Upcoming Events

Questionnaire Design Clinic

UIC Survey Research Laboratory Seminar

Jennifer Parsons
Associate Director, Survey Research Laboraty

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Noon–1 p.m.
Room 159, UIC College of Nursing
845 S. Damen

The Questionnaire Design Clinic is questionnaire design by example. Participants are encouraged to submit, prior to the session, copies of previous or currently drafted questionnaires which will be used as examples to highlight principles of questionnaire construction. After registering for this session, submit questions or questionnaires for review no later than October 28 to Jennifer Parsons at jparsons@srl.uic.edu. If you do not have a questionnaire to submit for review, your attendance is still welcome. Depending on the number of questionnaires received, all of those received may not be used as examples in the workshop.

This seminar will provide practical knowledge about how to correctly analyze publicly available survey data files. The basics of survey data analysis, including techniques for data screening and adjustment for complex survey designs, will be addressed.

Attendance for each seminar is limited and advance registration is required. You may register for as many seminars as you wish. Registration will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

This is one of five intermediate seminars on survey research methodology taught by SRL in fall 2009. It is free to University faculty, staff and students. A basic understanding of survey research methods is recommended as a prerequisite.

Notes for individual seminars will be available a day or two prior to each seminar at: http://www.srl.uic.edu/SEMINARS/semnotes.htm

Copies of these notes will NOT be distributed at the workshop.

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Strategies for Minority Recruitment and Retention in Research

Professional Development Workshop Series

Carol Estwing Ferrans, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean for Research, UIC College of Nursing
Co-Director, UIC Center for Excellence in Eliminating Health Disparities

Monday, November 16, 2009
Noon–1 p.m.
561 WROB
1747 W. Roosevelt Road

Light lunch will be served.

Dr. Estwing Ferrans is also currently serving as Program Director of the Community Research Partnership Program as well as Co-Director of the Community Engagement and Research Core (CERC), part of a five-year large scale CTSA grant recently received by UIC.

Sponsored by the CCTS Research Education And Careers in Health (REACH) Program

The UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is supported by Award Number 1UL1RR029879-01 from the National Center For Research Resources.

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Local Wellness Policies: Assessing School District Strategies for Improving Children’s Health School Years 2006–07 and 2007–08

Jamie F. Chriqui, PhD, MHS
Senior Research Scientist
IHRP's Health Policy Center

Monday, November 16, 2009
2–3 p.m.
561 WROB

Dr. Jamie Chriqui is a member of the Bridging the Gap research team, a nationally recognized research program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that aims to improve the understanding of how policies and environmental factors affect diet, physical activity and obesity among youth. Dr. Chriqui is the lead author of Local Wellness Policies: Assessing School District Strategies for Improving Children’s Health: School Years 2006-07 and 2007-08, the most comprehensive ongoing analysis of federally mandated district wellness policies, published in July 2009. Read the report at www.bridgingthegapresearch.org.

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GIS Day Seminar: How GIS Illuminates the Understanding of Environmental Influences on Obesity

Kevin P. Gibbs, MUPP
Senior Research Analyst, Health Policy Center

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
9–10 a.m.
561 WROB
1747 W. Roosevelt

Mr. Gibbs will discuss GIS work he has done on two research studies, “Is the Built Environment Associated with Youth Physical Activity and Weight?” and “Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior.”

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IHRP & CCTS Distinguished Lecture - Nicotine Dependence Treatment: From Mouse to Man to Medicine

Caryn Lerman, PhD
Mary W. Calkins Professor, Department of Psychiatry and the Annenberg School for Communication
Deupty Director, Abramson Cancer Center
Director, Transdisciplinary Tobacco Research Center
University of Pennsylvania

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
2–3 p.m.
Moss Auditorium (Room 1020), College of Medicine Research Building
909 S. Wolcott

A specialist in transdisciplinary and translational tobacco control research, Lerman studies the genetic influences on tobacco use and their implications for developing successful smoking prevention and treatment programs, and on methods to influence public policy on tobacco issues.

Dr. Lerman oversees a team of scientists involved in basic, clinical and epidemiological studies. She and her colleagues have demonstrated a link between smoking and genetic variants in the brain's dopamine and serotonin pathways.

Read the news release about this lecture.

Sponsored by the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy and the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science

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2010 Changes in NIH Submission and Review Workshop

Speakers:
Faith Davis, PhD
Senior Associate Dean
School of Public Health

Julie Kong, MEd, RD, LDN
Associate Director of Research Services
School of Public Health

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
10–11 a.m.
Rm. 932 SPH-PI

Faith Davis will present information related to the new NIH peer review system for investigator-initiated applications and strategies on making proposals more competitive. In addition, new application forms (if available) and instructions will be briefly discussed (Forms are due out in Dec, 2009) by Julie Kong. If you are interested in attending, please rsvp Julie Kong (jckong@uic.edu)

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