Events Calendar

Oct 5, 2022

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

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The Human Subjects Office (HSO) offers a variety of checklists and documents that we hope the research community will use for various types of circumstances and scenarios. In this lecture, HSO staff will provide an overview of the following checklists and when to use them: Exemption Tool – about the eight categories of research that qualify for Exempt Status Two Informed Consent Document checklists – for biomedical research and social/behavioral researchers to make sure consent documents a...

Oct 5, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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 “A community ecology approach to graduate student support”      Katherine Kearns, Ph.D., Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Indiana University Bloomington     Dr. Kearns' faculty host is Darren Hoffmann

Oct 5, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Oct 5, 2022

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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Detecting Ly-alpha Emission from the Circumgalactic Medium of a Submillimeter Galaxy and Two Background Quasars Kevin Hall; University of Iowa Some of the densest regions of the Early Universe can be found near massive dusty galaxies referred to as Submillimeter Galaxies (SMGs). Every year, our Milky Way galaxy forms roughly one new star the mass of our sun; SMGs can form stars at a rate anywhere from 100 to 1000 times that amount. One particular SMG has been detected with two bright Quasa...

Oct 5, 2022

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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The Computer Science Graduate Student Association invites four graduate students who have had great success in applying and getting offers from top-tier companies/labs to talk about their experiences and offer advice on how to increase your chances! In this panel discussion, we hope to disseminate information on common pitfalls, tricks, and opportunities that one encounters when looking for jobs or funding. There will be plenty of time for Q & A.

Oct 6, 2022

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

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Write Winning Grant Proposals Presented by John D. Robertson, Ph.D. Managing Member, Grant Writers' Seminars & Workshops The Research Development Office in the Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce that Dr. John Robertson from Grant Writer's Seminars & Workshops (GWSW) will conduct the Write Winning Grant Proposals seminar on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The deadline to register is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18. In person and virtual options are available.  The Pha...

Oct 6, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Oct 6, 2022

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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The University of Iowa’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges graduate students to clearly and concisely articulate complex research to nonspecialist audiences. Prizes: Each contestant who advances to the Final Round will win a $250 cash prize. There will be additional prizes for: $1,000 for 1st place (decided by judges) and the option for funding to travel to Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 2023. $500 for honorable mention (decided by judges). $250 for the...

Oct 6, 2022

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Please join us virtually (meeting link in registration form) or in-person on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. CDT on Zoom or in 1015A LIB for a presentation from the Studio's Digital Humanities Librarian Stephanie Blalock.  Register here!

Oct 7, 2022

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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The University of Iowa’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges graduate students to clearly and concisely articulate complex research to nonspecialist audiences. Prizes: Each contestant who advances to the Final Round will win a $250 cash prize. There will be additional prizes for: $1,000 for 1st place (decided by judges) and the option for funding to travel to Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 2023. $500 for honorable mention (decided by judges). $250 for the...

Oct 7, 2022

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Speaker Rahul Singh Abstract Finding cures for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is one of the most complex and crucial endeavors in modern science. This class of diseases encompasses a number of infection categories including helminth infections, protozoan infections, bacterial infections, and viral infections. Cumulatively, these diseases impact a significant fraction of the world’s population and various studies have indicated NTDs to be the prime factors depriving the affected people...

Oct 11, 2022

9:00 AM - 1:45 PM

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UPDATE: On 10/4, this event has been moved to the Levitt Auditorium in Boyd Law Building. Attendees can arrive any time after 9:00am. Join policy experts, researchers, industry members, public employees, and nonprofit organization representatives for a series of panel discussions focusing on solar policies and practices across the state of Iowa. Each panel will focus on solar topics at different levels — from municipal level issues (net metering), to county level (utility scale, land use, s...

Oct 11, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Not sure what REDCap is? Want to find out if REDCap is suitable for your research project? The REDCap Overview session will cover the basics of REDCap’s functionality and capability. No previous experience is needed. We cover the basic capabilities and the latest software enhancements. NOTE: This is not a hands-on course. After this training you will have a basic understanding of  REDCap’s capability.

Oct 11, 2022

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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"Altered sphingolipid metabolism and signaling contribute to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease" Presented by Annarita Di Lorenzo, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences Weil Cornell Medicine

Oct 11, 2022

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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EndNote Basic is a web-based citation management software that is freely available to all UI affiliates. It allows you to import, organize and format citations for papers, articles, etc. EndNote Basic is not the same as the desktop software, Endnote. 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.

Oct 11, 2022

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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Oct 11, 2022

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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The University of Iowa College of Law wishes to express appreciation to all who helped make the Solar Policy Panel Series a success! The College will host a reception immediately following the final panel of the Solar Policy Panel Series—on Tuesday, Oct. 11. The reception will begin around 1:45 p.m. and last until 3 p.m., on the second Floor of the Boyd Law Building. Food and beverages will be provided. We invite you to join for any/all of this Reception. If you would like to request the a...

Oct 11, 2022

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 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.

Oct 12, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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This training is a basic overview of REDCap. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. After this training, you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Oct 12, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Both databases are multidisciplinary and allow you to measure scholarly impact. This hands-on session will show you • how to quickly find the articles you need for you research or systematic review in each database • how to track an article’s cited and citing references in each database • how to find journal ‘Impact Factors’ using the Journal Citation Reports of Web of Science • how to determine an author’s h-index • how to identify a researcher and her/his publication track with Scopus...

Oct 12, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Oct 13, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This training is a basic overview of REDCap that is hands-off/lecture. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. You will follow along with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Oct 13, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Oct 13, 2022

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be...

Oct 13, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Oct 14, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Please join us for our Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series featuring Ece Demir-Lira, PhD  Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, noon-1 p.m. This event will be presented in conjunction with Pediatrics Grand Rounds in the Pediatric Conference Center (JCP2415). A limited number of Grab & Go lunches will be provided. If you are not able to attend in person, please join us via zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/99469104199?pwd=dzlFVE42cnB5UVlidW1pdTZUYk1vZz09&from=addon

Oct 14, 2022

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Speaker Alan Mislove Abstract The enormous financial success of online advertising platforms is partially due to the precise targeting and delivery features they offer. These platforms routinely claim to be able to identify which platform users are most likely to meet advertisers’ objectives, and steer ads towards those users via their ad delivery algorithms. This is typically accomplished by estimating the “relevance” of ads to users, but raises a number of concerns about bias, discrimin...

Oct 18, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This training will cover REDCap surveys and logic. From enabling surveys to automatic survey invitations, we'll demonstrate the full survey functionality in REDCap. In addition, we'll cover hiding/showing fields with branching logic, calculating the difference between two dates with a calculated field, and other logical functions available in REDCap. After this training, you will have the ability to create and send surveys in a variety of ways as well as creating more complex projects using ...

Oct 19, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This course assumes participants have a basic understanding of building instruments and surveys in REDCap. This training will cover the different ways to view and manage data in REDCap including data quality rules, custom record status dashboards, and creating reports as well as importing and exporting data. After this training, you will be able to create complex reports for viewing and exporting, import data from external sources, and check for discrepancies in your data.

Oct 19, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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For those already using Endnote, this class teaches you to maximize the tool. You’ll learn about the Endnote options for sharing so that you can collaborate effectively. From exporting and importing to syncing and sharing, this class will help you manage your information seamlessly on the desktop, on the web, and on mobile device. 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.

Oct 19, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Learn about new initiatives, HawkIRB enhancements (rolled out or in-production) and important information/reminders from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the UI Human Research Protection Program (HRPP). To supplement the information provided in the monthly IRB Connection Newsletter, the Human Subjects Office (HSO) offers these presentations at least three times a year to disseminate information in a timely manner and to be transparent about current projects and initiatives. Attendees...

Oct 19, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Join the Pentacrest Museums as we explore the history of Archaeology in Iowa. What does our human past and ancestral knowledge reveal about the modern world? How has our understanding and value of cultural heritage changed over the last 70 years? What's being done to protect and preserve our rich cultural heritage and ancient wisdom? Experts from the UI Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) and the OSA Indian Advisory Council will examine these topics, the events which have shaped the fie...

Oct 19, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Oct 20, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Oct 20, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Oct 20, 2022

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Join us at the 2022 UI Research Services Fair! Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 -- 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. @ Hancher Auditorium The Research Services Fair (RSF) is a vendor-style fair that provides an opportunity for researchers to learn about campus resources and services available for their research and scholarship activities. Over the past two RSFs, over 60 campus units have introduced their services to approximately 400 faculty, staff, and students. This year’s event will be hosted at Hancher Auditor...

Oct 20, 2022

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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NIH will begin requiring a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) all NIH funding proposals starting Jan. 23, 2023. This session will help you create a useful and well-written plan that meets the requirements and can be put into practice in your project. We’ll dig into each section of a plan, including: describing the types of data for your proposed project; standards for data and metadata; selecting a repository; addressing preservation and access requirements; and considerations for acces...

Oct 25, 2022

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 25, 2022

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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"Epigenetic molecular memory of a previous experience: Is ACVR1C the link?" Presented by Marcelo Wood, PhD Professor & Chair Department of Neurobiology & Behavior School of Biological Sciences University of California, Irvine

Oct 26, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Oct 26, 2022

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 26, 2022

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 26, 2022

5:00 PM

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About the Seeding Excellence Initiative (SEI) SEI, a two-year initiative, aims to sustain the continued growth of the campus research enterprise by providing competitive pilot funding in four strategic areas. The OVPR Community Engaged Scholars program (AHSS), one of SEI’s four strategic areas, will invest in the success of the University’s efforts to partner with Iowa’s communities for sustained research and scholarship collaborations. SEI is made possible through funding to RDO from the p...

Oct 27, 2022

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 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.

Oct 27, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Oct 27, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Oct 28, 2022

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Speaker Shikha Singh Abstract We consider the problem of timely reporting of heavy hitters in streaming data. Given an input stream of size N, a f-heavy hitter is an item that occurs at least fN times in S. The problem of finding approximate heavy hitters has been extensively studied in the streaming literature. We study a real-time and exact heavy-hitters variant in which an element must be reported shortly after we see its fN-th occurrence (and hence becomes a heavy hitter). We call thi...

Nov 2, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Nov 3, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Nov 3, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 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 ...

Nov 4, 2022

10:30 AM - 4:00 PM

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To continue our year-long Mellon Sawyer Seminar devoted to “Racial Reckoning Through Comics,” we turn to critical and creative approaches to representing historical as well as potential futures of racial trauma, testimony, possibility, and expanded narrative. How have comics neglected as well as addressed racialized histories or imagined racialized futures? In addition to presentations from our dynamic speakers, this event will include a guided archival tour of rare comics artifacts from the...

Nov 4, 2022

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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The University of Iowa’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges graduate students to clearly and concisely articulate complex research to nonspecialist audiences. Prizes: Each contestant who advances to the Final Round will win a $250 cash prize. There will be additional prizes for: $1,000 for 1st place (decided by judges) and the option for funding to travel to Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 2023. $500 for honorable mention (decided by judges). $250 for the...

Nov 4, 2022

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Keynote Speaker: Bijaya Adhikari Title: Risk Aware Temporal Cascade Reconstruction To Detect Asymptotic Cases  Abstract: For many infections, asymptomatic cases present a major obstacle to obtaining a precise understanding of infection-spread. We show that the key to detecting asymptomatic cases well is taking into account both individual risk as well as the likelihood of disease-flow along edges. Most related research has ignored the interplay between these dual aspects influencing dise...

Nov 7, 2022

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

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Join policy experts, researchers, industry professionals, landowners, and environmental representatives for a lunch panel discussion focusing on the proposed carbon capture and storage pipelines across the state of Iowa. This event will be offered in a hybrid format. This event is sponsored by the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative (HELI). With questions about this event, please contact HELI Program Director Blake Rupe at blake-rupe@uiowa.edu.

Nov 8, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Not sure what REDCap is? Want to find out if REDCap is suitable for your research project? The REDCap Overview session will cover the basics of REDCap’s functionality and capability. No previous experience is needed. We cover the basic capabilities and the latest software enhancements. NOTE: This is not a hands-on course. After this training you will have a basic understanding of REDCap’s capability.

Nov 8, 2022

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Presented by Ubadah Sabbagh, PhD Postdoctoral Associate & NIH K00 Fellow McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT Broad Institutes of MIT and Harvard

Nov 8, 2022

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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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.

Nov 8, 2022

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 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.

Nov 9, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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This training is a basic overview of REDCap. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. After this training, you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Nov 9, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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NIH will begin requiring a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) all NIH funding proposals starting Jan. 23, 2023. This session will help you create a useful and well-written plan that meets the requirements and can be put into practice in your project. We’ll dig into each section of a plan, including: describing the types of data for your proposed project; standards for data and metadata; selecting a repository; addressing preservation and access requirements; and considerations for acces...

Nov 9, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Nov 10, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This training is a basic overview of REDCap that is hands-off/lecture. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. You will follow along with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Nov 10, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Nov 13, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This training will cover REDCap surveys and logic. From enabling surveys to automatic survey invitations, we'll demonstrate the full survey functionality in REDCap. In addition, we'll cover hiding/showing fields with branching logic, calculating the difference between two dates with a calculated field, and other logical functions available in REDCap. After this training, you will have the ability to create and send surveys in a variety of ways as well as creating more complex projects using ...

Nov 15, 2022

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Open Access to scientific literature is one of the most hotly debated topics in scholarly publishing. This workshop will provide an overview of what scientists need to know when making their research open access. We will cover the basics of what we mean by open access, how open access relates to the NIH Public Access policy, open access journals in the biomedical sciences, predatory publishing scams, and best practices for evaluating your open access options. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taug...

Nov 16, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Data Handling covers the basic "must know" items for transforming your data using Excel and Sublime. Basic understanding of Excel is recommended prior to taking this course. Excel Topics Covered Bringing Data into Excel Making it easier to view & understand your data Categorizing raw data Creating a basic calculation? Vlookup Totals Tables Pivot tables Sublime Topics Covered Finding data Editing multiple rows of data at once Cleaning Data

Nov 16, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Nov 16, 2022

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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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. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom...

Nov 17, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Nov 17, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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University of Iowa students: Learn “How to Library” from a friendly UI librarian! Dan Gall, the UI Librarian for Social Work & Distance Education, takes time to help you understand the myriad resources (and people) available at the UI to help you find the information you need. From finding the right books and how to check them out, to research concepts, ethics, and citations, Dan is your personal guide to the UI Libraries system. Open to all students, regardless of major. Sessions meet in...

Nov 17, 2022

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Title: TBD This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. The Distinguished Biomedical Scholar Lecture Series features top-tier scientists and physicians performing high-impact research in a variety of areas. Most lectures, with few exceptions, will be held on the third Thursday of each month during the academic year. The seminars will be of broad interest and are open to the public and all University faculty, staff and students. The schedule of current spea...

Nov 29, 2022

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Presented by Elizabeth A. Heller, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

Nov 29, 2022

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Presented by Linda Rinaman, PhD Professor Department of Psychology Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

Nov 29, 2022

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Nearly everyone works with data in spreadsheets or tables. This workshop will provide you with hands-on experience in using a free tool, called OpenRefine, to check data in spreadsheets, and fix some common issues, from typos to splitting columns. OpenRefine is easy to use, will save you a lot of time, and it keeps track of the changes you’ve made so you can reuse them or roll them back. This workshop can be tailored for specific groups and disciplines. Follow-up sessions and individual con...

Nov 30, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Dec 1, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Dec 2, 2022

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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The Research Development Office, CLAS Grant Support Office, and College of Engineering are hosting a 3-part virtual NSF CAREER Award grant writing seminar, Planning and Writing Successful NSF CAREER Proposals that will be held on Friday, Dec. 2 and Friday, Jan. 6 at 9 a.m.–11 a.m. and Friday, Jan. 13 at 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (8 total hours). The seminar is presented by Dr. Peg AtKisson (AtKisson Training Group). An NSF CAREER award application is more than an NSF Standard Grant with an education pl...

Dec 2, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Title TBD Rui Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor in Neuroscience; Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/rui_chang/

Dec 6, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Not sure what REDCap is? Want to find out if REDCap is suitable for your research project? The REDCap Overview session will cover the basics of REDCap’s functionality and capability. No previous experience is needed. We cover the basic capabilities and the latest software enhancements. NOTE: This is not a hands-on course. After this training you will have a basic understanding of REDCap’s capability.

Dec 6, 2022

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 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.

Dec 7, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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This training is a basic overview of REDCap. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. After this training, you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Dec 7, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Dec 8, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This training is a basic overview of REDCap that is hands-off/lecture. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. You will follow along with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Dec 8, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Dec 8, 2022

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. PLEASE NOTE: Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoo...

Dec 13, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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This training will cover REDCap surveys and logic. From enabling surveys to automatic survey invitations, we'll demonstrate the full survey functionality in REDCap. In addition, we'll cover hiding/showing fields with branching logic, calculating the difference between two dates with a calculated field, and other logical functions available in REDCap. After this training, you will have the ability to create and send surveys in a variety of ways as well as creating more complex projects using ...

Dec 14, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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MyCap makes it easy for researchers to capture participant/patient reported outcomes using mobile devices. We will demonstrate a how a participant interacts with MyCap, how the REDCap Team constructs instruments and tasks and how a research study team can enroll participants, message participants, view and interact with participant data. After this training you will have an understanding of how to use REDCap MyCap.

Dec 14, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Dec 15, 2022

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 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.

Dec 15, 2022

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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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 that are in com...

Dec 15, 2022

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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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.

Jan 12, 2023

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

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Write Winning Grant Proposals Presented by John D. Robertson, Ph.D. Managing Member, Grant Writers' Seminars & Workshops The Research Development Office in the Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce that Dr. John Robertson from Grant Writer's Seminars & Workshops (GWSW) will conduct the Write Winning Grant Proposals seminar on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The deadline to register is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18. In person and virtual options are available.  The Pha...

Jan 24, 2023

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Presented by Roswitha Wiltschko, PhD Professor Emeritus Institute of Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main Germany

Feb 3, 2023

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Title TBD Mario Penzo, PhD, Chief, Unit on the Neurobiology of Affective Memory, National Institute of Mental Health https://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/research-conducted-at-nimh/principal-i...

Feb 14, 2023

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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Feb 15, 2023

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 turn promising manuscripts into important, field-changing, published books. Applications for upcoming Book Ends workshops are due Feb. 15, 2023.

Mar 3, 2023

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Title TBD Michael Burton, PhD, Eugene McDermott Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, University of Texas--Dallas https://profiles.utdallas.edu/michael.burton

Mar 24, 2023

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Title TBD Jennifer Stone, PhD, research professor, otolaryngology—head and neck surgery, University of Washington https://otolaryngology.uw.edu/our-people/faculty/jennifer-stone-phd

Mar 28, 2023

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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  Presented by Paul M. Titchenell, PhD Assistant Professor of Physiology Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Smilow Center for Translational Research Philadelphia, PA

Apr 11, 2023

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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Apr 11, 2023

5:00 PM

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Obermann Center Working Groups provide space, structure, and discretionary funding for groups led by faculty that may include advanced graduate students, staff members, and community members with a shared intellectual interest. Groups have used this opportunity to explore new work and to share their own research, to organize a symposium, and to develop grant proposals.  This program allows participants from across the campus and beyond to explore complex issues at a moment when cross-discip...

May 2, 2023

5:00 PM

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Obermann Center Fellows-in-Residence fully devote themselves to projects within an interdisciplinary community. The program supports artists, researchers, and scholars during periods when focus and feedback are crucial. The program is rooted in our mission: to support the work of individual scholars, while also providing Fellows with the opportunity to enrich an individual, discipline-specific project through interdisciplinary exchanges with a lively intellectual community of Fellows. Each ...

May 5, 2023

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Title TBD Elizabeth McCone Byrnes, PhD, associate chair of biomedical sciences and professor of comparative pathobiology, Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine https://vetprofiles.tufts.edu/profile/elizabeth-mccone-byrnes/

May 9, 2023

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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