The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health, in partnership with the Food and Drug Administration Office of Women’s Health, developed the e-learning course “Bench to Bedside: Integrating Sex and Gender to Improve Human Health.” This online course gives users a thorough and up-to-date understanding of sex and gender influences on health and disease so […]

On Friday, September 4th from 9 to 10am, the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) are hosting a conversation about the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding priorities. The newest SBIR & STTR broad agency […]

The Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center's Lunch & Learn Series continues on Friday, September 4th from noon to 1pm. Jesse Yedinak and Maxwell Krieger will present “Public Health Surveillance and the Opioid Crisis” via Zoom. Public Health Surveillance, the ongoing and organized collection of data surrounding population health, is essential in measuring how health […]

An NIH Science event, this symposium is initiated by the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research in collaboration with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society. On Wednesday, September 9th beginning at 9am (CST), the Sleep 101 Symposium highlights advances and opportunities in sleep and circadian science and research. The symposium is […]

Please join the Kansas University Medical Center (KUMC) on Wednesday, September 9th from noon to 1pm for a conversation with Dr. Steven Soper, KU Distinguished Professor and founder of Sunflower Genomics, Inc. (SGI). Sunflower Genomics, one of the SHARPhub companies, is an early-stage sequencing instrument company that will develop, manufacture, sell, and distribute instruments and […]

The Great Plains IDeA-CTR Presents Utilization of Smart Phone Applications to Assist in Depression Self-Management Thursday, September 10th 2020 | Noon - 1:00 PM Margaret Emerson, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BCAssistant Professor College of Nursing University of Nebraska Medical Center Dr. Margaret Emerson is an Assistant Professor and an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Emerson is ANCC […]

For the Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center’s September Seminar Series event, they will host presentations by Dr. Jessica Calvi, a research assistant professor with the Salivary Bioscience Laboratory (SBL), and Lindsey Witt Swanson, the associate director of the Bureau of Sociological Research (BOSR). On Thursday, September 10th at 3:30pm, Calvi and Witt Swanson will […]

Join the Center for Patient, Family, and Community Engagement in Chronic Care Management (CENTRIC), the GP IDeA-CTR Network, and Niedfelt Nursing Research Center (NNRC) for a seminar entitled “Considerations for Recruiting and Retaining Participants from Community-Based Samples” on Tuesday, September 15th from noon to 1pm via Zoom. UNMC Recruitment Specialist, Dawn Nevarez, will discuss recruitment […]

The NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) is opening up their programs this year to extramural trainees. Beginning on September 15, the OITE will host a series of webinars and small group discussions focused on helping undergraduate students, postbacs, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the sciences develop the resilience needed to thrive […]

BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting (BBCetc) will host a virtual event, “From the Sources Mouth”, on Wednesday, September 16th from 8am to 4pm. This event features Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program managers from DoE, USDA, NFS, DoD, ARMY/DHA, NAVSEA, NASA, NIH – NCI, & NIH - NIAID. Each […]

The Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office is excited to announce the first-ever NIH Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM) Research Symposium. This symposium, which will be held on Thursday, September 17th from 10am to 2:45pm (CT), will mark the 5th anniversary of the creation of the SGMRO and will also include the 2020 NIH SGM […]

Join the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) on Thursday, September 17th for a live webinar: "Teaching Translational Science: Examples from the Field of Dissemination and Implementation" from noon to 1pm (CST). In this one-hour webinar, Rachel C. Shelton, ScD, MPH, and Aaron L. Leppin, MD, MS, will reflect on their experiences teaching dissemination […]

The Creighton University Department of Biomedical Science and the LB595 Cancer and Smoking-related Diseases Research Program will host Bill Lowry, PhD, from the University of California, Los Angeles on Thursday, September 17th at noon. In this seminar, Dr. Lowry will present “Manipulating Metabolism in Hair Follicle Stem Cells to Regulate Activation and Tumorigenesis” via Zoom. […]

The National Institute of General Medical Science (NIGMS) is hosting their annual IDeA Program Meeting virtually this year. Join them on Tuesday, September 22nd from 1 to 4:30pm (CST) via Webex meeting. The objectives of the meeting are to introduce strategies and initiatives from NIH and NIGMS leaders in response to COVID-19, highlight scientific progress […]

The American Heart Association (AHA) and The Children’s Heart Foundation are pleased to announce this joint 2020 Request for Applications to fund the AHA/CHF Congenital Heart Defect Research Awards (CHDRAs). Scientists who are conducting research to prevent and treat CHDs are encouraged to submit applications for the next round of funding. If you are a […]

The next presentation in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Development and Aging (CoNDA) Center’s Career Development Series will begin on September 23rd at 10am via Zoom. Dr. Cecile Ladouceur, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh will lead a discussion focused on mentor-mentee relationships. This session will be especially useful for […]

Join Sheritta Strong, MD, Director for Inclusion and adult psychiatrist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center as she presents "Psychological Stress of Bias & Racism" at the next virtual Omaha Science Café on Thursday, October 1st at 10am. In her many roles at UNMC and in the community, Dr. Strong is an advocate for […]

The Great Plains IDeA-CTR Presents:Research within a rural primary care PBRN as part of the Northern New England IDeA-CTRThursday, October 1, 2020 | 12:00-1:00 PMLocation: ZoomCheck back soon for more details!

The Department of Biostatistics at UNMC will host James S. Hodges, PhD, Professor in the Division of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota on Friday, October 2nd from 11am to noon. “Statistical methods research done as science rather than mathematics” is a discussion about the way we study statistical methods. Virtually attend the seminar using […]