Advancing Accessible Health Information for Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing (DDBHH) Communities
Date: 10/6/2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing (DDBHH) Americans who use sign language as their primary language encounter health information systems built almost entirely around spoken English and print. In a national sample of over 1,500 DDBHH American adults, researchers at the Center of Deaf Health Excellence found that repeated exclusion from incidental health information while growing up was associated with increased risk for multiple chronic health conditions in adulthood. This presentation reframes health literacy as an organizational and structural responsibility — a matter of how health systems are designed, rather than a skill DDBHH people do or do not have.
Teaching Secondary Data Use in Libraries – Session 1. Resources for Clinical Data Reuse
Date: 10/15/2026 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
Session 1 of Teaching Secondary Data Use in Libraries. This is a four-part short course designed to share ideas around training students and researchers on finding and using existing datasets. Starting with a session on resources and tools available to find secondary data, this series will progress through teaching secondary data use, a discussion of data standards and interoperability, and a panel highlighting research projects using secondary data.
Teaching Secondary Data Use in Libraries: Session 2 – Teaching Secondary Data Use
Date: 10/22/2026 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CDT
Session 2 of Teaching Secondary Data Use in Libraries. This is a four-part short course designed to share ideas around training students and researchers on finding and using existing datasets. Starting with a session on resources and tools available to find secondary data, this series will progress through teaching secondary data use, a discussion of data standards and interoperability, and a panel highlighting research projects using secondary data.
The Importance of Stories for Health Communicators
Date: 10/29/2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
This talk summarizes the relationship between science and storytelling, focusing on health and medical information.
Teaching Secondary Data Use in Libraries – Session 3: OMOP, Data Standards, and Interoperability
Date: 10/30/2026 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CDT
Session 3 of Teaching Secondary Data Use in Libraries. This is a four-part short course designed to share ideas around training students and researchers on finding and using existing datasets. Starting with a session on resources and tools available to find secondary data, this series will progress through teaching secondary data use, a discussion of data standards and interoperability, and a panel highlighting research projects using secondary data.