[ICPSR] FREE WORKSHOP: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Data User Workshop

[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:

*The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Data User
Workshop: Wave 1 and Wave 2*



*Dates and Location: *August 9-11, 2017 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 two waves of data (Wave 1 collected from Sep.
2013-Dec. 2014; Wave 2 collected from Oct. 2014-Sep 2015), 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
focus will be on understanding and using the PATH Study's specific data
files and the cross-sectional and longitudinal file structures and not on a
particular analytic approach.  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, who are
interested in tobacco regulatory science and 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. Apply using the Summer Program’s registration portal
available at the top of the online course description
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/courses/0220>. Also, upload
the following documents via the registration Portal:

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

*Note:* 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 15, 2017*



*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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