July Events
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, July 2, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Canceled - July 4th Holiday
Hacky Hour
Friday, July 3, 2020, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Hacky Hour is an informal gathering of people to share knowledge and ask questions about their data and how to code analyses for their data.
UIRF Inventor Office Hours
Tuesday, July 7, 2020, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Connect with UIRF if you have questions about intellectual property (IP) and commercialization....
REDCap Training
Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 11:00am to 12:00pm
REDCap overview training 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 what REDCap’s capability.
Structural Biology Interest Group
Thursday, July 9, 2020, 9:00am to 10:00am
The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are biweekly at 9:00am. Currently the group meets via Zoom. The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington. To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research. Title TBD Presented by Liping Yu, PhD, Director, NMR Facility, UI Carver College of Medicine
Hardin Open Workshops - ORCID: Open Researcher and Contributor ID - ZOOM
Thursday, July 9, 2020, 11:00am to 12:00pm
What is ORCID? Why would you want one? This session will discuss ORCID, how researchers can benefit from having one, and how ORCID connects with other information systems. This will also be a hands-on workshop where everyone will have the chance to create their own ORCID and learn the most efficient ways to populate their profile with their publications....
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, July 9, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
You Give Me Fever: Fever in the Morning, Fever all through the Night by Loreen Herwaldt, MD
Hacky Hour
Friday, July 10, 2020, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Hacky Hour is an informal gathering of people to share knowledge and ask questions about their data and how to code analyses for their data.
Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Edward Filardo, PhD
Monday, July 13, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Edward Filardo, PhD Research Professor of Surgery Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Presentation: Regulation of G-protein coupled estrogen receptor (GPER), insulin-resistance and cancer
REDCap Training
Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 9:00am to 10:00am
REDCap Basic hands-off 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 in with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.
Hardin Open Workshops - Embase ZOOM
Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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....
TriNetX Training
Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
TriNetX basic training 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.
TriNetX Training
Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
TriNetX basic training 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.
UIRF Inventor Office Hours
Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Connect with UIRF if you have questions about intellectual property (IP) and commercialization....
Hardin Open Workshops - Pop-Up Session: Images in the Health Sciences ZOOM
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 9:30am to 10:30am
Using images can add interest to your assignments and presentations, but do you know where to find good images and how to ensure that you use those images ethically? This workshop will help you understand copyright, creative common licenses, and public domain. You will also learn where to search for stock and health sciences images and how to cite your images appropriately....
REDCap Training
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 11:00am to 12:30pm
REDCap basic hands-on training 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.
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
COVID-19: What it is like to be the patient by Richard Hoffman, MD, MPH, Elise Barlow, Christopher Benson, MD, Jason Barker, MD and Patrick Hartley, MD
Hacky Hour
Friday, July 17, 2020, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Hacky Hour is an informal gathering of people to share knowledge and ask questions about their data and how to code analyses for their data.
Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Aloysius Klingelhutz, PhD
Monday, July 20, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Aloysius Klingelhutz, PhD Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Professor of Radiation Oncology Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Presentation: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their effects on adipogenesis, adipocyte function, and metabolic syndrome
TriNetX Analytics Training
Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
TriNetX analytics training TriNetX Analytics is a new functionality within the TriNetX toolset. You will be able to explore and compare cohorts, review cohort characteristics and compare outcomes of interest. We will demonstrate how to use these tools and give examples on best practices for when to use these different measures. After this training you will have a basic understanding of the Analytics toolset and how it can be applied to research questions for your studies.
Hardin Open Workshops - Twitter for Academics ZOOM
Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Twitter is more than just a social media tool. It has developed into a vibrant real-time information network used by health care providers, scholars, and scientists. Come to this hands-on session to learn the basics of twitter, advanced techniques such as searching, and examples of its use in the Health Sciences. 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.
UIRF Inventor Office Hours
Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Connect with UIRF if you have questions about intellectual property (IP) and commercialization....
Introduction to High Performance Computing (Using Argon)
Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 10:00am to 12:00pm
...
REDCap Training
Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 11:00am to 12:00pm
REDCap alerts and notifications training This course assumes participants have a basic understanding of building instruments and surveys in REDCap. In this course users will learn to construct and send customized email alerts to one or more recipients, in which the emails are triggered when a form/survey is completed and optionally based on conditional logic. After this course you will have a basic understanding of how to use Alerts and Notifications.
Structural Biology Interest Group
Thursday, July 23, 2020, 9:00am to 10:00am
The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are biweekly at 9:00am. Currently the group meets via Zoom. The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington. To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research. "Mechanisms of nucleotide discrimination by telomerase" Presented by Matt Schaich, PhD Candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Dr. Bret Freudenthal Lab), University of Kansas Medical Center
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed: Focus on What’s New ZOOM
Thursday, July 23, 2020, 11:00am to 12:00pm
The National Library Medicine is in process of updating the PubMed interface with changes expected to be complete in spring 2020. This session will provide an overview of the most significant changes to navigation along with a demonstration of new search features. Best practices for searching the updated version will be shared. In addition, this session will also show you how to improve your search results by using subject headings (MeSH) and advanced keyword searching techniques. Time for...
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, July 23, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Acute Liver failure, what it is and what it is not? by Kyle Brown, MD and Asad Ali, MD
Neuroimaging Workgroup
Friday, July 24, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
We present/demo a neuroimaging (mostly human mri) related tool every month. This is also a great opportunity to see who else is doing neuroimaging work at uiowa and promote community!
Hacky Hour
Friday, July 24, 2020, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Hacky Hour is an informal gathering of people to share knowledge and ask questions about their data and how to code analyses for their data.
Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Julien Sebag, PhD
Monday, July 27, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Julien Sebag, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Presentation: MRAP2 and Energy Homeostasis: A Match Made in Seven-TM
UIRF Inventor Office Hours
Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Connect with UIRF if you have questions about intellectual property (IP) and commercialization....
TriNetX Training
Thursday, July 30, 2020, 9:00am to 10:00am
TriNetX basic training 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.
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, July 30, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
CPC: Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis by Peter Densen, MD, Michael Kwofie, MD, Alexandra Isaacson, MD & Ahmed Abdelhamid, MD
Hacky Hour
Friday, July 31, 2020, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Hacky Hour is an informal gathering of people to share knowledge and ask questions about their data and how to code analyses for their data.