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Introduction to Focus Groups

Zoom

This interactive online workshop will provide an introduction to focus groups, a data collection method used in qualitative research. Topics covered will include focus group methodology, considerations for planning a focus group, development of focus group discussion guides, focus group facilitation skills, and tips for conducting virtual focus groups.

Free

Biostatistics Seminar Series – Bayesian Clinical Trial Design

Zoom

The NC TraCS Biostatistics Seminar Series provides more in-depth discussion of select biostatistical topics for clinical and translational researchers who have basic quantitative training in biostatistical methods. Join us this fall for seminars on data visualization & statistical graphics, power analysis & sample size planning, and Bayesian clinical trial design.

Free

Introduction to Focus Groups

Virtual

The workshop will be led by NC TraCS Community and Stakeholder Engagement Program Qualitative Research Specialists.

ISP Spring Seminar Series: The Role of Prenatal Experience and Infant Sleep in the Development of Early Childhood Executive Function

In this seminar, Cathi Propper, PhD, will focus on early predictors of cognitive outcomes in preschool age children. Specifically, prenatal experience such as stress, inflammation, and nutrition play a critical role in shaping childhood developmental trajectories and they differ by sociodemographic status. Prenatal experience may also influence infant sleep across the first year of life, which may act as a mediator of the relationship between prenatal experience and cognitive outcomes.

Machine Learning Seminar Series: Use Cases for Machine Learning

In this session of the NC TraCS Machine Learning Seminar series, Nabarun Dasgupta, MPH, PhD, will provide an overview of Machine Learning vs Natural Language Processing. Dasgupta will discuss three examples of how he has utilized Machine Learning in research – from using an algorithm to predict out-of-hospital deaths in claims data to using Machine Learning to conduct systematic review searches.

Machine Learning Seminar Series: Introduction to CLARK 1.0 and 2.0

In this session of the NC TraCS Machine Learning Seminar series, Buck Bohac, PhD, will walk attendees through the process of using CLARK! and regular expressions for clinical research. CLARK! is a machine-learning classifier developed through a collaboration between NC TraCS and CoVar Applied Technologies, a Durham, NC-based machine learning company. CLARK! is designed to take clinical notes as input, and classify those notes based on features defined by the user as regular expressions.

FastTraCS and NC State ASSIST – Virtual Technology Showcase

Special Emphasis: NC State ASSIST & UNC Translational Research Collaborations

NC TraCS and the Center for Advanced Self-powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at NC State are seeking highly innovative proposals that address high-impact unmet clinical needs using NC State's ASSIST-developed technologies. The goal of this Special Emphasis is to match UNC providers' expertise of clinical challenges and unmet needs, with engineering faculty at ASSIST seeking to develop novel technology applications.

ASSIST, along with NC TraCS, is extending an open invitation to UNC faculty, NC TraCS partners, and UNC Health providers to join a virtual Technology Showcase hosted by ASSIST.