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Founded in 2008, the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) at USC and CHLA provides funding, expertise, training, and facilities to translate research into solutions for better health of patients and communities in the diverse, urban heart of Los Angeles where 85% of residents are from minority groups, 90 languages are spoken, and disease burden is high. 
-University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 60-minute webinar discusses how Sysrev.com integrates machine learning with document review. This platform is now evolving into SRVC (Sysrev Version Control), an open source, modular document review tool. Document review tools help practitioners to synthesize new data, usually by linking structured data to unstructured documents. Biobricks.ai helps to distribute these data sources via a
-University Of Southern CaliforniaPlease join this online symposium event happening Friday 9/23 from 9am-4pm PST via Zoom. The topic is emerging technologies in the medical device industry, featuring lectures from expert guest speakers from academia, industry and more. Registration is free.
August 19, 2022Over nearly two decades, more and more patients have chosen stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) as an alternative to surgery for certain kinds of early-stage lung cancer. SBRT deploys innovative techniques to target and deliver high levels of focused radiation doses to tumors. Even so, surgery remains the standard of care. So, why are more patients picking this non-surgical method? Are
August 19, 2022If untreated, chronic foot wounds threaten the limbs and lives of diabetic patients. High blood sugar associated with diabetes can lead to complications in sensation and circulation limit blood circulation needed to fight off foot infections, leading to diabetic foot ulcers. Many wounds become infected, leading to amputation. More than half of diabetic patients who get a below-the-knee amputation
August 19, 2022Applications for the new cohort of SC-CTSI KL2 scholars is due on September 16, 2022. For more details on how to apply, please visit this website: https://sc-ctsi.org/training-education/mentored-career-development-in-clinical-and-translational-science-program We sat down (virtually!) with Xenos Mason, MD, a recipient of the SC CTSI Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science
June 29, 2022The SC Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) at the University of Southern California (USC) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is planning a broad range of projects to support and improve clinical and translational research through renewal of a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science in the U. S. National
May 02, 2022As COVID-19 vaccines are approved for pediatric populations, a cross-collaborative effort between the USC School of Cinematic Arts, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and the Keck School of Medicine seeks to highlight the importance of getting vaccinated to protect yourself and your family. This successful collaboration resulted in the creation, production and dissemination of
-University Of Southern CaliforniaClinical notes are the best record of a provider's perceptions of their patients, but their use in studying racial bias in clinical documentation has typically been limited to manual evaluation of small datasets. In this 60-minute webinar, we discuss our investigation of the use of computational methods to scale these insights to large, heterogeneous clinical text data and the results of our
University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 90-minute interactive workshop "Creating a Welcome Video for Your Research or Teaching" is co-hosted by the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) Workforce Development Digital Scholar program and Education Resource Center. Facilitators will present tips for recording short videos that can serve as welcomes, or introductions, to one's research or teaching
-University Of Southern CaliforniaThe SC CTSI Clinical Research Informatics Open House: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific An Overview of Tools and Services for Research Informatics • Requesting Patient Data • Cohort-Discovery Tools (i2b2, TriNetX, ACT) • Biorepositories (OpenSpecimen) • Data Capture and Reporting (REDCap) • Marketing Clinical Trials (Trial Promoter)
-University Of Southern CaliforniaThe USC International Center for Regulatory Science in partnership with the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Greater Los Angeles CTSA Consortium is looking forward to welcoming you to the Spring 2022 Regulatory Science Virtual Symposium on Friday, February 4, 2022: Make Informed Decisions: Key Statistical Principles to Clinical Trail Design from 9am - 4pm
University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 2-hour interactive workshop "Tips for Collecting High-Quality Qualitative Data" is based on a unique qualitative research support service offered by the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) core group called Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) and provided by Dr. Rachel Ceasar. Workshop facilitators, including Dr. Ceasar, offer tips for
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-University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 2-hour interactive workshop "Tips for Collecting High-Quality Qualitative Data" is based on a unique qualitative research support service offered by the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) core group called Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) and provided by Dr. Rachel Ceasar. Workshop facilitators, including Dr. Ceasar, offer tips for
November 18, 2021A commentary by researchers from Mayo Clinic and the University of Southern California suggests that agencies funding biomedical research must strive for diversity, equity and inclusion in research decisions, and that these agencies will only be successful if they address bias in the research funding process. The commentary is published in Nature Medicine. "The lack of diversity in science and
University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 60-minute interactive workshop "Engaging Techniques for Teaching Students & Scholars How to Read Scientific Papers" is based on a unique USC Keck School of Medicine course for undergraduates, grad students, and PhDs enrolled together and taught by Dr. Leonardo Morsut. Workshop facilitators, including Dr. Morsut, present common reasons why reading research can be so challenging (even for
University Of Southern CaliforniaThis poster outlines and explains the purpose, strategies, and results associated with the VaccinateLA initiative, an interdisciplinary, multimedia health campaign designed to improve vaccination rates in high-disparity communities around Los Angeles, California.
University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 60-minute interactive workshop "Teaching, Training & Communicating with Those in Science Denial" is based on research by Drs. Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer recently published in their book Science Denial: Why It Happens and What To Do About It. Facilitators, including one of the book's authors, present the causes and effects of science denial and 3 strategies to improve our science messaging
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-University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 60-minute webinar starts with an overview of why and how PROSPERO was developed. I will then show how to search the database and how to register systematic review protocol details and keep records up to date. Reflections on the 10 years since the launch of PROSPERO and the challenges the rapidly changing digital environment now presents will also be briefly covered. Learning Objectives By the
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-University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 60-minute interactive workshop "Teaching, Training & Communicating with Those in Science Denial" is based on research by Drs. Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer recently published in their book Science Denial: Why It Happens and What To Do About It. Facilitators, including one of the book's authors, present the causes and effects of science denial and 3 strategies to improve our science messaging
October 04, 2021Efforts to educate and promote the COVID-19 vaccine continue and rates have gone up, but there are still communities struggling to get vaccinated. Whether low vaccination rates are due to misinformation or lack of accessibility, it has become apparent that not all communities in the U.S. are suffering in the same ways from the COVID-19 pandemic. Several groups in California have made it their
October 04, 2021The SC Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) at the University of Southern California (USC) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) just received a perfect score of 10 – a rare accomplishment – on its $50M application to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to renew the Clinical and Translational Science Award that supports the SC CTSI. We anticipate that this outstanding
September 29, 2021Many children who undergo tracheostomy placement, a surgical placement of breathing tubes for upper airways, endure repeated bacterial respiratory tract infections. These infections lead to frequent hospitalizations. Unfortunately, clinicians have lacked evidence-based guidelines for diagnosing and treating these infections with antibiotics. Now Christopher Russell, MD, MS, a former SC Clinical
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COVID-19 has thrown a wrench into research conduct, forcing hospitals and universities to transfer their research plans, data collection procedures, survey dissemination processes, and participant engagement methods quickly and nimbly to online venues. In addition, the state of research operations has changed dramatically due to the pandemic. This guide provides key considerations for ensuring
September 29, 2021We sat down (virtually!) with Dr. Nhu Tran, a recipient of the SC CTSI Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science award. We hear about her new K23 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, within the National Institutes of Health, and what she hopes to learn. Congratulations to Dr. Tran on this great accomplishment! 1. In layperson’s terms, tell us a little
University Of Southern CaliforniaThis webinar is based on the article, "Busting Myths in Online Education: Faculty Examples from the Field." Facilitators, who are also some of the article's authors, present 3 common myths in online education and 6 related case studies from faculty who have busted those myths. Participants worked with colleagues in breakout groups to relate to the article by sharing other myths they held or heard
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-University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 60-minute interactive workshop is based on a recent article "Busting Myths in Online Education: Faculty Examples from the Field" contributed to the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (JCTS) special issue on online education. Facilitators, who are also some of the article's authors, present 3 common myths in online education and 6 related case studies from faculty who have busted
September 02, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted vulnerable populations and the multiple barriers they face in accessing quality healthcare. In this era of rising costs and harsh social inequities, public hospitals, clinicians, and researchers are searching for novel ways to improve healthcare access and delivery. Yet many innovations never get as far as clinical practice, or they are put into action and
September 02, 2021We sat down (virtually!) with Dr. Frank Attenello, a recipient of the SC CTSI Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science award. We hear about his new K08 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke within the National Institutes of Health, and what he hopes to learn. Congratulations to Dr. Attenello on this great accomplishment! 1. In layperson’s
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This 50-minute presentation introduces r/SampleSize, a community on the website Reddit that allows for online participant recruitment without compulsory or immediate payment. It will provide an overview of best practices for recruiting participants on r/SampleSize. It will also compare r/SampleSize to Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), a widely used crowdsourcing platform for recruiting research
