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This will focus on how the unique challenges of creating an effective and succinct presentation for scientific conferences. We will focus on how to summarize years of work in a short talk and how to design your content to reach a broader conference audience. At the end of this session,... More

Challenges: Authors frequently frustrated with the cycle of rejection at so-called “high impact journals” Increasing the reproducibility and utility of your work to the community at a time when methods sections have become vanishingly small, and retractions seem to be at an all time high The impact factor is a metric that... More

The shell is a great tool for automating tasks. This workshop will walk you through an example of how to divide up a particular task into its component parts, use shell programs to complete those individual tasks, string together those individual tasks, and then run the entire workflow using... More

This will provide an introduction to some basic principles of graphics design, and how these principles can guide the effective design of a scientific conference poster. At the end of this session, you'll be able to: Implement fundamental principles of graphic design to guide the layout of your poster Navigate the inherent... More

This will give an overview of multiple data visualization tools and techniques for displaying data of many types. Data visualization is a crucial part of science communication, presentation quality, and generating impact – learn more what your options are! Objectives: Choose between interactive and non-interactive frameworks, as well as programming-based and... More

Drawing can help your audience understand concepts that are important to you and, if your figure is well designed, it will get reused and spread your ideas even further. This lecture/demo will cover the workflow for designing and creating reusable visual assets for a figure, and how to use... More

Drawing can help your audience understand concepts that are important to you and, if your figure is well designed, it will get reused and spread your ideas even further. This lecture/demo will cover the workflow for designing and creating reusable visual assets for a figure, and how to use... More

In one-hour session, Dr. Harold Sox will describe how Annals of Internal Medicine evaluated manuscripts, made publishing decisions, and worked with authors to assure transparency and accuracy in their articles. Attendees will gain valuable understanding of how journal editors look at manuscripts and ways in which authors can increase... More

One the greatest challenges in establishing an academic career is bridging the gap between the beginning stages of such a career as a doctoral student, post-doc, or fellow and the subsequent one as a scientist able to contribute to his/her scientific/clinical area.  This gap has been well recognized by... More

This is targeted to pre- and postdoctoral trainees who are interested in preparing an application for an individual NRSA Fellowship (F Awards). Dr. Mark Roltsch, a former NHLBI Program Officer and Scientific Review Officer, created this workshop to assist young investigators with the development of what most likely is... More

This will be particularly valuable for current users of Dedoose and those with a qualitative or mixed methods research background.  We will begin by demonstrating some Dedoose basics such as how to import, excerpt, and code documents. We will also touch on more advanced qualitative and mixed methods features... More

This will start with an overview of Dedoose, what it means to be a web-based application, and how the system is built to support qualitative and mixed methods research analysis securely online.  This session will be generalized for all audiences. We will show you how to import documents, excerpt... More

This a two-part series of workshops on "R" programming sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and Lane Medical Library. Part I: Dr. Ruau will help troubleshoot problems w/ installation of R on your laptops. By the end of parts I and II, participants will be able to: Interact with R using... More

This a two-part series of workshops on "R" programming sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and Lane Medical Library By the end of parts I and II, participants will be able to: Interact with R using commands passed through the console. Import and export data in various formats and transform those... More

When effectively, graphics can significantly enhance a presentation. This lecture/demo will help you optimize presentation graphics. We will start by highlighting best practices when it comes to incorporating pre-existing graphics into your presentation. We will also explore tools and techniques for creating your own reusable presentation graphics in Microsoft... More

If publishing is broken, is PeerJ the cure? Come hear Dr. Peter Binfield explain how PeerJ can make the world a better place for authors, readers, reviewers and consumers of academic articles.   Challenges: The subscription model is being completely overturned by OA Journal websites are old, ugly and outdated Reformatting manuscripts and navigating... More

This will guide attendees through the academic publishing process from manuscript preparation to responding to reviewer comments. Best practices for each element of a research paper will be highlighted. Emphasis will be given to a) how to craft a noticeable cover letter and powerful title and abstract, b) tips... More

This demonstration provides an overview of the key features of NVivo software and demonstrates how it can be a powerful tool in all phases of the research process:  grant writing and research proposal development, literature review, data management and analysis, and manuscript preparation.  We will also show how NVivo... More

No with R or programming will be assumed, although some exposure to programming concepts may be helpful. The goal will be to tour enough features of R that attendees can later pursue topics in greater depth on their own. lntroductory remarks about R: history, popularity, applications, competing languages Interacting with R: REPL... More

No with R or programming will be assumed, although some exposure to programming concepts may be helpful. Part 2 will have 3 parts: First, we will look at how R can be used as a programming language Second, we will look at basic string manipulation and text processing, which is needed for... More

A literature review is a critical part of any systematic review or meta-analysis. This presentation will expose you to the tools, strategies and expertise necessary for an efficient and comprehensive literature review. The session will cover Systematic reviews defined Formulating a clear research question Identifying relevant literature databases and building effective searches... More

Systematic are heavily influenced by the studies that have been identified and included in a review. To help decide which studies to include and which data a reviewer needs, we will discuss transparent methods that should be employed. We will provide a brief introduction to Covidence, a web-based application... More

After researcher has decided to perform a meta-analysis, an analysis plan would normally be drawn up that can include: how to decide if there is evidence of an effect, estimating the size of the effect, evaluating consistency of results across included studies, and/or the strength of evidence for the... More

We revisit meta-analysis approaches for different types of data, including dichotomous and continuous data using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Software and RevMan. There are a number of ways to present findings in tables and figures, and we will highlight a few common methods.  This session will also cover how to evaluate... More

This will highlight effective techniques for excellent oral presentations of scientific material. This session is designed to be useful for both the experienced speaker as well as those uncomfortable with public speaking. At the end of this session, you will be able to: Design a better talk— how to find your... More

R a free software package that can generate publication ready statistical graphics with either a point and click system or using code that a programmer crafts. This class introduces people, without a programming background, to the core graphical methods that ship with the R programming language and introduces a... More

R a powerful, free statistical software program that can be used for analyzing any type of data. However, it can be very difficult to learn. Deducer is a free, easy to use graphical user interface for R that simplifies many common statistical tasks. In this seminar, we will go... More

Stata a common statistical software package that is used to analyze large datasets. This workshop will introduce participants to a variety of basic Stata operations, such as importing and cleaning data, generating and visualizing descriptive statistics, and running and interpreting common statistical tests such as t-tests and chi-squared tests.... More

Wikipedia, largest encyclopedia created in human history, is the world's most popular reference work. New research demonstrates it's now the leading source of medical information for patients and health professionals.  In this talk and ensuing discussion, we will explore how Wikipedia, an encyclopedia that anyone can edit and freely... More