1. If you have any proposals that are approved but not yet submitted as a manuscript, the P&P Committee and Executive Committee strongly encourage you to focus on completing your manuscript(s) before submitting any new proposals. 

2. Discuss the idea with your Principal Investigator and gain their approval to move forward

3. For Aim 1 proposals - please make sure to submit a pre-proposal form to the DMC (see smartsheet link below) for guidance on where to present prior to developing the proposal.

4. Present your proposal idea at a Core/Working Group (WG) meeting. Presentation at the Core/WG and approval from the group will be required as part of the P&P review process. 

Office hours

1. New office hours with Goro Yamada (General)

We are happy to announce that Goro Yamada will now be holding statistical office hours for general statistical support. For SALURBAL-C/CCUH-related queries, please see #2.

• When: Monday through Friday. Time and day availability vary; please check Goro’s Calendly page.

• Scheduling Link: Calendly (https://calendly.com/gy76)

• No prior preparation is necessary. Make a 30-min appointment and join the meeting!

• English/Spanish

• If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Goro (goro.yamada@drexel.edu).

2. Office hours with Derek Weix (for SALURBAL-Climate/CCUH-related matters complex analyses of climate health impacts using the approaches discussed at the MX workshop)

Open Office Hours: No prior notice is required for these sessions. This is an open meeting for anyone to drop in at any point during the hour to ask questions or discuss challenges you’re facing. This is an opportunity to get quick feedback, troubleshoot issues, or clarify concepts. We will be sending out a calendar invitation shortly for these session.

• When: Every Tuesday from 2-3 PM ET

• Where: https://drexel.zoom.us/j/85965189451

Closed (One-on-One) Office Hours: For more in-depth discussions, you can schedule a private, one-on-one meeting using the Calendly link above. These 30-minute-to-1-hour sessions are for more complex problems or in-depth statistical consultations. When scheduling through Calendly, you will be asked to provide some details about your research question and specific question/problem so Derek can prepare for your discussion. This Calendly link will be included in the Open Office Hours calendar invitation, as well as on your respective project's internal website.

• When: Every Tuesday from 2:00–5:00 PM ET

• Scheduling Link: Calendly: Statistical Office Hours

Opportunities to present preliminary results and get feedback/additional support

Research progress presentations are strongly encouraged to help papers move forward. There are different a few groups available to present, depending on the topic of your manuscript.

• Climate papers: DMC/Methods WG

  • Descriptive papers: monthly DMC WG  

    • When: 3rd Monday of every month, 12-1:30pm ET

    • Contact: Kari Moore (kam642@drexel.edu)

  • Health impact papers: Surveys/Longitudinal: monthly Methods WG

    • When: Last Tuesday of every month, 1-2pm ET

    • Contact: Kari Moore (kam642@drexel.edu)

• Non-climate papers: Works in Progress WG

  • When: 1st Thursday of every month, 1-2:30pm ET

  • Contact: Mariana Lazo (ml3629@drexel.edu)

Upcoming monthly P&P deadlines:

• OCTOBER 

  • Deadline: Wednesday, October 1 at 11:59pm ET 

  • Responses sent back to authors: Friday, October 31 

• NOVEMBER 

  • Deadline: Monday, November 3 at 11:59pm ET 

  • Responses sent back to authors: Monday, December 1 

• DECEMBER 

  • Deadline: Monday, December 1 at 11:59pm ET 

  • Responses sent back to authors: Friday, January 9 

• JANUARY 

  • Deadline: Friday, January 9 at 11:59pm ET 

  • Responses sent back to authors: Friday, January 30