Health of Women Networking Event for UNC Researchers

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join UNC's Office of Research Development (ORD) for an in-person interdisciplinary networking event focusing on Women's Health. Connect with fellow researchers, discuss projects, future directions, and funding opportunities. Share one-slide... Read more »

Engaging primary care practices in rural N.C.: Lessons from the Heart Health Now study

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Cardiovascular event rates can be 50% higher in rural N.C. counties than in metropolitan areas. With little informatics support, Heart Health Now engaged 219 small primary care practices in N.C. to help implement new evidence-based strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Samuel Cykert will discuss key implementation lessons and study findings from this statewide... Read more »

Clinical Data Research Networks 101

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Clinical Data Research Networks (CDRNs) improve capacity for data-driven clinical research by creating a network of local and national institutions. Those institutions will have standardized data structures and coordinated approaches to navigating regulatory processes, reducing barriers to multi-site research. Clinical Data Research Networks 101 will cover CDRNs and how they can help your research. Join... Read more »

Working with Professional Translators and Interpreters in Research

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Learn about the importance of collaborating with qualified interpreters and translators when designing and implementing health research studies with speakers of languages other than English. Myriam Peereboom, MBA/MHA, CMI, CHITM, of UNC Hospitals Interpreter Services will detail the roles and modes of interpreters and some do’s and don’ts to keep in mind when working with interpreters... Read more »

Cajas y conversaciones: Challenges and Opportunities in Engaging Farmworkers with Type II Diabetes

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join Laura Villa Torres, PhD, MSPH, from the UNC School of Medicine and two medical students as they discuss community-based research and engaging specific populations and stakeholders using their work with farmworkers with diabetes. Learn from their experience in carrying out a research project with a unique modality and population. Part of the Multilingual Research... Read more »

Pilot Study Design and Review Seminar

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This seminar is part of the NC TraCS  Biostatistics Seminar Series. This seminar is presented by Paul Stewart, PhD, UNC Department of Biostatistics. Register now.

Socioeconomic Influences on Health Seminar

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This seminar is part of the Fall ISP Seminar Series. Dr. Keely Muscatell will discuss how social and economic factors of a person’s life influence physical health. Register now.

Engaging Communities in Research Partnerships Seminar

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

During this seminar, members of the CaSE Program and the NC TraCS Stakeholder Network will discuss ways to build and strengthen academic-research partnerships to ensure bi-directional communication and stakeholder input from research conceptualization through dissemination. This seminar will also discuss how community engaged research is relevant to local communities and different tools that researchers can... Read more »

Embracing Innovative Ideas from Multiple Stakeholders Seminar

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join NC TraCS for what should prove to be an interesting and productive session: Embracing Innovative Ideas from Multiple Stakeholders. Jeannine Herrick is a Senior Advisor at the NC Public Health Leadership Institute. She will be leading this session and be highlighting some of her work with national leadership development work centered around transformation. Jeannine... Read more »

Pragmatic Clinical Trials: A conversation with leadership at UNC’s Translational and Clinical Sciences program

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (TraCS) at UNC's School of Medicine will host a conversation about how pragmatic trials differ from conventional clinical trials and which option is the right trial design for UNC’s research questions. Join us to learn more about pragmatic trials, and to share and discuss resources on campus for planning... Read more »

Conducting Research with Latinx Participants Seminar

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

How do we know what we are measuring when we have instruments developed in English for English speakers translated into Spanish? Are we measuring the same constructs in Latinx communities? How does the translation process affect the psychometrics of validated measures? What are potential micro-aggressions in multilingual research? What do we need to consider for managing multilingual... Read more »

Working with Professional Interpreters Seminar

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Myriam Peereboom, UNC Health Care, MBA/MHA, CMI, CHITM, is the Education Specialist for UNC Hospitals’ Interpreter Services department where she has worked in different roles over 20 years. She has earned both of the National Medical Interpreter certifications in the U.S. (CMI - Certified Medical Interpreter and CHI - Certified Healthcare Interpreter) and now guides... Read more »