 1-2 pm: Developing a strategy and timeline for productivity in the 2021-2022 academic year
September 10, 2021	12-2 pm: Anatomy of a grant announcement/NIH 101
September 17, 2021	12-1 pm: Pilot awards: purpose and example internal mechanisms 1-2 pm: Peer review process
September 24, 2021	12-1 pm: Working with foundations
October 1, 2021	Panel discussion: Lessons learned about finding funding 12-1 pm: hear from successful early stage researchers 1-2 pm: hear from experienced grant reviewers

Through the UNC Event Registration system, you will be able to select which sessions you would like to attend. Please note: the Zoom link that you receive upon registration will work for all sessions within the Finding Funding module. Each session will be held in-person and/or via Zoom on Fridays.

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Population - based outreach to prevent suicidal behavior: A pragmatic randomized trial

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features Gregory Simon, MD, MPH, Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute and Susan M Shortreed, PhD, Senior Investigator, Biostatistics Unit, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute; Affiliate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington.

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