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2026 SOCKS All Hands Meeting (Year 3)
Meeting purpose: Build relationships and collective thinking skills among researchers, by practicing sharing information in usable ways, identifying data-sharing needs and opportunities, and toggling between team-specific information and needs, and whole-project connections.
Welcome and Updates
Bernard "Chip" Cole, PhD
VT EPSCoR State Director and SOCKS Principal Investigator (PI)
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Capacity Team Updates
Peter Dodds, PhD
SOCKS Co-PI and Director, Vermont Complex Systems Institution
Health Team Updates
Bob Gramling, MD, DSc, Donna Rizzo, PhD
Co-Leads, SOCKS Health Team
Matthew Price, PhD
UVM George W. Albee Green & Gold Professor of Psychological Science
David Jangraw, MS
UVM Assistant Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
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Social Team Updates
Pablo Bose, PhD Lead, SOCKS Social Team
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VACC Updates
Chris Danforth, PhD
SOCKS Co-Principal Investigator and Director, VACC
Mike Austin
UVM Chief Technology Officer
Ben Cooley, MS
Research Data Visualization Engineer, Vermont Complex Systems Institute
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Broader Impacts Team Updates
Regina Toolin, PhD Lead, UVM Graduate Certificate in Computer Science Education
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Broader Impacts Team Updates (continued)
Renee Simkins
STEM Program Manager, Vermont State University
Maggie Jones
Education Outreach Coordinator, Vermont State University
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Flash Talks: Katie Grenon
SOCKS Graduate Research Assistant
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Flash Talks: Katie Grenon
SOCKS Graduate Research Assistant
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Flash Talks: Alex Garlick
SOCKS Pilot Grant Awardee
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Flash Talks: Alex Garlick
SOCKS Pilot Grant Awardee
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Flash Talks: Shimian Zhang
SOCKS Pilot Grant Awardee
Flash Talks: Brennan Dell, PhD
SOCKS Capacity Team and Social Team Member
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Flash Talks: Michelle Morgenstern, PhD
SOCKS Capacity Team and Social Team Member
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Sustainability Discussion
Bernard "Chip" Cole, PhD
VT EPSCoR State Director and SOCKS Principal Investigator (PI)
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External Evaluator and vRSV Recommendations
Bernard "Chip" Cole, PhD
VT EPSCoR State Director and SOCKS Principal Investigator (PI)
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