The Communication Skills module of the TraCS Professional Development Seminar Series focuses on the types of oral and written communication used in clinical and translational research.

Seminars in the Communication Skills module (April 3-May 5) are presented in-person on Mondays from 12 – 2 p.m. ET in room 219 of the Brinkhous-Bullitt building (in the NC TraCS Institute suite on the 2nd floor), and repeated via Zoom on Fridays from 12 – 2 p.m ET.

In-person | Brinkhous-Bullitt, room 219
Monday, April 3: How to write & publish a scientific paper: the process from identifying a journal, to assigning authorship, all the way through to the peer review process and making revisions
Monday, April 10: The 10-minute scientific talk; Pitching your research to any audience
Monday, April 24: Working with the media: interviews with journalists and science communicators; Sharing your research through social media
Monday, May 1: Career mapping: creating and communicating a vision for your career and/or research program

Virtual | Zoom
Friday, April 7: How to write & publish a scientific paper: the process from identifying a journal, to assigning authorship, all the way through to the peer review process and making revisions
Friday, April 14: The 10-minute scientific talk; Pitching your research to any audience
Friday, April 28: Working with the media: interviews with journalists and science communicators; Sharing your research through social media
Friday, May 5: Career mapping: creating and communicating a vision for your career and/or research program

Join for the topics that interest you and on the days that work for you. Once registered for this module you will receive a separate invite to the Canvas site for this module of the seminar series.

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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is hosting a virtual public meeting via Zoom to provide a detailed look at the current beta sites and overall progress in modernizing the clinicaltrials.gov website. The meeting will give attendees the opportunity to hear from and interact via chat with ClinicalTrials.gov modernization team members and other stakeholders, including during two simultaneous breakout sessions. This meeting is part of NLM’s overall effort to keep stakeholders informed about the ClinicalTrials.gov modernization effort, which seeks to deliver an improved user experience on an updated platform that will accommodate growth and enhance efficiency.

For more information about the event, please click here.

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Postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty interested in applying for the new NC TraCS K12 mentored career development program are invited to learn more about the program from the new K12 leaders, Michelle Hernandez, MD, and Jon Juliano, MD. Those interested in being mentors are also invited to learn more about the program.

The same information will be presented at each meeting followed by time for questions and discussion. All sessions are in-person ONLY & held in Brinkhous-Bullitt room 219. Please register for the information session that works best for your schedule.

More information about the NC TraCS K12 mentored career development program is available at https://tracs.unc.edu/index.php/services/education/ctsa-k12.

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The 24th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research will be held on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, from 2:30-5pm in the Blue Zone of Kenan Stadium. The Celebration will consist of two sequential poster sessions starting at 2:30pm and 3:45pm, and it will be open to the public.

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Postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty interested in applying for the new NC TraCS K12 mentored career development program are invited to learn more about the program from the new K12 leaders, Michelle Hernandez, MD, and Jon Juliano, MD. Those interested in being mentors are also invited to learn more about the program.

The same information will be presented at each meeting followed by time for questions and discussion. All sessions are in-person ONLY & held in Brinkhous-Bullitt room 219. Please register for the information session that works best for your schedule.

More information about the NC TraCS K12 mentored career development program is available at https://tracs.unc.edu/index.php/services/education/ctsa-k12.

register

Postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty interested in applying for the new NC TraCS K12 mentored career development program are invited to learn more about the program from the new K12 leaders, Michelle Hernandez, MD, and Jon Juliano, MD. Those interested in being mentors are also invited to learn more about the program.

The same information will be presented at each meeting followed by time for questions and discussion. All sessions are in-person ONLY & held in Brinkhous-Bullitt room 219. Please register for the information session that works best for your schedule.

More information about the NC TraCS K12 mentored career development program is available at https://tracs.unc.edu/index.php/services/education/ctsa-k12.

register

The Communication Skills module of the TraCS Professional Development Seminar Series focuses on the types of oral and written communication used in clinical and translational research.

Seminars in the Communication Skills module (April 3-May 5) are presented in-person on Mondays from 12 – 2 p.m. ET in room 219 of the Brinkhous-Bullitt building (in the NC TraCS Institute suite on the 2nd floor), and repeated via Zoom on Fridays from 12 – 2 p.m ET.

In-person | Brinkhous-Bullitt, room 219
Monday, April 3: How to write & publish a scientific paper: the process from identifying a journal, to assigning authorship, all the way through to the peer review process and making revisions
Monday, April 10: The 10-minute scientific talk; Pitching your research to any audience
Monday, April 24: Working with the media: interviews with journalists and science communicators; Sharing your research through social media
Monday, May 1: Career mapping: creating and communicating a vision for your career and/or research program

Virtual | Zoom
Friday, April 7: How to write & publish a scientific paper: the process from identifying a journal, to assigning authorship, all the way through to the peer review process and making revisions
Friday, April 14: The 10-minute scientific talk; Pitching your research to any audience
Friday, April 28: Working with the media: interviews with journalists and science communicators; Sharing your research through social media
Friday, May 5: Career mapping: creating and communicating a vision for your career and/or research program

Join for the topics that interest you and on the days that work for you. Once registered for this module you will receive a separate invite to the Canvas site for this module of the seminar series.

Register

Oxygen-Saturation Targets for Critically Ill Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: An Embedded Cluster-crossover Trial

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

Matthew W. Semler, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics
Medical Director, VICTR Center for Learning Healthcare
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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