Understanding Health Needs of the Deaf Community: New York State Deaf Health Survey

The Rochester Prevention Research Center (RPRC) and National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) have launched the third round of their Deaf Health Survey, a culturally and linguistically accessible health survey that was designed by Deaf people for Deaf people. The survey, which was previously released in 2008 and 2013 to the Rochester Deaf community, will be available across New York state for the first time this year.

Ditch Your Filing Cabinets, Go Digital: Electronic Document Management for Research

The University of Rochester has a digital documentation solution that can help research teams ditch their filing cabinets. OnBase, an enterprise information platform, provides better management and control of procedures, protocols, and other departmental or regulated documentation required of many research teams. 

UR CTSI’s Academic Research Track: Turning Medical Students into Medical Researchers

Ian De Andrea-Lazarus and Samuel Weisenthal joined the University of Rochester's MD-PhD program after participating in the UR CTSI's Academic Research Track (ART). The pair describe ART as the bridge that allowed them to pursue careers as physician-scientists, numbers of which have been declining in recent decades. 

Build Skills to Coordinate, Manage Health Research at SCORE Half Day Seminar

Register now for the Professional Development for Research Personnel Seminar taking place on the morning of Tuesday, June 5.  The seminar, targeted to research coordinators, project leaders and other health research professionals, focuses on engaging with principal investigators, time and project management, and the use of new technologies in research. 

UR CTSI Offers Survey to Understand, Improve Participants’ Research Experience

Collect feedback from your study participants and learn how to improve their research experience with the Research Participant Survey, offered by the UR CTSI. The ten-minute survey is available in REDCap for all clinical investigators to use.