The Clinical and Translational Science Institute's (CTSI) Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Center serves as a resource for researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. Our objective is to provide education so that you can learn to effectively recognize and avoid research misconduct and understand the resources that are available to support your research. Click here for more information or to view upcoming workshops.

Presented by Rebekah Miller, MLIS, Health Sciences Library System & Maria Mori Brooks, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, CTSI BERD

As a follow up to the RCR session, “Using Critical Appraisal to Assess the Rigor of the Prior Research” on September 12 this session is part of series on Rigor & Reproducibility.  This session will be a discussion-based journal club, critically appraising a journal article in order to determine its validity, relevance, and rigor. The article will be provided before this session. Those who attended “Using Critical Appraisal to Assess the Rigor of the Prior Research” are encouraged to attend this session but it's not a requirement. All are welcome. (subject matter: data acquisition and analysis)

Registration is required. Please register by September 26th.