This interactive online workshop will provide an introduction to focus groups, a data collection method used in qualitative research. Attendees will also observe or participate in a mini "mock" virtual focus group session.

Topics:

• Focus group methodology
• Considerations for planning a focus group
• Development of focus group discussion guides
• Focus group facilitation skills
• Tips for conducting virtual focus groups

Presenters:
MaryBeth Grewe, MPH
Program Manager, Qualitative and Engaged Research
NC TraCS Institute

Simone Frank, MPH
Project Manager, Community Engagement in Research
NC TraCS Institute

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Developing a Pipeline for the Discovery of Anti-Enterovirus Cross-Reactive Monoclonal Antibodies

Join the Children's Research Institute for a hybrid seminar with Timothy Thoner, PhD, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Vogt Laboratory in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UNC School of Medicine. Participate in the seminar either in person at 3116 Mary Ellen Jones Building (with lunch provided) or via Zoom.

Zoom information - Meeting ID: 985 6644 6544 | Password: 097476

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Book Launch: Equal Care: Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State

Join the Sheps Center in celebrating a new book written by Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, Equal Care: Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State. In Equal Care, Berkowitz delves into the social mechanisms that connect injustice to poor health. He presents practical policies designed to create a system of social relations that ensures equal care for everyone. The launch will include a talk and book signing. Equal Care will be available on March 26. Refreshments will be provided.

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Coffee with the UNC Office of Human Research Ethics & IRB

Date/Time: April 10 from 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Location: Brinkhous-Bullitt, 2nd Floor, Room 219

The UNC Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE/IRB) would like to invite you to chat with the UNC OHRE Director, Associate Directors, IRB Analyst and IRB Senior Analyst over coffee. Register early to reserve your spot as space is limited!

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2024 Research Excellence Awardees

Please join the Department of Health Sciences Office of Research & Scholarship for their April research forum featuring DHS doctoral student winners of the Research Excellence award presenting their work.

The hybrid forum will take place in person (MacNider 321, LUNCH provided) and via Zoom. Please register to attend.

Questions? Contact the Department of Health Sciences Office of Research & Scholarship at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Designing Web Surveys

This 4-hour course will be held online only. Attendance is required as it will not be recorded.

This course will provide an introduction to effectively designing web surveys to avoid common pitfalls that impact data quality and introduce measurement error. The course will focus on the following elements of web survey design – overall formatting and visual layout of screens, selecting and designing questions and response options (e.g., radio buttons, check boxes, grids, and open text fields), error and validation messaging, navigation elements, and usability. Special considerations for designing web surveys to accommodate mobile response will also be covered. This course will also provide an overview of the various web survey software systems available and offer practical guidance on selecting appropriate platforms. However, this course will not provide instruction on the technical aspects of web survey programming or introduce programming languages. The course will draw from empirical literature on best practices coupled with practical considerations when designing and implementing web surveys.

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Team Science and the Academic Research Enterprise

Join the ACTS Webinar Series kickoff for a discussion of Team Science practices with key stakeholders at UNC-Chapel Hill. Hear from several campus institutes utilizing Team Science to advance research. This webinar will include discussions of terminology and highlight critical aspects of successful Team Science efforts as well as pitfalls to avoid.

Learn more at renci.org/team-science/.

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Placebos Without Deception

Recent randomized controlled trials demonstrate that open-label placebos can improve outcomes, like pain management and reduced opioid use, even when patients know they are receiving a placebo. These findings shift the conversation about placebos from whether deception is ethical to what role they should play in health care. Panel discussion organized by the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School; Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics; and the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL).

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Primary Palliative Care for Emergency Medicine, A Clustered-randomized Stepped-wedge Trial Across 33 Emergency Departments

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

Corita R. Grudzen, MD, MSHS, FACEP
Fern Grayer Chair in Oncology Care and the Patient Experience
Division Head, Supportive and Acute Care Services
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College

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