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Training Program

NIH Library Training Program.

How to Conduct a Rapid Review

This one-hour training will cover the methods of conducting a rapid review, using rigorous systematic review methodology but in a shorter time frame. Attendees will learn best practices, guidelines and the required methodological steps on how to complete an effective rapid review within a faster pace than a systematic review. 

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to: 

How to Create an Effective ORCiD Profile

This one-hour training will cover the key steps on how to successfully create an ORCiD profile.  Attendees will learn the steps on how to easily add and update information to their profile including importing publications, reports, grants, and peer review scholarly work. The session will review resources and best practices for creating an ORCiD profile that can be included in your CV, grant applications and bio to increase the visibility of your scholarly activities. 

How to Write a Research Paper: Part 1 of 2

This one-hour online training is the first session in a two-part series that aims to assist researchers in writing a research paper. This training introduces the preliminary steps in the publishing process including generating an idea, choosing a journal, understanding journal criteria and format requirements, and writing a paper within the research manuscript framework. The training also provides best practices and tips for writing each section of the paper.  

How to Write a Research Paper: Part 2 of 2

This one-hour online training is the second session in a two-part series that aims to assist researchers in writing a research paper. This training will cover what happens after a manuscript is submitted to a journal including the peer review process, responding to journal editor and peer reviewer comments, and understanding open access and data sharing requirements.  This training also provides best practices and tips to make the manuscript writing and submission process easier. 

Introduction to Bibliometrics

This one-hour online training will cover bibliometric theories and concepts, provide an overview of bibliometric indicators, and explore limitations and potential misuses of bibliometrics. Bibliometrics uses quantitative analysis of scientific publications to measure productivity, collaboration, research topics, and impacts of authors, groups, institutions, and grant portfolios. 

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:  

Introduction to R and RStudio

This one-hour online training will cover a basic overview of the functionality of R programming language and RStudio. R is a programming language and open-source environment for statistical computing and graphics.  

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:  

  • Describe the purpose of R and RStudio and learn how it can support reproducible research

Less Code More Science: Low Code Data Analysis

This hour and a half online training covers how to analyze and model data using interactive tools in MATLAB. Through live demonstrations and examples, attendees will learn to solve many steps in a data analysis workflow without writing any code. The interactive tools can generate the MATLAB code needed to reproduce the work programmatically. 

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:

Managing Data in Excel

This one-hour online training will provide detailed information and demonstrations on how to manage data in Excel.   

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:  

  • Filter data by text, numbers, and date  

  • Sort data alphabetically and by color  

  • Remove duplicates  

Modeling of Biological Systems with MATLAB: Introduction to Simbiology and Biopipeline Designer

This one-hour online training introduces attendees to modeling and simulation of biological systems using MATLAB’s SimBiology and BioPipeline Designer toolboxes. SimBiology is a versatile toolbox for modeling, simulating, and analyzing dynamic biological systems such as metabolic pathways, signaling cascades, and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) models. BioPipeline Designer complements this by streamlining workflows for integrating biological data and automating computational analyses. 

NIH Library Resources for HHS Staff

This one-hour online training will provide an overview of NIH Library services and information resources provided for HHS staff via the HHS Virtual Library.   

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to: 

  • Demonstrate how to remotely access and login to the HHS Virtual Library online 

  • Identify the NIH Librarian assigned to their agency 

NIH Library Resources for NIH Staff

This one-hour online training is an introduction to the collection of NIH Library resources and services available to NIH staff. The NIH Library serves as the staff library for NIH. This training is designed to instruct attendees on the range of information support and how to navigate the Library’s website to access the information required to support their work. 

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:  

Overview of Statistical Concepts

In partnership with the NIH Clinical Center's Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service (BCES), the NIH Library is offering several trainings that cover general concepts behind statistics and epidemiology. These trainings will help participants better understand and prepare data, interpret results and findings, design and prepare studies, and understand the results in published literature. 

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