Events Calendar

Jul 31, 2024

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Please join the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Summer Fellows on Wed. July 31 at 1 p.m. in the Franklin Miller Screening Room at Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building (AJB E105). The fellows will present their projects, showcase new digital skill sets, and discuss their experiences of the program. Head over to the Studio (1015 LIB) for a reception with light refreshments following the presentation! RSVP here

Jul 31, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Office Hours: IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research. No appointment necessary. First come, first served; computers are available. HSO Staff will be available to:  Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures t...

Aug 1, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Please join us every Thursday throughout the summer for this exciting seminar series! Each week a different expert will present on topics geared to enhance your understanding and accessibility of health science data.  Seminars will take place over Zoom 11 a.m.–noon CST.

Aug 4, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Join us at the Stanley Museum of Art on Aug. 4 at 2 p.m. for our Sundays with the Docents tour where Stanley docents create unique tours to share with our audiences throughout the year. The Art of Medicine will be led by Docent Ellen Link. Ellen is a graduate of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and was a faculty member in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics for over 25 years. She is now an Emeritus Faculty who holds a passion for art and art museums, and has develope...

Aug 5, 2024

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

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"A Tale of Two snRNAs" Yikang Rong, PhD Professor, Hengyang College of Medicine University of South China

Aug 7, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Office Hours: IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research. No appointment necessary. First come, first served; computers are available. HSO Staff will be available to:  Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures t...

Aug 8, 2024

All Day

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Now in its 31st year, the Management of the Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Patient is offered in live and remote modalities. Professor Rich Tyler, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, directs the conference. 

Aug 8, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Please join us every Thursday throughout the summer for this exciting seminar series! Each week a different expert will present on topics geared to enhance your understanding and accessibility of health science data.  Seminars will take place over Zoom 11 a.m.–noon CST.

Aug 12, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

Aug 13, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as: • Building forms with proper field types and validation • Assigning user permissions • Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml • Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application • Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production • Creat...

Aug 13, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account. PLEASE NOTE: Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Aug 13, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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The session will offer a framework for conducting a quality health sciences literature review for scholarly projects or publication. Learn tips about how to identify sources, use appropriate search techniques, organize results, and synthesize the body of literature to successfully prepare a review. Key differences in search methodology for reviews in the health sciences will be described, with examples provided. Although introductory material regarding systematic and scoping reviews will be ...

Aug 13, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Aug 14, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as: • Outputting data automatically with calculated fields • Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection • Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library • Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags • Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and cha...

Aug 14, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Office Hours: IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research. No appointment necessary. First come, first served; computers are available. HSO Staff will be available to:  Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures t...

Aug 15, 2024

10:00 AM

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This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as: • Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys • Manually and automatically sending surveys • Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms • Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a bas...

Aug 15, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Please join us every Thursday throughout the summer for this exciting seminar series! Each week a different expert will present on topics geared to enhance your understanding and accessibility of health science data.  Seminars will take place over Zoom 11 a.m.–noon CST.

Aug 16, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Interested researchers, faculty, and staff are invited to register for one, or more, sessions of this series. To sign up, click here!  The Improving Scholarly Communications sessions are a three-part series designed to provide you strategies to improve the clarity of your scholarly communications, both written and oral. These workshops are hosted by Paul Casella (more information below) and will take place in the Summer of 2024. Writing Effective Grant Applications is the second event of th...

Aug 19, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise. Register here.

Aug 20, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as: • Importing data from csv • Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic • Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables • Sending automated, conditional email alerts • Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data missingness codes, and opening data queries • And more This training...

Aug 21, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as: • Creating participants • Creating tasks and schedules • Active tasks and their unique data output • Direct messages and announcements • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Aug 21, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Are you looking for ways to assist researchers with identifying grant funding opportunities? Are you wanting to learn more about the enhanced administrative features of Pivot? Join us for this virtual information session on Wednesday, Aug. 21 from 11 a.m. to noon. Topics include crafting and saving funding opportunity searches, creating calendars and newsletters, sharing and tracking opportunities, editing profiles, and enabling weekly email alerts. We will also discuss how to request acces...

Aug 21, 2024

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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Presented by Laura Schmitt, MS, CCC-SLP and Jenny Brodell, MA, CCC-SLP Abstract: Schollenbarger (2019) states that intra-and interpersonal skills are essential for personal development, social participation, and workplace success. The responsibility for solidifying these skills in graduate student speech-language pathology clinicians falls to clinical educators both in the university and off-site settings. Supporting growth in these intra- and interpersonal skills can be challenging due to ...

Aug 21, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Office Hours: IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research. No appointment necessary. First come, first served; computers are available. HSO Staff will be available to:  Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures t...

Aug 22, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we won’t use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as: • Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with VLOOKUP • Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering • Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables • Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables • Transforming unusable dat...

Aug 22, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end.

Aug 22, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Please join us every Thursday throughout the summer for this exciting seminar series! Each week a different expert will present on topics geared to enhance your understanding and accessibility of health science data.  Seminars will take place over Zoom 11 a.m.–noon CST.

Aug 27, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Aug 27, 2024

1:30 PM

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Organizational Meeting for Operator Theory and Mathematical Physics Seminars We will have a joint organizational meeting on Tuesday Aug. 27, at 1:30 p.m. in 309 Van for both seminars. Both seminars OT & MP cover diverse topics in mathematics, and in neighboring areas, including math physics. FYI about the two Graduate seminars: (i) Operator Theory, OT and related areas, 1:30 p.m.; and (ii) Math. Phys, MP 2:30 p.m. As before, there are overlaps of participants and of topics covered. Topi...

Aug 28, 2024

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

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Co-sponsored by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and the Office of the Vice President for Research, Book Ends—an Obermann/OVPR Book Completion Workshop—supports University of Iowa faculty from disciplines in which publishing a monograph is required for tenure and promotion. The award is designed to assist faculty members in turning promising manuscripts into important, field-changing, published books. Read more about the program. Interested applicants are invited to learn more about...

Aug 28, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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The Human Subjects Office invites the UI research community to attend monthly information sessions about the IRB Efficiency Initiative on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Efficiency Initiative. Please register for the upc...

Aug 28, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Office Hours: IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research. No appointment necessary. First come, first served; computers are available. HSO Staff will be available to:  Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.  Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.  Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures t...

Aug 29, 2024

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Aug 29, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Aug 29, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Please join us every Thursday throughout the summer for this exciting seminar series! Each week a different expert will present on topics geared to enhance your understanding and accessibility of health science data.  Seminars will take place over Zoom 11 a.m.–noon CST.

Aug 30, 2024

1:00 PM

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Please save the date for the 2024 Neuroscience Research Day hosted by the Neuroscience Graduate Program with an INI reception to follow the day’s events! Tentative schedule: 1 p.m. – Welcome from Dan Tranel in 2117 MERF 1:05–2 p.m. – Faculty Data Blitz 2– 2:30 p.m. – Program Mingle in the MERF Atrium — get to know the new students and their research interested. Faculty is strongly encouraged to attend!!! Coffee and food provided. 2:30 p.m. – Keynote Speaker (TBN) introduction in 2117 ME...

Sep 3, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Sep 5, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Sep 9, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

Sep 10, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as: • Building forms with proper field types and validation • Assigning user permissions • Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml • Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application • Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production • Creat...

Sep 10, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Sep 10, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Sep 11, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as: • Outputting data automatically with calculated fields • Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection • Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library • Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags • Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and cha...

Sep 11, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Please note: this is an in-person meeting. Zoom option will not be available for this session. With questions, please contact vpr-rdo@uiowa.edu. Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise. Register here.

Sep 12, 2024

10:00 AM

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This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as: • Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys • Manually and automatically sending surveys • Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms • Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a bas...

Sep 12, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Sep 12, 2024

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Sept. 12, 2024 - Brody Lecture In Partnership with the Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series Zachary Knight, PhD Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Department of Physiology University of California, San Francisco 4 p.m. | 1110 MERF 

Sep 13, 2024

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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This is an information session to describe the NIH K Club+. In collaboration with the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science’s K Club, the NIH K Club+ (2024-25) is designed to give you the knowledge and resources to craft competitive K award applications. Event Information The Research Development Office is hosting a NIH K Award virtual information session on Friday, Sept. 13 from 9–9:30 a.m. This event is an introduction to this year's NIH K Club+, click here to learn more. Reg...

Sep 17, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as: • Importing data from csv • Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic • Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables • Sending automated, conditional email alerts • Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data missingness codes, and opening data queries • And more This training...

Sep 17, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Sep 18, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as: • Creating participants • Creating tasks and schedules • Active tasks and their unique data output • Direct messages and announcements • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Sep 19, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we won’t use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as: • Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with VLOOKUP • Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering • Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables • Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables • Transforming unusable dat...

Sep 19, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Sep 19, 2024

5:00 PM

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Co-sponsored by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and the Office of the Vice President for Research, Books Ends—Obermann/OVPR Book Completion Workshop supports University of Iowa faculty from disciplines in which publishing a monograph is required for tenure and promotion. The award is designed to assist faculty members in turning promising manuscripts into important, field-changing, published books. Applications for upcoming Book Ends workshops are due Sept. 19, 2024 (5 p.m.).

Sep 20, 2024

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

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Write Winning Grant Proposals Phase I: Seminar Presenter: John D. Robertson, PhD Managing Member: Grant Writers' Seminars & Workshops (GWSW) The Research Development Office in the Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to partner with Dr. John Robertson from Grant Writer's Seminars & Workshops (GWSW) to conduct the Write Winning Grant Proposals seminar. Click here to view the seminar's webpage. Event Information Phase I will take place on Friday, Sept. 20 from 8:30 a.m.–4...

Sep 24, 2024

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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This is an information session to describe the Arts & Humanities Initiative (AHI) program. AHI is an internal funding program within the Office of the Vice President for Research that encourages leading edge scholarship, creative activities, and interdisciplinary research. Event Information The Research Development Office is hosting a virtual information session on Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 9 to 10 a.m. Join us virtually to learn about the Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI) program, hear...

Sep 24, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Sep 24, 2024

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Sept. 24, 2024 - Distinguished Mentor Award Celebration Daniel Tranel, PhD Awardee Professor, Department of Neurology University of Iowa Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD Lecturer Director, Brain and Creativity Institute University of Southern California  3 p.m. | 1110 MERF 

Sep 25, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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The Research Development Office is hosting a virtual DOD EPSCoR (DEPSCoR) panel session on Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 10 to 11 a.m.  Several UI members recently attended the DEPSCoR Day Outreach Event on April 25 at the University of Oklahoma. This panel session will provide an opportunity to hear from three faculty attendees regarding their experiences from the event, insights gathered for expanding their research activities, need-to-know information, and answer your questions. Panelists ...

Sep 25, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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The Human Subjects Office invites the UI research community to attend monthly information sessions about the IRB Efficiency Initiative on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Efficiency Initiative. Please register for the upc...

Sep 26, 2024

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Sep 26, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Oct 1, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Oct 2, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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This session will give an overview of some of the federal and foundation opportunities available to early career faculty, as well as highlight the unique support provided to early career faculty. Event Information Join us for this virtual information session on Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 11 a.m. to noon. The Research Development Office will present and discuss the funding opportunities and resources on campus designed for early career faculty. Click here to learn more about this session. Regi...

Oct 3, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Oct 4, 2024

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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A competitive NIH Career Development K Award fits together like a complex ecosystem. This seminar will walk you through all the parts of the proposal, emphasizing the purpose of each part and how different sections must mesh. Note: the general concepts also apply to many aspects of Fellowship (F31/F32) applications. K Award Ecosystem Seminar The Research Development Office and the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science are hosting a virtual NIH K Award grant writing seminar, The ...

Oct 8, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Oct 8, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Oct 9, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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The W. M. Keck Foundation is inviting proposal applications for its Research Program, supporting projects in medical research, and science and engineering. Event Information Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 1–2 p.m. for this information session. The UI Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) will introduce this limited submission program, Keck’s funding priorities, the internal application process, the concept call and review process, and have your questions answered. Registrati...

Oct 9, 2024

5:00 PM

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The Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grants (IDRG) foster collaborative scholarship and creative work by offering recipients time and space to exchange new ideas leading to invention, creation, and publication. IDRG groups work at the Obermann Center for two or four weeks, usually in July and/or August. Applicants propose work on a project with colleagues from across the University, across disciplines within their own department, or with colleagues from other parts of the country or the w...

Oct 10, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise. Register here.

Oct 10, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Leslie Leinwand, PhD Chief Scientific Officer, BioFrontiers Institute Distinguished Professor Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology University of Colorado Boulder Leinwand Lab | University of Colorado Boulder

Oct 14, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

Oct 15, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as: • Building forms with proper field types and validation • Assigning user permissions • Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml • Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application • Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production • Creat...

Oct 15, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Oct 16, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as: • Outputting data automatically with calculated fields • Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection • Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library • Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags • Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and cha...

Oct 17, 2024

10:00 AM

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This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as: • Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys • Manually and automatically sending surveys • Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms • Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a bas...

Oct 17, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Presentation by: Aaron Hobbs, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Medical University of South Carolina Aaron Hobbs | Musc Hobbs Lab (hobbslabmusc.com)

Oct 22, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as: • Importing data from csv • Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic • Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables • Sending automated, conditional email alerts • Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data missingness codes, and opening data queries • And more This training...

Oct 22, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Oct 23, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as: • Creating participants • Creating tasks and schedules • Active tasks and their unique data output • Direct messages and announcements • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Oct 23, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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The Human Subjects Office invites the UI research community to attend monthly information sessions about the IRB Efficiency Initiative on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Efficiency Initiative. Please register for the upc...

Oct 24, 2024

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Oct 24, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we won’t use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as: • Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with VLOOKUP • Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering • Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables • Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables • Transforming unusable dat...

Oct 24, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Oct 29, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Oct 30, 2024

5:00 PM

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Is there a burning topic in your discipline or a topic that cuts across disciplines that we should bring to campus? Is there a format for the conversation that can energize an intellectual community around that topic? That might be the perfect topic for an Obermann Arts & Humanities Symposium! These imaginative half- and whole-day symposia connect the arts and humanities with design, politics, health sciences, environmental studies, technology, and other disciplines via a compelling topic. ...

Oct 31, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Nov 1, 2024

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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This is an information session to describe the NSF CAREER Club. The NSF CAREER Club (2024-25) is designed to give you the knowledge and resources to craft competitive CAREER applications. Event Information The Research Development Office is hosting a NSF CAREER Award virtual information session on Friday, Nov. 1 from 9–9:30 a.m. This event is an introduction to this year's NSF CAREER Club, click here to learn more. Registration Register here by Thursday, Oct. 31. A calendar invitation an...

Nov 5, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Nov 5, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Nov 7, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Nov 8, 2024

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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This seminar will cover fundamental concepts of proposal planning and writing for the Arts and Humanities faculty backed by concrete tips and operational strategies that support planning and longer-term sustainability. Planning and Writing Successful Proposals in the Arts and Humanities Seminar The Research Development Office is hosting a virtual grant writing seminar, Planning and Writing Successful Proposals in the Arts and Humanities, on Friday, Nov. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The s...

Nov 11, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

Nov 12, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as: • Building forms with proper field types and validation • Assigning user permissions • Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml • Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application • Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production • Creat...

Nov 12, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Nov 13, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as: • Outputting data automatically with calculated fields • Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection • Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library • Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags • Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and cha...

Nov 13, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Please note: this is an in-person meeting. Zoom option will not be available for this session. With questions, please contact vpr-rdo@uiowa.edu. Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise. Register here.

Nov 14, 2024

10:00 AM

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This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as: • Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys • Manually and automatically sending surveys • Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms • Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a bas...

Nov 14, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Presented by: Judith Simcox, PhD HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison Simcox, Judith – Department of Biochemistry – UW–Madison (wisc.edu)

Nov 19, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as: • Importing data from csv • Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic • Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables • Sending automated, conditional email alerts • Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data missingness codes, and opening data queries • And more This training...

Nov 19, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Nov 20, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as: • Creating participants • Creating tasks and schedules • Active tasks and their unique data output • Direct messages and announcements • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Nov 20, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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IRB Efficiency Initiative Information Session The Human Subjects Office invites the UI research community to attend monthly information sessions about the IRB Efficiency Initiative on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Eff...

Nov 21, 2024

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Nov 21, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we won’t use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as: • Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with VLOOKUP • Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering • Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables • Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables • Transforming unusable dat...

Nov 21, 2024

10:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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Featuring speakers: Ting Wu, PhD, Harvard Medical School Daniel Barbash, PhD, Cornell University Katherine Wilson, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Helen McNeill, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis A reception will follow in the MERF Atrium. More information forthcoming.

Dec 3, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Dec 5, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Dec 6, 2024

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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An NSF CAREER award application is more than an NSF Standard Grant with an education plan added in. Highly competitive awards integrate the research and education plan. In this seminar, we talk about why and how to create a plan that results in a competitive proposal. Developing and Funding Your Research (NSF CAREER) Seminar The Research Development Office, CLAS Grant Support Office, and College of Engineering are hosting a three-part virtual NSF CAREER Award grant writing seminar, Develop...

Dec 9, 2024

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

Dec 10, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as: • Building forms with proper field types and validation • Assigning user permissions • Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml • Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application • Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production • Creat...

Dec 10, 2024

12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

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Dec 10, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise. Register here.

Dec 10, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Dec 11, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as: • Outputting data automatically with calculated fields • Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection • Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library • Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags • Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and cha...

Dec 12, 2024

10:00 AM

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This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as: • Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys • Manually and automatically sending surveys • Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms • Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a bas...

Dec 12, 2024

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Dec 17, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as: • Importing data from csv • Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic • Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables • Sending automated, conditional email alerts • Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data missingness codes, and opening data queries • And more This training...

Dec 18, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as: • Creating participants • Creating tasks and schedules • Active tasks and their unique data output • Direct messages and announcements • And more This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap. Register by clicking the virtual event l...

Dec 18, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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IRB Efficiency Initiative Information Session The Human Subjects Office invites the UI research community to attend monthly information sessions about the IRB Efficiency Initiative on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1 p.m. We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Eff...

Dec 19, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we won’t use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as: • Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with VLOOKUP • Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering • Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables • Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables • Transforming unusable dat...

Jan 7, 2025

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

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Write Winning Grant Proposals Phase II: Intensive Workshop Presenter: John D. Robertson, PhD Managing Member: Grant Writers' Seminars & Workshops (GWSW) The Research Development Office in the Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to partner with Dr. John Robertson from Grant Writer's Seminars & Workshops (GWSW) to conduct the Write Winning Grant Proposals seminar. Click here to view the seminar's webpage. Event Information Phase II workshop will take place on Tuesday, Ja...

Jan 10, 2025

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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An NSF CAREER award application is more than an NSF Standard Grant with an education plan added in. Highly competitive awards integrate the research and education plan. In this seminar, we talk about why and how to create a plan that results in a competitive proposal. Developing and Funding Your Research (NSF CAREER) Seminar The Research Development Office, CLAS Grant Support Office, and College of Engineering are hosting a three-part virtual NSF CAREER Award grant writing seminar, Develop...

Jan 17, 2025

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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An NSF CAREER award application is more than an NSF Standard Grant with an education plan added in. Highly competitive awards integrate the research and education plan. In this seminar, we talk about why and how to create a plan that results in a competitive proposal. Developing and Funding Your Research (NSF CAREER) Seminar The Research Development Office, CLAS Grant Support Office, and College of Engineering are hosting a three-part virtual NSF CAREER Award grant writing seminar, Develop...

Feb 28, 2025

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Mar 27, 2025

All Day

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As calls for transnational solidarity among reproductive justice movements emerge, communities are asking how reproductive liberation is tethered to struggles for democracy, environmental justice, migrant justice, trans and queer justice, and other social movements. Directed by Lina-Maria Murillo (Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies and History) and Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz (Communication Studies and Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies), this symposium brings together scholars and artists with...

Apr 17, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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