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CaSE faculty lead Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

31 January 2020

UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Family Medicine professor and vice chair of research, Katrina Donahue MD, MPH, has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The Task Force is an independent, volunteer...

NC State University ASSIST Center seeking clinical collaborators for wearable/point-of care platform devices

14 January 2020

CTSA partner NC State has approached NC TraCS for help identifying interesting potential clinical collaborators to work with their NSF-funded ASSIST Center on an NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering...

What's new with the Community and Stakeholder Network at NC TraCS?

27 January 2020

PCORI Funding Reauthorized for 10 Years As part of an end-of-year budget deal, PCORI’s funding was reauthorized by Congress for the next 10 years. This means PCORI will continue to fund research that helps patients consult...

TraCS CER Director Til Stürmer to lead Carolina Population Center interdisciplinary research seminar

13 January 2020

Til Stürmer, the Nancy A. Dreyer Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will lead this seminar as part of the Carolina Population Center’s...

What's new with Recruitment and Retention at NC TraCS?

27 January 2020

Recruitment and Retention LibGuide It can be challenging to find published data on engagement and recruitment methodology to support your proposals or recruitment plans. Since this information is usually embedded within the...

Data Sharing Statements - recommended language reminder

13 January 2020

Effective July 1, 2018 manuscripts submitted to ICMJE journal members must contain a data sharing statement. UNC recommends the following data sharing statement: Deidentified individual data that supports the results will...

National Death Index Linkage Access for NIH-Supported Investigators

22 January 2020

The NIH and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) has issued a notice that they will support access to the National Death Index for NIH-funded researchers. Beginning January 1, 2020, through an agreement...

NC TraCS Award Announcements

13 January 2020

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce an awardee for the TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement Voucher program from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy: Kathleen Thomas, Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, Eshelman...

Call for abstracts - Paul A. Godley Health Equity symposium

22 January 2020

From UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Vital Signs - posted January 16, 2020 The UNC School of Medicine, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and UNC Center for Health Equity Research are hosting the...

ADA Releases 2020 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes

07 January 2020

From UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Vital Signs - posted December 23, 2019 John Buse, MD, PhD, is lead author of a 2019 update to previous diabetes care guidelines for type 2 diabetes, based on the latest...