[ICPSR] Free Summer Workshop on the Population Assessment of Tobacco & Health (PATH) Study

[Linda Detterman]

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The ICPSR Summer Program would like to announce the following workshop,
sponsored by the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program:

*Secondary Analysis of Data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and
Health (PATH) Study*

*Dates and Location: *August 3-5, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Instructor:* Kristie Taylor, Westat

The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study is a
collaboration between the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA). The PATH Study is a household-based,
nationally representative, longitudinal cohort study of approximately
46,000 U.S. adults and youth (12 years and older). The study was launched
in 2011 to inform FDA’s regulatory activities under the 2009 Family Smoking
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

Focusing on the first wave of data (collected from Sept. 2013-Dec. 2014),
participants will be introduced to the PATH Study, including the design,
sample, data collection procedures, instruments, and variables.
Participants will gain a thorough understanding of how to use and link PATH
Study data files. The course is a combination of lecture, discussion, and
hands-on exercises. It is designed for faculty and research professionals
as well as for advanced graduate students interested in tobacco regulatory
science who are comfortable with data analysis software and quantitative
research in the social sciences.

*Prerequisites:* Participants should have a basic understanding of
secondary data organization and manipulation, fundamental data analysis
skills, working knowledge of a statistical software package (e.g., SAS,
Stata, R) and a substantive interest in tobacco regulatory research.

*Application:* Admission is competitive. Enrollment is limited to 25
participants. Sign up through the Summer Program’s registration portal
<http://icpsr.umich.edu/SummerProgram>. Then, upload the following
documents via the portal:

   - Current curriculum vita
   - Cover letter summarizing research interests and experiences


Priority will be given to applicants with immediate interest in using the
PATH Study data for tobacco regulatory research and who provide a research
project description to do so, including references to theory or historical
context, how the project extends what is presently known, and why the PATH
Study data are needed for the project.

*Application Deadline: May 23, 2016*

*QUESTIONS: *
For issues related to registration, contact sumprog at icpsr.umich.edu
For questions related to the PATH Study data, contact nahdap at icpsr.umich.edu
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