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Call for Presentations - Deep Learning Symposium

11 July 2018

UNC Research Computing along with Nvidia and SAS is hosting a two-day symposium on Deep Learning (DL), Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the SAS campus in Cary, NC, on September 27-28, 2018. Deep Learning,...

NC TraCS Award Announcements

21 June 2018

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees in 2 different programs: The 104th cycle of the TraCS $2k pilot grants The TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement vouchers In total, 13 applications were received...

National Academies panel urges researchers to routinely share test results with study participants

11 July 2018

Study participants share their blood and spit in the name of biomedical research. Now, a national group of experts says these volunteers should be told what scientists learn about their health from those samples. In a report...

New DSMB training manual available

14 June 2018

New Resource Available for Investigators, DSMB and IRB members and Research Teams The CTSA Collaborative Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) Workgroup identified a need to provide guidance, training and resources...

Higher body fat linked to lower breast cancer risk in younger women

29 June 2018

Hazel Nichols, PhD An analysis co-led led by UNC Lineberger's Hazel B. Nichols, PhD, linked higher body mass index to lower breast cancer risk for younger women, even for women within a normal weight range. While obesity...

Teamwork: A Field Guide and a Special Issue

13 June 2018

The NIH's National Cancer Institute recently released an updated version of its 2010 Collaboration and Team Science: A Field Guide. This guide is used by institutional leaders to "to help guide change at an organizational...

TraCS Director Dr. John Buse featured on ADA TV for advances in diabetes research

22 June 2018

In its 3rd year, ADA TV is in Orlando, Florida at the 2018 ADA Annual Meeting, with more than 13,000 attendees expected. ADA's Scientific Session is the world's largest meeting on Diabetes helping to discover cutting-edge...

NIH funding opportunities posted

12 June 2018

Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite new and renewal applications for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) that comprise the Rare...

TraCS' CARES service gets new name

21 June 2018

The NC TraCS Community Engagement program known as CARES has officially changed its name to the Community and Stakeholder Engagement (CaSE) Program! As part of the new CTSA grant recently awarded by the NIH, we sought a...

PCORI Cycle 2 2018 Funding Announcements

08 June 2018

PCORI's Online System opened on Friday (June 1st) for the submission of Letters of Intent (LOIs) for a new round of PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs). We are accepting LOIs for the Methods and Implementation of Research...