August Events
IHDR Summer Seminar Series
Thursday, August 1, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm
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.
Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 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....
IHDR Summer Seminar Series
Thursday, August 8, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm
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.
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, August 8, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
We have established a community of CCOM Informaticists who are applying these skills in their work at UIHC. You are invited to join us during our monthly seminar presentations.
Applying to Genetic Counseling Graduate Programs Information Event
Friday, August 9, 2024, 1:00pm to 4:00pm
The Iowa Institute of Human Genetics (IIHG) is hosting an information event on Personalized Genomic Medicine: Applying to Genetic Counseling Graduate Programs. At this information session a panel of genetic counselors will speak about their personal experience applying to genetic counseling training programs as well as their daily activities and role in personalized genomic medicine. This opportunity is a great way for students to discuss firsthand the application process, job growth and ask...
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Monday, August 12, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm
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.
REDCap Basic Training
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
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:...
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
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.
Hardin Open Workshops: Conducting a Health Sciences Literature Review (In-Person and Zoom)
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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...
TriNetX Basic Training
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
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....
REDCap Intermediate Training
Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:...
Read on the Rug
Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 10:30am to 11:00am
Read on the Rug is back with monthly offerings!...
REDCap Surveys Training
Thursday, August 15, 2024, 10:00am
This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:...
IHDR Summer Seminar Series
Thursday, August 15, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm
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.
Microbiology Graduate Program - New Student Orientation
Monday, August 19, 2024, 9:00am to 11:30am
REDCap Advanced Training
Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as:...
REDCap MyCap Training
Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
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:...
REDCap Data Handling
Thursday, August 22, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
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:...
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)
Thursday, August 22, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
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.
IHDR Summer Seminar Series
Thursday, August 22, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm
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.
Microbiology PhD Candidate Seminar - Shea Lowery
Monday, August 26, 2024, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop
Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:20pm
More information forthcoming.
TriNetX Basic Training
Thursday, August 29, 2024, 9:00am to 10:00am
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....
IHDR Summer Seminar Series
Thursday, August 29, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm
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.