Research News Roundup - June 2023

Highlights of this month’s newsletter include OOR announcements, updates, and news from Leatherby Libraries. Be sure to read the entire newsletter to be entered into our June raffle!

Reminder! The Office of Research (OOR) will be closed for Juneteenth on Monday June 19th.

Reminder! OOR will also be closed on July 3^rd and 4^th for the Independence Day holiday. All proposals due July 3 - 5 should arrive at SPS no later than 9 a.m. on Monday, June 26th for submission prior to the holiday.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Request for Information

The NSF Directorates for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) and STEM Education (EDU) are jointly issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to seek input on opportunities and challenges towards creating a robust collection of flexible and seamless STEM pathways in emerging technological areas.

Grants Dashboard now Available

The Office of Research has collaborated with IS&T to produce a grants dashboard that will allow PI's to quickly access their grant balances, recent expenses, and more. The dashboard can be accessed via Panther Analytics under the research tab.

You can also visit our resource webpage to find training videos and a link to the dashboard homepage.

IS&T Research Updates

Workshops! IS&T’s Research Computing department offers monthly hands-on workshops. Topics may include connecting to the Keck Cluster for the first time (and associated software installations), use of the various queues available, how to tell if your job is running, and more. The next workshop is scheduled for June 20, 2023 from 2:30PM to 3:30PM in DeMille Hall 150. For more information please reach out to IS&T.

New Resource! LabArchives, an Electronic Lab Notebook service, is now available to Chapman’s research community. You can visit Chapman's LabArchives webpage for more information on how to get started. The vendor also provides group training sessions. Contact researchcomputing@chapman.edu to request a session for your research team.

Federal Funding Databases

Check out these Public Federal Funding Databases to learn more about funding at NIH and other federal agencies (NIH Extramural Nexus).

New Screening of Individuals and Entities Guide

Chapman has implemented a new screening of individuals and entities guide. You can find more details on our policies and guidelines webpage under the university research guidance section.

IRB Template Updates

One of the most common issues in IRB study reviews is missing or incomplete information on the informed consent document for human subject research participants. This may be due to a common practice of reusing older versions of consenting materials. The IRB periodically updates the templates and the most current versions are posted on the Informed Consent Process webpage.

Kudos to Chapman Faculty Award Recipients

Please join us in congratulating the following faculty who have received a new award in 2023. Keep up the amazing work!

Amy Kang received an award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Foundation for the project titled “Assessment of Antibiotic Transition Errors from Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities”
Amy Moors received an award from the American Psychological Foundation for the project titled “Fostering Ally Development to Reduce Microaggressions among College Students”
Uri Maoz received an award from the Templeton World Charity Foundation for the project titled “How effective and fair is the scientific peer-review process? A machine-learning-based approach”
Natalia Sanchez received an award from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development for the project titled “Determining the effects of increased demands for voluntary adjustments on the neuromuscular control of walking post-stroke”
Rahul Soangra received an award from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development for the project titled “AI-based Fall-Risk Assessment during Daily Activities in Post-Stroke Survivors using Smartphones”
Jared Rubin received an award from the Templeton Religion Trust for the project titled “Early Career Microgrants in Religion and Development”
Whitney McIntyre Miller received an award from the Miner Anderson Family Foundation for the project titled “Peace Education and Leadership in Schools: School Leadership Teams Training and Development.”
Richelle Tanner received a subaward from University of California, San Diego under their National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration project titled “Unifying advocacy messaging in climate action non-profits through participatory science in Orange County.”
Anu Prakash received subaward from CSU Fresno under their United States Department of Agriculture project titled “Dairy Business Innovation Initiative- Pacific Coast Coalition Phase III” and an award from the California Milk Advisory Board for the project titled “Use of Dairy Milk and Plant-Based Alternatives in Coffee.”
Francelli Cibrian received a subaward from the University of California, Riverside under their project from the National Institutes of Health titled “Digital Health Intervention for Children with ADHD: Improving Mental Health Intervention, Patient Experiences, and Outcomes.”
Rosalee Hellberg received an award from Seafood Industry Research Fund for the project titled “Seafood mislabeling meta-analysis: an investigation into seafood mislabeling rates reported in the United States relative to consumption data for individual species categories” and another award from the Southern California Institute of Food Technology for the purchase of a NanoDrop UV-Vis Spectrophotometer for use in Food Safety and Food Authentication Testing.
Yuxin Wen received an award from National Science Foundation for the project titled “CRII: SCH: RUI: Towards Smart Patient Flow Management: Real-time Inpatient Length of Stay Modeling and Prediction.”
Trisha Sugita received an award from CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing for the project titled “Attallah College of Educational Studies Integrated Planning Grant.”
John Miklavcic received an award from the Southern California Institute of Food Technology for the purchase of A ZetaView PMX-120 Nanoparticle Tracking Analyzer to Assess how Pasteurization and Homogenization Affect the Content and Composition of Extracellular Vesicles in Bovine Milk.

Controlled Vocabulary Conquerors: Harnessing the Power of Precise Database Searches - A Leatherby Libraries Workshop
Friday, June 16, 2023, from 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. PST

New STEM Resources: Connect to Knowledge: New STEM Resources - Reap the Rewards with these Resources - Leatherby Libraries (chapman.edu)

Constellate Text and Data Mining Tool: Connect to Knowledge: Constellate Text and Data Mining Tool - Reap the Rewards with these Resources - Leatherby Libraries (chapman.edu)

Winners of the Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize: Congratulations to the 2023 Winners of the Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize - Chapman University students continue to impress with their research and writing skills - Leatherby Libraries

Congratulations to Jordyn Margolis from the School of Pharmacy for being this months Office of Research giveaway winner!

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