This 2.5-hour course will be offered via Zoom. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded.

Quarto is a new computational document authoring system. Quarto allows you to create dynamic documents combining text, R/Python/Julia code, plots, and analysis outputs. These documents are “live”, so any changes to your data or code result in automatic updates to the results. Quarto is useful for scientific document preparation, automated report generation, and presentation preparation.

In this course, participants will learn how to use Quarto to prepare documents, reports, and presentations. Participants will embed R code in their Quarto documents; skills will be transferable to embedding Python or Julia, and no previous R experience is required.

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This 5-hour (9/17/24 and 9/19/24; 12pm – 2:30pm each day) course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded.

This course introduces students to Stata and data management. It is tailored for beginners and researchers who want to learn how to manage data more effectively. Each day, the class will demonstrate how to use the commands, followed by hands-on exercises using sample datasets.

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NC TraCS Data Science Seminar Series: Landscape of data and data groups at UNC

Peter Leese, MSPH, program director & lead scientist at the TraCS Data Science Lab, will give an overview of the datasets and data-focused groups at UNC-Chapel Hill. The goal of this seminar is to give attendees an introduction to the broad landscape of data and data-relevant groups that can be helpful or supportive in the healthcare data science space.

Seminars in the NC TraCS Data Science Seminar Series will cover a range of topics related to health care data science, clinical data, data engineering, and working in these areas at UNC-Chapel Hill. These hybrid seminars will be held on the third Tuesday of each month from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the NC TraCS suite on the 2nd floor of Brinkhous-Bullitt or via Zoom.

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Engagement in Research 101: Introduction to Engaging Patient & Community Partners in Research

Are you interested in learning about patient and community engagement and how it can benefit your research? Excited by the idea of engaging patient, community, or other partners in your research, but unsure about where to start? Want to know more about how to engage partners at different points throughout your study?

Engaging with patient and community partners who are impacted by your research can be instrumental to the success of your study. This online training will provide an overview of engagement in research, highlighting that engagement is not "all or nothing" or "one-size-fits-all", but instead encompasses a wide variety of low touch to high touch approaches that could be right for your study.

The session will cover common myths/misconceptions about engagement in research, benefits of and key considerations for engaging patient and community partners in research, and initial steps/existing resources you can leverage to begin engaging partners in your research.

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Engaging Patient, Community, and Other Partners in Your Research is a multi-part online training series. You may register for the entire series OR any single training session.

Part 1 will focus on the basics of research engagement, providing an overview of patient and community engagement and its benefits, debunking common myths and misconceptions, and providing considerations and next steps for incorporating engagement approaches into your research.

Part 2 will cover specific engagement methods, including consultative community feedback sessions, advisory boards, and working with patient and community partners as members of a research team.

Part 3 will focus on the nuances of building and maintaining partnerships, outlining best practices for developing and strengthening mutually beneficial partnerships and discussing common partnership challenges and solutions.

This training series was developed collaboratively with patient, community, and researcher partners and is co-sponsored by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and NC TraCS Institute.

New Frontiers in Health Sciences Research

Please join the Department of Health Sciences Office of Research & Scholarship for their September research forum where faculty will present their research in speech sound disorders, lower extremity injuries in military populations and autism.

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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UNC NRP September Education Session: Navigating Clinical Spaces and Responding to Emergencies in Clinical Research

In this NRP Education session, you'll hear from experienced research staff who regularly encounter clinical areas. They will share valuable insights on how to effectively navigate your research in these environments, including emergency response protocols and proper etiquette when sharing these spaces. Even if you work with healthy volunteers, or outside a clinical environment, you will still find the presentation informative so you are prepared for those unexpected scenarios you may encounter in human subjects research.

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This interactive online workshop will focus on semi-structured interviewing, a data collection method used in qualitative research. Participants will have the opportunity to practice developing interview questions and using interviewing skills.

Topics:

• Basics of semi-structured interviews
• Development of interview questions and probes
• Interviewing skills
• Considerations for conducting virtual interviews.

Presenters:
MaryBeth Grewe, MPH
Program Manager, Qualitative Research Service
Research Specialist, Patient and Community Engagement in Research (PaCER) Program
NC TraCS Institute

Simone Frank, MPH
Senior Project Manager, Patient and Community Engagement in Research (PaCER) Program
Research Specialist, Qualitative Research Service
NC TraCS Institute

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This 5-hour (9/17/24 and 9/19/24; 12pm – 2:30pm each day) course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded.

This course introduces students to Stata and data management. It is tailored for beginners and researchers who want to learn how to manage data more effectively. Each day, the class will demonstrate how to use the commands, followed by hands-on exercises using sample datasets.

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The Role of Al as a Team Member in Scientific Research

The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC-Chapel Hill is excited to announce the next event from Accelerating Collaborative Team Science (ACTS) — a Team Science educational program.

ACTS functions as a connector, bridging the gap between researchers, coordinating centers, and other parties involved in practicing and promoting collaborative team science theory and practical applications across the scientific research landscape. With twenty years of experience coordinating team science efforts, RENCI provides a unique vantage point for those seeking to understand the role of the coordinating center and the challenges specific to large, geographically dispersed scientific teams.

Join retired IBM and Apple executive Jim Spohrer as he reviews the history of artificial intelligence and the challenges of keeping up with accelerating change, such as fixing the "hallucination" problem, addressing energy consumption, and answering vital questions regarding the ownership and control of Al tools. Then, he will lead attendees through an exploration of possible future roles for Al as a team member in scientific research. Learning to invest wisely in these changes will require significant advances in the science of team science.

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

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Similarities and Differences Between Pragmatic Trials and Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials

This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:

John Fortney, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
Senior Research Career Scientist
HSR Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care
VA Puget Sound Health Care System

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