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The Office of the Vice Provost for Research & Scholarship gathers all the research events posted to our listservs into a once-weekly email, and we also feature them on our new online calendar. Check out our primer on how to promote your event or email vprs@miami.edu for help.
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Registration is Now Open!
This CTSI supported I-Corps@NCATS program is free for all faculty, students and staff at the University of Miami interested in learning about commercialization of research. Since 2018, 62 teams/start-ups throughout Miami have participated in the program and a number of them have moved forward with new IP, follow-on funding, including SBIR/STTR grants, and licensing agreements.
Learn more about the program. Registraion is now open. Apply today.
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Monday, March 20, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
This workshop is an introduction to the programming language Python using the Jupyter environment. The basics of using Python for data analysis are covered, including using Jupyter, importing data, using popular libraries such as pandas and NumPy, data visualization, and saving/exporting. Join in person: Richter Library, Digital Scholar's Lab, Room 344 or virtually in Zoom, Meeting ID: 954 1954 9084.
Instructor:
Cameron Riopelle, Head, Data & Visualization Services
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Wednesday, March 22, 2:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m.
Power BI is a set of business analytics tools designed for end-users, tools that let you connect, manipulate, and analyze your data. With Power BI, you can create visualizations and reports as well as publish and share those with your colleagues.
In this session, I introduce you to the Power BI ecosystem and concepts through analyzing sample datasets using Power BI Desktop. We will learn the basics of Power BI by importing, transforming, and visualizing the data. We will create dynamic and interactive reports that can be shared with others.
Please note that Power BI Desktop are only available on the Windows platform, so that Mac users will require a Virtual machine with a Window O/S.
Instructor:
Kineret Ben-Knaan
Research & Assessment Librarian and Subject Liaison for Judaic Studies
Join the in-person session at the Richter Library, Digital Scholar's Lab, Room 344 or virtually in Zoom.
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Friday, March 24, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
This workshop will introduce you to ArcGIS Online, the ESRI’s cloud-based mapping and analysis platform. You will learn how to create interactive maps using different types of symbols, and how to add, manage, and share content. You will also learn how to create basic web apps.
Participants should register before March 22, 2024, to receive the required ArcGIS Online credentials before the session starts. Register in advance.
This workshop is only oriented to participants with valid UM email accounts.
Instructor:
Jorge Quintela
Instruction and Engagement Data Librarian
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Monday, March 27, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Designed for new and intermediate R and R Studio users. It provides an introduction to the R software program, including its programming language, software environment, importing data, descriptive statistics, transforming variables, selecting and splitting data, exploratory tests, and visualization, common statistical methods in R such as means comparisons, ANOVA, linear regression, and basic visualization.
Instructor:
Cameron Riopelle
Head, Data & Visualization Services
Join the in-person session at the Richter Library, Digital Scholar's Lab, Room 344 or virtually in Zoom.
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Tuesday, March 28, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
This course provides an overview of the Office of Research Quality Assurance (RQA) and the auditing process. This course is only offered ONCE A YEAR. Register in advance in ULearn.
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Wednesday, March 29, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Office of Research Administration is offering a course for Clinical Research Coordinators, Principal Investigators, Department Research Financial Administrators and anyone else involved in development and review of clinical research budgets. The course reviews processes for budget development for research proposals submission, budget review and working with ORA on securing appropriate funding for externally-funded agreements. It also includes budgeting procedures for internally-funded clinical research. Some hands-on tools will be demonstrated and provided to all participants. Course includes extended Q&A portion.
Register in ULearn.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
This workshop will introduce you to ArcGIS StoryMaps, an ESRI web-based application that allows you to author interactive stories that can contain narrative text, maps, images, videos and other multimedia content. You will also learn how to publish and share your stories with others.
Participants should register before March 22, 2024, to receive the required ArcGIS Online credentials before the session starts.
This workshop is only for participants with valid UM email account.
Instructor:
Jorge Quintela
Instruction and Engagement Data Librarian
Join the in-person session at the Richter Library, Digital Scholar's Lab, Room 344 or virtually in Zoom; Meeting ID: 938 0938 6013
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Thursday, March 30, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
This class is part of the RAU Curriculum.The class provides a fundamental overview of research administration at the University of Miami from proposal submission through award close and includes basic terminology, regulatory compliance, award negotiation, setup, reporting obligations, audits, and overall award management.
Please register for the RAU Curriculum in ULearn first and access this class through the Curriculum in ULearn. It is important to complete this class in the order that the Curriculum is set up. If you would like to take this class as a standalone course, please contact vprs@miami.edu.
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Thursday, March 20, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
This presentation is intended as an introduction to clinical trial registration and results disclosure requirements. It also intends to provide an overview of the evolution and current state of clinical trial registration and results disclosure in Academia, especially here at the University of Miami.
Level: BEGINNER
At the end of this ILT, participants will be able to:
· Understand the Brief History of Clinical Trial Disclosure
· Identify the current clinical trial disclosure requirements in the US and at the University of Miami
· Identify who is responsible for registration
· Describe the impact of greater transparency in the clinical trial disclosure environment on academia
· Discuss the advantages and implications of using Clinical trial disclosure databases
Zoom link will be provided upon registration of the class in ULearn.
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Thursday, March 30, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Join leaders from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research + Scholarship for this update meeting which is designed to provide information to the University research community on policy, procedural and process changes related to research activities. Agenda items for the upcoming meeting will be provided prior to the meeting.
You have the opportunity to submit your questions prior to the meeting by clicking HERE.
Register in advance for the virtual Zoom meeting by clicking HERE.
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Friday, March 31, 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please join us for the 3rd annual symposium of the Sylvester K12 Calabresi Clinical Oncology Research Career Development Program. This annual event features Sylvester K12 scholars, as well as scientific and career development presentations from internal and external clinical and translational research leaders.
Please register in advance for this meeting.
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Friday, March 31, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Designed for new SPSS users. It provides an introduction to the SPSS software program, including its software environment, importing data, descriptive statistics, transforming variables, selecting and splitting data, as means comparisons, ANOVA, linear regression, logistic regression models, and visualization.
Instructor:
Cameron Riopelle
Head, Data & Visualization Services
Join the in-person session at the Richter Library, Digital Scholar's Lab, Room 344 or virtually in Zoom; Meeting ID: 958 8657 0581.
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Monday, April 3, 2:00 pm. - 3:30 p.m.
Do you ever get stressed when you finish writing your paper and remember you still have to cite? Come learn about amazing Zotero and have all of your citations magically cited before your very eyes. This workshop is perfect for new or beginner users of Zotero. This session will cover the basic features of the manager, how to add citations, how to insert citations into your word document, and how to share your Zotero library with other groups.
Instructor:
Erica Newcome
STEM & Interdisciplinary Research Librarian
Join the in-person session at the Richter Library, Digital Scholar's Lab, Room 344 or virtually in Zoom; Meeting ID: 981 5180 4391.
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Wednesday, April 5, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
This is an introduction to topics in research data management designed to foster skills and encourage data management best practices for efficiency, compliance and security in the research environment. This is a discipline agnostic seminar. Specific learning goals include the identification of best practices for: file naming conventions, file system organization, data security, data privacy, backup strategies, data sharing, data documentation, and data publication. These topics introduce practical behaviors to ease the digital research process.
Instructor:
Dr. Tim Norris
Data Scientist
Join the in-person session at the Richter Library, Digital Scholar's Lab, Room 344 or virtually in Zoom; Meeting ID: 916 7071 2015.
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Thursday, April 6, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
This class provides an in-depth look at the Uniform Guidance for sponsored grants and agreements. This Class is part of the RAU Curriculum.
Please register to the RAU Curriculum in ULearn first and access this CBL through the Curriculum. It is important to complete this class in the order that the Curriculum is set up. If you would like to take this class as a standalone course, please contact vprs@miami.edu.
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Thursday, April 6, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is offering a course for Principal Investigators, Clinical Research Coordinators, Research Financial Administrators, departments’ regulatory personnel, research patients schedulers, and anyone involved in review of Medicare Coverage Analysis (MCA), a document which lists all items and services to be provided as part of a clinical trial with notations of what should be billed to the research sponsor and what can be billed to Medicare.
The course reviews the fundamentals, variables, and process of developing Medicare Coverage Analysis and its impact on the clinical research financial sustainability, research billing compliance and ability to recruit and retain research patients. Practical cases will be presented and discussed and hands-on materials provided, followed by Q & A time in the end.
Register in advance in ULearn. A link to register/join this webinar in Zoom will be provided 24 hour prior to the session.
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Thursday, April 6, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Introduction to using the software program R for visualization. Prior experience with R required--this workshop assumes knowledge of the R language and environment.
Instructor:
Cameron Riopelle
Head, Data & Visualization Services
Join the in-person session at the Richter Library, Digital Scholar's Lab, Room 344 or virtually in Zoom; Meeting ID: 988 2599 1589 .
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Friday, April 7, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Microsoft Power Automate (previously Microsoft Flow) allows you to easily create automated workflows to improve productivity with business process automation. Some of the functions of this tool are to transfer data between systems, send reminders about tasks/actions, support data flow from APIs, and much more. In this workshop, you will be introduced to the basics of Power Automate and start creating flows from templates.
Instructor:
Kineret Ben-Knaan
Research & Assessment Librarian and Subject Liaison for Judaic Studies
Join the in-person session at the Richter Library, Digital Scholar's Lab, Room 344 or virtually in Zoom; Meeting ID: 960 4491 5970 .
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Tuesday, April 11, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
This class is part of the RAU Curriculum and a pre-requisite to IBISResearch: Managing Awards.
This hands-on workshop focuses on proposals and is intended for administrators and researchers to learn how to navigate the system, create a funding proposal, SF424 federal application, and budgets (including cost share and subaward budgets) in IBISResearch. Participants will route a proposal for department approval and submit to Research Administration for final review and submission to the sponsor.
The learning objectives of this session are:
· Describe IBISResearch terminology
· Demonstrate the navigation of IBISResearch
· Practice how to create a funding proposal and budgets (including cost share and subaward) in IBISResearch
If you would like to get credit for the RAU curriculum, please register to the RAU Curriculum in ULearn first and access this class through the Curriculum. It is important to complete this class in the order that the Curriculum is set up. If you would like to take this class as a standalone online course, please contact vprs@miami.edu.
Note: You must complete the following in order to access this class: Introduction to ORA Class, Introduction to IBISResearch CBL and the IBISResearch Create and Submit a Proposal video.
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Wednesday, April 12, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
This hands-on workshop focusing Agreements, is intended for administrators and researchers to learn how to navigate the system and create agreements in IBISResearch. Individuals who submit contracts or agreements to ORA regularly are encouraged to attend this workshop. Additionally, it is recommended that Individuals take the IBISResearch: Create and Submit a Proposal for a more in-depth knowledge of IBISResearch prior to attending this workshop.
The objectives of this session are:
1. Demonstrate the new terminology and navigation of the system.
2. Practice how to create agreements in IBISResearch.
This is an elective course in the RAU Curriculum.
Register in advance in ULearn.
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Thursday, April 13, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
This hands-on workshop focusing on award management, is intended for administrators and researchers involved in setting up and managing sponsored activities in IBISResearch. Participants will create a continuation, revision, and resubmission application. They will also learn how to submit a Just-In-Time request, or respond to an Agency Request, request an award modification and create an agreement from a related proposal.
The objectives of this session are:
1. Practice how to edit and complete the Funding Award in IBISResearch.
2. Identify how to create an award modification in IBISResearch.
3. Demonstrate how to create follow-up proposals (continuation, revision, resubmission, and renewal).
This class is part of the RAU Curriculum and it is the fourth module in the IBISResearch Training. If you would like to get credit for the RAU curriculum, please register to the RAU Curriculum in ULearn first and access this class through the Curriculum. It is important to complete this module in the order that the Curriculum is set up. The pre-requisites for this class are: Introduction to IBISResearch, IBISResearch Submit and Create a Proposal Video and the IBISResearch Submit and Create a Proposal Hands-on Workshop.
Register in advance in ULearn.
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Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
One-on-one opportunity to connect with Human Subjects Research Office team members for questions and guidance, open to anyone involved in human subjects research at the University of Miami or the Jackson Health System. First come, first serve, no appointments necessary.
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