Congratulations to Zahra Amirkhanzadeh Barandouzi, and Jie Chen, PhD students who have received the second set of CAMP-PRIM funds for their pilot research studies. Zahra has received a $2000 award for her project titled“Biomarkers of emotional distress and pain in IBS patients”. Jie has also received a $2000 award for his study titled “Phenotyping and Biomarkers of Pain in Older Adults with Heart Failure: A Pilot Study”.
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A successful “Microbiome Sequence and Statistical Analysis” workshop took place at School of Nursing!
A successful four-day “Microbiome Sequence and Statistical Analysis” workshop took place at UConn School of Nursing.
Dr. Kendra Maas, Ph.D., the lecturer of the workshop introduced two powerful open-source software Mothur and R.
A range of key topics was covered in the workshop including:
- Experiment design considerations
- Assessing data quality
- Cleaning sequencing data
- OTU methods
- Alpha and beta diversity
- Multivariate statistical analyses
- Data visualization
- Data management
The workshop sponsored by UConn Department of Statistics; School of Nursing & Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP).
Many thanks to the participants, professors, and sponsors involved in the event.
Diabetes Survival Skills for Incarcerated Persons Transitioning to the Community
Congratulations to Louise Reagan, Ph.D., ANP-BC, APRN, assistant professor, and her team Rick Laguerre, MS, and Colleen Gallagher, MA, Connecticut Department of Corrections, for their highlighted research study in “American Diabetes Association” and “Medscape“. Dr. Reagan’ study has highlighted the importance of using diabetes survival skills (DSS) intervention in the self-management of diabetes among men leaving prison and transitioning to the communities.