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SUMMARY:Til Stürmer: Propensity scores - principles\, implications and use for study design
DESCRIPTION:On February 7\, 2020\, Til Stürmer\, the Nancy A. Dreyer Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, will present “Propensity scores – principles\, implications and use for study design” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. \nDr. Stürmer is an internist and epidemiologist with expertise in state of the art methods for nonexperimental treatment comparisons\, including comparative effectiveness research\, and real world evidence based on real world data. He has worked as a cancer epidemiologist\, has over 15 year experience in analyzing claims data and merging claims data to other data sources\, and is an internationally recognized leader in pharmacoepidemiology\, propensity scores\, and disease risk scores. \nDr. Stürmer has led UNC-Chapel Hill’s pharmacoepidemiology program from 2008 through 2018 to become one of the largest and most recognized doctoral training programs in pharmacoepidemiology; During that time\, he was also the director of the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology overseeing its expansion to multiple members. Funded by the National Institute on Aging (R01 AG023178\, now R01 AG056479) since 2005\, his interdisciplinary research team published over 100 papers focusing on developing and implementing novel methods to answer clinical questions of importance to older adults in the absence of alternative evidence. \nHe is a former president of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology\, a former member on the FDA Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee\, and director of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) at the NC TraCS Institute\, UNC’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). \nPresentation Abstract: \nPropensity scores are increasingly used to address confounding in nonexperimental research. While they can efficiently balance measured confounders\, their application goes beyond confounding control and has helped researchers to highlight several issues related to study design that can help us to better understand and address sources of variability in exposures (treatments). \nWe record as many videos as possible. You can see previous events here. \nInstructors: To arrange for class attendance\, contact CPC (cpc@unc.edu) by the Monday before the seminar.  \nThe Carolina Population Center hosts a weekly Friday lecture on a topic that enhances our understanding of population-related changes. The 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars will feature talks related to aging trajectories\, health behavior\, the Zika virus\, and the beverage tax – among other topics. \nAll seminars are held from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in Carolina Square Room 2002 at 123 W. Franklin St. unless otherwise indicated.
URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/interdisciplinary-research-seminars-til-sturmer/
LOCATION:Carolina Square Room 2002\, 123 W. Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27516
CATEGORIES:2019-20 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars,Aging
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SUMMARY:CPC Hackathon 2020
DESCRIPTION:  \nFriday\, February 7\, 2020\n1:15 pm – 5:45 pm\nCarolina Population Center \nRegister your team to participate by Monday\, January 27th using this form.\n \nSchedule of Events \n\n\n\nTime\nActivity\n\n\n1:15 pm – 1:30 pm \nWelcome and Explanation of Research Issue/Problem\n\n\n1:30 pm – 3:50 pm\n \nHacking Begins\n\n\n3:50 pm – 4:00 pm\n \nTeam Set-Up for Presentations in 2002 CSQ\n\n\n4:00 pm – 5:15 pm\n \nTeam Presentations\n\n\n5:15 pm – 5:30 pm\n \nJudges Deliberate\n\n\n5:30 pm\n \nEvent Wrap-Up\n\n\n\n\nFAQs\nWhat is a hackathon? \nThe hackathon is an event where CPC predoctoral trainees and postdoctoral scholars will come together to form interdisciplinary teams and work on developing a research design for a population focused issue or problem. The specific population issue or problem will be provided to you at the beginning of the Hackathon; you will have the afternoon to work on the issue/problem and prepare a presentation based on your design to a panel of faculty judges. The overall goals of this Hackathon are to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration among trainees; develop and exhibit your research design skills; and have fun. \n\nWhat is the problem/issue that we will be hacking to solve?\nThe problem/issue will focus on a population-oriented topic. However\, the details of the problem/issue will not be announced until the beginning of the event. \n\nWho can attend the event?\nThis event is open to all trainees (population and biosocial). However\, team registration is required and space is limited. \n\nIs there a limit on how many teams that can sign up for the event?\nYes\, only six teams will be allowed to participate in the Hackathon\, so register early! \nWhat are the requirements for developing a team?\nThe requirements for team formation include: \n\nEach team should consist of 3-4 trainees\nTeams cannot have more than 1 postdoctoral scholar\nTeams cannot have more than 1 trainee that is in their first year of graduate studies at UNC\nThere must be at least 2 disciplines represented on each team\n\n\nWhat is the deadline to register my team for the event?\nAll teams must be registered by 5:00 PM on Monday\, February 4th.  Register your team here. Please designate one member from your team to fill out the form on behalf of all of the team members. \n\nHow will teams get judged?\nEach team will have 5 minutes to pitch their idea and 5 minutes for questions and answers. Your presentation can be a PowerPoint presentation\, it may be interactive (with audience participation)\, or whatever you think will work in terms of describing your research design. Be as creative as you want! \n\nWho will be judging our presentations?\nWe have assembled an interdisciplinary judging panel of 3 CPC faculty fellows who are experts in population research. \n\nWhat will be the judging criteria?\nPresentations will be judged based the following criteria: \n\nThe degree to which the hypothesis(es) reflects important social science theories.\nThe extent to which the proposed study effectively addresses the hypothesis(es).\nThe creativity of the proposed research design\, measures and approach.\nThe feasibility of the proposed research design\, measures and approach.\nThe degree to which the proposed study could actually push science forward in this area of study.\nThe clarity and effectiveness of the presentation.\n\n\nWhat does my team receive if we win the competition?\nThe estimate total of the prize package is $500. The package will be announced the day of the event! \n\nIs there any prep required before the event?\nOnce you assemble your team and register for the event\, there is nothing else that you will need to do until the day of the event. \n\nWill we have dedicated space to work on our project?\nYes\, each team will be assigned a conference room to work on their project the day of the event. \nContact\nFor more information about the Hackathon\, please contact Michelle Collins.
URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/cpc-hackathon-2020/
LOCATION:Carolina Square Room 2002\, 123 W. Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27516
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