Past events

October 9th, 12 pm – 2 pm

Online

As the 2023 NIH data sharing requirements show, good data management plans (DMP) are increasingly important to funders as they screen grant application. This workshop will explain why data management planning is important, how to use the DMPTool (dmptool.org) to create your own DMP and highlight key considerations to make when creating a DMP.

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Recorded August 7th, 2023

This workshop provides a general introduction to the latent variable modeling software platform Mplus (www.statmodel.com). After reviewing data import and file management procedures, a detailed description of the specification syntax is provided, which is complemented by a pair of worked examples demonstrating simple mediation analysis using observed and latent variables. Procedures for obtaining tests of the indirect effect are illustrated using maximum likelihood estimation with non-parametric bootstrapping, as well as Bayesian MCMC estimation. Finally, a power analysis for the aforementioned mediational models is provided in order to demonstrate the Monte Carlo simulation features available in Mplus.

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June 7th, 1 pm – 2 pm
Online

A workshop introducing the PhenX Toolkit, a web-based catalog of recommended measurement protocols. Presenters from the National Institutes of Health, Jyoti Dayal, Project Scientist for PhenX (National Human Genome Research Institute), and Nancy Jones, Supplemental Project Leader (National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities) will introduce the various uses and benefits of using the toolkit. The goal of the PhenX program is to identify and catalog high-quality, well-established, and broadly applicable measures for research domains for use in GWA studies and other large-scale genomic and epidemiologic research. The Toolkit measures include background information, standard operating procedures, common data elements, controlled vocabularies, a glossary of terms, and standard analytic procedures to harmonize similar measures.  In 2020, the Toolkit added a Social Determinants of Health Collection to facilitate minority health and health disparities research as well.

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February 10, noon–2 p.m.
Online

Access Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) health data through an honest broker for use in health research. Learn about how an honest broker can provide your research team with de-identified health data, acting as a mechanism of compliance for responsible research. Kathryn Claypool is a Research Data Manager at Arizona State University and Health Informatics Expert. She introduces how researchers connect with honest brokers and the process of requesting ADHS health data access.

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January 25th, 12:00 pm MST
Online

The free webinar on how the power of NVivo & Citavi together can assist with your writing will cover:
• Review of Literature: Easily search databases and websites for references to include in your project
• Pre-Writing: Efficiently organize and annotate literature, highlight critical quotes, comments, and ideas across many articles, while developing a detailed outline
• Writing: Export your outline with the content you highlighted into a Word document in seconds taking you from first draft to final publication
• Revise & Edit: With Word integration, organize content and manage citations, plus references seamlessly
• Publish: Speed up the writing process to help you publish faster and more often
• Collaborate: Enable research groups of any size to work together – worldwide

Robert T. Trotter III, PhD, Regents’ Professor, Department of Anthropology

(Recorded on November 3, 2022)

This workshop covers three models for mixed methods research design. Model 1: Explaining the Numbers. This mode; presents a mixed methods design that focuses on a sequential quantitative-qualitative mixed methods process where the qualitative research is designed to be an enhancement and a translational process for understanding a hypothesis-driven research program. Model 2: Creating questions and tests of hypothesis. Model 3: Balanced or Integrative Mixed Methods Design. This model allows for a longitudinal (iterative) mixed methods design that is valuable for creating and implementing program impact designs.

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Indrakshi Roy, Biostatistician, Center for Health Equity Research

(Recorded October 20, 2022)

This interactive workshop provides instruction for inferential statistics including t-tests, ANOVAs, chi-squares using R. R is a free statistical software; participants should download the software prior to viewing. Participants should also review the Introduction to R recording prior to viewing.

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Pamela Buzzard, MILS, Health Sciences Librarian, Cline Library

(Recorded October 11, 2022)

Covidence is software designed for managing and streamlining your systematic review. It can perform the following functions to make review production more efficient: upload search results, screen abstracts and full body text study reports, complete data collection, conduct risk of bias assessment, resolve disagreements, and export data into RevMan or Excel. In this session, librarian Pamela Buzzard shows how the software could support your systematic review production and answers questions from researchers.

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Catherine Proppoer, PhD, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

(recorded September 27, 2022)

This workshop demonstrates some of the analysis frameworks within the JMP statistical platform. It covers how to set up your data for t-tests, one-way and two-way ANOVA’s or Kruskal Wallis tests. It is recommended that the JMP into Stats workshop be viewed prior to the intermediate-level workshop. Both workshops follow a similar framework of hypothesis testing and examining results to evaluate outcomes.

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Indrakshi Roy, PhD, Biostatistician, CHER

(recorded July 21, 2022)

This workshop is designed to provide a very basic introduction to RStudio (understanding the interface and how to import and export data, manage data, and basic statistics). The workshop aims to explain in simple terms, the basic terminologies in R. Some simple visualization techniques in R are covered. This workshop uses a mock dataset to give hands-on experience using RStudio. No previous knowledge of R is required.

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Catherine Proppoer, PhD, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

(recorded July 12, 2022)

If you want to develop your statistical skills but are intimidated by programming-based tools like R, JMP is an intuitive SAS-based program that allows you to conduct powerful statistical analysis even if you are not a programming guru. This hands-on workshop offers basic analysis tools for data cleaning, descriptive statistics correlational analysis, and geographical representation of your data. JMP is available through apps.nau.edu or NAU ITS. Participants should have this downloaded prior to viewing.

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Monica Lininger, PhD, Associate Professor, Athletic Training Program
Michael Petillo, MA, Research Coordinator, Sr., CHER 

(recorded June 9, 2022)

Are you new to SPSS or need a refresher? This interactive workshop will explore key features of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), a Windows-based predictive analytic software that can be used for a range of statistical analysis, data management, and quantitative reporting. Using a sample data set, participants will practice using the software for data cleaning, descriptive statistics, correlational analysis, graphical representations, and SPSS research. SPSS is available through NAU ITS; download the software prior to viewing.

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Ricky Camplain, PhD, Assistant Professor, CHER and Department of Health Science

(recorded June 1, 2022)

SAS continues to be the standard data management and statistical analysis software for the biomedical and public health sciences, including public health departments and clinical and research health sciences departments. This workshop will demonstrate access to and major features of SAS Software, including reading in datasets, basics of data management (e.g., recoding, merging, and combining datasets), and basic statistics. Participants should be sure to have access to apps.nau.edu >Mathmatics folder >Statistics folder >SAS app.

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David Folch, PhD, Assistant Professor of Geography, Planning, and Recreation

(Recorded May 19th)

Python is a general-purpose programming language that has become one of the leading languages in the data science, data analytics, and data management fields due to its straightforward syntax, interactive design and free availability. This workshop provides an introduction to Python and a hands-on lab where participants will learn how to perform basic data manipulation, visualization, and statistical tasks.

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Michael Petillo, MA, Research Coordinator, Sr., CHER 

(Recorded May 9, 2022)

Qualitative data analysis software (QDAS) such as NVivo can assist researchers with coding, organizing, analyzing, visualizing, and strong qualitative data from interviews, focus groups, social media, and more. This workshop provides beginner users with an overview of NVivo features, tools, and techniques that can save time and strengthen results.

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(Recorded on April 27, 2022)

Guest: Josue Saldivar

Watch the Health Justice Futures recording Nuestras Historias: Belonging in a Time of Displacement and Immigrant Health

During this event, guest speaker Josue Saldivar discusses how immigrants find a sense of belonging in the arts, using creative writing as a vehicle to explore the intersection of immigration status, race, gender, and sexuality. This session will unpack what it means to live on the borderlines of identity, and how geographical borders and anti-immigration policy impact the wellbeing of immigrant communities in Arizona.

Josue Saldivar is an immigrant, LGBTQIA+ community organizer, and a DACA recipient from Tucson, Arizona. Josue has used the power of creative writing to tell stories about immigration, gender, and sexuality. Josue is currently a Program Organizer with Borderlinks, an educational nonprofit in Tucson.

Robert Wickham, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

(Recorded on April 7, 2022)

This workshop describes techniques for the analysis of multilevel study designs using mixed effects models. We begin with a general introduction to hierarchically nested data structures, followed by a description of the basic random intercept and random intercept+slope models for 2-level designs. The second portion of the workshop discusses issues related to centering of predictor variables, contextual effect analysis, and cross-level interactions. Worked examples are provided for SAS, SPSS, and R.

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(Recorded on April 6, 2022)

Guest: Jihan Gearon

Watch the recording Health Justice Futures: Emergence: Indigenous Feminisms, Environmental Justice and Health Equity

Join the Fairness First Campaign and Jihan Gearon for a discussion on how “Health equity means prioritizing the health of our full selves – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual – and all of our relationships, including those with our homelands and Mother Earth herself. Prevailing values of recent history – patriarchy, colonialism, capitalism, racism – have made full healthiness all but impossible. Yet solving the challenges of today requires that very thing. Practices of reflection and connection, such as art, are tools to bring ourselves and our collective home into healthy balance.” – Jihan Gearon

Heidi A. Wayment, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychological Sciences

(Recorded on March 24, 2022)

Social network analysis (SNA) allows for the examination of how configurations of social networks may influence how individuals and groups function. This presentation will provide a general overview of SNA and why and how it can enhance traditional social science and health-related research. Topics include a review of the basic elements of SNA, examples of its use in social and health-related research, methods for collecting SNA data, and a brief review of additional resources.

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Lisa Hardy, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

(Recorded on March 5, 2022)

This workshop introduces strategies for bringing research to public audiences. Participants will be guided through a series of practical steps to develop stories for publication in multiple media. A facilitated discussion and practical tools will provide plans for identifying intended audiences and outlets and drafting pitches for publication.

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Toby Hocking, Associate Professor, School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems

(Recorded on February 28, 2022)

Interactive data visualization enables users to directly manipulate and explore graphical representations of data which can be useful for understanding patterns in large data sets, exploratory data analysis, research, and teaching. This tutorial explains how to create animated and interactive data visualizations using the animint2 R package.

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Indrakshi Roy, Biostatistician, Center for Health Equity Research

(Recorded on February 9, 2022)

During this 90-minute session, representatives from NAU’s Office of Sponsored Programs guide participants through the key fundamentals of pre- and post-award management. The group will explore how grants and contracts are identified, pursued, negotiated, awarded, and compliantly managed. Along the way, the group emphasizes key points of partnership, faculty service, and how faculty and staff play a key role in the overall process. Along with comprehensive visual materials, a Q&A session keeps the session interesting and engaging.

• Recorded Presentation

(Recorded on February 18, 2022)

Guest: Beth McManis, PhD

Watch the recording Using a Health Equity Lens to Expand Postpartum Care for Women in Underserved Communities

Join us for an online conversation with visual and mixed media artists who will discuss the role of art in supporting and sustaining the well-being of communities with disabilities and creating communities of care.

Thomas J. Champagne Jr, Associate Vice President of Research

(Recorded on February 3, 2022)

This workshop provides a very basic introduction to RStudio including understanding the interface, how to import and export data, manage data, basic statistics, and simple data visualization techniques. The workshop uses a mock dataset to give hands-on experience with using R-studio. No previous knowledge of R is required.

• Recorded Presentation

(Recorded on December 3, 2021)

Guest: Joseph Mihaljevic, PhD

Watch the recording Fairness FirstX Talk: Can we Predict the Risk of West Nile Virus like we Predict Weather?

This virtual, interactive discussion with guest speaker and NAU Health Equity researcher, Dr. Joseph R. Mihaljevic, addresses the efforts he is involved in to build models that attempt to predict areas in Maricopa County, Arizona, that will have high risk of West Nile virus infections on a week-to-week basis. Dr. Mihaljevic also highlights his use of mathematical modeling and climate data in this endeavor.

(Recorded on  December 7, 2021)

Guest: Cody Kelly

Watch the recording Health Justice Futures: The Power of Art for Communities with Disabilities

Join us for an online conversation with visual and mixed media artists who will discuss the role of art in supporting and sustaining the well-being of communities with disabilities and creating communities of care.

(Recorded on October 22, 2021)

Guest: Emily Schneider, PhD

Watch the recording How can incarcerated individuals be active participants in research that directly impacts them?

Emily Schneider discusses her ideas surrounding the necessity of engaging incarcerated individuals in research design, implementation and analysis.

Kelly Laurila, Research Scientist

(Recorded on Oct. 19, 2021)

An introduction to program evaluation, evaluator competencies, types of evaluation, elements of an evaluation plan, logic model design, developing SMART objectives, evaluation data sources, and implementation of an evaluation plan.

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Robert T. Trotter, II Regents’ Professor, Department of Anthropology

(Recorded on Oct. 11, 2021)
This workshop is an introduction to scientifically defensible rapid ethnographic assessment and evaluation design. It includes: the principles of rapid ethnographic assessment; rapid assessment problem definition; mixed methods design; analysis strategies; and dissemination/impact recommendations.

• Recorded Presentation

(Recorded on Sept. 29, 2021)

Guests: Liva’ndrea Knoki & Garrett Etsitty

Watch the recording Visual Art & Indigenous Health

Indigenous visual artists Liva’ndrea Knoki and Garrett Etsitty discuss the necessity of art in the mobilization of Indigenous communities for health justice, the power of visibility, and what health justice means in the context of Indigenous sovereignty, settler colonialism, and community-engaged research.

Robert T. Trotter, II Regents’ Professor, Department of Anthropology

(Recorded on Sept. 27, 2021)
This workshop is an introduction to ethnographic research design. The primary topics are: ethnographic theory; ethnographic research question development; recruitment and sampling issues; methods mixtures; personnel skills; and analytical strategies (including software needs).

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Toby Hocking, Assistant Professor, School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems

(Recorded on Sept. 24, 2021)
This workshop, Dr. Hocking introduces: resources at NAU related to computational research projects; the research expertise of the SICCS faculty; the NAU super-computer Monsoon; how to run Python and R programs on it; and Cyverse, which provides a graphical web interface to several data analysis programs.

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Allissa Dillman, Workforce Development and Community Engagement Lead
Office of Data Science Strategy, National Institutes of Health

(Recorded on Sept. 16, 2021)
This workshop describes the opportunities to engage in data science at the NIH and the resources available to you including support and participation in codeathons/hackathons, cloud computing via the STRIDES program, and data science and cloud computing training opportunities for you and your students.

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Niki Lajevardi-Khosh, Health Educator, Office of Environmental Health
Arizona Department of Health Services

(Recorded on Aug. 31, 2021)
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN) grantees.
The ADHS EPHT program collaborates with CDC and local partners to collect and disseminate data related to environmental exposures and health outcomes to improve the data driven decision making process.
This presentation will provide an overview of the EPHT program including a demonstration of how to use the Data Explorer, Quick Reports Tool, applications previously developed for partners, and how the data has been used to address public health challenges.

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Christine Kirby, Senior Research Coordinator, Center for Health Equity Research

(Recorded on July 19, 2021)
This workshop offers an introductory workshop for users with little to no ATLAS.ti experience who seek a foundational understanding of the software and its capabilities, interface, features and basic techniques to use the software for analyzing qualitative data.

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David Faguy, Associate Vice President, Research, Office of Research Compliance

(Recorded on July 1, 2021)
This interactive seminar will review definitions and common terms, then explore the general rules and standards of appropriate data management in accordance with sponsors, NAU, human subjects, clinical trials or other regulatory authorities. Dr. Faguy will apply these  standards to hypothetical projects at NAU

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Robert T. Trotter, II Regents’ Professor, Department of Anthropology

(Recorded on June 17, 2021)
This workshop identifies, describes, and discusses the key elements that are present in successfully funded NIH and NSF qualitative research projects. Elements include: scientific premise, appropriate staffing, innovation and scientific rigor. Dr. Trotter will discuss needed resources and available RIC resources.

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Melissa Beresford, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, San José State University

(Recorded on June 17, 2021)
This hands on, two-day workshop teaches systematic approaches for analyzing qualitative data. Participants learn building block techniques, including theme identification and codebook development, which can be used across many analytic traditions.

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Melissa Beresford, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, San José State University

(Recorded on June 17, 2021)
This hands on, two-day workshop teaches systematic approaches for analyzing qualitative data. Participants learn building block techniques, including theme identification and codebook development, which can be used across many analytic traditions.

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Julia Gardner, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Health Sciences

(Recorded on June 10, 2021)
This workshop covers how to build and run surveys in REDCap based on two examples: a simple survey and a chain of surveys. Participants will learn how to best build surveys and automated invitations. The topics covered are basic survey setup, branching logic, survey distribution, and survey management. The workshop was interactive and participants had the opportunity to practice building a survey in REDCap.

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Indrakshi Roy, biostatistician, Center for Health Equity Research

(Recorded on March 25, 2021)
Understanding the origin, structure and contents of Medicare data is essential to designing a successful research project. NAU’s CHER/ SHERC has bought some of this data and it is an excellent opportunity for researchers to use this data for their studies. This workshop delivers an overview of Medicare program, describes available research files, and provides information on how to request data.

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Brittany Blanchard and Pamela Buzzard, Cline Librarians

(Recorded on March 17, 2021)
Are you required by your funder to submit a DMP but aren’t sure what is needed? In this workshop, Brittany Blanchard and Pamela Buzzard will cover the basics of data management, why it is important to create and follow a DMP, and ways the library can help. There will be a specific focus on NIH and NSF requirements.

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Anita Antoninka, Assistant Research Professor, School of Forestry

(Recorded on February 26, 2021)

In this two-hour workshop, Antoninka uses examples to present the principles and rules for SEM, demonstrates a few types of variables and models, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of an SEM approach. The last part of the workshop is hands-on practice building simple models in SPSS AMOS. She provides resources for learning more about SEM and for building models in R.

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Indrakshi Roy, Biostatistician

(Recorded on February 11, 2021)

This workshop will discuss how to choose the appropriate quantitative research design for a study. We will talk about several different quantitative research designs—when and why a design is chosen — identify the design that is most appropriate for our research—justify why it is the best choice

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Regents’ Professor Robert T. Trotter II

(Recorded on January 26, 2021)

This hands-on virtual workshop offers a pragmatic introduction to key design elements for conducting successful focus groups. Topics include exploring decision points for engaging focus group theory, methodology, staffing, sampling, recruitment, question development, data processing and management, analysis software, and successful analytical strategies.

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David Folch, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation

(Recorded on  January 15, 2021)
This hands-on virtual workshop  introduces participants to GIS and spatial analysis techniques using the ArcGIS Pro desktop software package. Participants will learn how to load and manipulate spatial data, analyze data and create maps for
presentation.

This workshop uses NAU’s remote desktop, so no GIS software installation is necessary to participate. This hands-on virtual workshop will introduce participants to GIS and spatial analysis techniques using the R statistical programming language. Participants will learn how to load and manipulate spatial data, analyze data and create maps for presentation.
This workshop assumes participants have R and RStudio already installed on their computers, and have a basic understanding of the language.

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Indrakshi Roy, Biostatistician for the Center for Health Equity Research

(Recorded on December 10, 2020)
This workshop is a continuation of the first workshop on power analysis on April 20, 2020. Indrakshi Roy approaches power analysis conceptually rather than mathematically. She discusses the concept of power, factors that impact power and the limitations of a power analysis.

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David Folch, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation

(Recorded on  December 3, 2020)
This workshop introduces core concepts in organizing, analyzing and presenting spatial data. Folch demonstrates how to get started using these tools in a variety of environments, including ArcGIS Pro (Windows desktop), QGIS (Mac, Linux, Windows desktop), QGIS (Mac, Linux, Windows desktop) and at the command line (Python and R)

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Meghan Warren, Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, and Monica Lininger, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training

(Recorded on September 24, 2020)
After solidifying the research questions, specific aims, and hypotheses, understanding the appropriate research design is the next step in the scientific process. (First watch “What is a Research Question, recorded September 10, 2020)

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Meghan Warren, Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, and Monica Lininger, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training

(Recorded on September 10, 2020)
This workshop will help investigators develop clear research questions, specific aims, and hypotheses prior to implementing a study that allows for execution of the rigorous scientific process.

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Viacheslav “Slava” Fofanov, Associate Director for Research and Graduate Programs, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS)

(Recorded on Aug. 25, 2020)
This workshop explores the R language and the R-Studio environment for statistical computing at an intermediate level. With this program participants can generate publication-ready graphics and perform both the basic and the state-of-the-art statistical analyses.

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With Meghan Warren, professor, Department of Physical Therapy. This workshop demonstrates access to and major features of SAS Software, including reading in datasets, basics of data management (e.g., recoding, merging, combining datasets), measures of central tendency and frequencies. SAS continues to be the standard data management and statistical analysis software for the biomedical sciences, including public health departments, and clinical and health sciences university departments.

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With Monica Lininger, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training. This workshop  demonstrates access to and major features of SPSS, including simple graphic construction. By the end of the workshop participants should have the basic skills to understand how to input data for initial data cleaning, evaluate basic descriptive statistics, and create graphical representations of their data using this statistical platform.

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With Mary DeJong, librarian for the College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences.

Additional contributors:

• Pamela Buzzard, librarian for the College of Health and Human Services
• Amy Hughes, librarian for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Catherine Lockmiller, librarian for the Phoenix Bioscience Core
• Bridget Wipf, librarian for the College of Engineering

This workshop introduced participants to systematic reviews. DeJong will teach what they are, how they are different from regular review articles, and how to begin planning one. Strategies for executing a thorough search and appropriately documenting a search strategy will also be covered. Most importantly, participants will learn why and when to partner with a librarian to ensure that your review methods are rigorous and meet publication requirements.

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With Indrakshi Roy, biostatistician for the Center for Health Equity ResearchPower analysis is an essential (and sometimes a required) part of a research plan. It helps the researcher decide whether a study will have enough statistical power to detect a meaningful effect size. In this workshop, Indrakshi Roy approaches power analysis conceptually rather than mathematically. She discusses the concept of power, factors that impact power and the limitations of a power analysis.
She also provides demonstrations via GPower for t-test and chi-squared tests, ANOVA, Repeated-Measures ANOVA, Mixed-Design ANOVA, and Multiple Linear Regression, (m function) and getting help (stack overflow for R).

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With Linda Silka, Senior Fellow, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, University of Maine. This webinar describes exciting new approaches to use citizen science and community-based participatory research to solve problems together. Using examples from the presenter’s experience collaborating with refugee and immigrant communities, Latino communities, and rural communities, the webinar describes 10 puzzles and challenges and how they can be addressed through citizen science and community-based participatory research.

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With Michael Patton, author and former president of the American Evaluation Association. MQP, as he is known, is former president of the American Evaluation Association and recipient of its top awards. In addition to his well-known evaluation books, Utilization-Focused Evaluation, Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, Developmental Evaluation, and Principles-Focused Evaluation, he is an avid Grand Canyon hiker and author of Grand Canyon Celebration: A Father-Son Journey of Discovery. In this webinar, he uses the Grand Canyon to illustrate the premises and principles from his new book.

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with Sarah Lipsey, NAU Information Systems Training SpecialistThrough this one-hour training, viewers learn to use Microsoft Teams––a “unified communication and collaboration platform for file storage, application integration, video meetings and workplace chat.”
Sarah Lipsey is a staff specialist for Information Systems Training in the NAU Department of Strategic Planning, Implementation and Education Services.

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with Carly Camplain, Attorney, Senior Program Coordinator for CHER, NAU doctoral student in Interdisciplinary HealthThrough this workshop, viewers develop an understanding of legal epidemiology and learn how to conduct policy surveillance and legal assessments, methodologies to carry out legal epidemiology, primary steps in conceptualizing a legal epidemiology project, and how to conduct an evaluation using legal data.
This workshop will use hands-on exercises to introduce the legal epidemiology process and will include a question and answer session about participants’ research.

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with Robert T. Trotter III, Regents’ Professor, Department of AnthropologyCorrectly designed focus group research is a powerful tool. This two-hour introductory workshop explores and explains the 7 critical elements of systematic design and analysis strategies for scientifically defensible focus group data collection.

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with Jay Barber, Associate Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber SystemsDr. Barber discussed fundamental concepts and terminology (disease risk, odds ratio, relative risk) and how to estimate these quantities using statistical models (binomial regression and Poisson regression) with computation in R. He introduced Bayesian concepts and models with computations in R and NIMBLE. Dr. Barber also offered an introductory review of Bayesian spatial models for count data on aerial units (e.g., counties or health districts) with some model selection.

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with Kyle Winfree, Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs, Assistant Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber SystemsThis workshop focused on the application of statistical learning to proxy measure human behaviors, with special attention to the methods and the limitations of both sensors and statistical approaches. The workshop provided two examples: the first is an in-depth look at how commodity devices such as a Fitbit can and cannot be used in the research setting; the second is an in-depth look at how clinical devices can be used as commodity sensors that support nuanced human behavior detection.”

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with Meghan Warren,  Professor, Department of Physical TherapyThis SHERC workshop was based on the Missing Data course from February 2019 from Statistical Horizons by Paul Allison, PhD.  The Methods for Missing Data workshop covered why imputation may be necessary, both traditional and ‘newer’ methods and the strengths and limitations of each.
Dr. Warren focused on ‘newer’ methods to better produce unbiased estimates. The workshop also illustrates multiple imputation using SAS (STATA and MPlus commands also available).

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with William Wilson, Senior Systems Administrator,  Academic and Research Technology ServicesThis workshop with William Wilson reviewed ADAMS, RIC’s secure data analysis server, and also Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap). REDCap is a web-based application developed by Vanderbilt University to capture data for clinical research and create databases and projects.

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This two-day interactive workshop emphasized planning, drafting,
and revising scientific manuscripts for faculty researchers, with the goal of improving the quality
of writing for high-impact journals. The workshop was designed for postdoctoral fellows;
early-career faculty, including assistant professors; and all other faculty who conduct
research in the basic biomedical, clinical, or behavioral sciences and who have not yet
published extensively.

• Presentation Slides

with Dr. Lisa Hardy, Assistant Professor, Department of AnthropologyThis workshop provided an overview of Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR). CBPR is an approach to research and practice that has shown successful results in health-related projects. This approach takes time, trial and error, and flexibility to implement well. There is no cookbook for CBPR.

This workshop covered the foundational principles that underlie CBPR and other community engaged strategies, examples of projects that use a CBPR framework, lessons learned from failed CBPR efforts, and scenarios for participants to think through how a CBPR approach differs from other research strategies.

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Scholars from the US, Mexico and Ecuador shared successful international collaborative health equity research projects aimed at curbing the burden of chronic and infectious diseases in Latin America and our commitment to the health of Latin Americans in the US.

In this mini-workshop, Bill Wilson provided an overview of REDCap.

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This mini-workshop was a hands-on introductory course and consultation for SPSS with Monica Lininger.

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with Sean Gregory, this workshop provided an introduction to Cost-Effectiveness and Decision Modeling across several applications in Public Health and Medicine and reviewed the use of Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity analyses.

with Ricky Camplain, this workshop introduced ways to measure physical activity, including objective measures, questionnaires, and systematic observation, in public health research and the implications for each.

with Monica Lininger, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, this workshop introduced principles associated with different types of factor analyses using SPSS. Participants discussed appropriate model building, factor selection, and rotation methods. Several resources were provided, including example literature and annotated syntax with sample data sets for use in SPSS.

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This session highlighted SHERC researchers who presented posters showcasing their important work in health disparities research.

This Speed Meeting was designed to build interdisciplinary research collaboration at NAU by bringing researchers together from across campus to share common interests and create new partnerships with SHERC faculty and staff. Participants learned about our resources, including methodological assistance, faculty development and training opportunities, community partnership development support, and pilot project grant opportunities.

with Amol Karmarkar, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Texas Medical Branch. He is clinically trained as an Occupational Therapist, with advanced training in rehabilitation sciences and health services research. He is a health services researcher with a focus on utilization of services in post-acute settings and outcomes related to receipt of these services. Currently, he has a NIH-supported career development award (K01) titled “Comparing Access and Effectiveness of Post-Acute Care for Medicare Beneficiaries” with a focus on methods to control for selection bias in observational studies. He is also a Co-Investigator on a methodological study funded through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for hip fracture.

with Brian Eiler, Postdoctoral Fellow in the NAU Department of Psychological Sciences. In this workshop we introduced network principles and analyses using the programming environment R. We covered experimental design, theoretical underpinnings, and visualization techniques. Several resources were provided including: example literature, annotated code with sample data sets, and quick-start resources. The workshop was interactive and participants practiced a number of skills and had opportunities to develop collaborations with other participants and the facilitator.

Sponsored by NAU Physical Therapy Program & SHERC

• Recorded Presentation

with H. Russell Bernard. With consensus analysis we can lose the key to a university exam and – if the questions were well formulated – recover that key from the combined set of students’ answers. This talk was about applying consensus analysis to the study of cultural knowledge – where we don’t know the correct answer to the questions beforehand.

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The SHERC Pilot Project Workshop focused on helping Investigators to craft competitive proposals that address the goals of SHERC.

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This event was a part of the RIC Workshop Series. Steven Barger was a fellow at the 10-day AHA seminar this summer. As part of the agreement for RIC sponsorship to attend this seminar, he presented a selection of topics from the event, including: Measurement of Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiovascular Health, Cardiovascular Health Policy, and Comparative Effectiveness Research.

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The SHERC Pilot Project Workshop focused on helping Investigators to craft competitive proposals that address the goals of SHERC.

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In this presentation, Tim Flood, chair of the BPHS, discusses the implementation of the ADHS-NAU MOU on data sharing and the ADHS Human Subjects Review, and Rob Bailey, bureau chief of BPHS, gives a bureau overview. Dianna Contreras, manager of the Arizona Birth Defects Monitoring Program, presents an overview of 3 program components: surveillance, prevention of BDs, and assuring referral of babies to services. Georgia Yee, chief of the Office of Health Registries gives an office overview of the Arizona Cancer Registry surveillance and research. Flood also explores the concerns about data use.

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The first in the SHERC Research Infrastructure Core’s summer series, this methodological networking event was an opportunity to brainstorm on new methodological technologies and ideas with interested individuals. Speaker topics included SHERC Computational Infrastructure and REDCap for Surveys and Databases. Lightning talks from SHERC faculty, faculty who had written pilot proposals, and others on campus interested in health equities/disparities research, focused on forward looking-future research goals. The event also included opportunities for discussion, networking, and matchmaking.

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This 1-hour webinar focused on community-based participatory research (CBPR), an approach used to form equitable and meaningful research partnerships between communities and universities. In this webinar, we reviewed basic principles of CBPR and members from a community-academic partnership shared their experiences using CBPR.

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