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In the Web Content Strategy Training, we review best practices for content creation, SEO, and web accessibility. The goal of the class is to review web-writing guidelines before you create content and to learn how to best present your content for your intended audience.

Dear CUIMC Staff & Administrators: Join us on July 15, 2022 from 11-1pm for the CU Safe Zone Training.  Open to only CUIMC Staff & Administrators.  The session provides the foundational knowledge needed to support and act in solidarity with LGBTQ+ communities at Columbia University. This campus-wide program was designed to educate and visibly identify students, faculty and staff who support the LGBTQ+ community; provide an overview of LGBTQ+ communities and some of the issues these communities face; and share various LGBTQ resources available to folks on campus. CU Safe Zone is facilitated and housed under Multicultural Affairs in Undergraduate Student Life.  This session is being hosted by CUIMC Pathology Department, Human Resources Department, and the LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group (ERG). Advanced registration is required, and seats are limited to 35 participants.  The zoom meeting details will be provided to registrants at least 48 hours in advance.

Are you planning to submit a NIH Career Development (K) Award for the October 12th (new submission) or November 14th (resubmission) deadline? The Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is offering a NIH K Award Program for On-time Proposal Preparation (K-POPP) which provides resources—e.g., info sessions, checklists and timelines—to ensure applicants are staying on target to meet the submission deadline. The instructors also serve as a practical resource for questions and concerns related to the K application.   SESSION DATES: Session 1: Intro to the K Award (Monday, July 18th 12 PM – 1 PM) Session 2: Writing Specific Aims Workshop (Wednesday, July 29th from 12 PM – 1 PM) Please note that this session requires a separate registration sign-up. Session 3: Review Process & Candidate Section (Monday, August 1st from 12 PM - 1 PM) Session 4: Research Plan (Monday, August 8th from 12 PM - 1 PM) Session 5: NIH Rigor and Reproducibility (Monday, August 15th from 12 PM - 1 PM) Session 6: Scientific Writing (Monday, August 22nd from 12 PM - 1 PM) Session 7: Scientific Figures (Monday, August 29th from 12 PM - 1 PM) Session 8: All other components of the K Award (Monday, September 12th from 12 PM - 1 PM) Session 9: Panel Discussion with Funded Investigators (Monday, September 19th from 12 PM - 1 PM)

The Exposome Boot Camp: Measuring Exposures on an Omic Scale The Exposome Boot Camp is a two-day intensive boot camp of seminars and hands-on analytical sessions to provide an overview of concepts, techniques, and data analysis methods used in studies of the exposome. By the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with the following topics: Principles of exposomics Concept ideation and study design Laboratory methods and instrumentation platforms for analysis Data extraction and cleaning with emphasis on peaks and feature tables Pathway data analysis and identification databases Data visualization and network interpretation Study design advantages and pitfalls Emerging exposomic topics and laboratory platforms Investigators at all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate. PREREQUISITES AND REQUIREMENTS This training is designed to accommodate investigators with varying experience levels in R. Knowing R basics is beneficial to maximize training from the boot camp, but is not necessary for you to strongly engage with training material. Data labs will be offered asynchronously from the live-stream training and are meant to accommodate both beginner and advanced data manipulation, with all material and additional resources available after the training.   Each participant must have an introductory background in statistics. Each participant is required to have a personal laptop. If you would like to participate in the hands-on data labs offered by the Boot Camp, you will need to have R downloaded and installed prior to the first day of the workshop as all lab sessions will be done on your personal laptop. R is available for free download and installation on Mac, PC, and Linux devices.   The Boot Camp will provide lab tutorials with data sets in R, therefore we recommend participants have a basic understanding of this platform prior to attending the Boot Camp to get the most out of lab sessions. R knowledge is not required if you do not plan to participate in lab sessions. If you have not used this platform before, step through the tutorials outlined below so you have the basic skills needed for Boot Camp success. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Register or view more information. Subscribe for updates. Email us at Columbia.Exposome@gmail.com. Capacity is limited. Paid registration is required to attend.