Health and Retirement Study: Biomarkers Data (Part 3 of 3) April 24, 2018

This webinar provides an overview of the data resources on physical measures and biomarkers in the Health and Retirement Study. The first part of the webinar provides information on the design of the physical measures and biomarkers data collection (through dried blood spot) and the measures collected. It also describes the Venous Blood Study with guidance on accessing these sensitive health data and relevant documentation.

Presented by Amanda Sonnega, associate research scientist in the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan (UM), where she is responsible for integrating communication, outreach, and education efforts for the Health and Retirement Study; and Jessica Faul, associate research scientist in the Survey Research Center and a co–principal investigator of the Health and Retirement Study, and affiliated with the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging, the Population Studies Center, and the University of Michigan BioSocial Methods Collaborative.

• The archived webinar (link to YouTube)
• Webinar slides (PDF format)

This webinar was developed and presented by the University of Michigan with funds from the National Institute on Aging and hosted by GSA.

GSA Webinars

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research The ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research is recognized throughout the world as a leading source of basic and advanced instruction in a wide range of methodologies and techniques for research across the social, behavioral, and medical sciences.

Data Analysis Training Institute of Connecticut Professional development summer workshops in a variety of modern data analytic techniques geared toward researchers who wish to utilize these techniques in their own work.

University of Texas at Austin Summer Statistics Institute The Department of Statistics and Data Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin is proud to host the annual UT Summer Statistics Institute (SSI).

Health and Retirement Study: Data on Cognition (Part 2 of 3) March 27, 2018

This webinar presents an overview of the data resources on cognition in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The first part of the webinar identifies and provides guidance on the measures that have been included in the core survey along with where to find them. It also describes the supplementary clinical study of dementia — the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS) — and offers guidance on accessing these sensitive health data. The last part of the formal presentation provides an initial glimpse into a new data resource — the Healthy Cognitive Aging Project (HCAP) — that provided valid data on the presence of cognitive impairment and dementia in the U.S. population.

Presented by Amanda Sonnega, Associate Research Scientist in the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan (UM), where she is responsible for integrating communication, outreach, and education efforts for the Health and Retirement Study.

• The archived webinar (link to YouTube)
• Webinar slides (PDF format)

This webinar was developed and presented by the University of Michigan with funds from the National Institute on Aging and hosted by GSA.

GSA Webinars

Dr. Sook-Lei Liew is the lead author of recent publication about ATLAS, "A large, open source dataset of stroke anatomical brain images and manual lesion segmentations." She is a pilot project recipient at CLDR and a phase 2 scholar at the Rehabilitation Research Career Development (RRCD) program.

February, 2018
The UTMB Office of Biostatistics, Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSA) and CLDR sponsored this TRCC (Texas Regional CTSA Consortium) Quantitative Seminar: The Hope, Hype and Reality of EHR for Research, presented by Gulshan Sharma, MD, MPH, Vice President, Chief Medical & Clinical Innovation Officer.

Introduction to the Health and Retirement Study (Part 1 of 3) January 9, 2018

This introduction familiarizes new users with the study including previewing available data, how to access it, and some tips on getting started with analysis. An overview of the study can be found in PubMed: Cohort Profile: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).

• The archived webinar (link to YouTube)
• Webinar slides (PDF format)

This webinar was developed and presented by the University of Michigan with funds from the National Institute on Aging and hosted by GSA.

Approximately 53 million Americans live with a disability. For decades, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been conducting and supporting research to discover new ways to minimize disability and enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities. After the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, the NIH established the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research with the goal of developing and implementing a rehabilitation research agenda.

The NIH recently organized a conference under the title "Rehabilitation Research at NIH: Moving the Field Forward." This report is a summary of the discussions and proposals that will help guide rehabilitation research at NIH in the near future.

• Read the Executive Summary
• Video: Rehabilitation Research at NIH: Moving the Field Forward (Day 1)
• Video: Rehabilitation Research at NIH: Moving the Field Forward (Day 2)